COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #15

Good day all,

Kelly, Elizabeth, and Micah got in last evening about midnight.

We saw them off this morning. Abigail cried because she didn't want to leave - sure feels good to know that she loves to spend time with Nana and PopPop.

Jim, the test results I mentioned were A1C test - the red blood cells live about three months - so this test gives an accurate reading of how I have or have not been behaving for the last three months. For a non-diabetic, a reading of between 4.0 to 6.0 would be considered normal. For diabetics a reading of less than 7.0 is good, although another expert organization says that below 6.5 is good. Mine went down 0.5 over the last four months - so that is good.

The other scale we use for testing for blood sugar says that 80 to 120 is normal. This only tests what is going on right now - and behaving a day or two before testing can give an inaccurate data to the doctor - so they like the three month view.

Dan

 

Dan,

I just keep a diary of daily injections and the five b/s tests I do each day. The doctor looks at my diary when I take it in.

Our test strips register as
Low Range: 1.3 - 3.0 (mmol/L)
Mid Range: 4.1 - 5.7
High Range: 11.3 - 15.3

When I travel in USA I use this chart:

60mg/dl = 3.3

130 = 7.2

250 = 13.8

500 = 27.5

I am never in the US long enough to worry about it and always have my own monitor and test strips..it is when I have to buy test strips, I must convert what I am reading, cos the little disk will be in mg/dl.

We will be throwing all the non-diabetics into a fit here. It will be a foreign language....

Cheers,

Jim

 

Hello everyone

Fridays are such busy days for me now. My first opportunity to post here. How are you all? I hope you are all well.

Dan, well done on the weight loss. I am impressed.

Sue, I had some "nice post" today, thank you and bless you

I also had a huge parcel in the post, well a note to tell me I had to go and collect it. It was the picture I had asked Rob's aunt to paint as my present to him for his 60th birthday next week. I am absolutely delighted with it. It is hard to believe that the aunt ( a wonderful woman) is in 90,s and has parkinsons.

Well, the books beckon. I will try and look in later.

God Bless,

Sheila

 

Hi all, I just thought I would pop in and grab a cup of java to go. I am at work ( ), and just about ready to head out to lunch. I will check back in later, but I thought I would say hi, to those who haven't yet seen my name flash around.

TC

 

TheCross,

We're glad you found us here - we have a great time of fellowship - each and every day!

Welcome -

Dan

 

The time difference is 6 hours until you all set your clocks back in the fall, then it's 5 hours...

 

It is that fellowship that makes Christians, especially baptists, truly wonderful. I look forward to immersing myself in that fellowship every chance I can. Thank you for the invite.

TC

 

I rescued a kitten!
I was on the way home and saw the car in front of me surve, and when I got there it was a kitten. I went up the road and turned around and watched it to make sure it didn't get hit,a dn people just ran right over where he was, didn't stop, didn't try and dodge it. I pulled off the road in front of the hispital, and cars just kept going over him, and I was yelling the cats alive. I ran ut in the road and he had been injured and his back leg was broken. I tried picking him up but he hissed at me and crawled under a ladies car who stopped, traffic backed up about 30 cars and semitruck. I got him and went and put him on the grass in front of the hospital,and nurses and people came out and looked him, they too him to a vet to be put to sleep.
I was so mad, people just kept running over him, they weren't hititng him, just not paying attention to him, not dodging him, he was under their car for goodness sakes. How heartless can peope be, he couldn't be saved, but there was no need to not care if they hit him or not.
I'm just upset tonight.

 

Aww Donna, I would be upset too. Wasn't necessary for the kitten to suffer like that. Some people unfortunately don't value life of any kind.

Blessings

Sheila

 

Sheila, you can print this out as official permission to celebrate Monday as a bank holiday, and take the day off...Valid anywhere in Canada...In the UK, you may have to go to the nearest Canadian Consulate.

Cheers,

Jim

PS. Enjoy Thanksgiving

 

Donna, you are so kind and tender hearted.

Yeah, we have a holiday, Monday, Columbus Day.

 

Thank you Jim, you too

I am off to bed now. I was hoping I would have made 3000 today, rather yesterday as it is tomorrow here now .

God Bless

Sheila

 

Oh, I almost forgot, Monday is Rob's 60th Birthday

 

Sheila, Please wish Rob many happy returns on Monday.

Cheers, and God bless,

Jim

PS. He can enjoy the Canadian holiday too.

 

Good evening everyone, My work is done Mon-Sat on my computer which is connected to the Company I work for. So that gives me plenty of time to talk with you all. I hope everyone had a wonderful day. I must get back to work. talk with you later. God Bless. Mark

 

Oh Donna, that is awful! I wouldn't even hit a squirrel, let alone a cat! That just is so upsetting!

Sheila, tell Rob Happy Birthday! I thought he was much younger than me! LOL But I thought everyone was younger than me except a couple of our guys!

Diane

 

TC said:

Nice play on words!!!

Dan

 

We had a young people's fellowship at church tonight.

We have vacation Bible School during the summer. In the fall (this year - tonight) we have Bible School Reunion.

The kids had a good time - it's fun to see them have a good time.

The church has much more to offer than the world!

Dan

 

This coming Sunday nite I am doing a "Pulpit Swap" with a preacher buddy of mine--he's preaching at my church and I'm preaching at his. Lots of Baptist preachers do this---some with other denominations---but Blackbird will stick with the Baptist boys!

It'll be fun!!
Blackbird