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Group 7-day waking average?

Yes the ‘beast from the East is heading back’. Just no more snow please!

I’ve got my haematology consult late afternoon. Annoyingly I made it for earlier so I’d be back in time for my son and they changed it. So now it will be a mad rush and this is an important appt. 😡
 
Amigo said:
Yes the ‘beast from the East is heading back’. Just no more snow please!

I’ve got my haematology consult late afternoon. Annoyingly I made it for earlier so I’d be back in time for my son and they changed it. So now it will be a mad rush and this is an important appt. 😡
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Hope it goes well Amigo
 
Hi, newbie to diabetes uk but, been type 2 for 17 years. On tablets for 11 years & insulin for 6 years: Levemir & Novorapid.

I woke this morning with 7.9. Wow! I’m amazed! I’ve never been this low before!

Mornings, especially after breakfast, have always been my highest readings. Am currently still under the care of my hospital team, not GP practice nurse, after being in hospital for 2 days last May 2017. I’ve been checking in by phone every 6 weeks. My doses have been tweaked quite a few times.

I always start the day high, go even higher after breakfast & fall over the day & be at my lowest before bed. My breakfast Novorapid had been raised before & my after breakfast reading came down but, that led to a knock-on effect, going lower after lunch & even lower after dinner. So, my breakfast dose was lowered again. The last set of morning readings were three mornings of 8.7. Before that 10.8, 10.9, 10.7.

I take sets of different before meals & after meals readings & cycle them. I don’t like taking the morning readings & taking the after breakfast readings depress me!
 
Morning all, a 9.5 for me today.
 
Another 7.7 for me but probably to be expected in view of the pre-consult stress 😳

Strangely enough, it’s usually my highest reading of the day.
 
Good luck with the appointment @Amigo sorry that's me just catching up now xx
 
Amigo said:
Yes the ‘beast from the East is heading back’. Just no more snow please!

I’ve got my haematology consult late afternoon. Annoyingly I made it for earlier so I’d be back in time for my son and they changed it. So now it will be a mad rush and this is an important appt. 😡
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I hope the appointment goes well @Amigo, and that you manage all your connections without too much stress 🙂
 
Lanny said:
Hi, newbie to diabetes uk but, been type 2 for 17 years. On tablets for 11 years & insulin for 6 years: Levemir & Novorapid.

I woke this morning with 7.9. Wow! I’m amazed! I’ve never been this low before!

Mornings, especially after breakfast, have always been my highest readings. Am currently still under the care of my hospital team, not GP practice nurse, after being in hospital for 2 days last May 2017. I’ve been checking in by phone every 6 weeks. My doses have been tweaked quite a few times.

I always start the day high, go even higher after breakfast & fall over the day & be at my lowest before bed. My breakfast Novorapid had been raised before & my after breakfast reading came down but, that led to a knock-on effect, going lower after lunch & even lower after dinner. So, my breakfast dose was lowered again. The last set of morning readings were three mornings of 8.7. Before that 10.8, 10.9, 10.7.

I take sets of different before meals & after meals readings & cycle them. I don’t like taking the morning readings & taking the after breakfast readings depress me!
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Many people are at their most insulin-resistant in the mornings, plus you get your pesky liver releasing extra glucose into your bloodstream as you wake, so levels are often higher and more difficult to manage at this time of day. What are you having for breakfast? Do you inject your novorapid immediately before eating breakfast or 15 mins+ before? I (and many others) have found that giving the insulin some time to get working helps reduce post-meal spikes in levels 🙂
 
I take all my injections straight after eating.

I know it's not the correct way to do things. But, it's a hangover from years of working in the restaurant business.

My family owned a small Chinese restaurant for 35 years. I worked there for 10+ years. When I was diagnosed 17 years ago I found it very problematic to medicate before meals. There were no set meal times: we just ate when it wasn't busy. But, quite often after taking the tablets before a meal I either didn't get to eat much of it or get to eat it at all. So, not only would I have to run around serving customers but, I'd have to keep taking sips of full sugar coke to avoid a hypo. Then, eat once it was quiet & take tablets again. I explained this to my GP practice's nurse & she agreed that although it's not correct, it's better for me to medicate after meals. It's become an ingrained habit with me to medicate immediately after eating.

My family sold the restaurant 1 year before I was switched to insulin & I stopped working there. When I was switched to insulin the nurse advised me to inject before meals. My habit of medicating after meals was so ingrained that I found it very hard to either remember to inject before a meal or, to remember if I did not to inject afterwards. Once I injected twice before & after dinner. I had a very long night when I ate everything in sight & testing to make sure I didn't hypo. The nurse once again agreed that it was better for me to continue injecting after meals to stop this from happening again. I still, to this day, inject straight after eating.

I had 4 slices of kingsmill no crusts 50/50 toast & 2 cups of tea with milk & honey.

I cut out all Artificial Sweeteners from my diet about 6 months ago & lowered, my weight, insulin & blood sugars. I posted about it under the newbies forum.

I was puzzled by a member's post about post prandial spikes (type 1) & put forward the above perspective. That member explained. I'm learning about carbs from these forums. 17 years ago I was taught to base my diet around starchy carbs & read food labels for sugar & salt content only. Some guidelines have changed since then but, my hospital team still advise a diet based on starchy carbs.
 
7.4 for me this am - out for my walk in glorious Galway sunshine now so hopefully bring it down a bit🙂
 
Just checked in with my hospital team nurse & she seems satisfied with my readings. I had my long term results done at the last week of Feb. 2018. before my appointment at the hospital on 01/03/18. I had to cancel that on that morning, didn't like to do it, because I was snowed in & couldn't get out. I have another appointment on 22/03/18. My long term blood sugars were 82 & she was pleased as they had gone down from 5 months ago. I don't know what the figure was then as the doctor never tells me but, he was pleased because they were down from the 3 months before that. The nurse, on other-hand, always tells me. But, I don't get to see her: just phone in my readings.

Speciality asked to see all the hospital team this time & I have a lot of questions for them about diet, carbs etc.
 
@Amigo . I hope your appointment goes well and that 6ou get back in plenty of time
Amigo said:
Yes the ‘beast from the East is heading back’. Just no more snow please!
got my haematology consult late afternoon. Annoyingly I made it for earlier so I’d be back in time for my son and they changed it. So now it will be a mad rush and this is an important appt. 😡
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@Amigo , I agree, I only like snow when I’m on the inside looking out or in a pic. Luckily the bit of East Kent I’m in seems to have its own micro climate, a mile or two away can have floods and we may just have little shower.

I hope your appointment goes well
 
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Lanny said:
I don't know what the figure was then as the doctor never tells me but, he was pleased because they were down from the 3 months before that. The nurse, on other-hand, always tells me. But, I don't get to see her: just phone in my readings.
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If they don't tell you, always ask - they have no reason to withhold the information from you 🙂 In fact, I was given a little booklet in which I was supposed to record ALL my various numbers 🙂 It's very patronising not to tell you the numbers, as though you wouldn't understand them or something, after all these years. The doctor should bear in mind that YOU are the person managing your diabetes 99.9% of the time and respect that - he only sees you for the odd appointment 🙂
 
Afternoon all🙂
Pleased to say at 05.35am I had a reading of 6.1 Very happy with this.
Had a bowl of porridge 😛 then re-tested on my right pinky 1hr later at 06.36am and bg was 6.4. How amazing is this?!:D
Tested again at 14.12hrs and up popped a 6.6🙂 Seems my bgs are being very well behaved today thanks to our DF staying away from my front door today!😛
Seems @Northerner still has her well & truly buried in a deep hole in his garden without any hope of digging herself out of there!!🙂
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Have just tested my pre-meal bg........so I'm logging yet another amazing result of 4.5:D I sure am having a really good day of respectable bgs for a change:D
 
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Amigo said:
Yes the ‘beast from the East is heading back’. Just no more snow please!

I’ve got my haematology consult late afternoon. Annoyingly I made it for earlier so I’d be back in time for my son and they changed it. So now it will be a mad rush and this is an important appt. 😡
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Hope your appointment went well Amigo🙂
 
Mark Parrott said:
Morning all! Did a test before I got out of bed this morning and it was a 5.6! Lowest for weeks. I normally test after I get up which is quite a bit higher.
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Good for you Mark. I find my waking bg is always lower when I test before I get out of bed ~ apart from the occasional reading which is probably due to a little treat in the middle of the night🙄 Not saying what!!!🙄
 
Ljc said:
@Amigo . I hope your appointment goes well and that 6ou get back in plenty of time

@Amigo , I agree, I only like snow when I’m on the inside looking or in a pic. Luckily the bit of East Kent I’m in seems to have its own micro climate, a mile or two away can have floods and we may just have little shower.

I hope your appointment goes well
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Thanks. Well I’ll live to fight another day (without chemo) for now! It was quite a rush however and I got back 5 mins before my son.
 
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