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Group 7-day waking average?

Another 5.8 here.

Sorry about the neuropathy @Lanny
Take care @Kaylz
Glad your feeling so much better @Hazel.

Had a busy day yesterday in the garden with various visitors collecting plants, pond oxygenators and just chatting. Almost normal. Today a mix of activity in the morning and then being lazy as it gets hotter. Glad that we are in an older house and that it stays cooler inside.

Have a good day all.
 
Today I received my "end of shielding" letter, although I had already read it online and posted a copy here. It was only when I filed it away it that it struck me as odd that the instructions to shield were sent from the N.H.S., but the ones saying it will no longer be required comes from the government. It just reinforces the feeling it is a political rather than medical decision.

10.4 this morning. Ignoring the few scarier spikes I seem to be waking in a range of 9 – 11 now. I do not know if 4 little tiny moles is the normal efficacy of Sitagliptin or just how I am responding to it, but that seems to be consistent given I was usually in the 13 – 15 before taking it.
 
ColinUK said:
5.0 pour moi this morning.
Absolutely nothing in the calendar today but may go and surprise my folks later. It’ll be the first time we’ve seen each other since lockdown started.
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I’m making the journey by bus. And I can’t check to see if they’ve got plans and won’t be in because I don’t want to ruin the surprise. It’s only 90 minutes on a hot bus.
If they’re not in then I can come home via IKEA and buy a plant pot or something so it won’t be a wasted journey.

And just checked whether I’ve made the cut for the golf game tournament this weekend and I’ve just scraped through. Top ten got through and I was tenth with 5 under par.

@Lanny Thanks for introducing me to Golf Clash! It’s really rather meditative and it’s fun.
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Wow! @ColinUK o_O You’ll soon become addicted & set 4 hourly alarms like I have for some time now: YOU’LL know why straight off, probably; for the rest of you lot, there are free chests every 4 hours & you can only stack up 2 so, you CAN sleep overnight for 8 hours & open 2 at once without missing anything!:D😛😎😉 Well done for qualifying & good luck in the opening round on Thursday! Fingers crossed emoji!

I got through on Monday in 9th place, squeezed through as this is a tough low scoring one, on -9: one of my worse scores as the margins for a great shot & disaster were SO fine: dropped a Birdie & only got 1 Eagle; surprised to scape through but, relieved as each Q round tends to score lower & lower so, harder to get through!😱
 
Good morning second night with no Basal 6.2.

Very warm here 26.C in the shade, reminds me of the Brazilian Rain Foresto_O, no trees left.🙄
Phone consultation with DSN & D Consultant yesterday got to have a face to face,🙄 didn`t think
we we`re allowed to kiss yet.:D Haven`t posted morning figures for a couple of days decorators have
encroached on my space,😡done and dusted now.

So many replies I could respond to but hey, suns in its element, a can of beer in my hando_O
oops😳 didn`t mean to tell you that,:D on a wonderful forum.

So without further ado can we all give each other a virtual hug from our virtual family?
smile loudly while you are doing it. 😛 :D

Take care and continue staying safe. xx🙂
 
@Lanny I played the 9 hole tournament last weekend and got roundly thrashed on some holes where I scraped a birdie and the opponent managed three under lol
But it’s fun though!
 
Well another late night and therefore late morning. Libre alarm went off at 7.30am so I scanned a 6.3 and went back to sleep and "woke up proper" at 8.45am with a reading of 5.7. I was tempted to go back to sleep and see if it might drop to a nice House Special before I got up because I am getting to the stage of considering cheating in order to achieve one, but knowing my luck I would have slept too long and woke up on a 4!
Anyway, I haven't had my walk for a few days and basal needs are going back up so I need to get back onto that but shockingly hot out there today. Just come in from doing a bit in the garden because I was feeling decidedly light headed!...My garden is a real sun trap. Not comfortable weather to work in for me.

My sister is coming to visit today so looking forward to that.

Hope everyone has as good a day as possible.
 
@Michael12421 we care very much about your health and well being.

I know your in a European country and obviously you know the reason why you are there.
We are here for you 24/7, my BGL`s have gone through the floor in the last couple of weeks.
Been as low as 1.6 but **** happens, heat related, not for me to tell you what to do and I don`t
wish to.

Just trying to direct you as we all do in the correct direction to make your journey
more comfortable, please be safe.
 
Thank you @KARNAK , I moved to Spain 15 odd years ago because of financial, but mostly health reasons. I have problems other than diabetes, osteo-arthritis was making my life a misery, I thought that the cold and damp winters in the UK were exacerbating my condition and I wanted to be free from that. As far as the diabetes is concerned I do my very best to control it but sometimes it does not work as well as I would like, There is nothing like the support and advice that you have in the UK but one does the best one can under the circumstances. You are very kind and I appreciate this. Thank you again.
 
Bloden said:
It’s a shame you don’t get the support you need @Michael12421 in Andalucía. :( The care I received in Northern Spain was excellent. It often feels like you live in a different country from the Spain I lived in!
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To be fair, here in the UK support can vary quite significantly from one hospital to another and even between consultants at the same hospital.... I know the DSNs at my clinic absolutely worship one consultant because he is so progressive and will go beyond the limits for his patients. The other one is OK but more conservative.
I think part of Michael's problem is that he is quite remote/rural and any trip to the hospital is a bit of an ordeal because it is a long journey so it is in part accessing that support which is difficult.
 
04:38 BS 5.3 Argh! SO close but, pretty happy with that! 🙂

Well, yesterday was a very tingly day & it was a matter of trying to distract myself. But, not playing my favourite Golf Clash as my hands were SO tingly, pulsing & numb it was hard to play when I unexpectedly let the ball go without intending to because I lost contact with the screen: sometimes when typing I THINK I’ve tapped a key but, I haven’t; gotten used to that now as I give every key a firm, hard tap!🙄 It’s when I’m not doing anything that I notice the tingles most & they are spreading to my upper shoulders, across my back & goes up & down my central spine at times at its worse. It ebbs & flows! I had to keep a close eye on my BS yesterday as I was the lowest I’ve been able to keep it all day with the least amount of insulin in a very long time! Even had to guzzle 1 JB just after I put my lunch, sea bass fillet, in the oven & tested 4.7 that caught me a little by surprise so, only injected when eating 30 minutes later & reduced by 2 units. I’d dithered about to reduce or not becase of the JB, deciding to reduce for safety & BS was just a bit higher at 9.2 90 minutes later. But, had dropped to 4.8 when eating dinner so, reduced again. I fell asleep soon after eating, in the middle of watching the final of the sewing bee & woke groggily, by alarm, to inject Levemir before going back to sleep without testing. So, very pleased to wake with another 5 reading!:D😛 I only used 20, 28 & 20 units of Novorapid yesterday: reduced from 38, 34 & 30; didn’t eat breakfast & had usual half oatcake & half dose rounded up to an even unit!😱 That’s even more of a reduction in insulin & I still had to keep an eye on things not to get caught out by hypos!o_O So, things are getting better & I’ll get through this tingly phase with that in mind!🙄🙂😉

An early Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉

I’m going to finish off watching the sewing bee to see if Claire wins: don’t tell me if you’ve seen it!😱😉
 
6.0 on the nose today.
Yesterday was lovely. To turn up at the folks and just surprise them was a joy although it was hard not to hug and kiss them.
I did a spot of gardening for then which is off as their gardeners have been to the house a number of times solve lockdown eased and had not done some really simple jobs so I’ve left them with a list for next time. I’ve also asked that they look at removing some “real” geraniums which have naturalised and are now growing like weeds. I’ve asked for suggestions for a couple of trees to plant in some tough spots (exposed, full sun, shallow soil depth) but I’ve got some ideas of what I’d put there so I’m curious to see what they suggest. And the lawn is a mess as they fight a constant battle against squirrels, foxes and badgers digging it up so there are holes which need filling before my 80 year old parents trip on them.
There’s a creeping sense that the gardeners may be have become a little lazy over the years and aren’t doing the job they used to do. Perhaps I need to become a little more involved. Time will tell.

Off to Peter Jones later today. No particular reason other than it’s open and it’ll be nice to wander around a shop which isn’t a food shop.
 
Morning All,

Nearly there with a 5.3 on the machine today
 
Morning all,
So close @Baz. !
For me even going to bed on a 5.2 I managed 5.8 this morning.
Twas a warm night...

Blessings Snowwy
 
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