Group 7-day waking average?

[Grannylorraine]

6.1 this morning but I will take that, as I had aleady been out of bed to the bathroom and was preparing to come downstairs when I remembered I hadn't tested. Running and a 10 minute core session today.

@merrymunky - good to see you back posting, you can do this,

Have a good day everyone, sunny here in this part of Essex.

 

[Carolg]

11.3 this morning, but totally knocked off with travelling and awake a lot of night, but getting back to normal. Still to unpack yuk nice to see what is happening with garden now it’s colder

 

[SB2015]

4.8 this morning, new cannula and new sensor working well, and read6 for a busy day.

Happy birthday @Kaylz

Can I just say…I hate diabetes!

Yes you can. Sadly it just won’t go away, so welcome back.
A new day and a new start.

 

[janw]

6.8 following a bad night, not sure if I'm up to going out to coffee morning today, might rest up as got granddaughter for a couple of hours or so tonight, whilst "mummy and daddy" go out for their anniversary meal.

 

[ColinUK]

@Kaylz Happy birthday!

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Good morning 🙂 3.8 for me at 7:26am then 6.0 at 7:54am after 4x dextrose and 1x rich tea biscuit
- had 15.0 units of tresiba which I decreased this morning from 16.0 units to 15.0 units

Other readings
Bedtime 4.6 at 23:14pm
- had 3x rich tea biscuits

Breakfast 9.0 at 9:39am
- 36g of carbs - 4.5 units humalog food - 1.0 unit correction

I would be delighted to know what anyone thinks of these readings 🙂

 

[MeeTooTeeTo]

it was 6.0 for me first thing this morning. 🙂 That'll be down to the Bailey's Milk Chocolate bar that I was tempted to buy yesterday. But it was worth it.

Happy Birthday to @Kaylz

Dez

 

[adrian1der]

A 5.8 for me at 05:40 this morning. Looks like being a nice day and the good news is we are half way to the weekend 🙂

 

[rebrascora]

Good morning 🙂 3.8 for me at 7:26am then 6.0 at 7:54am after 4x dextrose and 1x rich tea biscuit
- had 15.0 units of tresiba which I decreased this morning from 16.0 units to 15.0 units

Other readings
Bedtime 4.6 at 23:14pm
- had 3x rich tea biscuits

Breakfast 9.0 at 9:39am
- 36g of carbs - 4.5 units humalog food - 1.0 unit correction

I would be delighted to know what anyone thinks of these readings 🙂

Hi Gill. I think the Tresiba reduction is probably a wise decision as I think you have had at least 2 basal tests abandoned due to hypos.
According to DAFNE you should not have done a correction at breakfast as that is your first meal after your hypo, so it would be a good idea to keep a closer eye on your levels this morning in case you go low again. ie. Do a mid morning check.

 

[PattiEvans]

Wow! I was AWOL for 1 day and 4 pages of activity to read!

6.2 yesterday and 6.9 this morning. Considering the odd eating day yesterday (4 course lunch and no dinner) I’m happy with that.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Hi Gill. I think the Tresiba reduction is probably a wise decision as I think you have had at least 2 basal tests abandoned due to hypos.
According to DAFNE you should not have done a correction at breakfast as that is your first meal after your hypo, so it would be a good idea to keep a closer eye on your levels this morning in case you go low again. ie. Do a mid morning check.

Thanks @rebrascora and do you think the decrease by only 1.0 unit was enough? I know I'll have to leave it a good few days to see if there is any change. When would you do another basal test?

 

[rebrascora]

Thanks @rebrascora and do you think the decrease by only 1.0 unit was enough? I know I'll have to leave it a good few days to see if there is any change. When would you do another basal test?

I find 1 unit difference in basal can make enough difference for me, even though I am on a higher dose than you although if I have been physically much more active or there is a very obvious trend then I will change it by 10% and see how that goes.
I think in your case, 1 unit is a good decision.
I would give it at least another 3 days to let that change take full effect before you think about checking it.

 

[Bexlee]

A belated very happy birthday @Kaylz.

 

[Bexlee]

5.3 for me today

 

[Lanny]

Well! 😱 THAT was annoying! Just spent over an hour queuing on the phone to the health centre & told the doctor had tried to call me while I was engaged on the phone then, put on hold again to get the GP by the receptionist only for my mobile to ring & it was the GP! So, I hung up my landline!🙄 Why put in the letter to call at 11:15? That’s the way phone appointments are done: call at set time, to let the GP know I haven’t forgotten?, then wait for GP to ring me on or any time after the appointment: I DID forget one phone appointment before in the past & didn’t call & GP never called me back; this time GP tried calling me anyway while I was still queuing on the phone! 😡

THEN, it was a bit of a wasted call as doctor told me that my liver blood test done in October at the hospital were actually a bit better than the one done at the health centre in September! So, I think the new, to me, hospital doctor got into a bit of a presumptuous panic as these last few years my liver has waxed & waned quite a lot anyway in little bits & the GP said she’ll certainly refer me again to gastroenterology but, Covid has delayed the waiting list further & she can’t promise me when I’ll be seen! 🙄

And here I was in a panic thinking things had gotten significantly worse for the new hospital doctor to say I needed to be seen urgently! 😡

The health centre was VERY busy today & was surprised by the very long queuing time to get through: worse than the appointments queue at 08:30 in the mornings to see the GP! 😱

Shopping arrived around 11:20 at the start of my phone queue, bagged it all in the porch & left it sitting while I waited & waited AND WAITED on the phone! My LR alarm went off at 11:30 & tried to do the first injection of 3 one handed while holding the phone & made a disaster of it as I thought I’d pushed it in only to discover I didn’t pull off the outer cap so, the LR was wasted inside the outer cap: REALLY shouldn’t have done that; no wonder it was completely painless as I didn’t get the needle in at all! 😡 AND 😳 for being an irritated numpty!🙄😉

Shopping now put away & I’ll get some sleep now as I couldn’t manage any earlier: too anxious about “how much worse is my liver?”; still a bit annoyed but, starting to calm down as I’m a wee bit relieved that the liver is improved a bit! 🙄 & a reluctant 🙂

Little Miss Grumpy just needs a bit of shut eye! 🙄😉 Off to bed now! A Stream of z’s emoji!

Rant over! 😳 I promise I won’t be so grumpy after some sleep!😉

 

[Lanny]

Forgot to say! After that debacle of the first injection I very impatiently got off the phone with the GP before starting again & got all 3 in now! Oh! I forgot to take my pills so, I’d better take them too before I go to sleep! 🙄 I’m all in a tizzy!😳

 

[Barfly]

I am striving for perfection - normal FBG is, supposedly, between3.9 and 5.4. I want total remission....

Maybe some disagreement amongst medicos there, my diabetic nursie told me the range was 5-10 as normal.

 

[Barfly]

A 5.8 for me at 05:40 this morning. Looks like being a nice day and the good news is we are half way to the weekend 🙂

Adrian-never wish your life away--don't worry it'll end soon enough!

 

[Lanny]

Little Miss MUCH Happier, after some sleep is reporting in with a waking 19:50 BS 5.9🙂

I’m going to miss these 5’s when I’ll most likely go up once I start the Tresiba which, thanks to my earlier debacle, I WILL start on Friday at lunchtime: actually miscounted the pens yesterday & had 1 dose less than 2 pens this morning; I’ll do both doses tomorrow & that leaves less than two thirds of a dose left, I estimate, & no point in bunging in a partial dose! Just about 50 odd units wasted then, unfortunately because of that boo boo earlier, in the last pen! 😳 So, that’ll bring me to lunchtime on Friday for 76 Tresiba starting dose! Do a week of that & see how it goes at the end of the week report to DSN? But, I’m expecting higher BS readings as it’ll mostly likely take some tweaking to get it right? 🙄

Just had breakfast of a yummy chopped up chicken breast, prawns & chopped up smoked salmon sandwich with a tiny, just enough to bind, heinz saucy ketchup mayonnaise on thick white kingsmill bread: YUMMY & MUCH better on thick bread than the standard medium cut! 😛

In case I forget to report in tomorrow I’ll just wish all you lovely lot an up coming Very Good Morning & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

 

[merrymunky]

@eggyg No excuses for not taking it really. I just kept forgetting in the evening as my meals have been all over the place and I get distracted with Eris. I’m keeping a food and medication diary every day again now and making sure I tick it off as soon as I take it.

@Barfly I recognised that view immediately! I’m in Poole too. It a lovely walk isn’t it?

@rebrascora Yes those levels have me worried too. I have essentially lived off carbs and sugar recently. I mean, ridiculously so. When I started trying again in June/July time those levels started to come down after a couple of weeks so hoping with enough effort they will gradually work their way downwards again. No wonder I wake up feeling like I’ve been hit by a bus sometimes. I think I spent so long managing the diabetes so well in order to get pregnant and carry Eris safely that I never really came to terms with the fact that this condition is for life. Now I think the real hard battle is beginning. It’s a harsh reality to face and I hate myself for falling so off the wagon after having an hba1c of 35 in pregnancy. It’s 69 as of august. Not as bad as when I was first diagnosed but not far off and I’d definitely end up back there if I carried on the way have recently. I have been on the slow release for a months now but even they cause issues but it’s settling again after a few days consistently taking them.

Oh, who am I to deny you of Eris pictures? She’s grown so much. She’s running about all over the place, babbling away, she has lots of words now and is just the sweetest and funniest little girl. She is obsessed with Minnie Mouse, Hey Duggee and books. She loves to empty the saucepans and mixing bowls out of the kitchen cupboards that aren’t child locked and likes to steal my work lanyard when I get home and parade around the house in it! She still sleeps though the night but as soon as she’s awake she’s raring to go again.

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