There seemed to be a fair amount of light rain in the small hours of this morning, but it is currently dry. However it is quite cloudy, and the idea of drizzle or light rain during the day seems quite likely. The temperature should rise to 20° C for three hours according to the latest revision. Tomorrow may be a pleasant day with loads of sunny spells/periods, and the temperature should rise to 22° C.

  It was a shame to miss my Wednesday lunchtime drink in the Jolly Farmers. As I expected, fresh air did help to reduce my coughing, although the chances were that it would have started up again while sitting in the pub. Fortunately it as not a spoiled day.

  It was almost after midday when I had the full shave, shampoo, and shower that I always have on a Wednesday morning. It was not a steaming hot shower, but even a lukewarm shower was enough to make me feel better, but then again, any wash would have been good after not bothering to wash the day before - and the day before ended up as quite a warm and sticky time.

  I felt good enough that I went out shopping. I had a simple plan, and I think I mostly described it when writing yesterday morning. It was to head to Savers, and see how I got on from there. There was one particular thing I wanted from Savers. It was a pack of Esomeprazole tablets. They reduce stomach acid, and hopefully may put a stop to, or at worst reduce the heartburn I seem to suffer from many evenings.

  Of course I didn't stop at just one box of pills. I bought other stuff including a couple of shower gels, two scented candles, and a spare box of soluble aspirin. After Savers I went across the way into Poundstretcher where I mostly bought food, but also some plaster strips that were on sale for about half price. They are good for protecting my feet when walking in shoes that have not been worn in, or for any shoes if I ever manage to go on 4+ miles walks again. It is possible that some of my angina when walking is actually wholly or partly heartburn. My MRI scan proved that there was reasons for angina, but at times I have had hints that some heartburn is taking place. Time will tell.

  My next stop before I headed home, was to get some stuff from Iceland. Shopping in three shops, one after another, is a rarity for me, and I am unsure if I have even done it before. I was after several things in Iceland. maybe top of the list was a couple of their "My Protein" ready meals. I am guessing that they are a replacement for their "Slimmers" range which were not all that nice, seemed quite small, and saved only a small amount of calories, and possibly even less sugar. I need to scan the small print again to be sure, but the "My Protein" range seems to be quite low sugar as well as low(ish) calories. The last one I tried seemed nice enough.

  I also bought a small tub of "My Protein" ice cream, and that indeed did seem to have quite a low sugar and calorie content. I also bought some stuff for snacks - stuff like coleslaw, and their twin packs of small cheese and bacon quiches that seem to be far more tasty than even Tesco's, twice as expensive, "Finest" range. The one thing I didn't get, and mostly because my rucksack and shopping bag were full, was anything to drink.

  Despite carrying a fair load of stuff, I can't recall having any difficulties walking home again. It was an almost pleasant experience. Once I got home, and put most of the stuff I had bought away, I set about having some lunch. I had bought several things I would have loved to have for lunch, but I felt I had to use up a pack of two Scotch Eggs that were already a couple of days past their "best before" date.

  I boiled up/cooked those Scotch eggs in a bowl with the entire contents of a can of baked beans. They were no ordinary baked beans. They seemed to be an Iceland own brand, but not actually called Iceland. The brand was something like "Hunger Busters. The more important thing was that before I put them in my shopping basket I checked their sugar content, and it is seemed minuscule by Heinz standards, and even smaller than Tesco " reduced sugar and salt" beans. I think the beans were good enough, but overcooked Scotch eggs can't be recommended. The so called ground pork shells seemed to turn to jelly, and were just plain weird.

  After lunch I had a lie down. I read for a while, and probably snoozed as well, but before it got too late I had some laundry to attend to. It was a hand towel, flannel and two pairs of underpants - one of which was involved with the "wet fart" I reported happened to me the night before last. As usual I had left them all soaking in bio detergent, and a capful of Dettol after I had my morning shower. Like the last laundry I did, I didn't think I would do the whole washing process in one go, but that is what I did again. I haven't checked, but they should all be dry this morning.

  Apart from dinner, a bit of Star Trek, and then reading and bed, I didn't really do any more yesterday. Dinner was supposed to be a fairly light dinner, but with two 3 inch diameter quiches, and a whole tub of coleslaw and cheese, it was not that light. To help buffer against acid reflux/heartburn I had a dessert of a whole small tub of hopefully low sugar ice cream.

  Whether the ice cream helped, or if the first Esomeprazole tablet was already working, I didn't seem to suffer any heartburn when I turned over to go to sleep.I can't be sure, but I think I was asleep a little bot before 9pm last night. It was not a perfect sleep. It seemed to be quite a hot and sticky night, but the fan just seemed to feel chilly. I'm not sure if it was the heat and stickiness, but I didn't seem to have any other reason for an hour of insomnia between 2 and 3am this morning.

  I woke up at other times to pee - at least every 2 hours, although some of those were almost dream like, and I can't say with 100% certainty that one or more was not a dream, although I have reasons for thinking I did pee a lot last night. I was also drinking a lot. At first it was some residue from chewing a couple of Gaviscon tablets (just in case...) that left a dry mouth, but also there was my tickly throat. It was actually far less tickly, than it was, but I was also starting to cough up some very small amounts of mucus.

  I almost got up at just gone 6am, but I thought "just 5 minutes more". I didn't really realise it, but I must have got an extra hours sleep before I did get up. I seemed to feel almost OK except for the cough. It seems to come and go, and sometime I wonder why I needed to cough, but sometimes I still continue to cough up a tiny amount of mucus. It does feel like I am getting better though.

  After getting up I did quite a big pee, and passed a fair sized poo. I then weighed myself. I seemed to have lost most of the large spike of weight I had yesterday, but I was not expecting anything better considering what I had eaten yesterday. Maybe another day like yesterday and my weight could be almost as low as the reading the nurse took when I saw here last week.

  Also, based upon what I ate yesterday, I was not expecting to get good readings when I checked my blood glucose readings. What I actually read were not good, but they could still be described as very ordinary.  The Contour meter read 8.6mmol/l - very slightly above my old target. The GlucoRX meter read a slightly better 8.4mmol/l, and the Sinocare meter gave an even lower reading of 8.2mmol/l. They all average out to very slightly higher than yesterday's average, but very slightly less than the average of the day before yesterday. One other measurement was my blood pressure, and it was a very good 103/46, although my pulse rate at 58bpm was a little higher than usual.

  There were two things I was aiming to day today, but I think I might only have time for one of them. That one is to go to the pharmacy to hopefully collect my latest repeat prescription. It feels like it will be unlikely, but if I am very lucky two of my pills will be of the higher dosage as recommended by Lewisham Hospital's cardiology department. The other thing, which I doubt I have tome for now, would have been to go to Tesco to buy some bottles of Diet Coke. I expect I'll be drinking the last of what I have here tomorrow morning, and then a visit will be very important.

  The main thing on today's menu is a beer tasting session with Jodie. There are quite a lot of beers from the delivery before last to get through until we can start the latest delivery. There is one exception to that rule - if we see Michael there were a few beers I ordered with him in mind that I hope he would like. It is not impossible that we might see him, but it is probably very unlikely.