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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning. 4.6 for me after big Chinese meal last night. Good guesswork involved I think
 
16.3 - bedtime - 23.11pm
3.3 - this morning
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8.9 - teatime - 20.02pm - chinese = chicken soup - 1/2 tray prawn fried rice - drizzle of curry sce - 6u QA
8.5 - after tea - 21.02pm
13.8 - after tea - 21.55pm
 
whiskysmum said:
16.3 - bedtime - 23.11pm
3.3 - this morning
😡

8.9 - teatime - 20.02pm - chinese = chicken soup - 1/2 tray prawn fried rice - drizzle of curry sce - 6u QA
8.5 - after tea - 21.02pm
13.8 - after tea - 21.55pm
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Three hours between injecting and bedtime reading suggests you were still dropping from your meal dose for quite a while. I wonder if you would do better with an insulin that acts more quickly and doesn't last as long, such as Apidra? Might be worth discussing with your DSN as you might then get a truer picture of your levels at bedtime 🙂
 
Morning. Lovely weather. 4.4 for me but huge family roast last night and been topping up with correction doses bedtime and 4 am. Got there in the end. Never a dull moment with diabetrs
 
Good morning 24.5 after one of my worse every hypos last night 1.6 and found myself eating 16 jelly babies even though my taste buds went weird. Was very scared that I was going to collapse because my thinking was muddled and Mark was fast asleep...I didn't think to wake him up
 
AJLang said:
Good morning 24.5 after one of my worse every hypos last night 1.6 and found myself eating 16 jelly babies even though my taste buds went weird. Was very scared that I was going to collapse because my thinking was muddled and Mark was fast asleep...I didn't think to wake him up
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Oh Amanda, so sorry to hear this! Goodness, thank heavens you had the instinct to eat, if not to ask Mark for help! You wouldn't have been able to think straight at that level. No wonder you are high this morning - when you get that low I know that you just want to get those levels up again and nothing seems to be working at first. I wonder if having a sugary drink might be better than JBs should you ever (heaven forfend!) drop low like this again.

I hope you don't suffer too much of a hypo hangover, and that your pump is able to help stabilise your levels through the day. {{{Amanda}}}
 
Northerner said:
Oh Amanda, so sorry to hear this! Goodness, thank heavens you had the instinct to eat, if not to ask Mark for help! You wouldn't have been able to think straight at that level. No wonder you are high this morning - when you get that low I know that you just want to get those levels up again and nothing seems to be working at first. I wonder if having a sugary drink might be better than JBs should you ever (heaven forfend!) drop low like this again.

I hope you don't suffer too much of a hypo hangover, and that your pump is able to help stabilise your levels through the day. {{{Amanda}}}
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Thanks Alan. When I had two bad hypos like this before going on the pump I used Lucozade and because of the volume in my tummy with the gastroparesis each time it took two hours to get my BGs up😱 so the jelly babies are better as they have less volume - I don't usually have 16 - and they start to work in the gum because I make sure I chew them lots. Think the low bg was a combination of gastroparesis and going swimming at 3pm, first time I've been swimming in a long while and first time on the pump - I did reduce my basal half an hour before going in the pool - swimming isn't usually a problem but in future I'm going to go in the mornings so that I can deal with any related hypos during the day. It's fortunate that I've stopped CAB so all I've got to do today is a gentle walk with Susie.
 
AJLang said:
Thanks Alan. When I had two bad hypos like this before going on the pump I used Lucozade and because of the volume in my tummy with the gastroparesis each time it took two hours to get my BGs up😱 so the jelly babies are better as they have less volume - I don't usually have 16 - and they start to work in the gum because I make sure I chew them lots. Think the low bg was a combination of gastroparesis and going swimming at 3pm, first time I've been swimming in a long while and first time on the pump - I did reduce my basal half an hour before going in the pool - swimming isn't usually a problem but in future I'm going to go in the mornings so that I can deal with any related hypos during the day. It's fortunate that I've stopped CAB so all I've got to do today is a gentle walk with Susie.
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I see. Did you put on a temporary basal after the swimming? I think that exercise, especially if it is of a type you haven't done for a while, will have a knock-on effect for many hours - for me it can be as much as 40 hours after! Good idea to go in the mornings so that you can assess your reactions and learn to make any adjustments during the day 🙂

Enjoy your walk with Susie 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I see. Did you put on a temporary basal after the swimming? I think that exercise, especially if it is of a type you haven't done for a while, will have a knock-on effect for many hours - for me it can be as much as 40 hours after! Good idea to go in the mornings so that you can assess your reactions and learn to make any adjustments during the day 🙂

Enjoy your walk with Susie 🙂
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Thank you Alan🙂 I didn't put on a TBR after the swim because I was 8 but in retrospect a longer TBR through the night would have been a good idea. I think that sometimes I have to learn to run it slightly higher so not to risk low hypos. Not waking up until I was that low was scary. Being told I've got to go for my walk now by Susie who keeps rubbing me with her paw🙂
 
AJLang said:
Thanks Alan. When I had two bad hypos like this before going on the pump I used Lucozade and because of the volume in my tummy with the gastroparesis each time it took two hours to get my BGs up😱 so the jelly babies are better as they have less volume - I don't usually have 16 - and they start to work in the gum because I make sure I chew them lots. Think the low bg was a combination of gastroparesis and going swimming at 3pm, first time I've been swimming in a long while and first time on the pump - I did reduce my basal half an hour before going in the pool - swimming isn't usually a problem but in future I'm going to go in the mornings so that I can deal with any related hypos during the day. It's fortunate that I've stopped CAB so all I've got to do today is a gentle walk with Susie.
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Same thing happened to me when I went swimming after not going for a while - got out of the pool and tested and it was 2.8. Hope you're not feeling too grotty today x


4.3 for me today.
 
16 for me this morning....

Had a hypo at some point in the early hours....I vaguely remember eating dextro tablets and the cat wanting to play with them when I put them back on my bedside table 🙄
 
9.9 - bedtime
3.2 - this morning
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- bedtime test done approx 1/2 hr after having supper butter puffs 4 x with cheese on
- 3.2 (hypo) was 07.23am on waking and after going downstairs to put the kettle on etc
- 3.8 (hypo) 07.41am 15 minute check
- 11.5 at 08.33am
 
AJLang said:
Good morning 24.5 after one of my worse every hypos last night 1.6 and found myself eating 16 jelly babies even though my taste buds went weird. Was very scared that I was going to collapse because my thinking was muddled and Mark was fast asleep...I didn't think to wake him up
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I hope you are getting back on track. Big hugs
 
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