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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all and 6.4 for me.

Banged the whole dose of insulin in just before eating and no spike into double figures. Two weeks ago that would have been a guaranteed hypo.

@Northerner I often get similar leaps on the libre in the morning. I wonder if it's that the muscles don't need as much fuel overnight?

Have a good day everyone.
 
Morning folks! 🙂

6.2 here this morning, beautiful day so far just hope it stays over the weekend as I'm getting rather excited about the Harley Davidson event tomorrow, not sure how Bruce got on at The Eagles gig as haven't heard from him (nothing unusual there :() but found out that his mum and dad had already been to Glasgow yesterday and left at 4:30am so his dad could pick up Tunnock's Teacakes for the "Worlds Tunnock's Teacake Eating Championship" held on Sunday, drove back with them and then headed to the train station to go back to Glasgow!

Anyways hope you all have a great day! :D
xx
 
Michael12420 said:
Good morning. 2.6 now, don't know what happened - I ate enough last night.
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You could be going through a phase of increased sensitivity to the insulin Michael - I've been going through something similar and it can be quite surprising how much you need to reduce doses by 😱 Last week I was using about 25 units of novorapid a day, but over the past couple of days I have only used 17 and have had to eat lots of biscuits and jelly babies to keep my levels above 4.0! 😱 I know you worry about high levels, but if reducing your insulin leads to a day or two of higher levels it's worth the experiment to ensure you are safe during the night. I worry that when you measure in the mornings and you are in the 2s you may have been even lower whilst you slept - and you can't get much lower! For example, I woke to 4.5 but when I tested during the night (had to go to the loo) I was 4.1. This doesn't worry me as I don't use a basal insulin and therefore unlikely to hypo, but as you have seen, you can go lower.

Not trying to alarm you or nag you, just concerned for you, my friend 🙂
 
Morning all.🙂 Libre said 2.6 at 6am...I wasn’t even that active yesterday! There’s never a dull moment with diabetes.🙄

I’m very excited - I’ve ordered a plastic sheet with a zip-up doorway in it to cover the gaping hole in the kitchen wall. The dust! 😱
 
Morning on this rather dull Friday. That’ll soon change when the sparkling Sadie comes to Grandma’s and Gaga’s at 10 o’clock. After a lovely lunch out with my bestest girlfriends,( and a couple of glasses of Sauvignon Blanc) I never ate until 10.15pm and it was just a thin slice of fruit malt to get me through the night. Woke on a nice round 6. Maybe two meals a day is the way forward! Only joking, there’s no chance of that happening anytime soon. A big meal at lunch time along with the vino collapso isn’t a smart move, had to have a nana nap when I got home! In the words of the great Jimmy Crankie, have a fandabbiedozie Friday. 🙂
 
MeeTooTeeTwo said:
This is fun!!
Today - 5.1

Had my first ever appointment, to have the pedal pushers perused, poked, probed and prodded by the podiatrist yesterday. When it was all over, "Well how do I stand?" quipped I hoping to raise at least a chuckle. Nothing doing. "You'd be surprised how often I hear that" was the reply"

I walked away happy in the knowledge that I'd been given a "minimum risk" assessment.

Here's a picture what I drew on the back of a fag packet. whilst passing the time in her waiting room.
Only kidding folks I DON'T SMOKE. It was on the back page of an ancient copy of Cosmopolitan.

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Cosmopolitan, ancient or otherwise is a step up from any NHS waiting room I’ve ever been in. The best on offer at my latest appointment was a four year old Angling Times with a distinct whiff of fish!
Glad your foot tickling went well whatever your reading matter of choice. :D
 
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Anitram said:
Another lovely Berkshire morning and a 5.5 on the meter. Heading off later for the Isle of Wight so looking forward to a pleasant drive down to Southampton and a smooth crossing on the ferry.

Martin
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Love the Isle of Wight, have a great day x
 
Anitram said:
Eagles are brilliant live. Saw them at the old Wembley and a few years later at Twickenham. Wonder how they were without Glen?

Martin
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He's been to see them before a few years ago, he's back later today so I'll be sure to ask him and let you know! 🙂
xx
 
eggyg said:
Cosmopolitan, ancient or otherwise is a step up from any NHS waiting room I’ve ever been in. The best on offer at my latest appointment was a four year old Angling Times with a discount whiff of fish!
Glad your foot tickling went well whatever your reading matter of choice. :D
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Thanks @eggyg I had no choice unfortunately. 😎 and I didn't want to be caught playing with the kiddies' toys. 😛
 
Can't believe it! I got another "House Special" this morning! Woo Hoo! That's 2 in 10 days! I must be getting better at this, although I've got a long way to go before I am as skilled as @Hazel at it! She is the Olympic gold of diabetics!
 
rebrascora said:
Can't believe it! I got another "House Special" this morning! Woo Hoo! That's 2 in 10 days! I must be getting better at this, although I've got a long way to go before I am as skilled as @Hazel at it! She is the Olympic gold of diabetics!
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Well done!
Not that I'm nosey or anything! But why is it called "House Special"?
Dez 🙂
 
Hi all, was at 7.6 earlier. Will try and get the last week of my American adventure written up later.
 
MeeTooTeeTwo said:
Well done!
Not that I'm nosey or anything! But why is it called "House Special"?
Dez 🙂
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I believe it is considered the optimum fasting reading but hopefully @Northerner can explain it if I haven't got that quite right. It is really just a bit of fun and a goal which some of us hit occasionally by law of averages (and claim glory for) whilst others like @Hazel in particular, are skilled at achieving on an unbelievably regular basis (but is extremely humble if not apologetic about it)
 
11:35 BS 8.0. To be expected! I dithered about Midnight Levemir: leave at the reduced 20 or go up again to 22; left it at 20 & see what happens? 🙄 You, see the shoulder stretches have now ended my stint of a pain free shoulder &, as expected, all doses went up yesterday & I needed to ice my left shoulder/neck muscle after doing in the morning yesterday. But, before bed last night when doing my stretches it was slightly less painful as I discovered that doing extra neck stretches afterwards eased the pain. So, today I’ll do the shoulder first & use the neck stretches to ease the pain! And I keep trying 20 units of Midnight Levemir tonight to see if my waking BS is better before sticking it up? 😱🙄 Hopefully I won’t need the ice pack after doing my physio now, after posting, before my brunch: too late to be breakfast; slept in because my arm was uncomfortable & sleep was disturbed! o_O

A very late, for me, Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
 
rebrascora said:
I believe it is considered the optimum fasting reading but hopefully @Northerner can explain it if I haven't got that quite right. It is really just a bit of fun and a goal which some of us hit occasionally by law of averages (and claim glory for) whilst others like @Hazel in particular, are skilled at achieving on an unbelievably regular basis (but is extremely humble if not apologetic about it)
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I think you've summed it up very well there @rebrascora 🙂 If memory serves me well, it was @KookyCat who originally came up with it 🙂
 
rebrascora said:
I believe it is considered the optimum fasting reading but hopefully @Northerner can explain it if I haven't got that quite right. It is really just a bit of fun and a goal which some of us hit occasionally by law of averages (and claim glory for) whilst others like @Hazel in particular, are skilled at achieving on an unbelievably regular basis (but is extremely humble if not apologetic about it)
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Well considering my last Hba1C (in March) was a shocking 16.8%, my house specials and similar, have been hard fought. Several changes in meds and great support from hospital DSNs, without whose help, I would still be floundering. Consultants goal was for me to be insulin free by my next appt in January
 
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