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Group 7-day waking average?

Right, so that little hypo I had yesterday was nothing compared to the one I've just had.
Went out for a walk, felt faint, up the hills, no mobile phone, pitch black. Shaking like a leaf which made opening the dextrose fun. Checked my BG when I got back and it was 4.3. Feet up and enjoying a lovely hard boiled sweet or two.

On the positive side, I now know what to expect and that I have longer to react than I thought I would have. Oh and Dextrose tablets are DELICIOUS!
 
@pm133 That is not good. I remember those early hypos and they were scary. If it is any consolation I have found they are much less of an issue now that I am more used to them. Were they orange flavoured Dextrose tablets?
I am guessing you didn't have your test kit with you either since you tested when you got home but didn't mention what your reading was at the time?

Personally I don't leave the house without my diabetes paraphernalia. I have a small back pack/handbag which contains all my gear (insulin, BG meter, Libre scanner, jelly babies and Dextrose tablets, phone and some money and now a mask as well) and it goes everywhere with me. I have got to the point that I feel naked without it. I am happy to trudge around the countryside at all hours of the day and night on my own as long as I have my little backpack with me.

You might also want to consider investing in a medic alert necklace/dog tag or bracelet. Too easy to have an accident and get stuck somewhere and need assistance and if you were to lose consciousness for any reason, not necessarily a hypo, then it helps to identify potential problems more quickly.
 
Re Omelettes. It may just be me being ultra frugal but I can't justify heating up the oven or grill when the hob is already hot and a lid or plate over the pan once the bottom is cooked allows the steam to cook the remainder through.
 
Evening all. 8.0 @ 9.05am

Some funny posts and some lol moments, y'all are a hoot. Squeaky chickens, mattresses and tossing dogs into bushes. :D
 
rebrascora said:
@pm133 That is not good. I remember those early hypos and they were scary. If it is any consolation I have found they are much less of an issue now that I am more used to them. Were they orange flavoured Dextrose tablets?
I am guessing you didn't have your test kit with you either since you tested when you got home but didn't mention what your reading was at the time?

Personally I don't leave the house without my diabetes paraphernalia. I have a small back pack/handbag which contains all my gear (insulin, BG meter, Libre scanner, jelly babies and Dextrose tablets, phone and some money and now a mask as well) and it goes everywhere with me. I have got to the point that I feel naked without it. I am happy to trudge around the countryside at all hours of the day and night on my own as long as I have my little backpack with me.

You might also want to consider investing in a medic alert necklace/dog tag or bracelet. Too easy to have an accident and get stuck somewhere and need assistance and if you were to lose consciousness for any reason, not necessarily a hypo, then it helps to identify potential problems more quickly.
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That sounds like good advice.
It's been a difficult day. I took a 2 unit correction an hour before lunch to sort out an 11-ish reading. That took me to 6.6 and I had lunch. After dinner I had the hypo and had 2 dextrose tabs and 2 boiled sweets and was back to 8 ish within 15 minutes. Within 3 hours I was over 14.3 so I took another 2 corrective units because my dinner bolus would have worn off by then. An hour later I was 11 again so it's helped. Been a frustrating roller coaster. People keep talking about controlling the BG levels but this thing is on a hair trigger in both directions. It feels uncontrollable when it's like this. Just when I had progressively brought my daily average reading to 7 as well. Bloody annoying.

My poor dog is getting the brunt of it. Here are two photos of her asking me to stroke her inner thighs. It relaxes and soothes her after a hard day of sleeping in sunbeams. Her name is Hartree and yesterday I was open to bids to take her off my hands. Today we had a chat and we made up. She promised to walk faster and sniff a bit less and today she delivered on that promise so it's all good and I'm in a calmer more relaxed place.
 

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Do I get a medal for being first up? No? Oh well, a 6.7 it is then. Weird old day yesterday. Went to number 1 daughter’s to sort out, me, Mr Eggy and daughter number 3 , who has been re furlaughed. We popped to Tesco first to grab some meal deals to sustain us all during this onerous task! Come lunch time ( 12.30) I realised I had stupidly forgotten my kit. No metre, no insulin but most importantly, no Creon! 😱 I took a gamble and scoffed the sarnie and shared a packet of crisps with Mr Eggy and granddaughter. Unsurprisingly I disappeared to the bathroom within an hour and then again a half hour later. Got home at 5.30, BGs a very normal 6.8! TBF I’m quite often in the low 4s at that time. Bolused for my tea, 8 units, which we ate at 6. 10.30pm, 7.4! Oh the wonder of D! Oh and in amongst all this I received a phone call from daughter number 2, her postponed and rearranged wedding has now been re rearranged for 17th October. Ahhhh!!!! The day after we get back from holiday! Think we might have to return a bit earlier. All systems go. Hence the early rising. Sleep is for wimps! Have a great day.🙂
 
A nice round 5.0 for me at the earlier time of 05:30. The rain is lashing against the windows.
 
eggyg said:
her postponed and rearranged wedding has now been re rearranged for 17th October. Ahhhh!!!! The day after we get back from holiday!
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Good luck with all that. It’ll be all right on the night.
 
Morning all, starting the day with a 5.8.
Our grandsons 4th Birthday today!! Took him out yesterday to the Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway, what a treat, such a lovely place...
He enjoyed it so much he slept all the way home in the car, bless!
Seeing him later after his visit to a farm.

Blessings Snowwy
 
Morning all, 8.4 for me today. I've had enough of having to wear a mask all day at work now. I got used to wearing it going shopping for about an hour, it's not great having to wear one for almost 7 hours a day.
 
Morning

7.2 after an awful nights sleep, just want to snuggle up with Bruce but of course that's not allowed :( if only he had a cooker

Anyway hope the rest of you have a nice day
xx
 
Morning 8.3 for me. Have a good day all
 
4.2 this morning. 🙂
Too wet and miserable for going outdoors. So it's on the exercise bike for me.

Dez
 
Good morning fine people.
After all the sunshine this week it's raining today.
But not in my heart.
Because after the drama of the last day or so I woke up with a 7.0
Relieved? Oh yes.
Sore throat? Oh yes.
From singing out of sheer joy and relief? Oh yes.
A selection of classics by Abba and Rod Stewart? Amongst others yes.
Did my dog Hartree join in? Until we woke everyone else up in the house, yes.

We're both in the doghouse for that one.
 
Morning all. 🙂 6.2 here.

Whattta day (as the dog on the PG tips ad used to say to the cat)! Oh well, the dogs need walking. Don’t suppose there’ll be many peeps on the beach this morning. Our neighbour was complaining (again!) about the visitors we get in Pembrokeshire - miserable so-n-so, he’s from the Midlands, so he’s a ‘visitor’ too! Why does he think all our amenities are so good? To keep the visitors pouring in. Oooh, rant over, hahaha.😉🙂
 
Morning all, 9.1 here!! after a day of fending off hypos yesterday (I reduced basal and lunchtime bolus and still had an entire packet of fruit pastilles on our walk which just about kept me in the 4s) I found the cure - went for a pub meal last night, which kept the BGs rising well into the night, followed by a perfectly flat line for the remainder.
 
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