This morning light rain was forecast, and indeed there has been some light rain. It may continue until 4pm, and possibly end with a bang. A thunderstorm may happen at 4pm. 5pm may see sunny spells that will last until sunset. The temperature may peak, for a single hour at 5pm, at 17° C. Tomorrow may be dry, but there will be very little sunshine, and that only as some sunny spells at a few random hours. However, the afternoon temperature may see 19° C as we slowly warm up for some warm sunny days (except Saturday) from the end of the week until halfway through next week.

  The thing about yesterday was that I started writing in the morning, and then paused while I tried to get ready to go and see the nurse at the surgery. As I wrote, I didn't make it because I had something like the runs - many visit to the toilet, but not the usual splattery poo of a stomach upset. All I wrote yesterday can be read in my archived page for yesterday, and because I didn't finish that until mid to semi late afternoon, I have already written most stuff about yesterday, I guess I can resume from a little before dinner time yesterday.

  One of the things I was trying to do yesterday was to get in the mood to do some conventional slimming instead of relying on the (alleged) wonder drug Mounjaro for any weight loss. It produced only a tiny bit of weight loss, maybe just a few kilogram since I started being prescribed it last September. What it has done is made me feel quite ill because of the way it delays emptying of the stomach, which is supposed to make you feel full, and so no need to eat more. It just makes me feel sick, and increases my desire to eat to push stuff in to push stuff out the stomach.

   Yesterday's dinner was something like what I would eat when on an old fashioned calorie controlled diet. It was a heap of "Mediterranean style" vegetables ready for roasting plus 2 Frikkadelen that I roasted at the same time. (Note; Frikkadelen is the Aldi spelling, and is not mentioned in the wikipedia article). It was quite a satisfying meal without having many negative health aspects. Maybe it was slightly greasy, but it would have not been as nice if nasty and dry. I still couldn't resist one small (actually there is only one size) Caramel bar as a dessert. Unfortunately I seemed to have trained myself in the last year or so to strongly desire a sweet dessert after a main meal. It is a habit I will have to kick soon, but not too soon because I seem to have quite supply in the kitchen to tempt me until I have used them all up.

  I think I remember fine after dinner, and all evening until I was fast asleep and no longer aware of the outside world. This was rather good because of odd feelings I have suffered from lately (the only way to describe a mess of changing symptoms that are probably heart related - but may have other reasons). Yesterday my blood pressure was all over the place. Sometimes getting a bit high, and on one or two occasions possibly a bit low. My pulse rate had been very variable as well - enough to make me think that the Cardiologists threat that I might need a pacemaker in the future may be coming true.

  One controversial experiment I did last night was to have (approximately - I have no measuring glasses) 3 "doubles" of whisky. The idea being that the alcohol may kill off the fermentation of food left in the stomach. That fermentation is what causes the bloat and the feelings that I might even be sick, and is the prime bad effect of Mounjaro (on me). I think the experiment did work. I fell asleep not feeling any bloat, and this morning I did burp a few times, and could taste last night's dinner again, but it seemed mild compared to some mornings.

  I am never sure how to judge it, but I seemed to have a good sleep last night. I was only disturbed a few times to get up and go for a pee. It was another morning with several false times when I might have got up. I am not sure if going back to bed, and falling asleep very easily, really suggests I did not have a good night's sleep, or maybe I just needed more sleep to cover a deficit from some previous nights.

  This morning I weighed 300gm less than yesterday morning. I guess a bigger loss was desirable, but at least my early training to get back on to a calorie controlled diet seemed to have slightly worked. I hope I can do the same today. My blood glucose readings were also improved (as in lower). This morning the average of the three meters was 8.4mmol/l. That is a fraction higher than yesterday (8.37mmol/l), but still one of the lowest averages this month. On the other hand, it was poor compared to the other months so far this year.  Something, and I don't know what, seriously went wrong after the first week of this month, and it is taking a long time to get back on track.

  Beyond trying to be very careful about what I eat so I don't end up on the toilet tomorrow morning instead of going to my rebooked appointment with the nurse - although tomorrow's appointment is at 11am and even the worst would be over by then - I have no concrete idea of what I am doing today. (Which seems to be a very grammatically bad sentence, but hopefully the meaning is still clear). I am toying with the idea of a short walk in the park to get a better idea of how I feel. Plus a bit of exercise could be good for weight loss. A lot depends of the weather. It seems bright out at the moment, and the rain seems to have stopped, but will it start again ? One weather forecast says no, and the other yes ! One thing I definitely should do is to wash my hair and have a shower sometime this afternoon. It would save time tomorrow morning before going to the surgery for my appointment with the nurse.