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Group 7-day waking average?

@Flower hope you are ok and not suffering too much. Take care xx
 
15.4 for me this morning but to be honest I don't care as I was happy just to wake up!!
Felt really, really ill last night. Shivery, aching, heart racing, nauseous and waves of overwhelming fatigue where I was really fighting to stay awake as I still had active bolus insulin in my system. Gave up in the end and climbed into bed fully clothed and shivered until I fell asleep.
I was quite impressed that I actually remembered to inject any Levemir before bed as, up until the last few days, I haven't needed any, but I wasn't in any frame of mind to think about adjusting doses so I stuck with 4, the same as the previous night which clearly wasn't enough but better to be safe than sorry. Will probably up it to 6 tonight. I have added another unit to my morning dose so now 27 and see how that goes. I had a better day with my readings yesterday so hopefully that daytime dose is getting close to being right.

I do wonder if it was the vaccine that made me feel so unwell. It was the same with the first one. I had what seemed to be a delayed reaction, 4-5 days afterwards.

Glorious morning here in the north east but once I have finished my morning chores I may head back off to bed as still feeling washed out. Got most of stable work done first thing so not too much left to do. Feel a little revived now I have had a coffee!
 
4.2 after 10 hours sleep hard day in garden late Wicks delivery so had flood lights out 9pm as I was adamant I was going to get frames for Jasmin done so today I can just sit in the summer house watching the rain.
 
rebrascora said:
I do wonder if it was the vaccine that made me feel so unwell. It was the same with the first one. I had what seemed to be a delayed reaction, 4-5 days afterwards.
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My second jab really hit me BG up BP up for a week didn't feel great at all.
 
@rebrascora i didn’t ‘like’ your post as that sounds awful. Perhaps you need to contact your GP tomorrow or DSN or someone at least to let them know how you have been as it doesn’t sound right. Hope you manage to get a little nap and feel up feeling a little more refreshed x
 
Good morning from a cold wet windy Lytham.

5.3 this morning a 6:15am

I will stay in this morning and keep warm.
 
@rebrascora, go back to bed and rest. I hope you feel better soon. Post and let us know how you are.
 
My last few mornings

5.3 - waking - this morning
8.5 - bedtime last night

9.4 - waking - 2nd May
10.4 - bedtime - 1st May

9.3 - waking - 1st May
12.2 - bedtime - 30th April

4.8 - waking - 30th April
7.4 - bedtime - 29th April

3.2 - waking - 29th April
5.1 - bedtime - 28th April

Open to feedback on these
 
Good morning (just) @rebrascora hope you feel better soon, sadly we seem to be in the same place but I have yet to have my 2nd jab so no excuses. I had lots of exercise yesterday, and then had a dropping blood sugar in the evening. After a snack it was still only 4.5 very late at night so I had a small bowl of cereal. Woke this morning with a reading of 15.

The small amounts of rain we have had seem to have made little difference to the garden. I want to redo one of the borders but the ground is still rock solid. And gosh is it windy here ontop of the hill.
 
For Line of Duty fans:-

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This is what o don’t get some say they do . I was 10.7 and 5.9 after breakfast do eating cracker bread and cold meat with a coffee and milk makes it lower? But if I’ve had that in evening it goes up three points . Anyway I am below 10 again and if on average below ten is good for now . I was hoping to know how to lower it but I can’t . It is still early days . Weight loss over a stone since I started so I have my 5 % under my belt now aiming for 10%
 
Nayshiftin said:
This is what o don’t get some say they do . I was 10.7 and 5.9 after breakfast do eating cracker bread and cold meat with a coffee and milk makes it lower? But if I’ve had that in evening it goes up three points . Anyway I am below 10 again and if on average below ten is good for now . I was hoping to know how to lower it but I can’t . It is still early days . Weight loss over a stone since I started so I have my 5 % under my belt now aiming for 10%
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Might sound like a daft question but do you make sure you wash and dry your hands before testing. Eating will make it go up a little for me even thought I'm low carb so say 4.2 this morning after getting out of bed if I tested 2 hrs later after breakfast I normally get around 4.9 or so.
 
Maca44 said:
Might sound like a daft question but do you make sure you wash and dry your hands before testing. Eating will make it go up a little for me even thought I'm low carb so say 4.2 this morning after getting out of bed if I tested 2 hrs later after breakfast I normally get around 4.9 or so.
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Yes I wash my hands before I test all the time . I am well aware of that making a difference . However most mornings it is high then drops and then rises as now before lunch it’s 9.4 and I can usually say it will drop post lunch .
 
@Nayshiftin I think it is likely that your elevated morning readings are down to Dawn Phenomenon rather than what you ate the evening before. You could try setting an alarm at say 3am and testing then and then testing again when you wake up to start your day and see if there is any appreciable difference and that would indicate if it is DP.

The fact that it is going down after food also suggests it may be DP. Food hitting the stomach signals the pancreas to start insulin production so it sounds like the pancreas is getting the message correctly then but not from the slow release of glucose from the liver earlier in the morning. Visceral fat around the liver and pancreas can cause this poor communication issue which may be why morning fasting BG levels are the last readings to come down into line. Hopefully as you continue to lose weight this situation will improve, but having better readings through the day is very encouraging that what you are doing is working well.

You could, if you fancied splashing some cash at the problem, invest in a Libre sensor and that would enable you to see when through the night your levels start to rise and this would probably confirm that it is DP, but since you are unable to do anything about it, it will not really be beneficial other than hopefully showing you that the food you ate was not the problem. Your levels are generally heading in the right direction and those fasting readings should eventually follow suit if you keep the faith.
 
Good afternoon 5.6 rain hasn`t hit us yet, we should be in the middle of it by now although the wind
is very intense.🙂

Have a safe journey @Clifton and good luck.🙂
Clifton said:
Travel certificate in hand and £155 lighter
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Why would you pay £155 for a lighter.:D
Nayshiftin said:
This is what o don’t get some say they do . I was 10.7 and 5.9 after breakfast do eating cracker bread and cold meat with a coffee and milk makes it lower? But if I’ve had that in evening it goes up three points . Anyway I am below 10 again and if on average below ten is good for now . I was hoping to know how to lower it but I can’t . It is still early days . Weight loss over a stone since I started so I have my 5 % under my belt now aiming for 10%
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It would be better you starting a new thread on this subject @Nayshiftin, you`ll find a better response especially
from members who don`t visit this thread, be prepared to answer more questions.

What you like @Flower your getting as bad as me falling over, please be careful. {{{HUGS}}}

Take care stay safe folks.🙂
 
@Nayshiftin.... Just to add. There are 2 phases of insulin production from what I understand.
Phase one is where the pancreas reacts to food hitting the stomach and triggers insulin release. From what I have just read this insulin is believed to be sitting in storage waiting for the message to release it. This seems to be quite effective in your body especially on your low carb diet when a relatively small amount is all you need and the fact that your levels drop after eating suggest this is the case.
Phase 2 is a slower response and involves communication between the liver and pancreas and insulin production. I am guessing that visceral fat hinders this process most. Your BG levels increasing again as you approach your next meal indicates this may be the problem area for you

With diabetes there may be issues with insulin storage and release (Phase1) insulin production (Phase 2) and insulin resistance where the cells of the body become unresponsive to insulin. Any or all of these in combination will make peoples' diabetes different. From your readings pre and post meal it looks like your Phase 1 is good and probably little insulin resistance since your levels drop after eating but your Phase 2 may be slow which is why your readings creep higher as you approach your next meal.

Do you feel quite stiff and full in your upper abdominal area just under your rib cage. When fat develops around the liver and pancreas it becomes difficult to bend down and things like reaching down to tie shoe laces or getting things out of the bottom shelves of cupboards and the fridge becomes difficult as that fat makes your torso rigid. I didn't realise this until I lost it and can now bend down comfortably again and I wasn't carrying that much extra weight but what a difference it made losing it! I assumed it was just an age thing making it harder to bend down but it was actually that solid mass of organs and fat underneath my rib cage blocking me.

I wonder if maybe the "Newcastle diet" would be more beneficial for you if that is the case as the radical low calorie diet causes that visceral fat to be depleted faster I believe. I wonder if this in fact why the Newcastle works for some people and not for others.

I should say this is all just my very limited knowledge "take" on the way things work and it will not be anywhere near as simplistic as this in reality, but just my thoughts on why your levels are not responding quite as you would like at the moment.
 
A 5.5 for me at 06:19 this morning.

Very windy in West Berks but the rain hasn't arrived (yet).
 
rebrascora said:
15.4 for me this morning but to be honest I don't care as I was happy just to wake up!!
Felt really, really ill last night. Shivery, aching, heart racing, nauseous and waves of overwhelming fatigue where I was really fighting to stay awake as I still had active bolus insulin in my system. Gave up in the end and climbed into bed fully clothed and shivered until I fell asleep.
I was quite impressed that I actually remembered to inject any Levemir before bed as, up until the last few days, I haven't needed any, but I wasn't in any frame of mind to think about adjusting doses so I stuck with 4, the same as the previous night which clearly wasn't enough but better to be safe than sorry. Will probably up it to 6 tonight. I have added another unit to my morning dose so now 27 and see how that goes. I had a better day with my readings yesterday so hopefully that daytime dose is getting close to being right.

I do wonder if it was the vaccine that made me feel so unwell. It was the same with the first one. I had what seemed to be a delayed reaction, 4-5 days afterwards.

Glorious morning here in the north east but once I have finished my morning chores I may head back off to bed as still feeling washed out. Got most of stable work done first thing so not too much left to do. Feel a little revived now I have had a coffee!
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All you need on top of the bg issues you've been having lately. I hope you feel better soon.
 
Nayshiftin said:
Yes I wash my hands before I test all the time . I am well aware of that making a difference . However most mornings it is high then drops and then rises as now before lunch it’s 9.4 and I can usually say it will drop post lunch .
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Have you had Liver bloods done or a scan to see how much fat if any is around the organs if not maybe ask GP for one.
 
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