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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all and 4.3 for me despite soaring to 15 yesterday evening for no reason I can think of apart from a visit from the DF. Conservative correction dose and a nice flatfish from 02:00

Have a good day everyone.
 
Morning folks.🙂 Libre says 5.4 (fingers are having a little holiday).😛

Well, hubby’s organised a pre-birthday surprise today at midday (it’s ceramic-painting at a nearby cafe, he’s rubbish at actually surprising me!). If only @Stitch147 was around for some basic paint-sloshing advice - it’s my first time...🙄
 
Lanny said:
23:55 BS 7.6. Can’t sleep as I was exhausted after last night’s sleepless night. I slept for about 5 hours after having lunch when I got back from seeing the GP.

I’m in no pain tonight as the GP seems to be bang on the nose. It was the injured shoulder causing me pain which, in turn, agitated my nerves. So, after my agitated sleep, felt the discomfort during it, I took care of the shoulder as best I could by doing several things. Plenty of applications of arnica gel on the upper arm, shoulder area., kept the heater on, needs must & I’ll pay the electrics bill later, a nice hot bath before going to bed, took 2.5 hours of putting on the immersion heater for the hot water, as a shower, 30 mins of the immersion heater, just doesn’t cut it, plenty of arnica muscle soak in the bath water & more copious amounts of arnica gel on the upper arm when I got out. RESULT!🙂 I’m pain free & my nerves aren’t bothering me. I’m wide awake as my sleeping pattern is off kilter again but, I’ll readjust!🙄 BS is possibly a tad higher than I’d like but, the midnight Levemir will help with that. Also, had to adjust all my bolus doses down today due to BS being a bit on the low side.

WHAT a difference a day makes, 24 little hours: as the song goes!🙄😛:D Have a good night everyone & wish you all good waking numbers: by which time I’ll be heading off to sleep!🙄
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What a relief for you. Have you thought of an electric heat pad. I bought one for my dad who swears by it.

I am a fan of Arnica gel too.
 
Good morning folks .
Woke to a HS and a lovely flatfish 🙂
Hope you all have a good day.
 
Bloden said:
Morning folks.🙂 Libre says 5.4 (fingers are having a little holiday).😛

Well, hubby’s organised a pre-birthday surprise today at midday (it’s ceramic-painting at a nearby cafe, he’s rubbish at actually surprising me!). If only @Stitch147 was around for some basic paint-sloshing advice - it’s my first time...🙄
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That sound great. I bet you’ll thoroughly enjoy yourself there.
 
Morning all. 8.5 for me
 
6.9 for me and feeling a bit more alive than I have done for a long time. Maybe the system is getting used to these single figure BG's, hope so.
 
5.6 first thing. Almost feeling normal lol. Shame I have to swallow the steroid ... ho hum, needs must!
Enjoy your Friday everyone xx
 
10:29 BS 8.0. I DID get some sleep, a little but, it’ll help me to adjust faster.🙄

Watched a really good episode of Death In Paradise on BBC 1 last night. Concluding part of a 2 parter started last week. Very good plot borrowed, or is that inspired, by one of the Queen of Crime”s best plots: Agatha Christie’s Curtain: Hercule Poirot Final Case. Which, unfortunately meant I’d already knew who the killer was & the motive but, only because I recognisedthe plot. How it was done was still a surprise though as I hadn’t worked that out.😛:D😎r

Agatha Christie was also, in turn, inspired by William Shakepear’s Othello!🙄

I highly recommend watching episodes 5&6 on BBC iPlayer if you haven’t seen it already?🙂

Have a WONDERFUL day folks!:D That’s all for now: semi-loquacious; are you relived I’m NOT fully loquacious?😉
 
khskel said:
Morning all and 4.3 for me despite soaring to 15 yesterday evening for no reason I can think of apart from a visit from the DF. Conservative correction dose and a nice flatfish from 02:00

Have a good day everyone.
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Nice correction!🙂
 
Ljc said:
What a relief for you. Have you thought of an electric heat pad. I bought one for my dad who swears by it.

I am a fan of Arnica gel too.
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Heat pads are like foot spa in that it’s officially not suitable for diabetics because of possible burns caused by a diabetic’s possible lack of feeling. I found that to be true & a problem when I tried Curaheat 24 hour heat patches on the arm. It got to feel TOO burning hot maybe because my neuropathy made it feel so!🙄

*I overused arnica & very carelessy not knowing its dangers with the first shoulder injury, years ago. So, have used it very sparingly, too sparingly perhaps, this time round.

Just to highlight that arnica when ingested causes the heart to race so, wash your hands throughly after application.

I went through a period from 2015 to 2017 when I had a very fast, but normal, heartrate: Tachycardia. I had been using a LOT of arnica gel without washing my hands everytime after use & sometimes ended up tasted it: not an unpleasant like teatree is! When I finally came across an article, on the internet, about the dangers of arnica I was horrified & stopped using it. My heartrate since then has dropped, not overnight, back to normal and I was discharged by my heart specialist.

Ljc said:
Good morning folks .
Woke to a HS and a lovely flatfish 🙂
Hope you all have a good day.
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Ooh! Nicely done, an HS & a flatfish!:D

Oh. Forgot edited to add:-* very important about the dangers of arnica!
 
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Good morning folks🙂

It’s a beautiful day, today. Just as well, I have to go into the village to top up the JB store.:confused:

Woke up on 8.1, an overcorrection because I was hypo chasing last night. The Spring switch, I assume, too high a dose of Levemir, the bolus for last night’s moussaka was perfect.

That’s a proper Moussaka, made with lamb, none of this veggie stuff. I once, years ago, bought a ready made Moussaka from Sainsbury’s. It had potato slices as well as aubergine slices in it. Don’t doubt it still does. Since when did Greece grow spuds? And it’s traditionally served warm, rather than piping hot, so if you’re ever in Greece and you don’t think your Moussaka is properly cooked, that’s why.

Right, food lesson over, I’m off for a shower and rebuild ready for my adventures. RayBans at the ready:D

Have a good day, everyone🙂
 
"JB"?

Still trying to get grips with some of the acronyms and I can't work that one out. Mind you, if it's rude or embarrassing, feel free to tell me to mind my own whatsit.
 
Docb said:
"JB"?

Still trying to get grips with some of the acronyms and I can't work that one out. Mind you, if it's rude or embarrassing, feel free to tell me to mind my own whatsit.
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That’ll be Jelly Babies. Very often used by users of this forum as they are more pleasant that glucose tabs for hypos & it’s easy to work out how many to eat: each JB being about 5g of carbs.
 
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