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It wasn't that long ago that I was munching my way through a 200g bar in one sitting and then reaching for the jelly babies afterwards. I miss the innocence of my youth :-D
I think the problem is the spike. It's the only thing I have with that level of sugar in it. The 85% stuff might be a bit bitter for my taste so I might be limited to just having a few squares of the good stuff at the weekend from now on.
If your used to Galaxy then yes it probably will be a bit bitter for your tastes to begin with, I've always preferred dark chocolate and I find even the Aldi 85% sweet these days but a bar after tea is my treat 3 nights a week, the rest of the time I'm either eating Lindt 90% or Lidl 95% stuff xx
Good evening my friends a bit late but a pleasant day.
Flue jab this morning and off to the club. Looked after
three blind ladies and lovely dogs but their lift failed,
every one rallied together and got them home, wonderful.
Well 5.3 for me this morning.
Michael please get those figures raised we are so worried.
Colin you ok?
Have a pleasant evening folks, take care stay safe. 🙂🙂🙂
Morning all. 6.4. Pleased with that as had a stubborn hypo last night, possibly caused by our 9 mile walk. Just before tea too, treat it with JBs, didn’t budge, had a very conservative bolus for my tea, 3 units for spag Bol and garlic bread, I thought I would have to do a correction at bedtime. Bedtime I was only 5.1, still had some bolus floating around. Wasn’t hungry but knew I needed to eat, settled on a boiled egg and half a packet of crisps, I know random, but I couldn’t face anything sweet. It seems to have worked. Oh the joy of D! Have a great day, chilly again but not sunny.
4.5 this morning. 🙂
It was blooming cold yesterday, so I put on the central heating for the first time in yonks. "I might as well bleed the radiators instead of myself for a change" thought I. Could I find the bleedin' bleed key? After searching my tool boxes and every drawer and cupboard in the house -nada. 😡
Just as I was about to click the Amazon "Buy Now" button for another one, I thought of one last place to check. Sure enough there it was snug and safe in the plastic sorting box, that I'd bought this time last year, to keep all my odds and bods in one place. I plead old age! 😳🙄
All the radiators are fully functioning now and ready to withstand whatever the coming winter can throw them.
Dez
Hahaha, I like it @Snowwy, a Street Spesh. Congrats @HenryBennett on the fab average.
It’s definitely autumn - my skin’s starting to get itchy, which is a sure sign it’s getting colder. I’m like the strip of seaweed my gran’s neighbour had hanging by her front door - she used it to forecast the weather. If it was wet, it was going to rain. If I’m itchy, it’s going to be cold.🙂
I’ve been in hospital this week with high blood pressure which remains high even with meds, but not as high as when I was admitted, I had my flu jab yesterday and my reading today is 7.6. It’s very cold here but have a nice day
Morning all, 5.1 here, assisted by jelly babies in the night, even with a reduced overnight basal. BG spent all day yesterday plummeting, even though I only did two short walks. Daytime reduction in order too, today. (Until the DF flits off somewhere else, and everything will have to go back up to normal levels.)
Had a homemade chicken curry last night and was 11.0 at bedtime.
Remembered advice from D Nurse about curry sometimes taking a while to burn up and didn't correct. At 2am checked again and I was 8.5 and this morning woke up to a 7.7
So, given that I only dropped 0.8 in the night I think my basal is probably at the right level.
Opened the curtains and was rewarded by a blue sky. No central heating for me.
Snap @Bloden 7.3 for me as well. Definitely chilly, the end of my fingers are cold and tingling, always a sign of colder weather. @HenryBennett great weekly average and another HS, I’m feeling a touch green - good on you. @freesia congrats on your HS, I’m getting greener the most posts I read. @Gruers sorry you have had another stay in hospital, hope you’re ok now. @pm133 looks like you are getting the hang of things, well done. As a T2 I always admire how you all work out what you need.
Enjoy your day everyone x
