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Hi daily update from TinTin about BS, LIfe etc

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HERE TINTIN said:
Ha, well if todays torrential rain is anything to go by ...... I have just asked husband to go buy me a burger for my tea from the butchers !, thats your fault :D Maybe tha is a sign people eat burgers all year and a good machine is in order, you would think we will have a nice summer one of these years 🙂

Hi Sue I think I really overdid the lucozade at that last shout, was fed up by then. What is a dawn p ?, is that when liver dumps glucose into system as Northener thought that could be happening to me as well. I will try and continue as normal today, do you think I need insulin now bs has gone high ? I will keep a record for a bit longer and if I cannot get to grips with it I shall phone DSN and ask about splitting dose of Lantus or changing insulin.
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See that's a bit of trade I have got for your local butcher 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Sorry to hear about your rough night TinTin :( I hope things stabilise through the day and that there is no repetition. Hope you find a property and enjoy your time with your friend 🙂
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Thanks Northener am up to 6 viewings tom now, that is enough for one day I think. Am a bit concerned about high bs now, think I will inject a little humalog to help and keep testing, dont want to take too much and have it hit me later with yet another hypo. Especially as I am going out at 12. You have a good day as well.

Allison thank you for apps but I dont have a tablet either, I am thinking of buying one and now I know I can get apps I shall definately be getting one. Hope you had a good night 🙂

Pete, Husband just left in pouring rain for my burger !
 
HERE TINTIN said:
Thank you Pete and Sally. I feel better but bs has come up to 16.1, have had no b/f just a coffee and no humalog. Worried it is too high now and unsure what to do, I seem to be in a bit of a muddle today. On the good side I have booked to view 3 property's tom and a couple more to go. I am suposed to be out for lunch with a friend today, not sure but dont want to let pal down. What you doing today Sally ?, I know what you are doing Pete, working, have a good day, will it cost a lot to replace burger press ? 🙂
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Hi Tintin

Yes I think you do need some insulin now you are high, treat it with caution at first though! I hope things will stabilise now, once you've had a more even couple of days you will be able to sart thinking about whether you need to change your basal or your ratios.

I am doing boring stuff like housework while my daughter is at school, I am also a relief midday supervisor at her school but I don't think they need me today. I need to nip to the shops and buy some luggage labels and other bits if I can, daughter is going away tomorrow, on camp with Brownies for the weekend! 😱

I think it's the first time she's ever been away from home overnight without any family at all present. She's well excited, I'm terrified!! Although I wish I could work out how to stop worrying about her, we've done training with Brownie leaders and DSN and have provided a detailed care plan so they've got all the information they need on how to help her sort out the D. I shall send all D-related equipment clearly labelled in one bag, and there's no reason to believe that anything will go wrong but even if they do have some disaster such as cannula falling off they will only be an hour away, so I will be able to go and sort it out and they can manage with pen in the meantime. It's only two nights for goodness sake, surely I can cope without her for that long!

I know you have to let your children grow up but it's hard sometimes! To be honest I think even if she didn't have D I would still find something to worry about, that seems to be my nature. I guess I'll just have to keep busy and try to distract myself, and when I don find myself thinking about her just remember what a good time she's having!

Oops I seem to have gone off at a bit of a tangent there, sorry... 😱 🙂
 
Hi Sally I have taken 4 units of humalog, and shall keep an eye on it.

Oh you poor thing, it is absolutley horrible when they go away for the first time like that. It must be worse as your daughter has diabetes, more to worry about. I still remember my daughter going away to some adventure hol with the school, she had the best time I was a nervous wreck 😱 You seem to have every eventuality covered and hopefully it will all go really well and she will have a great time. Cling on to that shes enjoying herself thought and try to take advantage of the time to yourself, difficult I know. I am a worrier as well, my daughter is 23, works and has lived away from home for a year and I still worry constanlty about her. I must admit I was ;iterally heartbroken when she moved out, I cried for months but am noew enjoying the freedom it brought me. I still miss her and we stay in constant touch be it through texts, phonecalls and the odd visit. But occasionally I now get the phone call asking me, where am I , what am I doing and am I alright, it is quite funny 🙂 Anyway I must move and get ready, have a good day, I will be back on later. TinTin
 
Hi TinTin, you may have been low for so long because you werent absorbing the hypo treatments, then all of a sudden you start to absorb and it all goes in at once and you go high - that's certainly what happens to me at times! Its a bugger when it happens, isnt it? Hopefully you have come down abit now and can go and enjoy your lunch.
 
Tintin I am glad I am not the only worrier! The daft thing is that I know I'm being an idiot and that all these ridiculous scenarios I keep dreaming up are extremely unlikely to happen, yet I still can't stop doing it. Why can't I just be happy for my daughter?! I never worry about anything happening to me or anyone else!

Well enough about me, hope you are having a nice lunch. By the way do you know how to work out correction doses when you are high? For example we know that 1 unit of Novorapid will bring my daughter's blood sugar down by 4mmol. So if she had a reading of 16 we would give 2.5 units (want BG to be about 6, 16-6 =10, 10/4 = 2.5). Your numbers would probably be different, might be worth discussing with your DSN next time if you don't know what to do. Although after the night you had you will probably want to be cautious today, hope things are stabilising now!

PS if you already know all this then please forgive me for stating the obvious 🙂
 
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Thats me back from lunch, went to a lovely location. A really nice cafe tucked under and a beautiful view of the Forth rail bridge and the Forth road bridge. Though today it was a bit foggy, will go back in the summer though it may well be full of tourists then. I am embarrassed to say my bs has been so high today and so far shows no signs of coming down. I think the hypos have really upset everything, bs in double figures since 9am. So far today,

2.45 am bs 3.6, 5.30am 2.8 and 8am 2.2
9am 16.1 4 units humalog no food
12.30 14.7 7 units humalog wrap with roasted vegetables,salad and handfull tortilla chips.
6pm 16.3 :( going to eat 1 burger and scrambled egg think I will go slowly and inject 4 units as generally do ont need much insulin with dinner.

I feel awful tired after not getting a lot of sleep. Hope you had a good day Pete our butcher did okay, hubby came home with burgers and various flavours of sausages ! I know what he is eating for b/f tom 🙂

We now have 5 flats in all to view tom, so I shall be worn out by tom evening, I must go to bed earlier and sleep a bit better I hope. Hope you all have had nice days. How is Susie today AJ, you still being a slave to her every desire ? I have a vision of you hand feeding her :D, she is one clever pooch !

Sally hope you got your housework done and managed to relax a little, it will be done and dusted before you know it and your daughter will be back after having so much fun 🙂
 
Hi evening just wanted to post more bs results, think things are going same way as last night.
Bs 8.30pm 10.1 bowl of fruit
bs 10.15pm 6.1 a bit shaky like it is coming down too quick, shall test again later and see how it goes. Worried about going to bed but am so tired could just flake out.

Anyone up still ? If you are there Pete I really enjoyed my burger for dinner ! I have another one for tom ! Did you have a good day ?
 
HERE TINTIN said:
Hi evening just wanted to post more bs results, think things are going same way as last night.
Bs 8.30pm 10.1 bowl of fruit
bs 10.15pm 6.1 a bit shaky like it is coming down too quick, shall test again later and see how it goes. Worried about going to bed but am so tired could just flake out.

Anyone up still ? If you are there Pete I really enjoyed my burger for dinner ! I have another one for tom ! Did you have a good day ?
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Hello TinTin glad you enjoyed your burger, all well this end, hope you have a better night than last night, and pace yourself tomorrow you have a lot of properties to look at. , it's throwing it down with rain here so it's bed for me it won't belong before that alarm is going off in the morning 🙂
 
Morning I am confusing myself by posting on other threads as well ,morning average etc, but I am easily confused :confused: I will just repeat myself, here goes

Last night 8.30, bs 10 had a small bowl of fruit
bed bs 6.1 (hoped fruit had stopped working, was I wrong ?)
9am 12.1 woke up at 5am and couldnt sleep, now realise bs too high.:(

I am not doing too well at this and feel pretty bad now from high bs and lack of sleep. Do you think it was the fruit ? I should have injected with it, didnt because I was nervous from night before and when bs was 6 at bed assumed everything would be either ok or I would go hypo again, help please TinTin
 
Hi Tintin

Well at least you weren't hypo all night again so that's a slight improvement!

What fruit did you have? Depending on how much you should probably have had some insulin, might you then have gone hypo at bed time though? It's a tricky one isn't it! I suppose the high morning one could have been down to dawn phenomenon rather than the fruit?

Sorry I can't be much help, we were on MDI for such a short time I can't really give you any tips other than correct the high now, which you have probably already done. Keep posting your numbers and maybe after a few days we will be able to spot some patterns.

Hopefully someone else will be along soon who can offer some better advice, I just wanted to say I'm thinking of you 🙂
 
Hi Sally, thank you I am just about to go out but I am going to do bs and check correction was ok, will post that later. Off to view flats today, what are you doing ? I am having lunch out again as out all day, that will be 3rd day on trot ! (check out my occupation on profile :D) Thanks for your help, I am inclined to think it wasnt the fruit as surely my bs would have been higher at bed from food I had eaten at 8.30 but maybe not. Think I am suffering from Dawn P., do not know how you cure that . Have a good day, is your daughter very excited about her trip ? Take care TinTin🙂
 
Hi Tintin

Good luck with your flat hunting!

I have got to do hoovering today (didn't manage to get round to that yesterday) and then trying to make sure we have got everything sorted for the weekend. Daughter is very excited - it's called PGL Camp and she skipped all the way to school this morning saying that PGL stands for Parents Get Lost!!

They go just after 5pm tonight and are expected back approx 7.30 pm Sunday. Sensible side of me knows that we can't possibly be any better prepared than we are, she will have a fantastic time, Brownie leaders have obviously done several camps and know what they are doing. Even if they do have a problem that I haven't thought of they can ring me and are only an hour's drive away if necessary. Easy really. Emotional side of me is already dreading saying goodbye (I know I will cry! 😱 ) and wishes I could fast forward to Monday. Am trying to bury the emotional side and just think about what a fab time she will have, of course I want her to have fun!

Ever since she was born I have known I would find it hard to let go, don't want her to grow up, but obviously I've got to do it sometime so hopefully this weekend will do me some good!
 
Hi TinTin

I know this doesn't help with your blood sugar control right now but has your diabetes consultant ever discussed trying a pump with you? The prolonged night time hypos you are having are what I was getting with Lantus then I was chasing down highs all morning, I just couldn't get my bs stable. A pump would avoid having large reservoirs of Lantus looking for trouble through the night.

I have found my pump manageable with limited sight, I have a challenge seeing the screen and putting the infusion set in but compared to roller coaster hypos and hypers I decided to give it a go. Just a thought. Take care.🙂
 
HERE TINTIN said:
Morning I am confusing myself by posting on other threads as well ,morning average etc, but I am easily confused :confused: I will just repeat myself, here goes

Last night 8.30, bs 10 had a small bowl of fruit
bed bs 6.1 (hoped fruit had stopped working, was I wrong ?)
9am 12.1 woke up at 5am and couldnt sleep, now realise bs too high.:(

I am not doing too well at this and feel pretty bad now from high bs and lack of sleep. Do you think it was the fruit ? I should have injected with it, didnt because I was nervous from night before and when bs was 6 at bed assumed everything would be either ok or I would go hypo again, help please TinTin
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I wonder if it it was the fat/protein in the burger that slowed down your blood sugar rise, so you got had in the early hours.
I know this happens to me if I eat a pork and apple burger as part of my evening meal and don't set a basal increase for the early hours.
 
Sounds great Sally 🙂. Will the Brownie leaders check her levels during the night? And do you have to be on standby if she needed a cannula change?
 
Hi all

Well she's gone, waved me off excitedly, I think she's slightly anxious about carb counting her meals but the leaders will help her with that. I've just come home and bawled my eyes out for a few minutes but am feeling a bit better now! Unfortunately hubby has been away this week which doesn't help, he's due back about 8pm. Hoping he'll talk some sense into me!

They will do one night check when they go to bed I think, she is still tending to go high rather than low at night so that's enough for me. We changed cannula just before she went, that should last until Monday; unfortunately BG was 18.8, after hands washed was 16 - oops. Might be excitement or old cannula failing? Numbers have been normal the rest of the day! Then just before we left she insisted on another test and it came out at 21, well it was only 45 mins since the previous one and she'd had a snack so probably can't expect it to go down. Talk about giving me something to worry about just at the wrong time!! They will have a meal when they arrive, probably about 7.30, so have asked Brown Owl to phone me if it hasn't dropped significantly by then, in which case I might have to do a mercy dash to put another cannula in! DSN said as it's only 2 days not worth training them to put a new cannula in. They've got a Novorapid pen to tide them over until I can get there.

So now I've just got to distract myself and try not to worry... I think I'll have to find a mindlessly silly film to watch or something!
 
Fingers crossed her numbers come down nicely so you can relax Sally - sods law it happens as she is leaving. How old is she, about 7 or 8 years old? just going on your signature. Bet you'll feel better when hubby gets home (whether he is much help or not :D) Let us know how she gets on, I've got all this to come yet 🙂
 
Yes she's 7 now, will be 8 at the end of May. I think even if daughter didn't have D I would still find something to worry about. Unlike all the other parents that were there I don't have any other children to keep me busy!

Feel ok at the moment, don't know if I want them to ring me or not, no news is good news! Don't really want to have to go tearing over there when she's only just arrived, let's hope numbers are better when they have their meal, if not I'm not sure whether to just get them to manage with injections until the morning. Don't know whether I'd be happy with that, I don't want to panic but don't want daughter worried or leaders finding it hard either!

Am hoping that once this weekend is over, the next time she goes away anywhere without me it won't be so hard!!
 
Well it's now nearly 9pm and no phone call so hopefully that means all is ok! They must have got there and had some food by now 🙂
 
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