The sky is rather cloudy, but some nice rays of sunshine seem to filter through. It is very bright as I write this. It is almost like we are having the opposite of sunny spells - short dull spells. It is not very warm, about 16° C, but it doesn't seem to feel cold. For a couple of hours in the afternoon it may reach 19° C, and until sunset we should have full sunshine. It will remain dry. Tonight the temperature may get quite chilly. By 4am tomorrow it could be down to 12° C, and maybe 11° C by 6am. Tomorrow will be very bright and sunny, and that should raise the temperature to 21° C.

  I thought I had written something yesterday, but if I did it seems I either didn't save it, or saved it under the wrong file name in some obscure part of the file system.

  I was feeling pretty awful yesterday, and like the last couple of days I just wanted to catch up on sleep. I was so out of it that I didn't feel any desire for food. I certainly skipped breakfast, and although I did eat a few things, I didn't really have a formal lunch or dinner. However, what I did eat seemed enough to keep my blood glucose dangerously high, and while I didn't gain any weight, I also didn't lose any. One reason may have been that I am constipated - not uncomfortably, but I can't seem to shift anything.

 In among loads of snoozes, and feeling rotten, I did do one very good, and very necessary thing yesterday. I changed my bed sheets, pillow case cover, and duvet cover. I could barely notice it, but I am sure they were very smelly, and I know the bottom sheet was stained. At the moment I have no idea where I am going to get the energy to wash that lot.

Apart from thoughts about going for a walk in the park, and lots of snoozing, that just about covers all I did yesterday. I was, and I still am, far sicker now than when I went into hospital - which is not really the way it is supposed to be. One hint of improvement is that it was 9pm before I tried to sleep, and maybe 9.30pm when I actually fell asleep. Maybe that was because I had so much sleep in the day, and maybe it was not helped by sleeping in fresh bed linen. It may have been a year or more ago when I washed that bed linen. All I really know is that it was a time when I was using a fabric conditioned that had a very plastic-like smell. It is not exactly horrible, but it is not nice.

  It was before 9pm that I took my book to bed, and it was one of those times when you wonder if you will ever fall asleep, and suddenly you are waking up again. I am pretty sure I had a few dreams, but any details have faded to nothing. All I really remember was waking up close to dawn, and then going back to bed after having a pee. In fact I did that twice more (I think) and finally got up fairly late.

  When I got up I had a very faint hint that I might need a poo, and I am sure I should have, but nothing has happened yet. My weight has risen by 200gm. My blood glucose is still atrociously high. It was under such good control before I went into hospital. One reading this morning was an above the red line, and into the danger zone, 10.7mmol/l, but at least the other two were not quite that bad at 9.2 and 9.4mmol/l. If it had not been for that single reading of 10.7mmol/l I would say I was starting to win, but that single reading messed up my average.

  My blood pressure is fairly normal this morning at 103/53, but my heart rate is high at 89 bpm. High heart rate was the original cause of all this trouble, but it was considerably higher than that. I am not entirely sure my treatment was very effective, but this coming Wednesday I visit the ambulatory care centre for a ECG. I have no expectations that will lead to any better treatment.

  Today I feel I ought to try to get a bit of light exercise, but I have no idea if it will happen. Once again I feel more like having a snooze or three.