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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning. 9.2 but after a 1.9 at 3.30. Had only been asleep a couple of hours so in very deep sleep that's why it was so low before it woke me. If it had been a couple of hours later level would have been around 2.8-3.00. Later t🙄han that and around 3.5 wakes me. Anyone else find they can tell the time in the night by their hypo level ! ?
 
Mossey said:
Morning. 9.2 but after a 1.9 at 3.30. Had only been asleep a couple of hours so in very deep sleep that's why it was so low before it woke me. If it had been a couple of hours later level would have been around 2.8-3.00. Later t🙄han that and around 3.5 wakes me. Anyone else find they can tell the time in the night by their hypo level ! ?
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That's very low Mossey 😱 Can you think of a reason for the low? What were you before bed, and how long was that after injecting for your evening meal? I used to find that, if I took my bedtime reading less than 5 hours after injecting for my evening meal, and then had a hypo, I could blame the meal bolus. If more than 5 hours after eating though, it was usually the basal that was at fault and needed lowering.

If you are experiencing lows frequently enough to be able to tell the time from the level that wakes you, then I fear that you are having them far too frequently, so perhaps you need to do some nighttime tests to try and determine what is happening overnight to pin it down 🙂
 
5.8 this morning. Was 9.3 before bed so corrected that. Hopefully wont have any problems this morning as I'm off to visit my parents and meet up with the community matron. Who as sure as heck isn't going to like what I am going to say to her regarding care in the community 😡
 
Pumper_Sue said:
5.8 this morning. Was 9.3 before bed so corrected that. Hopefully wont have any problems this morning as I'm off to visit my parents and meet up with the community matron. Who as sure as heck isn't going to like what I am going to say to her regarding care in the community 😡
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Hope the meeting goes well and that your complaints are listened to and acted on! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Hope the meeting goes well and that your complaints are listened to and acted on! 🙂
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Ta, they had better be listened to. I will not have some young upstart of an OT shouting at my 77 year old Mum that's for sure. Mum has enough on her plate watching her husband of 55 years slowly dying a very painful death before her eyes. There's a list of other niggles as well, which do need to be sorted.
I have my baby brother to back me up as well, all 6'2 of him.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Ta, they had better be listened to. I will not have some young upstart of an OT shouting at my 77 year old Mum that's for sure. Mum has enough on her plate watching her husband of 55 years slowly dying a very painful death before her eyes. There's a list of other niggles as well, which do need to be sorted.
I have my baby brother to back me up as well, all 6'2 of him.
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That's intolerable, and no excuse for it :(
 
Good morning everyone 🙂

9.2 - bedtime
3.4 - this morning - had 5 jelly babies 😱 then BG was 6.8
 
good morning all, in my usual range again with a 4.3. 🙂
 
Northerner said:
That's intolerable, and no excuse for it :(
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Sorry to say the meeting didn't take place, the baggage didn't turn up 11.50 phone rang with matron calling to say she wouldn't be coming after all. Loads of excuses like busy in the office 😡 So when the call finished I asked mum to dial 1471. Matrons should not lie. She was on her mobile.
I and my brother suspect that she came down the drive and saw my car and knew there was going to be something said. She is now coming at about 7.30 AM on Weds morning with the OT so that an assessment can be done on my dad's needs. She will be in for a shock 😡 Little brother and I will be there as well.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Sorry to say the meeting didn't take place, the baggage didn't turn up 11.50 phone rang with matron calling to say she wouldn't be coming after all. Loads of excuses like busy in the office 😡 So when the call finished I asked mum to dial 1471. Matrons should not lie. She was on her mobile.
I and my brother suspect that she came down the drive and saw my car and knew there was going to be something said. She is now coming at about 7.30 AM on Weds morning with the OT so that an assessment can be done on my dad's needs. She will be in for a shock 😡 Little brother and I will be there as well.
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What happened to the supposed new levels of honesty and care? Hope you can surprise them on Weds. - park down the road?
 
Northerner said:
What happened to the supposed new levels of honesty and care? Hope you can surprise them on Weds. - park down the road?
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Parents live in the back of beyond you have to travel down a track for 1/4 of a mile from the council owned lane before you find the house. I will park in one of the old barns nice and early then walk up behind them and say good morning :D

I have just spoken to the care company owner and he is not best pleased as to what is going on either. Management needs looking into. Did tell him the carers that saw to my dad were fantastic couldn't fault them but from then on up was def not complimentary to his company.
 
Northerner said:
That's very low Mossey 😱 Can you think of a reason for the low? What were you before bed, and how long was that after injecting for your evening meal? I used to find that, if I took my bedtime reading less than 5 hours after injecting for my evening meal, and then had a hypo, I could blame the meal bolus. If more than 5 hours after eating though, it was usually the basal that was at fault and needed lowering.

If you are experiencing lows frequently enough to be able to tell the time from the level that wakes you, then I fear that you are having them far too frequently, so perhaps you need to do some nighttime tests to try and determine what is happening overnight to pin it down 🙂
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Alan. Had quite a few hypos in the hot weather overnight and slowly lowered basal at bedtime but the work I do decorating can be hard physically one day climbing ladders and stairs all day and easy the next and making adjustments are not always easy to calculate. Plus eating lighter meals in the heat. Basal dropped from around 16 to 10 over last few weeks. Back to 16 basal last night ( big roast dinner and day off) and woke to 5.9. Oh to win the lottery and stop work !
 
Mossey said:
Alan. Had quite a few hypos in the hot weather overnight and slowly lowered basal at bedtime but the work I do decorating can be hard physically one day climbing ladders and stairs all day and easy the next and making adjustments are not always easy to calculate. Plus eating lighter meals in the heat. Basal dropped from around 16 to 10 over last few weeks. Back to 16 basal last night ( big roast dinner and day off) and woke to 5.9. Oh to win the lottery and stop work !
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That is tricky :( Ever considered a pump? You can set different profiles on them to easily switch from an active day to a less-active one - a lot of people have different programs set for weekdays and weekends 🙂
 
Really don't fancy a pump. Quite happy to struggle on till a win comes along ! :D
 
Morning.
Pre bed 26.7
12.6 this morning
Dn will ring me today to see how I'm getting on
 
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