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Group 7-day waking average?

6.5 this morning even with the damn cold.

@Gwynn congrats on the HS and the photographic fame! You need to sort of image rights and get an agent! You’ll be on Strictly next year!!

Today’s Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement - which is a fast day and the day the Books of Life get sealed for the next 12 months. I’ve not fasted for years as I need water with meds obviously. Were meant to fast for 25 hours to ensure we cover the 24. Abs fasting means nothing at all - no water, no food, nothing. Strictly orthodox types often won’t even brush their teeth so they don’t risk swallowing toothpaste.
We’re also not meant to wear leather shoes today but I’ve never really understood that one tbh.
There’s a rabbinical ruling that says it is your responsibility to do what’s best for your health regardless of fast days etc and actually says if you’re medically required to not fast then it’s a sin to fast. We’re nothing if not a pragmatic bunch!
 
Morning all. 🙂 9.3 here...these random, every now n then high fasting BGs are puzzling. Ho hum.

Nice work @Gwynn !!!

How’s the low-carbing going in general @Ditto ? That picture thread is brilliant - it’s good to see what others are eating.
 
@ColinUK hope the cold disappears fast!
Thank you for the explanation of Yom Kippur, fascinating to read and I would say not only pragmatic but sensible.
 
Morning all. 5.9 today.

Restless night, had a stomach upset after tea last night, steak, salad and half a jacket potato. Not sure if it was the oil on the salad ( we made this ourselves BTW) or just because this is what my stomach does from time to time. Was low at bedtime, as I’d lost most of my food, and I was still trying to get my BGs up at midnight! Managed in the end, even though I really didn’t want to eat. Stomach gurgled all night long, plus I was hot and there’s lots of random noises, and I’m a rubbish sleeper even at home! I’ll have to have a siesta this afternoon. 😉

Another hot day expected, sorry folks back in the UK, we’ll just take it easy, a stroll along the beach, a walk into the old town and around the narrow cobbled streets or a swim in the pool, who knows? I do know it won’t be a walk to Aldi like yesterday, phew! Hot, hot, hot, total 4 miles walked with two very full rucksacks! We’re bonkers. 😛

Have a great day all. Congratulations @Gwynn on your HS and claim to fame. @Bexlee and @Ditto nice to see you both back in the fold. @Robin hope you keep improving.

Here’s a photo to make you smile. As @ColinUK remarked when I posted it on FB. Eggy legs! :rofl:
 

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Gave up on the early morning walk this morning. Foul weather here. Dark, cold, windy, raining. It's not worth catching a chill over a bit of exercise. And, Antonin Dvorak died of a chill after a walk with a friend in poor weather. Shame, as he is one of my favourite composers. I wonder what else he might have gone on to compose. He had some real sadness in his life too.
 
Gwynn said:
Gave up on the early morning walk this morning. Foul weather here. Dark, cold, windy, raining. It's not worth catching a chill over a bit of exercise. And, Antonin Dvorak died of a chill after a walk with a friend in poor weather. Shame, as he is one of my favourite composers. I wonder what else he might have gone on to compose. He had some real sadness in his life too.
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Perhaps it was the Curse of the Ninth Symphony that got him, like several other composers.
 
A nice round 5 today. 🙂

Dez
 
2.7 according to my Libre 🙄 this morning at 6.17am and that was after 2 JBs for a 3.1 at 3.30am which apparently only just lifted me out of the red before I dropped again and that was with a 1.5u basal reduction last night. I was torn between 1 and 2u reduction so split the difference since I hadn't had a particularly exertive day yesterday... Clearly the wrong decision. 🙄 I slept pretty well though and woke up refreshed so not all bad and whilst I did feel a bit hypo when I woke up 2 consecutive finger pricks gave me 4.4 and 4.0 so Libre was exaggerating as usual.
Time in range for the past 7 days now shows a new personal worst of 83% with a whopping 12% below. My consultant is going to have a fit!! 😱 All I can say is that I am doing my best!

Congrats to @Gwynn on your House Special this morning.

Loving the info about Yom Yippur @ColinUK Hope you soon recover from your cold.

@Robin I know exactly what you mean about increasing basal so much and feeling like you are driving straight towards a cliff edge. I had that feeling a year and a half ago when I had to increase by almost 100% but at least that was over a period of weeks and then one day I had 7 hypos, just as I had started to feel like I was worrying about nothing. 🙄 At least with Levemir you can hit the brakes and know they will work reasonably quickly. Keep those JBs handy and in plentiful supply!

@Ditto Lovely to see you back posting so thanks to your brother for getting you fixed up with internet connection. Good luck with going Low Carb again. Your numbers seem a lot better now than they used to be anyway, so hopefully it shouldn't be too difficult to bring them down a bit more.

@eggyg So sorry to hear you have been poorly last night and had to battle your diabetes at the same time... which of course us insulin junkies need to do. Hope you have a nice relaxing day today and catch up on some zzz. Photo is amazing.... Looks like it should be a page on a calendar. And what time of day was this?? The pool is empty and so are the sun loungers. So impressed by your perfectly manicured feet too!!
 
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Well I just woken up so I'm going to take this reading even if I do full back asleep it's 8.3 as usual needed a correction last night for a 11.6(it seems whatever I do I get a jump by bedtime) it dropped to 8.6 at 3.15 and know it's it's stayed steady. I'm thinking I might try a croisent from Greg's this morning I've tried the pain au chocolate which wasn't brildemt so the normal croissants might not be much different.
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well as i half expected by time by got the coseernt(although it was just over the time i usually test anyway) i had risen to to 10.2(so either rose because i was up and moving or happens it that time anyway(i need to try and show my team that or they sujust that i up my evening livermier more because it will look like i've rose overnight) but arnt going to see them for another 3 months(and things could have change by then) unfortunately couldn't wait to eat as had flat white with it that would have gone cold if i did) oh and croisdent wasn't great.
 
Good morning people! 6'6 for me today.

I have a diabetes review in the hospital this morning. The called me just 2 days ago, saying they had a cancellation and if I would be able to attend at this time. It happened to be one of my days off this week so I said, why not. No chance of getting any bloods done, but they said they didn't need them and I had my HbA1c result from August (from a GP review, not the hospital one). So that's okay. I'm going to ask for Libre, as I meant to send the nurses an email but I've been too lazy 🙄
 
@Elenka_HM Good luck getting Libre. Do be politely insistent if they are hesitant. Make sure to have a list of other things you want to ask about. Are you using bolus insulin with every meal now? I know initially you were just using basal but I seem to remember you might have started using bolus now.
Let us know how you get on.

Not as good as @MikeyBikey this morning but still proud of my Wordle in 3 today.
 
eggyg said:
Morning all. 5.9 today.

Restless night, had a stomach upset after tea last night, steak, salad and half a jacket potato. Not sure if it was the oil on the salad ( we made this ourselves BTW) or just because this is what my stomach does from time to time. Was low at bedtime, as I’d lost most of my food, and I was still trying to get my BGs up at midnight! Managed in the end, even though I really didn’t want to eat. Stomach gurgled all night long, plus I was hot and there’s lots of random noises, and I’m a rubbish sleeper even at home! I’ll have to have a siesta this afternoon. 😉

Another hot day expected, sorry folks back in the UK, we’ll just take it easy, a stroll along the beach, a walk into the old town and around the narrow cobbled streets or a swim in the pool, who knows? I do know it won’t be a walk to Aldi like yesterday, phew! Hot, hot, hot, total 4 miles walked with two very full rucksacks! We’re bonkers. 😛

Have a great day all. Congratulations @Gwynn on your HS and claim to fame. @Bexlee and @Ditto nice to see you both back in the fold. @Robin hope you keep improving.

Here’s a photo to make you smile. As @ColinUK remarked when I posted it on FB. Eggy legs! :rofl:
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I hope your stomach settles soon. I once read that it can sometimes be the bottled water that people drink when in other countries as the mineral content can be quite different to what they are used to.
I looked once as one type we bought tasted vile, and I compared with another bottle and the minerals were completely different.
 
Good morning everyone! New sensor last night which meant I waited for my supper and took a bolus for it (big mistake for me as that meant my BG dropped too much before bed). Got some low readings from the new sensor (3.9, 4.2, etc.) decided to switch off the alarm overnight to give the new sensor a chance to settle in. However 4 on waking this morning, finger stick test was 4.6, so it does look like the new sensor is working ok and pretty accurate. Maybe I really was bouncing around 4 all night long like it said!

After breakfast it has returned to more normal levels, peaking at 10.3 after breakfast and now at 8.9 and dropping slowly back to my target of 6 between meals.

So far 4 out of 6 sensors have been accurate (ignoring the last few hours of life on a couple of them when they either read low or failed to scan and one that didn’t stick onto my arm and had to be replaced before it had started). So I’m building up confidence in them now and still loving having the data to see the effect of different foods and starting to identify where I can make changes to bolus timings.
 
And it’s a 5.4 for me this dry windy day.
 
Morning all and 7.2 for me.

Supposed to be going to the studio this aft but not sure what's happening as it's a Rail Strike day. Trying to get in touch with the drummer as he's the train user

Have a good day everyone.
 
rebrascora said:
@eggyg So sorry to hear you have been poorly last night and had to battle your diabetes at the same time... which of course us insulin junkies need to do. Hope you have a nice relaxing day today and catch up on some zzz. Photo is amazing.... Looks like it should be a page on a calendar. And what time of day was this?? The pool is empty and so are the sun loungers. So impressed by your perfectly manicured feet too!!
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Feeling better this morning thanks. Upped the old Creon. :(
It was about 3pm, there’s only about a dozen apartments and they’re definitely not all occupied. I never had a swim. I dipped my beautifully manicured toes in and said “ nee chance!” Mr Eggy was a brave boy and went in. Re my toes. As we were waiting in Newcastle airport I suddenly realised I hadn’t painted my toenails. I quickly nipped in Boots and got a similar colour to the varnish that I had applied about two months, so I didn’t need to buy nail varnish remover and cotton wool balls. Done them in apartment on Monday night! Don’t zoom in as they look terrible in real life!
 
Leadinglights said:
I hope your stomach settles soon. I once read that it can sometimes be the bottled water that people drink when in other countries as the mineral content can be quite different to what they are used to.
I looked once as one type we bought tasted vile, and I compared with another bottle and the minerals were completely different.
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Unfortunately, I wish it was as simple as that. I have numerous gastric problems, one being not having a pancreas which means my food can go right through me if I don’t get my Creon dose correct. The other problems are because I have had major abdominal surgery I have scarring and adhesions. This means I have gastric dumping syndrome along with a permanent partial bowel obstruction. These can cause both constipation and diarrhoea! I can’t eat too much fat nor can I eat too much veg, fruit, grain, seeds, nuts or too much fibre. It is challenging, should we say. I just plod on, making sure I know where all the loos are, I don’t leave the house until I know it’s safe. It’s a bigger pain in the butt ( pardon the pun) than the diabetes sometimes. I’m back at the hospital next month to see the gastroenterologist. Not sure what they can do but I live in hope. Thanks for your concern and suggestions though. Much appreciated.
 
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