It is still rather cool this morning. My thermometers say it was just 14° C shortly before I started writing this. It is nice and sunny as I write this, or maybe it is just a very long sunny spells. The forecast shows a mix of sunshine and sunny spells. The sunshine will raise the temperature up to 19° C by 2pm, but after midday it will only be rather dull. From 7pm the temperature will have fallen to 17° C, and it looks like it may stay there through the night.There may be a tiny amount of sunshine tomorrow morning, but most of the day is forecast to be heavily over cast - lots of dark clouds, but no rain is forecast, and by 1pm the temperature may have risen to 21° C thanks to a warm breeze coming in from the west.

  My first couple of days since coming out of hospital are a bit of a blur. One thing I know I did was to have many snoozes. After so long with as little as an hours sleep at night (possibly more, but that is what it felt like), I took every opportunity to sleep.

  Yesterday was a bit different - I actually did a few important things. I can't remember if the key to it all was yesterday, or the day before. It feels like it was the day before, and it was to finish some laundry I had left soaking before I made my fateful journey to the hospital enterology department where my high heart rate, and also high blood pressure got me bundled off to A&E. Maybe I expected something like that because I added some Dettol to the detergent. That meant it was still a bit slimy, but not stinky when I did the final rinses before hanging it up to dry.

  With the bathtub now clear of the big bucket of laundry I could finally have the shower I so desperately needed, plus I could wash and condition my hair. That felt wonderful because prior to that I could smell I was offensively stinky. Doing that unlocked the next big thing - a shopping trip to Tesco.

  I wondered how I would feel walking to Tesco, and than home again. I did feel very slightly wobbly when I set out to Tesco, but after a few minutes when nothing happened, it was almost like any other walk to Tesco.

  The first thing I saw upon entering Tesco was (plastic) jars of Prunes in juice. They were on a shelf offering discounts if bought with a Tesco Clubcard. I had been constipated since getting out of hospital (and I still am, although now I am beginning to feel it), and Prunes seemed just what I needed, and although they had loads of sugar in them, they were nice to eat (maybe a quarter of the jar).

  There were a few times in Tesco when something would catch my eye on a shelf I was passing. looking out the corner of my eye, and maybe then turning my head, did cause a hint of wobbliness, but it seemed to be ignorable. The notes with one of the new drugs I am on warned me of this. It does seem to be a real effect, but every instance has been so mild that it is ignorable.

  If I had had a shopping list, top of the list would have been more cheese, and white bread rolls. I want to loosely follow the low fibre diet I followed for 4 days prior to my Colonoscopy that never happened. To my surprise it did keep my blood glucose down, and I had some useful weight loss. The other thing on my imaginary shopping list was Diet Coke  - 8 litres of it in 2 litre bottles. I also bought a few ready meals and some plain vanilla ice cream.


  Walking home gave me some doubts, but within minutes of leaving Tesco I felt 100% normal. The weight of the Diet Cokes was no trouble, and my two shopping bags were not very heavy, and nicely balanced. The only difference to reality before my stay in hospital, was that I wanted a nice snooze once I had got home. It feels like I would have done so, but I can't remember stopping for some sort of lunch.

  I did have late lunch when I Jodie arrived for a beer tasting session. I ate a cheese and onion sandwich. Drinking beer was a bit of an unknown because one of the drugs I am on, or thought I was on, warns against mixing with alcohol. Checking through my discharge papers, it seems the only new drug I am on is Apixaban, and that is an anti coagulant. That has now warnings about mixing with alcohol, but plenty of warnings about interior, and exterior bleeding.

  The drug I thought I was taking was Digoxin (https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/digoxin/), and maybe I was given a couple of pills of it while in hospital, but it seems it is not something I am taking regularly. That was the drug that I was sure had warning about drinking alcohol at the same time as taking it, but I can't seem to find that now.

  It seems my precaution of only drinking quarter pints of beers, and not many of them, was not needed - on the other hand, some of the beers Jodie chose were disgusting, over hopped, sour beers, and so not drinking too much of this was a very positive thing.

  In the end my drinking partners were Michael, Jodie and Alan. That made it a good session. Fortunately it did not go on long. I was looking forward to a Shepherds Pie, ready meal,  for my dinner/supper. It seemed very nice when I ate it. I was looking forward to getting to bed, and I think I was in bed before 9pm, and possibly even fast asleep by then.

  As far as I can tell, I slept solidly last night, but I did wake up a bit earlier than I would have liked, but otherwise not particularly early. I had a large pee, but I only managed to open my bowels to some wind. I don't think the prunes have worked, and I may have to try something stronger if nothing happens today.

  Even without having a poo, my weight has remained constant for the last 3 days. I was hoping to lose a bit, but it has settled to a pretty good weight - not quite as low as the day I came out of hospital, but still better than when I went into hospital.

  My blood glucose has been terribly high since being in hospital, but this morning, for the first time, it is showing some improvement. It could take a few more days to get it back down to where I was before hospital, but at least 9.7, 7.5, and 9.9mmol/l are all under the red line (With the last by the skin of it's teeth). If I am careful I may see more acceptable figures tomorrow. Incidently, the middle figure of 7.5mmol/l is a bit of an anomaly. I did notice the battery indicator on that meter was showing slightly low battery, and I have changed the batteries in the meter. I didn't think the batteries were low enough to affect the reading, but I'll just have to see.

  I have three plans for today. The first is to lay down and have snooze once I finish this. I have another small amount of washing in soak that I should prioritise, but I am thinking that I might enjoy a walk in the park. If I go it will probably be a spur of the moment thing. One thing I don't think I will do is to have any breakfast. For some reason I don't seem to feel hungry this morning.