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SueEK
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6.2 for me today after a bad night, couldn’t sleep, unlike me. My appointment yesterday going through my mind. What a day! I had a 20 minute consultation including the scan and we were out of the house 6.5 hours. Saw a lovely doctor who told me that all my care, investigations and operation will now be done there in London as they are organising a team for my case including urologists, gynaecologists, anaesthetists, radiologists. Three centres of excellence are being made in England to do the sort of op I need and all the most experienced surgeons etc will be based there. Great in one way, a pain in the neck travel wise though - good job I don’t live in Cornwall!! All he said going through my mind, after nearly two years since referral looks like things might be moving.
Picking up a bed today, one that has another bed underneath so that my grandchildren can stay over again. No idea where we are going to put it, we have everything from the 3rd bedroom in the second bedroom as we are decorating, but can’t go any further at present because it needs a lot of plastering and we need to get someone in to do it. Lovely and sunny today.
@eggyg congrats on the HS, there’s hope for me yet.
@ColinUK well done on the weight loss, keep going, you’re doing great
@Michael12421 great number, hope you’re keeping well
@stephknits - that’s a very good looking chicken
@Kaylz sorry you’re feeling lonely, don’t forget we are always here for you xx
Have a good day all, stay safe and enjoy the sunshine x
Picking up a bed today, one that has another bed underneath so that my grandchildren can stay over again. No idea where we are going to put it, we have everything from the 3rd bedroom in the second bedroom as we are decorating, but can’t go any further at present because it needs a lot of plastering and we need to get someone in to do it. Lovely and sunny today.
@eggyg congrats on the HS, there’s hope for me yet.
@ColinUK well done on the weight loss, keep going, you’re doing great
@Michael12421 great number, hope you’re keeping well
@stephknits - that’s a very good looking chicken
@Kaylz sorry you’re feeling lonely, don’t forget we are always here for you xx
Have a good day all, stay safe and enjoy the sunshine x
SB2015
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3.9 this morning.
Congratulations @eggyg on the HS much better than anything else.
Well done @ColinUK. A milestone worked hard for.
Love the chicken @stephknits absolutely beautiful
Slightly sunnier but not a lot warmer. A quick deadheading and weeding session,
before scurrying back inside to the loom.
Have a good day.
Congratulations @eggyg on the HS much better than anything else.
Well done @ColinUK. A milestone worked hard for.
Love the chicken @stephknits absolutely beautiful
Slightly sunnier but not a lot warmer. A quick deadheading and weeding session,
before scurrying back inside to the loom.
Have a good day.
ColinUK
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Congrats on making the cut!08:11 BS 8.7! 😱 Pooh! Couldn’t tell you why?🙄 Went to bed on 6.1, bunged in my usual Levemir 24 units at midnight, didn’t test though & went right back to sleep!That one IS confused!
But, on a brighter note, if a bit eeky, I made it to the golf final weekend round: talk about famous last words; just about squeezes through in 43rd. as the cutline fell to -24, my score, & one person with that score actually didn’t make it being pushed out to 52nd!😱 & Wiping brow in relief emoji! It seems that -24 was a VERY popular score, the scores this tourney are VERY low, there were a lot of ties as well as I’m in a final weekend round of 111 in 97th: pretty near the bottom & not far I can drop; no hurry to start then & will eat breakfast first!
I surprised myself yesterday after watching the new episode of “How’s Your Head Hun”, Michelle films it (her husband) on Tuesday but, it’s not on BBC iPlayer until Friday, I all of a sudden decided to give Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK a go by watching at least 1 episode: comedy not really being my thing; drag being one of the worse as it’s so mean & camp! But, to my UTTER surprise I wasn’t COMPLETELY turned off by it & it even got me a bit interested so, I thought I’ll watch one more: I ended up caught up in the competition, watched 6 episodes with the drag queens knocked down from 10 to 4; have to finish it now & see who wins!😱 THAT means extremely surprised on my part! I STILL think drag ISN’T my“cup of tea”, being really mean, camp & everything I thought, some of it going completely over my head, my own judgement often off kilter with the judges but, it turned out to be QUITE interesting: opened my eyes a bit to the real people behind the dressing up that have been bullied, made to feel marginalised from an early age & they’re actually brave to do what they do! Soohh! I’m actually truly surprised by something & learnt to be that little bit more understanding & tolerant of what I never thought I would!😱🙄🙂
Oops!😳 Didn’t know I was going to say all that!🙄
A very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉
Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK is a totally different beat from the U.S. version. It’s somehow more honest and more raw whilst being much more diverse in the range of drag it shows. So it’s much better than the U.S. one. Enjoy!
KARNAK
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Good morning 8.3 don`t know what happened last night only just got up.😱 Slept like a log (on the fire),🙂 I know but you can`t beat the old ones, I normally only kip for a couple of hours max.🙄
Great HS result @eggyg congratulations.🙂
keep up the good work on the weight loss @ColinUK.🙂
Great photo @stephknits made me feel hungry.
Take care folks better jump in the shower before the pubs open, stay safe.🙂
Great HS result @eggyg congratulations.🙂
keep up the good work on the weight loss @ColinUK.🙂
Great photo @stephknits made me feel hungry.
Take care folks better jump in the shower before the pubs open, stay safe.🙂
Hi everyone
This is my first posting on this thread. Two weeks after starting on metformin, after 18 months of denial.
Hba1c was 129.
I have spent the last two weeks trying to get things organised, (got meter and carb counter)
cut out obvious sugars and cut down on carbs, very little exercise just housework and gardening. Thank you for all advice and good wishes given, it means alot.
From today trying 100g a day carbs and 1/2 hr walk.
Bloods this morning 11.3 and lost 8lbs.
Best Wishes and have a good day
This is my first posting on this thread. Two weeks after starting on metformin, after 18 months of denial.
Hba1c was 129.
I have spent the last two weeks trying to get things organised, (got meter and carb counter)
cut out obvious sugars and cut down on carbs, very little exercise just housework and gardening. Thank you for all advice and good wishes given, it means alot.
From today trying 100g a day carbs and 1/2 hr walk.
Bloods this morning 11.3 and lost 8lbs.
Best Wishes and have a good day
SueEK
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Hi and welcome, you will get to know a little more about those of us who post on this thread as we do share bits of our day to day lives here. Well done on taking the upper hand with your diabetes and good luck with it all, we are here to support you x
Thank you
Thank you Karnak. My HbA1c was 129 on the 31st May, Review due end of August.
I really do not understand how blood sugar works. When I used to get hypos I could never find a pattern to explain them, I could eat the same things have different results, I could hypo after eating something and be fine eating nothing. The end result was just learning to accept that the body will do what it wants. You make your best efforts to help it out, but after that it is out of your control.
Last Saturday I was really upset when I woke up and tested at 14.0, even though it had been rising the previous few days, as I could not explain it and I thought things were temporarily in a better place. But the day after it went back down to 9.2, then 8.8 on both Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday morning I was 9.9.
This morning I was 14.2, and my feelings were "oh, okay then." I think I have found some acceptance, at least so long as it remains the exception. My once good control with unexplained hypos has become poor, but consistent, control with unexplained peaks. Not a great place to be, and hopefully one that can be addressed soon, but I suppose I feel it makes some sense now. It is no different to before, but with hypos replaced by hypers.
Last Saturday I was really upset when I woke up and tested at 14.0, even though it had been rising the previous few days, as I could not explain it and I thought things were temporarily in a better place. But the day after it went back down to 9.2, then 8.8 on both Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday morning I was 9.9.
This morning I was 14.2, and my feelings were "oh, okay then." I think I have found some acceptance, at least so long as it remains the exception. My once good control with unexplained hypos has become poor, but consistent, control with unexplained peaks. Not a great place to be, and hopefully one that can be addressed soon, but I suppose I feel it makes some sense now. It is no different to before, but with hypos replaced by hypers.
rebrascora
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Well, it was a naughty 3.1 for me and an horizontal arrow on my brand new Libre (I am in love.... or maybe just obsessed!) when I woke up this morning and finger prick confirmed it.... it is actually showing incredibly similar results to my BG meter, so really impressed with how well it is working. Went to bed on 8.4 with no bolus insulin on board but I had been for a late walk up to the horses carrying feed buckets, so maybe that was responsible. I had tested at 4am when I woke up and it showed 5.8 with an horizontal arrow so assumed all was good, but I do tend to find that my Levemir has a spike of activity about 7-8hours after injection during the day so I guess it does the same at night.
Anyway, I had a chunk of stem ginger in syrup and a glass of water and whilst the Libre took time to register it being fixed my BG meter said it had worked pretty quickly, so that is obviously when the time lag shows most. It has really helped me to keep my levels in range this morning so far, by splitting my bolus insulin for DP and my omelette.... I am just loving it and scanning through the night was SO EASY.... just picked it up off the bedside table, felt for the button, switched it on, swiped it over the sensor and could see the reading, all without having to put a light on or touch the floor.... fantastic!.... did I mention I love this kit!
@eggyg Many congratulations on your House Special. How fantastic for you! When they are so rare it makes them all the more special
@Michael12421 Great reading this morning Michael! Well done!
@stephknits....love your silkie! You do realise that they are not a particularly productive breed when it comes to egg laying, but they make great mothers if you fancy hatching some eggs..... in fact they will attempt to hatch golf balls, pebbles or even an empty nest given half a chance. Are all 3 chickens that you have got silkies or do you have other breeds with them? Interesting fact about silkies is that their skin and flesh is black which seems quite odd when they have white feathers.
Anyway, I had a chunk of stem ginger in syrup and a glass of water and whilst the Libre took time to register it being fixed my BG meter said it had worked pretty quickly, so that is obviously when the time lag shows most. It has really helped me to keep my levels in range this morning so far, by splitting my bolus insulin for DP and my omelette.... I am just loving it and scanning through the night was SO EASY.... just picked it up off the bedside table, felt for the button, switched it on, swiped it over the sensor and could see the reading, all without having to put a light on or touch the floor.... fantastic!.... did I mention I love this kit!
@eggyg Many congratulations on your House Special. How fantastic for you! When they are so rare it makes them all the more special
@Michael12421 Great reading this morning Michael! Well done!
@stephknits....love your silkie! You do realise that they are not a particularly productive breed when it comes to egg laying, but they make great mothers if you fancy hatching some eggs..... in fact they will attempt to hatch golf balls, pebbles or even an empty nest given half a chance. Are all 3 chickens that you have got silkies or do you have other breeds with them? Interesting fact about silkies is that their skin and flesh is black which seems quite odd when they have white feathers.
rebrascora
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@Becka
Can you remind us what your diagnosis is or are you still awaiting results to confirm Type 1 or 2 or some other type? Also what insulin(s) are you using? I often find that when I get consistently high readings my basal insulin needs increasing a little. If basal insulin is not correct and holding you steady then whatever else you do with food and bolus insulin will make little sense. When you have your basal insulin right, things mostly work like you expect them to and everything is much less frustrating.
I am not sure how much training or experience you have but it might be best to discuss your readings with your nurse, who will make suggestions of what and how much to alter.
Can you remind us what your diagnosis is or are you still awaiting results to confirm Type 1 or 2 or some other type? Also what insulin(s) are you using? I often find that when I get consistently high readings my basal insulin needs increasing a little. If basal insulin is not correct and holding you steady then whatever else you do with food and bolus insulin will make little sense. When you have your basal insulin right, things mostly work like you expect them to and everything is much less frustrating.
I am not sure how much training or experience you have but it might be best to discuss your readings with your nurse, who will make suggestions of what and how much to alter.
Snowwy
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Thank you snowwy. You all seem a friendly knowledgeble lot.
Hi @rebrascora, I am diagnosed type 2 but stopped responding to Gliclazide sometime earlier this year. I had been trying to get an appointment with my G.P. before the lockdown happened, but then I had to shield. So instead I have been prescribed Sitagliptin which seems to have reduced my levels by around 3 – 4 mmol/L.
I have sent the surgery a request for antibody and C-peptide blood tests for once I come out of shielding, but with two autoimmune conditions as well as diabetes I do not want to break that unless things get really bad. Although I suppose if shielding is extended for too long this may have to qualify if I keep waking so high.
I now seem pretty sure that although Gliclazide did a good job of supercharging my pancreas for a while, it has now blown its gaskets, whether through overwork or sabotage. I have no idea if that is a good analogy as I have no idea what gaskets are (it goes beyond the simple maintenance I can do on my bike), but it sounds like it should make sense. But I stand by calling my autoimmune system a saboteur. All of which leaves me dripping out the little insulin I can still make whilst the Sitagliptin is holding back the glucagon to stop things getting too bad.
So now I wait and try not to worry too much. I did get a 6.0 on Monday evening's fasting test, but it was 16.9 on Friday even though I barely ate anything all day. Or all evening after seeing that. I guess somedays the pancreas just copes better than others. Which I wish I could too.
I have sent the surgery a request for antibody and C-peptide blood tests for once I come out of shielding, but with two autoimmune conditions as well as diabetes I do not want to break that unless things get really bad. Although I suppose if shielding is extended for too long this may have to qualify if I keep waking so high.
I now seem pretty sure that although Gliclazide did a good job of supercharging my pancreas for a while, it has now blown its gaskets, whether through overwork or sabotage. I have no idea if that is a good analogy as I have no idea what gaskets are (it goes beyond the simple maintenance I can do on my bike), but it sounds like it should make sense. But I stand by calling my autoimmune system a saboteur. All of which leaves me dripping out the little insulin I can still make whilst the Sitagliptin is holding back the glucagon to stop things getting too bad.
So now I wait and try not to worry too much. I did get a 6.0 on Monday evening's fasting test, but it was 16.9 on Friday even though I barely ate anything all day. Or all evening after seeing that. I guess somedays the pancreas just copes better than others. Which I wish I could too.
rebrascora
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Yes, and welcome from me too @Snoopyj
Feel free to tell us a bit more about your interests or lifestyle too. We like to build up a little mental image of people on this thread and get a feel for their lifestyle and sense of humour etc. It is more of a community thread than just comparing/collating fasting readings. I hope you enjoy being part of it.
Feel free to tell us a bit more about your interests or lifestyle too. We like to build up a little mental image of people on this thread and get a feel for their lifestyle and sense of humour etc. It is more of a community thread than just comparing/collating fasting readings. I hope you enjoy being part of it.
rebrascora
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@Becka Your analogy certainly sounds appropriate and feasible to me. I think you should be pushing your nurse or GP for insulin with those levels especially if you are barely eating. There is no reason why they can't start you on insulin now and do the testing later. Get on to them and report your BG levels and tell them you are worried. If your pancreas suddenly splutters to a halt you will end up in A&E which would be higher risk in my opinion than going to the GP surgery where only a very few patients are being allowed in and a high level of precautions seem to be being taken.