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Group 7-day waking average?

Well, it was an 8.5 for me this morning.
Late dinner as usual. I was 5.0 before meal and had minimal carbs.... just the oats in the haggis and didn't have any tatties. Decided not to bolus. Was a nice 7.3 at bedtime. Took an extra unit of Levemir to deal with fat (had cheese and a small glass of port instead of dessert) and protein but it clearly wasn't quite enough. Woke through the night and I was 11.3 (4.40am) but rather too high as too low.

Did a stupid thing this morning and bolussed 6 units of NR and then went out to do GGs and chucks, intending to be back in 40 mins to have breakfast. Got side tracked by other little jobs and the next thing I knew my peripheral vision was blurry and I was 2.7. I had a couple of dextrose tablets (my last 2) and some dried apricots and headed back up the hill to get breakfast. Half way up the hill (rural footpath) I started having black patches in my vision each time I blinked.... not had that happen before! Had a couple more dried apricots and continued up the path (steep hill) into the village, where I bought a banana at the village shop to fuel me back to my partner's house where breakfast was waiting. My logic was that I didn't want to sit and wait for hypo to pass as the NR was going to keep making things worse until I got my breakfast, so I needed to get back up the hill even though I was hypo..... I did have some jelly beans and a few dried apricots to spare so I could perhaps have kept feeding it and not had my breakfast, if I really couldn't made it back to the house, but I will not be leaving the house with NR on board and no breakfast again, as this was definitely a close call..... Silly girl!
Thankfully I have managed my levels really well since then and had a lovely ride out on my little mare this afternoon.

@Robin
Good to read that you are fit enough to be back on board and taking it steady.

@eggyg
Sorry to hear that your haematoma is not yet fully healed and you are back to taking it easy again.

@Hazel
Good reading this morning. I hope that indicates that you had a restful, pain free night.... keep taking the tablets!

@KARNAK
Ted, it sounds like you are handling the aftermath of your hypo really well. Just remember that it is not always a good idea to make a correction after a bad hypo as the liver usually needs to restock. Lovely to hear that @Baz is looking after you.... I love this community!
 
rebrascora said:
Well, it was an 8.5 for me this morning.
Late dinner as usual. I was 5.0 before meal and had minimal carbs.... just the oats in the haggis and didn't have any tatties. Decided not to bolus. Was a nice 7.3 at bedtime. Took an extra unit of Levemir to deal with fat (had cheese and a small glass of port instead of dessert) and protein but it clearly wasn't quite enough. Woke through the night and I was 11.3 (4.40am) but rather too high as too low.

Did a stupid thing this morning and bolussed 6 units of NR and then went out to do GGs and chucks, intending to be back in 40 mins to have breakfast. Got side tracked by other little jobs and the next thing I knew my peripheral vision was blurry and I was 2.7. I had a couple of dextrose tablets (my last 2) and some dried apricots and headed back up the hill to get breakfast. Half way up the hill (rural footpath) I started having black patches in my vision each time I blinked.... not had that happen before! Had a couple more dried apricots and continued up the path (steep hill) into the village, where I bought a banana at the village shop to fuel me back to my partner's house where breakfast was waiting. My logic was that I didn't want to sit and wait for hypo to pass as the NR was going to keep making things worse until I got my breakfast, so I needed to get back up the hill even though I was hypo..... I did have some jelly beans and a few dried apricots to spare so I could perhaps have kept feeding it and not had my breakfast, if I really couldn't made it back to the house, but I will not be leaving the house with NR on board and no breakfast again, as this was definitely a close call..... Silly girl!
Thankfully I have managed my levels really well since then and had a lovely ride out on my little mare this afternoon.

@Robin
Good to read that you are fit enough to be back on board and taking it steady.

@eggyg
Sorry to hear that your haematoma is not yet fully healed and you are back to taking it easy again.

@Hazel
Good reading this morning. I hope that indicates that you had a restful, pain free night.... keep taking the tablets!

@KARNAK
Ted, it sounds like you are handling the aftermath of your hypo really well. Just remember that it is not always a good idea to make a correction after a bad hypo as the liver usually needs to restock. Lovely to hear that @Baz is looking after you.... I love this community!
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Eek! Glad you managed to sort your hypo. It’s easy to get distracted. I make it a golden rule not to leave the house with fewer carbs in my pocket than I’ve got insulin on board for, if you see what I mean! I get patches in my vision (mine are green, rather than black) if I'm very low, or if I'm dropping fast.
My ribs had a work out this morning, (I think it did them good, but they're bound to seize up overnight), our instructor decided on a flatwork lesson, with lots of bending, leg yielding, etc, so got my core muscles working, and stretched out some of the stiffness.
 
Hello all. 6.3 @ 9.17am

Feel much better today, not so sickly, we're all crook at the minute in my family with one thing and another. It's just winter. 🙂 Thank you for the concern xxoo
 
Good morning folks a horrible 8.5 with a slanted up arrow, went to bed on 8.1 though.
Hope you all have a good day
 
rebrascora said:
Did a stupid thing this morning and bolussed 6 units of NR and then went out to do GGs and chucks, intending to be back in 40 mins to have breakfast. Got side tracked by other little jobs and the next thing I knew my peripheral vision was blurry and I was 2.7. I had a couple of dextrose tablets (my last 2) and some dried apricots and headed back up the hill to get breakfast. Half way up the hill (rural footpath) I started having black patches in my vision each time I blinked.... not had that happen before! Had a couple more dried apricots and continued up the path (steep hill) into the village, where I bought a banana at the village shop to fuel me back to my partner's house where breakfast was waiting. My logic was that I didn't want to sit and wait for hypo to pass as the NR was going to keep making things worse until I got my breakfast, so I needed to get back up the hill even though I was hypo..... I did have some jelly beans and a few dried apricots to spare so I could perhaps have kept feeding it and not had my breakfast, if I really couldn't made it back to the house, but I will not be leaving the house with NR on board and no breakfast again, as this was definitely a close call..... Silly girl!
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That's nasty :( I've had a couple of those bad hypos where it feel like you are seeing things through strobing vision, it's very scary :( You had quite a journey home, very glad to hear you made it back OK 😱 🙂 The lesson will be firmly imprinted in your mind now, so hopefully it will be a very long time before anything like that happens again - if ever! {{{HUGS}}}
 
Ditto said:
Hello all. 6.3 @ 9.17am

Feel much better today, not so sickly, we're all crook at the minute in my family with one thing and another. It's just winter. 🙂 Thank you for the concern xxoo
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Good to hear @Ditto 🙂 I hope the rest of the family os on the mend too 🙂 Snowdrops are out - soon be Spring! 🙂
 
Good morning all , It's a 6.4 from me this morning
 
Good morning guys 🙂

5.8 for me after a crappy day that I cant explain yesterday :(

Was sensor change yesterday and after the bleeder I had 2 weeks ago was rather surprised to take the old one off and only find a green bruise, was expecting it to look worse lol

Well tonights the I start my perindopril, planning to take it about 9pm wish me luck lol

Have a nice Monday folks
Xx
 
Morning Folks

Reporting a reading of 7.3 for this morning

Start of another working week but at least I might save some money- no cycling over weekend so spent £140 on cycling gear instead but I have told myself to give my head a shake and no more spends for at least 12 months...:
 
5.6 this morning
 
6.0 for me today. Basal requirements have been dropping over the last few days, and another ‘suspend’ at 6am today so it looks like I need to dial down further.

Sorry to hear about your nasty low @rebrascora - I had the black patches a few years back. Really scary!

Good luck with the meds @Kaylz
 
6.2 this morning. Better than I expected after a weekend that included Burn's night, and Chinese New Year meals!
Have at last shaken off the virus though thank goodness, so back to exercise routine this week. Table tennis session to day. Yeh!
 
Morning all on this brighter and colder morning. 6.8, not perfect but neither am I! Cooking day today, soup, roast a ham, quiche Elaine, goulash. That’ll keep us going for a few days. The ham will be used for the quiche, pea and ham soup, sandwiches and a chicken, leek and ham pie later in the week. I’m nothing if not resourceful. Still not allowed to go walking by order of the Mr Eggy mafia. I might try and persuade him to release me for good behaviour tomorrow, just for a wee walk. Have a happy Monday. @rebrascora hope you don’t have a repeat performance of what sounds like a terrifying hypo. @Ditto hope the family recover soon from being crook. @Michael12420 hope your bug is out of your system and @KARNAK well you know how I worry about you! 🙂
 
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