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Group 7-day waking average?

Good morning all🙂

I’m feeling much better this morning after yesterday’s events, and the consequences. I spent yesterday afternoon correcting stuff, and loading up on caffeine, so embarked on the evening. Made a meal, ate it, but because I had no appetite, and food takes longer to absorb in the evening, I opted for bolussing after. I didn’t finish the meal, so good choice.

Not. I fell asleep immediately after eating, and didn’t wake for 2 hours, not having taken any bolus insulin or evening Levemir. Registered HI on the Libre, which given the amount I’d eaten was a surprise, to say the least. It was 28.7 on finger prick. So took my evening Levemir, and multi site dose of Humalog ( I divided it into three, and used three sites, to avoid using a large dose in one place- the absorption is better).

Anyway, all that worked, and woke on 7.2, running steadily.🙂

So, went down in the lift to get the paper after going to the loo, and taking morning Levemir. And my reading glasses just in case:D

So, back in action, Americano in hand, and all set for a Sunday relax.

Have a good day everyone🙂
 
Good morning 4.6 with a nice ulcer on my tongue :(. Don`t worry @grainger ours is not worry but to do, I went up to 14.8 yesterday afternoon nothing to eat all day just tea & water a bit of bolus then back to 6.4, just keep checking and adjusting.

What can one say @mikeyB thank goodness for our fire service 🙂.

Enjoy Poland @Stitch147 🙂.

Keep as well as you can folks and have a happy Sunday.
 
13:45 BS 7.1. Not bad!🙂 I told Siri to turn off my midday alarm yesterday as I was turning in just before midday & didn’t want it to wake me up! Then, I forgot to ask Siri to turn it back on when I expected it to wake me up!😱 Ah, well!🙄 Midday Levemir & meds a bit late but, better late than never! Initial headache upon waking, quick look in bathroom mirror showed no facial weakness & I’m now ready for some food! I fancy some oven chips!😛 Oh, JUST asked Siri to turn my midday alarm back on!😳 No pain killers now I’m awake. Have only taken them when I want to sleep! 🙂 Anyway the pain is getting less by little degrees!🙂 Being able to sleep is making a BIG difference!🙂
 
04:57 BS 8.5. Not much of a rise overnight since I went to bed on BS 8.1 just before midnight! REAL sruggle to sleep as the painkillers aren’t working anymore, they never did with the pain, they just knocked me out so I could sleep & now it’s not doing that! Just as well that the pain is less now & not constant, just feeling the sharp twinges but, the left side of my face is growing more numb. I’m madsaging it a lot more as the pain recedes & I keep comparing it to how the right side feels & the feeling on the left is getting less! There’s still no signs of facial weakness though! I’m just waiting now to call my GP in the morning for another assessment! I don’t know if I WANT stronger painkillers, maybe not help, or maybe anti virals! Oh, I must have the usual half oatcake & half dose of Novorapid to stop the morning rise; doubled from 1mmol an hour to almost 2mmol an hour as noted on Saturday morning!
 
Hi Lanny I hope your Gp can help you esp with the pain.
 
Good morning folks.
Woke to 6.2 on the finger. Sadly my last sensor which had 11 days to go I notice it was coming loose on one side, I taped it down as it still worked I thought I had saved it, sadly not so.

I have to go to the post office today as the driver who should have delivered my sensors didn’t wait for me to open the door and took them to the post office instead without leaving me a card to say where they were.
So after checking with my neighbours had to go online to track them down.
 
Ljc said:
Hi Lanny I hope your Gp can help you esp with the pain.
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It’s not the pain that bothers me, it’s the numbness. In a way, the pain is reassuring as it tells me the nerves are working. It worrys me that the pain is only getting less BECAUSE the nerves are going! That’s the rationale for massaging the face to stimulate the facial nerves to come back!
 
Good morning all. 5.4 for me this morning, so pleased at that. Cold and wet here today
 
Carolg said:
Good morning all. 5.4 for me this morning, so pleased at that. Cold and wet here today
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Only 0.2 less and you would have had a HS🙂
 
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Lanny said:
It’s not the pain that bothers me, it’s the numbness. In a way, the pain is reassuring as it tells me the nerves are working. It worrys me that the pain is only getting less BECAUSE the nerves are going! That’s the rationale for massaging the face to stimulate the facial nerves to come back!
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Ah I understand.
 
Good morning squad,🙂

I woke with a score of 6.2 once I’d got moving. Very stiff and achy this morning, so all normal.:confused:

Went down to collect the paper, wheeled back into the lift, and pressed the button to go up. Nothing happened. Pressed it again, and the doors opened. Pressed it again, the doors closed and started going up. A thought crossed my mind that I might get stuck again - not fearful, more in resignation. Anyway, it did manage to get me up to the penthouse level. This time. This is no way to run an over 55s accommodation, we’ve done with work stress and mortgage stress, it’s supposed to be a pleasant, care free, comfortable and safe place to live. I’ll be ringing the housing association this morning for a discussion about cheap lifts.😡

Anyway, the footie was fun this weekend. Lots of red faces, and Newcastle were lucky to get away with a draw against Blackburn. I’ll be going to the replay.🙂

Have a good day, everyone.🙂

Well, apart from Preston, Leicester and especially Sheffield United supporters.:D
 
Just back from GP! Still can’t tell if it’s Bells Palsy & she refused to give me anti virals as they can do me harm if it’s not! Keep on keeping an eye on it & first sign of drooping eye or mouth see a doctor, GP or Doctor on Call!

Just having cornflakes for a late breakfast as I didn’t get through the phone queue till 09:10, appointment for 09:50 so, straight down in a taxi to see GP. I had forgotten about the “anything lacking” blood tests before Christmas & asked, everything fine but, they didn’t check B12. I’ve been reading about that on posts connecting it with metaformin & asked especially for that! She told me my last one in March 2018 was fine but, would test me again. So, treatment room afterwards for tests which will be back tomorrow afternoon.

I COULD be getting better as the twinges of sharp pain are less frequent & the numbness comes & goes! 🙄 I’m wolfing down cornflakes as I post this. Had my lunchtime meds & will try & get some sleep!🙂

Thanks for your posts of concern! 🙂

I’m being extra cautious as I know what can happen! Last May 2017 Bells Palsy at the start of a cold, in combo with bunged sinuses, temporarily stopped my breathing reflexes from working & I was in hospital for 2 days until the reflex came back & was stable!😱 Thank goodness I don’t have a cold now & my sinuses are clear, thanks to the antibiotics before Christmas!🙄 Being on a nebulizer & hooked up to oxygen & heart monitors while fighting to breathe was NOT fun!:( Then, when I got home I STILL had my cold to contend with!😱:(
 
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Hi all. Sorry missed yesterday but the hordes were coming over for our New Year Day buffet ( renamed Epiphany buffet) so was busy rustling up some delicious food ( even if I do say so myself). A very nice 5.5 yesterday and 5.7 today, very happy to report that lurgy seems to have done one. I have a bit of a persistent cough which is making me wish I had done my pelvic floor exercises after the birth of my three daughters! 😱Late today because I didn’t get up until 10am! This is unheard of for me but I must have needed it, then after a quick breakfast it was Operation New Year Party Cleanup. It’s amazing how many plates, bowls, serving dishes, cutlery and glasses 12 people use. Thank goodness for dishwashers I say. Enjoy the rest of your Monday, I am now sitting with my feet up in front of a roaring fire. 🙂
 
Just thought I’d say, this afternoon I popped downstairs in the lift to check something on the notice board. Got back in the lift, which moved 6 inches. Then announced it was going down, which is where it stayed.

It took me about 15 minutes to get up the stairs, and boy did that cost.

Anyway, this has now been raised to a formal complaint. I came here for an easy life, not imprisonment.

I would say more, but I left my brain in the Tramadol box. First I’ve taken for months.
 
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