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Group 7-day waking average?

Woke up on a 5, had my shake and zoomed up to 13.7😱

Got appointment with the practice diabetes nurse tomorrow, fingers crossed.
 
Annoyance rant warning!

05:15 BS 10.5!😡 Not waking as I’ve been awake since midnight alarm woke me for Levemir. Couldn’t get back to sleep. BS was 8.6 at midnight! I’m VERY near to cracking point as I’m REALLY hungry, with stomach rumbling, & there’s HOURS to go before the health centre opens & I can getting my fasting bloods done: Cholesterol test!😡

If I DO crack & eat I’ll have to try again tonight for tomorrow’s tests. The last time I did fasting bloods I had to prepare for it a week in advance as it took that long of not be able to sleep, trying & failing not eating every night for exhaustion to finnally enable me to sleep through till morning for the fasting tests!😱😳😡

The thing is I dithered at midnight whether to inject some bolus as my BS was high, very cold night & I felt the ache in my shoulder THROUGH my sleep, & decided not to as I didn’t want to eat: with past experience insulin without some food, usually half an oatcake in my case, dosen’t stop DP & even strikes back with even higher BS.😡

NOW my BS has risen even higher!😡 That’s it! I need to eat & get some insulin in me!:(

Try again tonight! Sigh! Sighing emoji!

Edited to add:-* It was actually 01:27 when BS was 8.6. So, already a bit of DP there while I lay sleepless!:(
 
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Morning all, well Gareth has hit Cumbria, it’s chucking it down, flood warnings and everything, luckily I live on a hill! Anyways, I digress, 6.4 today, been up since 6.30 for no reason other than I was awake. Will need a Nana nap this afternoon me thinks! Have a fab day and don’t forget your brolly or at the very least your waterproof coat. 🙂
 
Morning all.🙂 6.2 here.😛

Ah, rain...well, my garden’s a bit of a jungle (still🙄) so don’t tell me it needs a good soaking, quite the opposite.😱:D
 
Morning all. I’ve woken to an 8.3 and I have no idea why.
 
Straight 6 for me. Gareth throwing a tantrum here, absolutely howling winds and rain is horizontal. I’d like to stay nice and tucked up in bed, but Tuesday is cleaner day and I have an appointment with the surgery DSN later. Ah well, a nana nap later.

Stay safe my lovelies. It’s horrible out there.
 
And the surgery just rang and cancelled as the DSN is ill:(
 
Good morning all🙂

Bit of an oops morning. Libre said 2.8 after a slow decline. BG test said 3.8. No panic, a choccie digestive with the strong Americano should bring that up to civilised levels.🙄

Bit breezy last night. And it rained a lot. Not a big deal, really. This what early spring was like on Mull and the West of Scotland, so it’s routine. The position of the jet stream has brought this lot further south, so enjoy it while it lasts.🙂

It’s foot morning this morning. Chiropodist/Podiatrist is calling at 11 for the usual checks and nail trim. This isn’t an NHS service. NHS Foot people aren’t as pretty, for sure. No worries, I know I haven’t got any sensory loss, the only problem will be keeping the feet still, they are a bit rebellious at times. I’ll have to have a shot of CBD oil to shut them up.😎

Anyway, have a good day, everyone. And remember, with 80mph gusts it’s not trees you have to watch out for, it’s empty wheely bins reaching escape velocity. 🙂
 
Good morning all. A bit blustery here. Slept late so 7.7 for me today.
 
I assure you that the grumpty Miss Piggy of earlier this morning has gone with a bit of breakfast!😳 I moved my usual asda deliery today to 1pm to 3pm to be sure I’ll be back from blood tests as the morning rush at the treatment room can take until 11 or 12 o’clock for me to get in: why I cracked this morning as there was another 6 hours to go before I could be done & eat!😱

I fell asleep early after eating dinner yesterday at 17:00 at around 18:30 or so. I will eat later today or eat an extra meal around 9 or 10 o’clock tonight to help me with the overnight fast! By the time I get through the morning pile up it’ll still be a fast of over 12 hours which I’m sure is ok for cholesterol tests!🙄

Lovely bright sunshine now after last night’s storm!🙂:D😎

Now that Miss Piggy has gone & Lanny is back, I wish you all a wonderful day full of bright sunshine on the inside!😉
 
Morning all, was at 8.5 when I got up at 4.30 to go to work.
 
Ooh, I’ve just finished my foot job. Nice nail trim and emery board, then a lovely urea based cream and moisturising. Well worth £30 of my not very hard earned pension.🙂

Got a reminder that the hairdresser is coming at 11 tomorrow. I love being attended by attractive young ladies, Eduardo next door thinks I’m a sex maniac.:D
 
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Ooh, I’ve just finished my foot job. Nice nail trim and emery board, then a lovely urea based cream and moisturising. Well worth £30 of my not very hard earned pension.🙂

Got a reminder that the hairdresser is coming at 11 tomorrow. I love being attended by attractive young ladies, Eduardo next door thinks I’m a sex maniac.:D
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Ohhh!😛 I can just imagine you chatting up the young ladies!:D Men CAN be just as bad as the ladies when it comes to mani’s & pedi’s these days!🙄
 
06:16 BS 5.8.:D Yesterday’s plan went pretty well! I had a little snooze after midday Levemir & set the alarm for 2 hours so, I don’t end up sleeping the whole day & then be awake, hungry at night & I had shopping being delivered! Shopping was a bit late & they called me to tell me that because of the windy conditions: the storm hitting in the afternoon & already gale force around 3pm; got here at 15:20! I had a late lunch after the putting the shopping away & had a late dinner at 10pm. I waited until midnight for Levemir & tested before bed 00:32 BS 6.5.🙂 This is one of the very few times, I recall, that I’ve woken up with a lower BS than what I went to bed on!🙄

I can’t sleep anymore & there’ll will be a steady DP rise until I can eat again after the blood tests are done. But, I’m very happy with my waking BS NOW!🙂

My goodness! Last night was VERY stormy!😱 You were bang on about flying empty wheelie bins @mikeyB , or bins that are very full, prior to dumping day tomorrow, as the last time the wind blew the top off & the rubbish around my back lawn! This time, as the wind got going in the afternoon, I put the top bag of rubbish into the recycle bin, temporarily, so the other one isn’t too full!🙄

It’s still very windy out there!😱

I may not be able to eat yet but, I’ll keep drinking water as that’ll help on 2 fronts:- 1. keep me hydrated so the nurses will, hopefully, not have too hard a time getting blood from me as can happen when fasting & 2. help with the hunger pangs although, I NOT hungry right now! No doubt I will be later!🙄

I wish you all a good day & take care out in the wind if you have to brave it like I will in a few hours!😉
 
Good morning, hope you’re all surviving Gareth. He’s been very active up here. Tremendous thunder and lightning through the night apparently. I woke to a loud noise but my mind didn’t compute it was thunder. My daughter said her whole house shook and the lightning lit up the bedroom, she also said it was like a bomb going off. It’s all over social media, I’m sorry I missed it. Still very windy this morning although it isn’t raining. Back to the matter in hand. 6.8 today. I’ll take that. Have a good day and be careful if you’re out and about. 🙂
 
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