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Group 7-day waking average?

True mikeyB, but it is, and always was, "stay at home"......... unless you want to go out.

Must admit, the use of the word "Alert" is a bit odd. I wonder who came up with that? Presumably, focus groups cannot meet at the moment so they are having to rely on public school trained copywriters.
 
Yes stay alert...the country need more lerts!

A better slogan would have been, ‘stay patient to avoid becoming a patient and step back you prat!’

A naughty but well deserved 7.1 this morning but it was done late and my liver got up much earlier.

My GP has decided to half my testing strip allowance in the middle of a pandemic with no discussion when I’m stuck at home, vulnerable and need to test more because of infection risk. He’s only done it whilst I’m locked in but I’ve ignored him and kept ordering twice as often. He’ll be eagerly awaiting my personal visit when I’m set free! 😡
 
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ruthelliot said:
Ben was a disappointing 12.6!
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What caused that Ben? Couple of shandies?
ruthelliot said:
Ben was a disappointing 12.6!
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What caused that then Ben ? I.v. trifle? Or my fave Eve's pudding or even worse cherry Eve's pudding with custard - droooool. Oh scuse. We're supposed to be goody here.. No no, never eat that. Not in my dreams. Indeed. Only in my waking. uh uh uh, oh 😳 Actually now, i'm better in that i beg a spoon from.someone else's dish. Which maybe contains 2.7g cho rather 60 or 80g cho. Some restaurant desserts equate to 120g cho or at least 3x the dose given for a 40g cho main course. So i tend to avoid these days as we're invariably eating late and trying to correct the hyper thru the night or carrying the high through the night and corrrecting in the morning.

PS hope's its improved 🙂
 
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Amigo said:
Yes stay alert...the country need more lerts!

A better slogan would have been, ‘stay patient to avoid becoming a patient and step back you prat!’

A naughty but well deserved 7.1 this morning but it was done late and my liver got up much earlier.

My GP has decided to half my testing strip allowance in the middle of a pandemic with no discussion when I’m stuck at home, vulnerable and need to test more because of infection risk. He’s only done it whilst I’m locked in but I’ve ignored him and kept ordering twice as often. He’ll be eagerly awaiting my personal visit when I’m set free! 😡
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Mine did the same with peripherals so he cant get struck off.

Stick a complaint in now. Then it can it can brewing. Alot of the ancillary services have stymied eg pushing compliaints further through nhs portal. Theres always the bma. One could directly there. Thing is the bma is the drs union, not the patients..
 
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Sounds like the correction was pretty much spot on, always difficult to get them exactly right! 🙂
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It was an advantage with porcine insulin at lower concs u40 and u60. They could be tapered to weight which was helped fat kids and thin adults. Girl i knew at uni was probably the same weight at 19 as i was when i 12or 13yrs old and i wasnt overweight but spot on average. U100 is tricky to deliver half units with for example.
 
daducky88 said:
What caused that Ben? Couple of shandies?

What caused that then Ben ? Nicking the children sherberts? I.v. trifle? Or my fave Eve's pudding or even worse cherry Eve's pudding with custard - droooool. Oh scuse. We're supposed to be goody here.. No no, never eat that. Not in my dreams. Indeed. Only in my waking. uh uh uh, oh 😳

PS hope's its improved 🙂
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Did you look at the date, or the details in signature???
Ben was a 4 year old, back in 2011..........
 
Bit late again ! Hope everyone had a good day

6.3 when the builders on small construction site next door arrived way earlier :confused: than technically they should never mind the none social distancing or a far better 5.2 when I actually woke up 2 hours later 🙂

Not much to say about the last 24 hours really is there. What am I staying alert too? My eyesight can’t see news print some mornings let alone a virus of about a billionth of a metre. Anyone seen my electron microscope?!
 
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4.3 at midnight so gave a jelly baby and 5.4 at 4 am and woke to 7.4, a wee touch higher than I hoped but I can live with that.
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Maybe you need a tweak your dinner or night insulinn down a bit. <5 doesnt give you a lotta leeway eg if you were tired from travel, work or laying a couple wells. Its up to you of course. But i made a decision a while to lift my target to 6 to help maintain sensitivity when i.was dropping lower. I'd i get fewer hypos alright. Maybe hba1c isnt quite as good.

Lets the probability of waking from a hypo in sleep is
Theory : illustrative numbers
10mM p1
9mM. p0.9
8mM. p0.8
7mM. p0.7
6mM. p0.6
5mM. p0.5
4mM. p0.4
3mM. p0.3
2mM. p0.2
1mM. p0.1

But what do these numbers mean in practical terms.
I have a 10 fold greater chance of waking should i have a hypo if my before bed sugar was 10mM rather 1mM.

Oh thats sort of predictable. Perhaps whats less predictable is the chance of survival associated with different Hba1c levels. My theory is that HbA1c behaves like pre-bed glycaemia. The lower it is, the lower your chance of suffering complications and living to the enjoy the lack of them. Theres a happy balance in here somewhere.
 
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4.8 for me when I woke up this morning which I was very pleased about although I did have a hypo during the night - was sensible enough to have Lucozade but my brain craved carbs so at 3am I was eating a Cornetto:D
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With a song i hope? !
 
4.8 for me.
Not so cold this morning, so I wont need the extra woollies on my walk.
Anybody else noticing the increase in the number of disposable gloves being dumped in the street.
How anti-social and inconsiderate.

Stay a lert.

Dez
 
Morning all,
Well an unexpected (but hoped for) 5.2 Happy Sausage for me this morning!
We have an Iceland delivery today... exciting!
Noticed some construction workers quick off the mark yesterday at a previously abandoned site, I am sure they are glad to be back. Hope and pray my son-in-law get something soon!

Have a blessed day,
Snowwy (with frost outside)
 
05:41 BS 7.3 🙂 Better than yesterday! My breathing & sinuses were indeed better in the bright clear ish skies yesterday & woke this morning breathing a LOT easier.🙂

Was trying to qualify for another golf tournament last night before bed: this time a BIG one The Spring Major 2020; in Golf Clash terms there are 4 Grand Slam tournaments a year at the end of each season! A lot more people play them as the prizes are bigger & get a lot more points for your clan if you make it to the final. BUT, they are TOUGH! 😱 I’ve played in 3 of the seasonal majors, Summer Major 2019, Fall Major 2019, Winter Major 2020 & managed to get a final medal in all of them! :DThis Spring Major 2020 will be the last one to complete a year: JUST missed the Spring Major 2019 when I played my first tournament last year in June 2019.🙄

Official results at 8am but, still in 3rd with only 5 to finish so, know I’ve definitely made the opening round which starts on Thursday: just need to get through that, fingers crossed, to make the final on Saturday to Sunday!🙂

Got 3 phone calls from 3 family members, not usually ALL on the same day,that keeps us in touch with each other during this lockdown. First was from my SIL that REALLY made my day! As soon as I HEARD her voice I KNEW she was doing REALLY well after her op to remove a cancer tumour: she was shouting down the line, as usual, & sounded happy so, I shouted down the line too in joyous response: couldn’t help it; SHE said “you sound happy” & I said I am because hearing YOU I knew you’re doing well!:D😛 Have you noticed the tendency as people grow older, beyond a certain age around 40 shall we say, you start speaking louder on the telephone & even shout down the line getting louder the older you get?😱🙄:D😉

An early Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉 AND, as always, be Sunny on the Inside: REALLY makes a HUGE difference; it won’t really matter what the actual weather is like on the outside!😎😛:D😉
 
Very very disappointing 7.3 this morning when I went to bed 4.3 but I did have some sugar free polo mints prior to bed, was this the problem I’ll have to try something else tonight, I get a little peckish during the evening
 
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