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  It was, and still is 7° C this morning, but it will soon rise to 8° C.  This is still not great, and there is the added negative effect of persistent light rain. So far it has been very light rain - just enough to make the road look wet, and keep the puddles topped up. The rain may finally stop at 6pm, but it will still be cloudy, and the temperature will drop to 7° C, and then even lower to just 5° C by midnight. Tomorrow may start at 4° C, and that could be low enough for some frost in sheltered parts. It will be a cloudy day, sometimes with very dark grey clouds, but it is currently forecast to stay dry until 8pm. The afternoon high may be just 7° C, and after a small dip in the early evening, it will be back to 7° C by 9pm.

  Yesterday was generally a day of relaxation. As such there is not a great deal to say about the day. There is a bit to say about my eating, but that only to tally with my blood glucose and weight this morning. I seemed to spend most of the time doing very little. I read, and I slept, and also thought about things, including wishing I felt fit enough to go on a shopping trip or two. There are a few things it would be handy to have, but nothing that can't wait until after my TAVI procedure this coming Tuesday. Although it may be at least 2 days before I am released from hospital, and after that I have to be very careful about what I can attempt for a week or two at least.

  With laziness/resting/recovering/recuperating needing no real explanation, I thought I would move straight on to describing my Lunch. The trouble is that I am having difficulty remembering if it was any more than rice crackers with cheese and sliced, pickled jalapeños. I think it was a fair time later that I had single small bar of 85% dark chocolate - one of the few types of chocolate that are mostly safe for diabetes sufferers - if they want to be cautious. Sometimes other rules apply - with due consideration and other precautions.

  My dinner, eaten while watching evening TV was simple and fairly safe. It was the last of the bag of frozen Mediterranean style roasting vegetables (which I roasted) and the last of my sweet potato chips. (You cans see why another visit to Tesco would be very useful even if not essential). I rounded off dinner with plain vanilla ice cream - theoretically very bad for me, but in practice, fairly safe (in some ways).

  I watched my usual choices of TV last night. That included the BBC 6 O'clock News that showed the Mafia boss Donald Trump's "ICE" storm troopers causing riots of the streets of Minnesota, and another man brutally murdered by them. What I country. I do feel sorry for the last decent residents of the blighted country, and I feel so glad that I live in a mostly civilised country (even if there are a few loud mouths who want to emulate Trumps enriching himself, but so far have mostly been kept in check - hopefully forever).

  By 9pm, earlier than usual, I was feeling quite tired despite my snoozes during the day. I think it was then that I went to bed. My memories of the night are a bit hazy, but I think I fell asleep a bit slower than expected, but I think I managed to mostly sleep well. I did get up a few time to pee, although possibly less than might have been useful for me in a couple of ways. I do remember one big dream, although it was probably only big in imagination, rather than in length.

  In the dream I was somewhere I would judge to be North London. I suspect I was on a work training course or something, but the dream seemed to start some time after I was on my way home. I had been looking at a map and saw some stuff I had never known of. I found that if I got a train heading north, instead of south towards home, it was only a few stops to what seemed a fairly big terminus station, but it was not 100% a terminus.

  There was a single track line that continued beyond the terminus that went to a large train maintenance depot. Before it reached it there was a single station I had never heard of before, and it seemed to have a regular half hourly public service. Even weirder was that it only looked to be a short, maybe 5 or 10 minute walk to a tube station I had also never heard of before. I had my pocket sized, but still rather good, Nikon camera with me, and so these things had to be investigated.

  I can remember getting as far as the Terminus where I had to change trains. One little problem was that I lost Jodie who seemed to be with me when I got the train to the terminus. I guess the dream got a bit nightmare like at that point because I kept seeing her, but she was always on a different platform. I was rushing around trying to catch up with her when I think the dream ended before I could get to the station, and tube station I never knew existed.

  This morning I was constipated again (and still not any movement even after having breakfast - Senna pills added to me evening medication), but otherwise I think I feel reasonably good, albeit not so good that I think I could do a shopping trip to Tesco (although I may reconsider again after I've had a snooze). Another negative thing is that I seem to have gained 400gm since yesterday morning. I knew I ate well, but not that well.

  My blood glucose is up a little bit this morning, but it is still in a good place. Yesterday, the average of all three meters was 6.63mmol/l. This morning it is 6.90mmol/l, and so quite a small increase. My blood pressure is definitely good (unless judged a tiny bit low) this morning. It is 118/45 with a pulse rate of 58 beats per minute. I think it shows I am in a very relaxed state, and that I have had breakfast (which always lowers my blood pressure as all the blood rushed to my stomach - possibly.

  I think that once I have had a rest, and that probably means having a snooze, I think I will wash my hair and have a shower. Both would be desirable with Jodie expected here this afternoon for a beer tasting session - except she may not because there are no trains to Catford Bridge today (I have messaged her to see if she wants to get the bus over). Washing my hair today would be good because I would not have to rush to do it on Tuesday when I have to be at Kings College Hospital at 8am for my new heart valve to be fitted. It is going to mean a very early start, and I may have a shower before I go to bed tomorrow night to save time in the morning. My hair should be fresh enough if I wash that today. If I don't see Jodie today I will just have another super lazy day, I think.

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