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Group 7-day waking average?

Iwillgetthere said:
Better for me this morning 9.3. followed this by a coffee and half hour of yoga- up to 12.2 (double checked too)! Out for a walk then. Back down now to 8.9.
I've heard about high impact/weights causing a raise in BG but yoga? So disappointed.
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It is great that you are monitoring and you will gradually find out what works for you.

I find I rise after a Pilates session which is probably similar to a yoga session. For me it is a tiny snack straight after I finish that stops the bigger rise, that can be due to the liver dumping some glucose to top you up. The tiny snack tells the liver not to bother as I am dealing with it. I know it seems counter intuitive.
 
New-journey said:
Good morning everyone, I have gone through hell and back but feeling better and 6.5 this morning.
My 27 year old daughter got caught up in a hammer attack in London on the tube, she was fine but looked after two injured young men and called the ambulance. Very traumatic for her, but dead proud of how when everyone else ran away, she stayed to help, and was the only one. She is taking time off work to recover, and is with her two sisters who are supporting her. I would love to go but she says no as they all took masks off and no socially distancing happened.
I wish you all a good day.
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What a shock. Good to hear that your daughter is giving herself time to recover.
Take care of yourself.
 
Robin said:
Morning all, 3.9 here, my normally predictable dawn rise seems to have gone on holiday. Talking of which, looks like our upcoming Devon break will be scuppered. All I want to do is walk along some cliff paths!
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Sorry that it is looking like you plans have gone awry.
I hope that you have a chance to get away soon.
 
Woke with a 5.3 and lots of rain hammering against the windows. Not much sense in getting up. Two hours later woke again at 7.2. My body obviously thought I had got up and the DP kicked in.
 
6.7 for me this morning and the straightest overnight line I have had since I started using Libre, so my plan of increasing daytime Levemir and decreasing night time by 1 unit seems to have worked well. Unfortunately I have had to have 3 correction doses today so far which is pretty disappointing. Was right at the end of my Levemir cartridge and only got 16 units out of the old one and then 2units out of the new one to make up my new normal of 18 but doesn't seem to have had the same effect it did yesterday to hold me steady. I didn't bolus for DP because I haven't really needed to recently and it was more than an hour before I ate breakfast, so guessing DP probably ate up a lot of my morning bolus. Will go back to adding 2 extra units to my bolus injection tomorrow morning.

@ColinUK Congrats on 2 in a row. Hope you can pull off the impossible and get the hat trick tomorrow. Not sure I have seen anyone achieve it as long as I have been posting here.

Does anyone remember it happening?

@Bloden Delighted to see you get another one too.

@Michael12421 I am so pleased you went out and got more test strips but very sorry to hear you hypoed on the way home. Please don't leave it until you are down to your last couple of strips next time. Always make sure you have at least a whole pot when you reorder.
Toujeo seems to be unpredictable for you and I really think you need to be putting pressure on your Health Care Professionals to change to a different basal. You have persevered with it for more than long enough with near disastrous results and from what I understand you had good control with Lantus before you were changed. I have also read several posts where other people have struggled with unpredictable levels with Toujeo so I don't think it is down to anything you are doing wrong. It just doesn't suit you and I wonder if it is perhaps a better basal for Type 2 diabetics who are insulin resistant rather than Type 1s like yourself who are more responsive to insuin.
If you can't get it changed then at least ask for a half unit pen, but there must be some alternative available and I think your current history of hypos clearly indicates that it is causing you serious problems, so I think you have very strong grounds to insist on trying a different basal insulin.
I know change will be scary for you but we will be here to support you through it and your current situation is already very scary and dangerous, so please discuss this with your GP at the earliest opportunity and see what is available. I would personally recommend Levemir (if you have any choice) because it is more flexible and you can adjust daytime and night time doses independently to suit your lifestyle and body's needs.
 
Iwillgetthere said:
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean
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If you search for "dawn phenomenon" on the forum you will find a lot of information about liver dumps. If your liver thinks your blood glucose may fall because you have not eaten, it may release glucose, often when it is not actually needed. Eating something can prevent this.
 
Iwillgetthere said:
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean
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Hi
There are two main causes of your blood glucose rising. These are firstly the foods you eat but secondly the glucose released into the blood stream by the liver. This latter happens to keep our main organs functioning when there is no food in our system, either during the night or at other times when we are fasting. I imagine the liver to be a bit like a standby generator that kicks in when the fuel runs out, to keep our bodies functioning. It has a tick over function and a rev mode. It is usually on tick over during the night whilst we sleep but gears up a bit in the morning to give us energy to start the day. It is believed to be a throwback to our prehistoric days when we didn't have cupboards and fridges and had to go out to forage or hunt down a wooly mammoth to get food and is referred to as Dawn Phenomenon or sometimes "Foot on the floor syndrome". DP can kick in during the early hours even whilst we sleep but there are many people, like myself who experience it the moment we get out of bed, hence foot on the floor being a more appropriate description.
My BG will rise by as much as 6-7 mmols within an hour or so of getting out of bed without eating anything unless I inject insulin to correct it. Some people find that a small low carb snack as soon as they get up like a piece of meat or a boiled egg or a chunk of cheese will help to stop it, or breakfast of course, or you can go out and simulate running down a wooly mammoth to try to take care of it if you like.
Try experimenting with testing as soon as you wake up before you get out of bed and then 15 mins after you have got up and see if your levels start rising even though you haven't eaten anything (or done yoga!)
 
silentsquirrel said:
If you search for "dawn phenomenon" on the forum you will find a lot of information about liver dumps. If your liver thinks your blood glucose may fall because you have not eaten, it may release glucose, often when it is not actually needed. Eating something can prevent this.
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silentsquirrel said:
If you search for "dawn phenomenon" on the forum you will find a lot of information about liver dumps. If your liver thinks your blood glucose may fall because you have not eaten, it may release glucose, often when it is not actually needed. Eating something can prevent this.
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Thank you for your help, I shall have a look!
 
rebrascora said:
Hi
There are two main causes of your blood glucose rising. These are firstly the foods you eat but secondly the glucose released into the blood stream by the liver. This latter happens to keep our main organs functioning when there is no food in our system, either during the night or at other times when we are fasting. I imagine the liver to be a bit like a standby generator that kicks in when the fuel runs out, to keep our bodies functioning. It has a tick over function and a rev mode. It is usually on tick over during the night whilst we sleep but gears up a bit in the morning to give us energy to start the day. It is believed to be a throwback to our prehistoric days when we didn't have cupboards and fridges and had to go out to forage or hunt down a wooly mammoth to get food and is referred to as Dawn Phenomenon or sometimes "Foot on the floor syndrome". DP can kick in during the early hours even whilst we sleep but there are many people, like myself who experience it the moment we get out of bed, hence foot on the floor being a more appropriate description.
My BG will rise by as much as 6-7 mmols within an hour or so of getting out of bed without eating anything unless I inject insulin to correct it. Some people find that a small low carb snack as soon as they get up like a piece of meat or a boiled egg or a chunk of cheese will help to stop it, or breakfast of course, or you can go out and simulate running down a wooly mammoth to try to take care of it if you like.
Try experimenting with testing as soon as you wake up before you get out of bed and then 15 mins after you have got up and see if your levels start rising even though you haven't eaten anything (or done yoga!)
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Thank you for the explanation! I shall do some further exploration and testing!
 
rebrascora said:
6.7 for me this morning and the straightest overnight line I have had since I started using Libre, so my plan of increasing daytime Levemir and decreasing night time by 1 unit seems to have worked well. Unfortunately I have had to have 3 correction doses today so far which is pretty disappointing. Was right at the end of my Levemir cartridge and only got 16 units out of the old one and then 2units out of the new one to make up my new normal of 18 but doesn't seem to have had the same effect it did yesterday to hold me steady. I didn't bolus for DP because I haven't really needed to recently and it was more than an hour before I ate breakfast, so guessing DP probably ate up a lot of my morning bolus. Will go back to adding 2 extra units to my bolus injection tomorrow morning.

@ColinUK Congrats on 2 in a row. Hope you can pull off the impossible and get the hat trick tomorrow. Not sure I have seen anyone achieve it as long as I have been posting here.

Does anyone remember it happening?

@Bloden Delighted to see you get another one too.

@Michael12421 I am so pleased you went out and got more test strips but very sorry to hear you hypoed on the way home. Please don't leave it until you are down to your last couple of strips next time. Always make sure you have at least a whole pot when you reorder.
Toujeo seems to be unpredictable for you and I really think you need to be putting pressure on your Health Care Professionals to change to a different basal. You have persevered with it for more than long enough with near disastrous results and from what I understand you had good control with Lantus before you were changed. I have also read several posts where other people have struggled with unpredictable levels with Toujeo so I don't think it is down to anything you are doing wrong. It just doesn't suit you and I wonder if it is perhaps a better basal for Type 2 diabetics who are insulin resistant rather than Type 1s like yourself who are more responsive to insuin.
If you can't get it changed then at least ask for a half unit pen, but there must be some alternative available and I think your current history of hypos clearly indicates that it is causing you serious problems, so I think you have very strong grounds to insist on trying a different basal insulin.
I know change will be scary for you but we will be here to support you through it and your current situation is already very scary and dangerous, so please discuss this with your GP at the earliest opportunity and see what is available. I would personally recommend Levemir (if you have any choice) because it is more flexible and you can adjust daytime and night time doses independently to suit your lifestyle and body's needs.
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I’ll try.
Don’t tell the DF but I did have some chocolate this evening though - Waitrose Madagascar 80% and it was delicious!
 
Who can believe it’s already November. I hope it’s a good month for everybody. 5.7 for me.
 
This won’t last but I’m revelling in the moment.... 5.2 again today!

And how good are they on Strictly this year! Even the “joke” contestants are great (apart from JS who is way behind the others in skill and confidence).

I’d be delighted to see Bill Bailey and Caroline Quentin in the final.
 
4.8 for me today. 🙂 No walkies in the woods this am - it's still too darn windy. 😱

Dez
 
morning

thought i was destined never to test at bedtime last night, first dodgy strip, second battery low and electrical error, got to test in the end though 🙄

6.9 on yet another horrible looking day
xx
 
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