The Met Office only went as far as mist for this morning, but this time the BBC forecast got it right - fog ! It was real fog with visibility down to a few hundred feet, or maybe less. The fog has now thinned, but it is still misty as I write this. The temperature at the moment is just a tad over 8° C, and so it is possible that it was as low as 6° C at 8am. It is forecast to be a 100% grey day today. The afternoon may only reach 10° C. By 8pm the temperature may be down to 8° C again, and mist may descend. Oddly enough, the next three hours are shown as clear, but mist returns again at midnight when it may be just 7° C. It is forcast to still be 7° C as late at 9am tomorrow. The day will start, and probably end with mist. Tomorrow afternoon could see a few sunny spells, but the afternoon high may only be 10° C for a single hour at 2pm. There was talk on the news last night of another Polar Vortex bringing heavy snowfall this winter !

  There is not a lot to say about yesterday. It was almost the same as the day before. It seemed too cold and while it didn't seem to rain, it seemed quite damp outside (enough to make my old knees stiff). It was not a day for outdoor activities.

  There was one significant change yesterday that is worth a mention (well it probably isn't, but I am going to anyway). My diet continued the low fibre diet as prescribed prior to my Colonoscopy (if it happens). I had a look as the list of OK, and forbidden foods. I was hoping that cake was on the OK list, but it was not. I have half an Angel cake - very light, and without a hint of any obvious fibre in it, but it is forbidden. I hoped I could eat some of the Angel cake as an alternative to cheese rolls, but it seems I'll have to hope the cake is still in an edible condition on Monday afternoon when my (possible) Colonoscopy will all be over.

  One thing I did see on the list of stuff that was OK to eat was skinless chicken. I had a pack of sliced chicken that is definitely skinless, but it is BBQ flavoured. I can't predict if BBQ sauce is high or low fibre, but I used some to fill a bread roll, and it made a nice change. Later on I scoffed the rest after sprinkling it with some hot pepper sauce.
  We did get some sunshine yesterday, but it was weak and watery in the extreme. I took this picture sometime around 1pm. The sky did not look quite as dark as it is in the photo - the camera decreased it's sensitivity because although heavily attenuated, the sun was still quite bright. I could have changed the exposure after I had taken the picture to show the sky as mid grey, but I thought the scaffolding on the school opposite looked much better as a stark silhouette.

  Another slight change to the day before.....or was it.....now I am thinking it wasn't.....Anyway, there was not a lot of entertainment on TV last night, and I was in bed early. I read for maybe half an hour, although I must admit my memories of last night are rather hazy because there was very little to hang a memory on. What I think I remember was having some trouble getting to sleep, but rather less than I expected for tomorrow night. It was thinking of tomorrow night that kept me awake. It is at 9pm tomorrow that I take the second dose of the super laxative and bowel wash. The instructions then glibly say "sleep". With my guts in turmoil, and suffering from a chemical induced diarrhoea, I think sleep will not come easily - or safely !!

  My sleep was pretty similar the previous night. In got up a few times to go for a pee, and I had a dream, but this time I can't remember a thing about the dream. I am not even sure why I think I remember having one, but the memories may have been fresh in my mind in the first minute or two after waking up.

  The most significant, and also rather pleasing thing about this morning, was weighing myself. I still feel a bit constipated, but I weighed myself anyway. Once again I have lost quite a significant bit of weight thanks to the low fibre diet (although it is more that I can't eat the sort of things I would like to eat, in the quantities I would like to eat them in. This morning I seem to have lost another 1.3kg. I am now back to where I was after coming out of hospital, and also typical figures in January and February until something went wrong (although I can't remember what that was).

  My blood glucose is once again where I would like it, although just a little bit higher than yesterday. This morning's average of all three meters was 7.4mmol/l compared to yesterday's 7.0mmol/l.  Maybe that small rise was due to eating a portion and a half of vanilla ice cream. I can't put any figure on how much a portion is (it varies depending on how I feel) but yesterday I decided I might as well finish the tub by eating that "half portion" (and very nice it was too).

  This morning I have had a lukewarm shower, and so I can dare to go shopping in Tesco. I need a few more rolls, and some more Diet Coke. I am still drinking small amounts of diet coke - mostly at night when ordinary water starts to taste weird after sitting by my bed for hours on end (it is probably dust, and would be OK if I covered the glass*).

* It could also be the temperature. My tap water tastes fine when chilled, but not nice when at room temperature. Diet Coke is best when chilled, but is still OK at room temperature.

  Other stuff from Tesco will be another tub of plain Vanilla ice cream. Despite being sweet, it does not seem to cause any problems to my blood glucose readings in the morning, and the last two morning have proved it does not seem to negatively affect my weight. I also want some more sliced, skinless cooked chicken. Unflavoured might be best, but then I would have to add some pickle or something. I guess I will get flavoured chicken and hope it is still low fibre.

  Apart from the shopping trip, today will be a lot like yesterday - lots of being lazy, snoozing and reading. One other thing I might do is to wash one or two t-shirts. I don't think I have a Catford emblazoned T-shirt to wear to the hospital on Monday. I don't need to wear one, but I want to !