Group 7-day waking average?

[ColinUK]

Haha good god no! He certainly doesn't need that! But he's temperamental as it is and is even worse if there isn't a pheromone plug in on the go xx

I wish I’d known. I had two for Peluche running 24/7 and passed them both on last week.
Hope he’s ok if you do run out temporarily.

 

[Kaylz]

I wish I’d known. I had two for Peluche running 24/7 and passed them both on last week.
Hope he’s ok if you do run out temporarily.

He's in the living room all day as can't be wandering about in case my grandad comes in so we only have 1 in use full time, we did use Feliway but swapped to Beaphar at the beginning of December as it was more affordable, he just becomes even more of a nightmare, their postage was pretty slow at the beginning of December but fingers crossed it will get here in time! xx

 

[adrian1der]

After a huge plate of kale last night I managed a 5.3 at 07:18 this morning. Cloudy but dry here in West Berks although the chicken pen is a bit treacherous with slippery mud.

Congrats on the HS @Maca44

 

[MeeTooTeeTo]

Haha good god no! He certainly doesn't need that! But he's temperamental as it is and is even worse if there isn't a pheromone plug in on the go xx

I tried those Feliways - didn't seem to make any difference. I've found the only way to calm down a mad moggie is with a quick blast from a can of Mace. 😎

Only joking of course.

Dez

 

[eggyg]

Morning. Late again. 5.8 for me. Never got for walk yesterday as I got a visual migraine, it’s quite rare for me to get them. I just have to close and cover my eyes, and take painkillers. Lasted about an hour but felt wibbly wobbly all day. Did get dressed, about 2pm. Good news today, over 70s and Extremely Clinically Vulnerable to get the call from today about our vaccine. Good luck if you’re in either category. I think I might cry when I get the call.
Apparently it’s Blue Monday today, the day the credit cards bills come in after our Christmas spending. I was pleasantly surprised when ours was in credit. Turns out we paid it twice last month! I always pay it, but for some unknown reason Mr Eggy did too! He is rubbish with financial stuff. 😳Don’t worry it’s only £6! I’ll just buy some books for my Kindle that’ll sort it!
Congratulations to all those who have had a HS this last couple of days, I’ve been a bit remiss with them. Have a Happy Monday everyone. 🙂

 

[Paresh]

Type 2 diabetes // in May 2019.

i had major relapse in hyperglycemia (April - May 20) with HB1Ac over >110. And sharp rise from 53 from Dec 19. Given Insulin Lantus in August 20 followed by sharp fall and into hypoglycemia, by October 20.

Daily reads on Finetest Lite glucose monitor assisted in glucose control. I was by November 20 taking sugar tablets! To avoid hypo's. Off the Sitagliptin now. Just tincture of insulin Lantus 4 units per day. Average glucose 7 mmol/L at morning (from over 100 readings) The graph is from Google Sheets (Auditor) - rather shameful in early part.

 

[rebrascora]

Good morning everyone and Happy Blue Monday.... Apparently the 3rd Monday on Jan is a real down day so I decided to start it early and make the most of it!
Woke up at 3.30am on 5.7 after zonking last night at 9.30pm... not sure what is wrong with me at the moment but just getting these moments where it's like someone flicks the switch and shuts me down... can't get to bed quick enough when it happens... I confess I climbed in fully clothed last night.... Anyway, a nice early start, had a cup of coffee and headed up to the yard, fed and mucked out, popped to the village shop next door for some milk and ended up treating myself to bacon, black pudding and mushrooms (and a couple of packets of pork scratchings) and decided that Blue Monday needed celebrating with a proper breakfast. Headed off for my walk/run at 7am and got back at 8. Sorted chickens and cats and headed home for breakfast. BG was a whopping 14 by now but was confident that it would come down from the exercise. Had a glass of water and it dropped to 11 pretty quickly. No appreciable carbs in breakfast (mostly just the black pudding), so jabbed myself 4 units Fiasp and plated it up only to find my readings was 12 and rising. I try not to eat when my BG is higher than 8 but I wasn't going to let a plate of good food go to waste or get cold so I've eaten it and stuff my Libre TIR which seems to have gone downhill faster than Franz Klammer anyway.
Would just like to add that breakfast was delicious and a really nice change from my usual yoghurt with berries and seeds and a sprinkle of nutty granola....

The egg is on a bed of savoy cabbage onions and mushrooms because having some veggies with my fry up makes me feel less guilty... and I love savoy cabbage and it goes so well with bacon....
Anyway, hope everyone survives today without too many "Blues" and congrats to @Maca44 on your House Special!

 

[Kaylz]

I tried those Feliways - didn't seem to make any difference. I've found the only way to calm down a mad moggie is with a quick blast from a can of Mace. 😎

Only joking of course.

Dez

You notice the difference with him when it's not available, they think he was attacking his own tail and that's what led to needing most of it amputated so the vet suggested it as when he was on medication he was spaced out and wouldn't eat, honestly the worst cat I've ever known and to be honest wish we hadn't taken him on xx

 

[ColinUK]

Good morning everyone and Happy Blue Monday.... Apparently the 3rd Monday on Jan is a real down day so I decided to start it early and make the most of it!
Woke up at 3.30am on 5.7 after zonking last night at 9.30pm... not sure what is wrong with me at the moment but just getting these moments where it's like someone flicks the switch and shuts me down... can't get to bed quick enough when it happens... I confess I climbed in fully clothed last night.... Anyway, a nice early start, had a cup of coffee and headed up to the yard, fed and mucked out, popped to the village shop next door for some milk and ended up treating myself to bacon, black pudding and mushrooms (and a couple of packets of pork scratchings) and decided that Blue Monday needed celebrating with a proper breakfast. Headed off for my walk/run at 7am and got back at 8. Sorted chickens and cats and headed home for breakfast. BG was a whopping 14 by now but was confident that it would come down from the exercise. Had a glass of water and it dropped to 11 pretty quickly. No appreciable carbs in breakfast (mostly just the black pudding), so jabbed myself 4 units Fiasp and plated it up only to find my readings was 12 and rising. I try not to eat when my BG is higher than 8 but I wasn't going to let a plate of good food go to waste or get cold so I've eaten it and stuff my Libre TIR which seems to have gone downhill faster than Franz Klammer anyway.
Would just like to add that breakfast was delicious and a really nice change from my usual yoghurt with berries and seeds and a sprinkle of nutty granola....
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The egg is on a bed of savoy cabbage onions and mushrooms because having some veggies with my fry up makes me feel less guilty... and I love savoy cabbage and it goes so well with bacon....
Anyway, hope everyone survives today without too many "Blues" and congrats to @Maca44 on your House Special!

Just to set the record straight there is no evidence that Blue Monday actually exists. None.
Some say it’s good for mental health awareness but it really isn’t.
Imagine “knowing” that a certain date is the most depressed in the year and already feeling depressed.
Unfortunately there is a slight uptick in suicide attempts today but that never happened to any statistical significance before the day was dubbed blue Monday.
All it is in reality is the day that Christmas credit card spending bills land on the doormat. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less.
The press calling it blue Monday has created this myth and the accompanying downturn in mental health.

 

[SueEK]

@MeeTooTeeTwo honesty is always the best policy, and you can often get a pay back which is great.
@rebrascora I'm not surprised you're always tired, I get worn out just reading about your mucking out morning and night, let alone all the other things you do. Hope you’re ok x
@Kaylz i found the plug ins never worked for my cats and certainly not for Misty so he gave in to anti-depressants. Was loathe to do that but they have made a huge difference to her. Having said that some of my friends with cats swear by the plug ins, just depends on the animal I suppose x

 

[Kaylz]

@Kaylz i found the plug ins never worked for my cats and certainly not for Misty so he gave in to anti-depressants. Was loathe to do that but they have made a huge difference to her. Having said that some of my friends with cats swear by the plug ins, just depends on the animal I suppose x

As I mentioned he just didn't eat and I mean not at all when he was on medication so we couldn't take that route xx

 

[SueEK]

As I mentioned he just didn't eat and I mean not at all when he was on medication so we couldn't take that route xx

Shame, we just do what we can for them don’t we, even if they are a pain in the butt at times with their weird quirky ways x

 

[Inamuddle]

6.8 this morning. Not put any seed out for the birds. Just fat blocks and peanuts. I think it may be a bit longer before they get around to calling me about the vaccine, only just opened our local centre and there are a lot of older people and care workers here.

 

[MeeTooTeeTo]

UPDATE: ON SUET BALLS
Parcel from Amazon arrived. No surprises inside this time. 🙄
While I'm having lunch, Poppy's standing guard over them and then they'll be out in the feeders.

Dez

 

[ColinUK]

You're just another Blue Monday denier. You'll be telling us next there's no Santa.

In the same way that the current image of Santa was thanks to a certain second company, I’ve just learnt that Blue Monday was created by a travel company in an effort to boost sales in a quiet month.

 

[Paulbreen]

A healthy 5.6 at 6:30 am so I’m more than happy to start my day there and so far I haves flat line despite a costa latte for breakfast.
have a great day everyone!!

 

[freesia]

@rebrascora your breakfast looks amazing. Hope you enjoyed it!

 

[rebrascora]

@rebrascora your breakfast looks amazing. Hope you enjoyed it!

I did enjoy it thanks and it set me up for the day and all that meat made me feel brave enough to get out on Rascal this afternoon!
Just did a couple of miles because he hasn't been ridden for so long and he was totally full of it and extremely anxious.... but amazingly we didn't part company... even without my "sticky bum jodhs". We did scare a few pedestrians with our silly antics but they were far enough away to be safe and just heard the clattering of hooves and looked anxiously in our direction as he "tap danced" a paddy in the middle of the road, snorting and tossing his head and looking like he was ready to charge the enemy.... if only we could find one! Coming home was the most difficult because he just wanted to go and trying to hold him without him getting too frustrated was very challenging.... We did a lot of fancy dressage moves to try to keep him focused and thankfully we made it back safely. Rebel was not impressed that Rascal got taken out instead of him!

 

[Robin]

I did enjoy it thanks and it set me up for the day and all that meat made me feel brave enough to get out on Rascal this afternoon!
Just did a couple of miles because he hasn't been ridden for so long and he was totally full of it and extremely anxious.... but amazingly we didn't part company... even without my "sticky bum jodhs". We did scare a few pedestrians with our silly antics but they were far enough away to be safe and just heard the clattering of hooves and looked anxiously in our direction as he "tap danced" a paddy in the middle of the road, snorting and tossing his head and looking like he was ready to charge the enemy.... if only we could find one! Coming home was the most difficult because he just wanted to go and trying to hold him without him getting too frustrated was very challenging.... We did a lot of fancy dressage moves to try to keep him focused and thankfully we made it back safely. Rebel was not impressed that Rascal got taken out instead of him!

Glad you survived!

 

[freesia]

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I did enjoy it thanks and it set me up for the day and all that meat made me feel brave enough to get out on Rascal this afternoon!
Just did a couple of miles because he hasn't been ridden for so long and he was totally full of it and extremely anxious.... but amazingly we didn't part company... even without my "sticky bum jodhs". We did scare a few pedestrians with our silly antics but they were far enough away to be safe and just heard the clattering of hooves and looked anxiously in our direction as he "tap danced" a paddy in the middle of the road, snorting and tossing his head and looking like he was ready to charge the enemy.... if only we could find one! Coming home was the most difficult because he just wanted to go and trying to hold him without him getting too frustrated was very challenging.... We did a lot of fancy dressage moves to try to keep him focused and thankfully we made it back safely. Rebel was not impressed that Rascal got taken out instead of him!

I felt anxious reading about it! And without your sticky bum jodhs as well!! You must have felt brave after that breakfast. You might have posted it before so i hope you don't mind me asking, is there a reason Rascal hasn't been ridden for a while? How is MeMe's hoof now?