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Group 7-day waking average?

Michael12421 said:
Yes I have them. The most frequent is Error-4 - too cold.
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That is surprising Michael considering you are in Spain. I have never checked what the error codes mean. I just know when I lose the screen display after I put the test strip in, it wants to somewhere warm and cosy for a few minutes!
 
Good morning same as yesterday very overcast and 5.1 on the Richter scale. 😎

Just had an hour long review with my surgery D nurse (DN) very thorough,
HbA1c 39 gone up from 31 does that mean I am cured? :D Having a call from
my D team this afternoon need half units of of NR pens e.g. Echo, DN just needs
conformation from DSN.

@Michael12421 you seem to have better control now well done.🙂

@Gruers those Lithium batteries are used in a great deal of products
other than our meters, e.g car key fobs, all the years I have been in
the trade very rarely got called out because the fob didn`t work and
then it was usually the contacts had gone green. I used to change
them every three years irrespective for peace of mind, your meter
needs sorting out.

To those who are feeling a bit down or not so well {{{HUGS}}} to you all.😉

Take care folks stay safe, enjoy your day if you can.🙂
 
KARNAK said:
I could be your new meter Barbara I love getting warmed up that way. 😳 :D
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I might need to invest in some larger bras for that Ted!
 
There is a misconception about Spain - it gets very cold here in the winter. I live inland - Province of Jaen - and for the past few days I have been wearing thermal underwear, jumpers and winter coats when I go out. On the other hand we have temperatures of over 45 degrees in the summer.
 
Good afternoon team🙂

I woke on 5.1. Had my double espresso and got to 5.3. Don’t think my reader has 5.2 in its repertoire, think I might ring Abbott.🙄

Anyway, nothing much happening hereabouts. More tech arrived yesterday, AirPods Pro, so I can listen to music without disturbing the neighbours. They are expensive, but worth every penny. Best sound I’ve ever had, whether with speakers or headphones. Effective noise cancelling, too, though with volume turned up to 11 that’s a bit superfluous.o_O It’ll be nice pairing them with my phone when the iPhone 12 Pro arrives, just as soon as Vodafone can find a silver one.

I’m not spending all this money on me, I did donate £x00 to Children in Need, as the government don’t seem to consider children in need as their fault, or responsibility, as Marcus Rashford has ably demonstrated. Just to show how our government considers aid to the needy, the supermarkets have been given millions in state aid during lockdown, while all are recording record profits, and Sainsbury’s shareholders got a nice payout. Meanwhile, one Tory MP suggested that any cafes helping out with meals for hungry kids shouldn’t get any assistance, because if they could afford to do that they didn’t need any help. Oh well, it’s a democracy, so some folk must consider that perfectly OK. If you do, you’ve got no soul.

Anyway, have a good day. I won’t, because my Hotel Chocolat delivery arrived today, and it’s not Advent yet.:(
 
pm133 said:
Well I just sprayed the tea I was drinking all over my keyboard when I read that.:D
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Oops, sorry! TMI I guess.
Just passing on a tip that works for me... I usually have cold hands too when it is cold so it is the only way I have thought of to warm it up when I am up at the stables and it is a place that I can often hypo so being able to revive my meter and test is important!
 
ColinUK said:
Ménage time! Hehe
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Oh dear! Our exchanges this morning have rather taken a turn for naughtiness! Where are our teacher members to scold us and keep us in check!
I blame Ted. We were all very decorous until he turned up again lowering the tone!.... Love you Ted!
 
KARNAK said:
You can borrow one of mine Barbara what colour do you want 😱 also front loader or rear.o_O
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I'm not going to reply to that Ted. You will get us kicked off the forum!
 
ColinUK said:
@KARNAK welcome back Ted!

And a 4.9 for me this morning. Spoke with a cousin of mine yesterday who was diagnosed T2 earlier this year as well. “You’re wrong about your blood sugar levels Colin” she said. “Mine is fine and it’s between 8, 9 or 10. Something like that. I don’t test it anyway” she said.

It’s a pity that some people just ignore the advice about getting BG under control. I doubt she realises the impact her diabetes will likely have on her health as she ages. But that’s her body and her life not mine. If anything she hardens my resolve to make my body the least hospitable place for the Diabetes Fairy to call home.

Work was fun yesterday as I had long Zoom meetings with various anti vaxers who took the opportunity to declare they didn’t believe the COVID stats, think it’s all a false flag, won’t get vaccinated against it because “they’re lying” about efficacy but did say they’d had their flu jabs recently “because that works”. I pointed out that efficacy of the flu jab is generally no more than 40% at best. “Yeah but that’s ok but I don’t believe they’re being truthful about the 94% for COVID vaccines”.

Sometimes people really deserve everything they’ve got coming.
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Some people just won’t listen. I did a referral yesterday for a young man, very early 20s with severe eye problems that could lead to blindness in the future and he does not take his insulin or accept his diagnosis years ago of Type 1 - it’s both scary and sad in equal measure.
 
@freesia and @SB2015 thanks for the kind words. Was just having a moan, no point really as can’t do anything. One of the docs came to see me today to see how the situation was and if they could do anything to help, that was so sweet as they are all so busy too. Some of the referrals we are doing are also very sad and although I’m pretty tough you can’t help but feel empathy for some of our patients. People with terrible mental health problems, suicide, young people with awful diagnoses and lonely older people struggling to get by, sometimes it does get to you, especially when you can’t find a minute for yourself.
Anyhow it does make you feel grateful for your own life and family and I’ll be ready tomorrow to start again. We really should all be grateful for what we do have xx
 
SueEK said:
Some people just won’t listen. I did a referral yesterday for a young man, very early 20s with severe eye problems that could lead to blindness in the future and he does not take his insulin or accept his diagnosis years ago of Type 1 - it’s both scary and sad in equal measure.
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As someone who's been there but didn't have time to get used to things and being someone that did everything right this saddens me but I'm cruel and have not much sympathy because I did the right things and got bad news and many have chosen to just not bother, it boils my blood the ones that get off with things after years of neglect even more xx
 
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