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Group 7-day waking average?

Good morning from a rather wet and windy corner of E Kent . A proper downpour is something of a novelty here, quite often the local town only a mile away has floods and we’ve not had a drip.

3.9 scan , no worries as it’s reading consistently below a finger prick .

Had fun yesterday, Checked the tyre pressures on my scooter that went fine, the fun started when I was trying to connect the pump, now it’s not exactly hard is it, well I had trouble locating the thumb clamp on the valve, then I needed to sit down to recover , after sorting out only one of its three tyres I decided to give it best and try again later, it was my postural hypotension playing up what I didn’t realise at the time was that it was masking my hypo signs. I will be tackling the other two tyres later this morning.

Hope you all have a good day
 
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From a very wet Sussex morning it's a 4.5 :D
 
Kaylz - yes I adjust my bolus according to what my readings are before eating and then according to what I eat. Last week was a bit different from my normal routine inasmuch as my sister was here and my eating habits changed. I only get one visit a year and so I tend to eat somewhat differently, ie more of what I do not normally eat and at different times. Back to normal now that my sister has returned to the UK.

Alan - I have read as much as I can about the Libre - apparently there are two types. There have been many items on this forum about this some bad but mostly good. I'm still not sure that I could cope with the way the system works and the cost. As the Libre is not available for sale in Spain everything regarding it would have to be purchased from abroad, more money and greater delivery times. Whilst I can get one from Abbott for .about €60 I then have to take into consideration how long the sensor lasts - about 14 days I think. I then have to find out if the Spanish authorities will allow them in - many medical items are not allowed 'free passage'. I am prone to UTI's and therefore very reluctant to give the bacteria a glucose rich environment in which to proliferate and so prefer to keep my blood sugars as low as possible. Yes, I have had hypo's leading to unconsciousness and injury but these, whilst worrying, are few and far between.
 
@Michael12420 I'm sure @Bloden used the Libre while she was in Spain so maybe she could give you some advice on some points, seems we all worry about you xx
 
Thank you Kaylz. One of the most wonderful things about this forum is that everyone cares about everyone else - and I am grateful. Some people may be bemused that I should take the cost into consideration over and above everything else but it is based on what might happen with the Brexit fiasco. I must save as much money as I can in the event that the UK leaves the EU without consideration for those British who live here and our healthcare is withdrawn leaving us without adequate cover and will therefore have to return to the UK. The present Spanish government has stated that those British who have lived here for more than 10 years will be 'looked after' but the cost to the individual has not been disclosed. There is another general election in about 5 weeks time and all that may change. At the present moment the British government pays the Spanish healthcare system for our treatment. Us pensioners pay roughly 10% of the cost of our medication and the British government pays the balance. Once it is all sorted I will be in a better position to make some serious decisions. Thank you again.
 
@Anitram I'm a massive rugby fiend (although obviously a Scotland supporter) so trying to catch as many games as possible

Today minds on other things though as local shop like less than a minute up the road was robbed this morning not long after opening, 1 man to open and he was threatened with an axe! This town is becoming awful :( xx
 
Oh dear, wakened earlier, but went back to sleep, so just surfaced to 4.7

Off to the theatre tonight, a 60s night. Looking forward to it
 
Michael12420 said:
As the Libre is not available for sale in Spain everything regarding it would have to be purchased from abroad, more money and greater delivery times. Whilst I can get one from Abbott for .about €60 I then have to take into consideration how long the sensor lasts - about 14 days I think. I then have to find out if the Spanish authorities will allow them in - many medical items are not allowed 'free passage'.
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Hi Michael, I asked an ex-pat friend of mine who is Type 1 and has lived in Spain for many years and he says you can buy the Libre in Spain direct from Abbott's Spanish website - as you say, for 60 Euros, so it would not have to be purchased abroad. I understand money is tight, but as I said earlier I'm pretty sure just using one or two sensors would give you lots of very useful information - I certainly learned a lot from mine 🙂 Apparently they are starting to fund them in Spain, but initially just for children.
 
Didn't measure today, I think I'm a lost cause. :(
 
Anitram said:
An armed robbery is an awful thing to happen anywhere, but even worse so close to home. Hope the boys in blue are on to it, but you never know these days (can't be too critical though as my daughter is a DS with Essex Police..!!)

Good luck against Samoa tomorrow.

Martin
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The police aren't too bad here, Bruce's cousin is one of them haha, absolutely disgusted at it

Thanks Martin, hopefully we'll pull our fingers our fingers out and play better than last weekend! 🙄
xx
 
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