07:31 BST

  Today is going to be a repeat of yesterday with bright sunshine all day, and the temperature peaking at 30° C for most of the afternoon. Once again it is likely to be a sticky night. Tomorrow could be very similar, but only 29° C is forecast.

  Yesterday started as a good day. I seemed to feel good, even if my weight was still creeping up. It was last night when everything went wrong. That was a shame because it spoiled a good day. I am not sure that the legacy of last night is over yet.

  When I got up yesterday I think I remember feeling quite good. My blood glucose was very good, and my blood pressure was very good. The main thing that let it down was another small jump in my weight. I expected it might drop a bit before the morning was over. It was almost as if I had taken a laxative. I made several productive visits to the toilet, and there would be more to come.

  It was before I had finished yesterday's piece that I got a message to say my Beer Merchants beer order would not be delivered until some time between 5:11pm and 6:11pm. That was both annoying but handy. I would definitely be in drinking at those times, but it would be too late to get any beers chilled for drinking (after being driven around in the back of a hot van they were actually warm to the touch). The good thing is that I didn't have to worry about missing the delivery, and I had plenty of time to go shopping.

  I first had a shower, and then got dressed. I carried out a potentially dangerous experiment - I went out in my latest pair of Adidas trainers without socks. The interior could have ripped my feet to pieces, but there was no damage at all, and while I was aware I was walking without socks, those trainers still felt almost comfortable. The main reason for not feeling that comfortable is that the soles are very stiff, and while not as bad as some, they can feel a bit clumpy like clogs. I do get the impression they are improving as I wear them in.

  There were only a few things I wanted from Tesco, and mostly it was drinks. I also wanted a few ready meals because they are possibly a bit more balanced that some stuff I might cook myself.  One thing I noticed that I could not resist buying was a pack of 4 pork, cheese, and jalapeños hot dog sausages. They were indeed sausages rather than the more typical frankfurter usually found in a hot dog.

  I bought a lot of drinks. I had 4 x 2 litre bottles of Diet Coke, plus 2 cans of beer in my rucksack. For some unknown reason it felt very heavy - which it was, but I mean heavier than a similar amount would normally feel. In my shopping bag I had two 4 packs of beers, and a couple of loose bottles.  It was all quite a weight to carry home, and in the heat it did slow me down a bit. I arrived home feeling a bit sticky. It was good to get into indoor clothes, minus a top, and sit near the fan.

  One probably bad decision I made in Tesco was to buy two reduced priced Ginsters Cornish pasties. It was a worse decision to eat both for my lunch. I probably made it all worse when I smothered them in hot chilli sauce. They left me feeling slightly uncomfortably full, but on the plus side they were nice a greasy - just the thing to line my stomach against the later incoming flood of beer.

  One (unpleasant) thing I will note was that as I was walking to Tesco I began to feel like the last big poo I had had before going out, was maybe not enough. Once I was in Tesco, and concentrating on shopping It ceased to bother me. I was expecting to go to the toilet once I got home, but I didn't feel any urge to do so, although I did have a pee. After eating my unhealthy lunch I laid down and did some reading.

  As 3pm approached I thought I had better check the dining room table, and wash up a couple of plates that had been in the kitchen sink since the previous night. Everything seemed in order, and then it was just a matter of waiting for Jodie to arrive. I think she arrived just after 3:30pm, and while she started off with some chilled water, I opened a small can of beer for myself. One of my aims was to stick to the lower alcohol beers yesterday. I did have some small amounts of some stronger beers.

  Once Jodie had arrived I sent a message to Michael to say the bar is open. He later replied in such a way that I thought he was not going to join us, but he did, albeit a bit later than usual - nearer to 5pm than 4pm. He remains very stressed - which is mostly understandable as he does his best to care for his wife, and seemingly has to do stuff that I would have thought he was paying for her care home to do.

  Michael has still not done anything about changing his doctor. He claims he has no time, but with the GP I go to only 3 or 4 minutes walk from his home, I am sure he should be able to find 10 minutes just to wander down there and enquire if they are taking on more patients. There are times when he does have spare time, albeit it later in the evening. Yesterday he was saying that when there is nothing on TV he doesn't seek other entertainments, like guitar practice, reading a book, or his preferred method of listening to an audio book. He say he prefers to sit there mixing drinks into unlikely cocktails while he slowly gets more and more pissed. I think he could pass for an alcoholic these days.

  The doorbell went twice while were drinking. I think the first time was when Mark joined us. Jodie had forewarned me he would be joining us for one before giving Jodie a lift to somewhere. The second time was my latest beer order being delivered. It was quite a heavy box, and I wondered if I had strained something because I developed a sort of back ache that was actually closer to a side ache. I am not sure what organ was complaining, but fortunately it was only a mild complaint - unless it was instrumental in what would soon be happening.

  After Jodie, Mark and Michael had left I had my dinner. It was the four pork, cheese, and jalapeño sausages on a bed of coleslaw and potato salad. It seemed quite rich, and I expected some acid indigestion, and had Gaviscon tablets on standby.  I watched a fair bit of TV last night, and as I watched I became more and more uncomfortable. Some of it would mean several more very productive visits to the toilet for a poo.

  Some of the discomfort started off as some aches. For some unknown reason my elbow joints seemed to ache a bit. I definitely had acid indigestion, and the antacid tablets did help, but there seemed more to it than that. The last thing I watched on TV was an old repeat of Have I Got News For You. That finished at 11pm, and by then I was feeling quite uncomfortable.

  I went to bed but could not get comfortable enough to get to sleep. I doubt I got more than a couple of hours sleep last night. The worst thing was that it became apparent that I was getting something like an angina attack, but it was probably more like a heart attack. I think my quad bypass operation was keeping most of my heart happy, but bits of it seemed to be complaining. Antacid treatments may have helped the acid indigestion, but this time they did not cure all the pains.

  What did help was a couple of squirts of my GTN spray. I am rather glad I got that spray of I might have had to make my way to A&E, probably on foot, but possibly things may have been bad enough to call an ambulance.  The GTN spray calmed everything down enough to try and get to sleep, and I think I must have slept for a short while because the clock seemed to be going faster than usual.

  Another thing that helped me stay awake was that I seemed to be full of wind. I was letting go some most unpleasant farts. I think I passed another poo some time in the night, but I can't quite remember when. I think it was around 4am when the angina like pains started building again. I am unsure how often it can be used, but I had another squirt of GTN spray, and once again it calmed things down again. At that time I also boosted it with a 300mg soluble Aspirin dissolved in water. Since then things have improved.

  It was around that time, possibly before I used the GTN spray that I started checking my blood pressure. The GTN spray had reduced my blood pressure for a while, at 6:15am (when I first started taking notes) my blood pressure was 170/76. That is pretty high, although I have seen a lot higher in my time. I expect it might have been higher before I had the sense to start checking it, and noting the readings every hour (plus or minus 20 minutes).

  Since then my blood pressure has dropped to more sensible levels. Taking my morning medication has helped that, and at 8:19am it was down to a slightly high in my opinion, but about right according to one of my doctors, 132/63. I've just checked it again, and the systolic pressure has gone up from 132 to 138, and that is not much. Maybe mores significant is that diastolic pressure has gone down from 63 to 54. These figures are still a bit high compared to my usual, but good enough, and possibly still dropping.

  This morning my weight has gone up by 900gm, and I feel decisive action is needed. I am going to try and fast until dinner time - if I can hold out that long. I am still not sure that even after all the pooing I have done in the last 24 hours, that I am still not empty. I assume it was something I ate is acting like a laxative, and I probably ate it the day before yesterday. I don't recall eating anything that could cause this trouble. I just hope it is finally finished soon, if not already, and that tomorrow I see a drop in weight.

  Despite probably eating to much, and less than healthy types of things, my blood glucose remains low, although it is higher than yesterday's wonderful figures. The Contour meter read 7.2mmol/l. The GlucoRX meter read 7.5mmol/l, as did the Contour Plus meter. 7.5mmol/l is actually spot on my self imposed target, and in that respect I am still doing really well. Maybe tomorrow, assuming I eat carefully, when I eat, I hope that one or more of the meters give a reading starting with a 6.

  Today is a bit of an unknown - except that I think one of my Amazon orders for more glucose meter test strips will be delivered by the postman today. That will probably be between midday and 1pm. Yesterday I thought I would probably go out for a walk today. I was feeling good enough that I thought it might even be a longer walk. That is unlikely to happen now. If I do go for a walk it is likely to be to A&E to report chest pains and high blood pressure.

  One thing I hope I can do today is catch up on a lot of lost sleep last night. I expect I may spent a fair amount of time laying on my bed reading. I won't try to fight it if my eyes feel like closing, and hopefully I will fall asleep if they do. Just thinking about it is making me yawn ! The one other thing I will probably do today is to keep noting blood pressure readings about once an hour, although I will not be sticking to a tight schedule - it will be more like when I remember to check, but once an hour is a good target to aim for.