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Group 7-day waking average?

rebrascora said:
3.4 for me today I'm afraid. Went to bed on 10.1 and then a steady drift down to the red line after that. No basal or bolus insulin since yesterday morning but lots of exercise and more to come today so cut basal back by one unit this morning and I have had breakfast on the house (no bolus). Even my usual foot on the floor hasn't kicked in yet and I have been up nearly an hour! What is going on!

@khskel Good to see you getting an House Special this morning. Congrats!
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Enjoy the free bolus breakfast while you can as the DF quite often bites back unexpectedly so, take the bonus when you get it! 😛🙄:D😉
 
Get well soon @eggyg

A 5.6 for me this morning at 05:58. Thick cloud made it seem extra dark this morning when we set off for school. Now we have a dull, dreary and drizzly day in West Berkshire. Looking forward to cold and clear tomorrow - my favourite kind of autumn day
 
And a 5.5 today for me.

Other than that there’s really nothing to report from this end. I am looking forward to the gym reopening next week (hopefully) because I’ve found myself missing it.
Oh and I’ve discovered Libby the app which gives access to library books, and I’ve been reading or rereading things which appeal. Just finished a Harlan C and have another on the shelf waiting for when I’ve finished Shōgun which I last read about 40 years ago I think.
 
@eggyg my best wishes to you for a speedy recovery.

Dez
 
ColinUK said:
And a 5.5 today for me.

Other than that there’s really nothing to report from this end. I am looking forward to the gym reopening next week (hopefully) because I’ve found myself missing it.
Oh and I’ve discovered Libby the app which gives access to library books, and I’ve been reading or rereading things which appeal. Just finished a Harlan C and have another on the shelf waiting for when I’ve finished Shōgun which I last read about 40 years ago I think.
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My library uses a differnt app but not tried as I have loads of books I have yet to read on my Kindle.
 
Well my foot on the floor appears to have got out of bed much later than I did, so just 10g carbs on board (breakfast) and a chunk of cheese since my 3.4 this morning and now 11.6 and still slowly climbing. Need to get started on that exercise I guess!

Having a bit of an experiment day today to see if I can manage without any bolus insulin.

Didn't treat my waking hypo this morning (naughty I know but I'm experimenting) because I wanted to see firstly if it was a proper hypo as oppose to a normal low that the average non diabetic might have during deep sleep as discussed in another thread recently. I also wanted to see if Foot on the floor would deal with it and since I had no real insulin on board to cause me to drop lower I didn't feel it was dangerous to wait and see what happened just this once and I was closely monitoring it and if it had dropped lower I would have treated it.
It clearly needed treating because it didn't come up without carbs but since I had breakfast to hand (a protein bar) I just ate that to increase my levels.... not recommending that to anyone as a hypo treatment and I know it is wrong but my digestive system breaks them down pretty quickly and I didn't want to eat jelly babies and then inject insulin.
Conclusion so far is that disappointingly it was a real hypo and may have triggered my liver to dump glucose which is why I am now climbing so high after relatively few carbs.
Inference is that I do need to treat these early morning lows and figure out a new strategy to stop them happening in the first place. It is interesting that these hypos have started since I began eating earlier in the evening so maybe my more natural routine of eating late at night is the best option for me and was something the DSN half suggested when I spoke to her about it. I guess that is probably my next experiment!

Edited to add my levels peaked at 11.9 on the Libre but a finger prick showed 9.8, so not as bad as it appears. Still not had any bolus insulin so will see if basal and exercise can take it down.
 
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eggyg said:
Hi all from my bed in the Cumberland Infirmary. 6.1 today. Ended up in A&E last night, had terrible abdominal and lower back pains. Started after my short walk to Aldi, back was aching and I suspected I’d overloaded my rucksack. Long story short after tea, cottage pie, I was in agony, didn’t know what to do with myself. Thought I was dying. Mr Eggy whipped me straight to hospital where I vomited in triage! Oops! Put on drip of morphine and had CT scan. Bowel obstruction! I was not expecting that, but hey it’s 2020, they suspect it’s caused by scar tissue after my ops. So nil by mouth for the next day or two, I’m getting an insulin pump! Well whilst I’m here. I’ve a cannula in my right arm hydrating me and for antibiotics and they have tried twice to fit a cannula in my right arm for the pump, they’re sending someone who knows what they’re doing. Docs words! Also have a tube up my nose into my stomach to drain it. It may mean an op if it doesn’t settle. Just twinges this morning. Fingers and toes crossed please everyone for a no op option. Have a better day than me everyone. 🙂
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So sorry to hear this, take care and hope you are out of hospital soon.
 
Good afternoon 4.7 on a not bad day.🙂

Good grief @eggyg what on earth are you up to? get well soon.
{{{HUGS}}} thinking of you be nice to yourself. xxx

@rebrascora see you`re struggling also, you have such a busy
life for which I admire you, on the point of your low morning reading
I wouldn`t treat it either if it was me but as you well know we are
all different. Well done on experimenting, with the onslaught of winter
my Basal rates alter everyday but if I alter mine it changes immediately
unlike other members it takes a few day`s to kick in.

I hope you get it sorted you have gained so much experience in the short
time you have been diagnosed and I have every faith you will. xxx

Take care folks stay safe.🙂
 
Good afternoon gang🙂

I woke up 4.9 this morning. Bit late getting up, had to wait a short while till the CBD oil relaxed my right leg muscles enough to straighten it. Of course, now that I’m able to get vertical, the BG has rocketed to 5.9 🙄

Had a good evening last night, watching Rovers overrun Preston North End at Deepdale. They won, three nil. Preston were utterly inept. Preston only had 30% of possession in the game, which is dismal for the home side. Haven’t met Robin’s husband ( a Preston émigré) but if I did I would gloat. 😉Wasn’t just a local derby, both sides were founder members of the football league, so there’s a long history. And Preston has expanded way beyond Deepdale, so they should be renamed Preston North Side. There is only one club in the whole English football league whose name doesn’t indicate the town or city region in which they originated. Without using Google, see if you can guess who that is🙂

I’m going to have to blag an earlier appointment with the neuro specialist. My legs are starting to shake when I’m standing up supported by crutches. Bit embarrassing. When the legs are fully straight, it stops. And, perhaps a bit more sinister, I’m occasionally having difficulty saying words of more than three syllables. Gets worse as the day goes on. That can happen in PLS, but it can also happen in full fat MND, which PLS sometimes grows into. That’s the interesting question I will be asking the neuro consultant. I’ll keep you informed of the state of play.

Anyway, have a good day everyone. And Eggy, you never do owt simple, do you? Make sure you get better. As your surgeon has hinted, only an idiot would go digging around in your interior, there’s not much left to bugger up, but what’s left is precious. Plenty of fluids needed, mostly produced by Diageo I would suggest:D
 
G'day all. 6.8 @ 9.50am had a lie in due to insomnia last night. The only thing with going into the living room to sleep on the sofa is the cat thinks it's time to get up and bugs the life outta me. 😛
 
Well, I spoke too soon. A bit of a jog up the hill and my levels headed north again and topped out at 14. Have resisted doing a correction as per DAFNE (following a hypo). Steady physical exercise all afternoon shifting manure and I am eventually down to 9 when normally I would be treating myself to 5g carbs here and there to keep me in range. so pretty sure I need that extra daytime unit of Levemir. That is twice I have cut it to 15 now, to try to prevent the night time lows and battled high levels through the day as a result.

@KARNAK Thanks for your support and vote of confidence Ted. With the knowledge I have gained from this forum and the confidence it has given me to experiment, I will figure out a strategy to manage this problem. I too am lucky that my basal changes give me immediate results and like you, mine are changing on an almost daily basis just now. I absolutely could not manage on a very long acting basal. My problem is that I can't go into minus units for through the night! I think I need some sort of insulin sucking leech!

@Grannylorraine So lovely to see you posting again. Hope you are keeping well. I am guessing you have been following events without posting but that @eggyg's shocking post this morning prompted you to break your silence. Hope you feel that you can rejoin us on a regular basis as you are a great inspiration. Have you managed to keep running?
 
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G'day all. 6.8 @ 9.50am had a lie in due to insomnia last night. The only thing with going into the living room to sleep on the sofa is the cat thinks it's time to get up and bugs the life outta me. 😛
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Swap ya for out little pain in the ass, hes been a nightmare for days now and will be even blooming worse come Friday and all of next week! 😡 xx
 
eggyg said:
Hi all from my bed in the Cumberland Infirmary. 6.1 today. Ended up in A&E last night, had terrible abdominal and lower back pains. Started after my short walk to Aldi, back was aching and I suspected I’d overloaded my rucksack. Long story short after tea, cottage pie, I was in agony, didn’t know what to do with myself. Thought I was dying. Mr Eggy whipped me straight to hospital where I vomited in triage! Oops! Put on drip of morphine and had CT scan. Bowel obstruction! I was not expecting that, but hey it’s 2020, they suspect it’s caused by scar tissue after my ops. So nil by mouth for the next day or two, I’m getting an insulin pump! Well whilst I’m here. I’ve a cannula in my right arm hydrating me and for antibiotics and they have tried twice to fit a cannula in my right arm for the pump, they’re sending someone who knows what they’re doing. Docs words! Also have a tube up my nose into my stomach to drain it. It may mean an op if it doesn’t settle. Just twinges this morning. Fingers and toes crossed please everyone for a no op option. Have a better day than me everyone. 🙂
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Good luck @eggyg hope you are better soon without needing an op
 
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