My sleeping pattern is quite off at the moment since I’ve turned from being a tea person to a coffee person: just been having skinny lattes all this week but, now having 2 per day the last couple of days; think I need to go cold turkey now & STOP as I’m awake at odd hours!
🙄😱😳 It’s ALMOST as bad, many times in the past, when I became addicted to Chinese tea, an oolong tea Tik Koon Yum, drinking 10+ cups a day: on a par with expresso in terms of caffeine as it’s not diluted down with milk or sugar; would be awfully “bitchy” to work with in my restaurant working days, nights really, making me realise I’m addicted & go cold turkey!
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Then, I’d be EVEN more cranky for a few days more as I went through withdrawal, dreaming of smelling, tasting & drinking Tik Koon Yum in my sleep until the cravings finally went: cycle of feast & famine that I’ve broken since retiring; haven’t drunk any in years & can’t remember the last time I drank it! There isn’t any in the house & not been to Belfast, Chinese food supplies wholesale & retail, to get any & not likely to in the foreseeable future! Phew! Just as well since I don’t want to go down THAT route again!
🙄 Oddly enough I’ve never had a problem with what the British drink as tea but, the Chinese call milk tea: precisely, I suppose, because of the milk & honey; nowhere near as much caffeine!
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15/10/20 20:03 BS 6.3
🙂 Feeling dead tired now but, will try to last another hour, at least, for midday meds!
Ongoing food experiments have had my BS a wee bit erratic today, my day, as I tried 2 low carb meals but, had to guess the bolus for drinking diluted raspberry syrup with them: pork with mushrooms stir-fry with broccoli rice & guessed slightly too little bolus with BS 6.3 & 9.7; garlic butter stuffed chicken wrapped in parma ham with tender-stem broccoli too much bolus before & after BS 7.2 & 4.2 so, a good thing I caught that & had a caramel cinnamon latte for the 2 hours of active insulin left! Both times with 18 units of Novorapid so, came to the conclusion that I need 20 to start with & go down by -4 from that depending on which meal, 1st, 2nd or 3rd: had a feeling I SHOULD have had 16 for meal 2 but, I went with 18 anyway!
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The latte, over 6 hours ago when I tested, brought me back up a bit more than I’d like to sleep on at 09:54 BS 7.6 but, I check it again before going to bed after Levemir!
🙄 It’s taken me SO long to post this that’s it’s over 7 hours ago now!
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A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!
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A tired & a bit wired Lanny going off to bed soon!
I MUST NOT drink anymore latte for the next few days at least & go back to tea with milk & honey!
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