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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning 9.3. update with the endospocy yesterday while it really wasn't comfortable it was over in minutes couldn't be sedated as I needed to make my own way home (they probably wouldn't have down it anyway as my blood pressure was towards the lower end) everything looked normal but they taken bispoys. here's how my blood sugars behaved(reason I checked so much is I kept feeling light headed and dizzy probably because I hadn't eaten) one of the longs was when the nurse checked it before the produce so yes I was ever so slightly low afterwards before lunch but could be worse.


Not the over yet though I've got the other thinng on Tuesday I do question what the letter says about insulin again (I'm not sure these people that write this advice now exactly how type 1 manges just that it involves insulin) like only at lunch time the day before m only take half the usual dose . It's short acting it's going to be while out my system by the next morning. And aslo delay background insulin in the morning until after the produce(now that might be okay if the produce is done sight away) but it does say allow for a couple of hours for everything.
Not allowed to eat any solid food from 1pm that's going to be struggle).
 

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Northerner said:
You'd have to limit your sessions to the thawing duration of mascarpone, which is calculated using the formula Q = mLf = (1.0 kg)(334 kJ/kg) - you'd need to input the weight of your mascarpone into the formula, but there would come a point where the wobble board could no longer be used for its intended purpose as it would become too soft. You'd probably also need to incorporate your own weight into the equation somehow as the pressure you exert would increase the rate of thaw. Might be easier to forget the cheese option and plump for a different, less capricious medium 🙂
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How dare you suggest I’m too heavy to be supported by a block of frozen mascarpone.
The absolute cheek of some people!


I’ll see if I can find a giant Dairylee Triangle and use that instead.
 
5.6 for me today. 🙂

Dez
 
Good morning - 5.0
 
Morning all and 5 for me.

Back to the garden today.

On the musical front we've just been asked to record a Siouxsie and the Banshees cover for a tribute album by an American record label. Should be fun and there's a reasonable payment involved .

Have a good day everyone.
 
Well my decision not to have any Levemir last night was a good one as my levels were very stable and totally horizontal whilst I slept. My decision to bump them with a few unbolused carbs before bed was less good 🙄 or more to the point, my idea of "a few" was a little too much.... My overnight graph looks like Table mountain. I went up to 10 and stayed there until 5.17am when I woke up very restless and jabbed 2.5units of Fiasp and went back to sleep. Woke up when the alarm went off to a much better 6.6, so that is my offering for this morning but it was engineered. 😉
A bit stiff and sore this morning from all my exercise yesterday. Calf muscles are particularly tight despite doing stretches before bed.
Hope everyone has a good day/weekend. It is clear and sunny here this morning. I need to get some washing done and more grass cut and maybe a visit to the shops for a few treats to see me over the weekend because we are heading off to Wensleydale show tomorrow with the horses. It is a lovely friendly show. Going to get some nuts and a couple of packets of pork scratchings and some olives with feta and that should keep me happy. :D and some Polos and carrots for the lads of course.... Ian can sort himself out with treat!
 
khskel said:
How about frozen pizza with half pittas for the rockers?
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I think the pockets in the pitta might compromise structural integrity.
 
rayray119 said:
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Not the over yet though I've got the other thinng on Tuesday I do question what the letter says about insulin again (I'm not sure these people that write this advice now exactly how type 1 manges just that it involves insulin) like only at lunch time the day before m only take half the usual dose . It's short acting it's going to be while out my system by the next morning. And aslo delay background insulin in the morning until after the produce(now that might be okay if the produce is done sight away) but it does say allow for a couple of hours for everything.
Not allowed to eat any solid food from 1pm that's going to be struggle).
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I've reread the lefefett about how long the prodecure usually takes and I can't help but think deleying insulin until afterwards really isn't a good idea(have any type 1 had one done and actually stack to advice about how much and when do insullin they were given?.
 
42istheanswer said:
Morning. 7.7 before rolling out of bed then 7.1 after getting up and washing my hands. (Can't do that before getting out of bed - I did use a balm tissue to wipe the first drop of blood though, so not sure if something in that may have affected. Used plain toilet roll for second one.)

Incidentally - do you generally wipe the first drop of blood then use the second? Meter instructions said to do that (and said to use cotton wool but meh)
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To be honest, given that meters have a 15% tolerance then essentially 7.7 and 7.1 are the same. I've never wiped the first drop of blood away. I suppose it might be to take away any contamination that may have been on your finger, but if you wash your hands first then there shouldn't be any, unless of course you use highly perfumed soap. TBH in 20 years I've just pricked and used the blood, often without hand washing as it's not possible in some circumstances. If I got an unusually high result that I wasn't expecting I'd probably wash my hands and try again. Though that's unusual.
 
Morning all - at least it's sunny.

5.5 this morning after correcting a low with some JBs in the wee small hours. Funny, didn't post yesterday when it was 7.6 after rising to the 10s then dropping for the 2nd night running. Ha, I thought, a pattern here... obviously not going by last night, so shan't bother with adjusting basals. It really is a conundrum sometimes!

Off to see the chiropractor about my shoulder after lunch. Hope he can work his magic.

You lot are too funny about the cheesy wobbleboard. I used my cheese odds and ends (camembert and dolcelatte) last night on the roast mediterranean veggies... so I shall have to do without a wobbleboard.:(
 
Morning all. 🙂 6.2 here, after a banging hypo at midnight - is it a pattern or isn't it (I went low the night before too)? You're right @Pattidevans, it IS a conundrum sometimes. I don't think I want to see what tonight brings! o_O

Why not just buy a wobble board @ColinUK LOL? I can't bear to think of all that wasted cheese!
 
Can anyone give me their thoughts, waiting for DSN to return my call but I thought you all might be able to help, quite a few of you have me considerably.

We all know my eating has been all over place as has taking my insulin. Have been very stressed this week so havent quite got back on track but it's been no where near as bad. A few of you have said my basal isn't right and I actually think I'm quite insulin resistant at the moment.

So today I'd like your thoughts on this.

I woke up and I was 18, no surprise because I didn't match insulin to what I was eating yesterday. But I had taken my basal.
Once out my bed it was up to 21, which is quite usual for me to rise about 3.
I took 4 units to correct as that would take me down to 8, I was being cautious.
2hour laters I was 16 and now finally I am 9.9.

How do I interpret this?
 
Ali11782 said:
Can anyone give me their thoughts, waiting for DSN to return my call but I thought you all might be able to help, quite a few of you have me considerably.

We all know my eating has been all over place as has taking my insulin. Have been very stressed this week so havent quite got back on track but it's been no where near as bad. A few of you have said my basal isn't right and I actually think I'm quite insulin resistant at the moment.

So today I'd like your thoughts on this.

I woke up and I was 18, no surprise because I didn't match insulin to what I was eating yesterday. But I had taken my basal.
Once out my bed it was up to 21, which is quite usual for me to rise about 3.
I took 4 units to correct as that would take me down to 8, I was being cautious.
2hour laters I was 16 and now finally I am 9.9.

How do I interpret this?
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Sounds like a great result. Ok you didn't quite come down to 8 but 9.9 is a lot better than where you started and it would have taken more than 4 correction unoits to bring me down from 18 and even more to bring me down from 21) so I don't think you are overly insuin resistant. What is it about that result you are unsure of?

Often when BG levels are very high you need more insulin to bring you down so whilst 1 unit might drop your levels 3mmols when you are under 12 mmols over that and certainly up into the 20s you would likely need more, so just coming down to 9.9 isn't a concern.

I find with Libre I can be a bit more assertive with my corrections rather than cautious and then as my levels drop close to my target, if the arrow is still showing that they are dropping fast I will have a Jelly baby to slow the drop and just keep watching my Libre to bring it down to a steady level and have another JB if necessary but usually just one will land it nice and steady in range, rather than not coming down far enough and being frustrated and having to do another correction.
 
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rebrascora said:
Sounds like a great result. Ok you didn't quite come down to 8 but 9.9 is a lot better than where you started and it would have taken more than 4 correction unoits to bring me down from 18 and even more to bring me down from 21) so I don't think you are overly insuin resistant. What is it about that result you are unsure of?

Often when BG levels are very high you need more insulin to bring you down so whilst 1 unit might drop your levels 3mmols when you are under 12 mmols over that and certainly up into the 20s you would likely need more, so just coming down to 9.9 isn't a concern.

I find with Libre I can be a bit more assertive with my corrections rather than cautious and then as my levels drop close to my target, if the arrow is still showing that they are dropping fast I will have a Jelly baby to slow the drop and just keep watching my Libre to bring it down to a steady level and have another JB if necessary but usually just one will land it nice and steady in range, rather than not coming down far enough and being frustrated and having to do another correction.
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Thanks.
I think it's because I took those 4units at 6.30am and it took till 11.30 to come down to 9.9. Is this ok? I thought after 3hours I would be down to that.
 
Bloden said:
Morning all. 🙂 6.2 here, after a banging hypo at midnight - is it a pattern or isn't it (I went low the night before too)? You're right @Pattidevans, it IS a conundrum sometimes. I don't think I want to see what tonight brings! o_O

Why not just buy a wobble board @ColinUK LOL? I can't bear to think of all that wasted cheese!
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Well now you make that genius suggestion. Couldn’t have said it before I bought Betsy could you?!D3D89421-F3BB-4485-85C7-D17DEF89EA1A.jpeg
 
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