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Group 7-day waking average?

Robin said:
Morning all, 5.9 here, normality seems to have been restored.

@SueEK , On my ipad, I highlight the bit of text I want to quote, and I get a drop down box that says 'reply' to click on, which just quotes the highlighted bit of text.
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Thanks Robin but that only copies one word, or am I being thick (it’s certainly a possibility lol)
 
Anitram said:
Thanks, Colin. He's our eldest but I also have a son from my first marriage who's got a big birthday next year. He'll be 50.

Martin
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You don’t look old enough to have a 50 year old!
 
SB2015 said:
When you do that selection Sue you can then move the blue boobs up and down to include more text, and then click reply.
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Oh my, that's made me laugh today anyway lol xx
 
SueEK said:
Thanks Robin but that only copies one word, or am I being thick (it’s certainly a possibility lol)
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You can drag the little blue circles (at the corners of the blue highlighted bit) up and down, and along and expand it to cover all the text you want.(I’m always going too far and highlighting the whole page, but you can then shrink them back again by dragging them inwards, until you get what you want. Good luck!)

Edit: Just read @SB2015 's post, I prefer her description!
 
Morning all.
I was 5.2 last night and celebrated with a cheese omelette and a hard boiled sweet without bolus. 7.1 this morning. Happy with that but maybe I need a couple of units to compensate for the omelette and sweetie.

First repeat prescription should be ready today barring difficulties.
 
ColinUK said:
Been a little up and down the last few days. Weight has fluctuated and created just over 90kg again. Felt like c**p. Awful sleep. BG higher than where I’d like it to be (but still within range).
Add to that being mucked around for my flu jab (which I did actually get Saturday afternoon), stress related to the court case, some really tricky executor stuff and the atrocious weather and I’ve been a little quieter than normal.

I did bake a wonderfully tasty low-carb seeded loaf though! And I’ve caught up on lots of Netflix stuff!

Am going off to the National Gallery again today as it is my all time favourite gallery. I always find it inspirational and uplifting to spend time being absorbed by the art works.

Tomorrow I’m back to the opticians to tweak the prescription for my multifocal contact lenses and carry on the trial to see if they make any point for me to have/use them.

Oh and 5.9 this morning 🙂
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Nice to hear from you Colin. Enjoy your art, you’re very lucky to have all that culture on your doorstep. The only culture up here is the yeast I’m growing!
 
Good morning 4.7 on a lovely morning 23.5C in the living room no heating on.🙂
Washed and dried another chore out of the way, try another go at getting my
hair cut today they were closed the other day.🙄
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Shan`t mention about @Michael12421 anymore, only so much advice can be given.

Busy time @eggyg don`t overdo it.🙂

Good to hear from you @ColinUK.🙂

Enjoy the sun folks if you have any, take care stay safe. 🙂
 
Kaylz said:
@freesia I hope you don't think I'm getting on at you as I'm not! I just know how c**p loss of hypo awareness can be and the added stress and worry it brings! This sensor unfortunately is pretty much spot on lol (not great levels either hence why I see it as unfortunate lol) think my basal needs adjusting again but only had enough in my cartridge to do my usual dose last night, the stress of this bathroom work looming, not being allowed to see Bruce etc isn't helping either mind, hope you have a better day today xx
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Don't worry, i don't think that. You are being caring. I think it wasn't noticed as i'm so tired atm, i sit down and doze!! Roll on the weekend. X
 
Little Miss Absentee is reporting in late for duty today! 😳 A bit under the weather, again, yesterday & today with the colder temperatures so, have the heating on now! Waking BS today is 12:08 11.8! & I put that down to being snifflely & that’s how it feels: blocked sinuses, yesterday, that’s a bit easier to shift today with the odd sniffle; couldn’t sniffle yesterday!🙄😱

Yesterday was a VERY short, washed out day for me in that I got up at 06:01 BS 9.8 after anxiously testing, hoping to ward off a REAL hypo, although I felt it, after overdoing my dinner bolus! I went back to bed after my midday meds & LR bought forward a bit, couldn’t ward off sleep any longer, at 11:15.😱

On Tuesday morning, last posted waking BS before this one, I said I was having an omelette for breakfast but, actually had something else instead, which I can’t remember now. Then, had a late ish lunch of a ham & mustard sandwich from tesco after getting my weekly shopping. So,finally cooked my omelette & had that for dinner with a glass of fruit juice with the planned half dose just for the juice. What I hadn’t accounted for is that I water down my fruit juices with san pellegrino almost nearly every time as I don’t like them tasting too tart & sour! Before dinner reading 29/09/20 at 19:59 BS 6.8. After 21::59 BS 4.9 & I felt hypo thinking, “Oh no”! Obviously too much insulin for the watered down juice but, the omelette, I found out from extensive testing after eating one the day before for lunch with just water, actually raises my BS a tiny bit & then holds steady for the next 4 hours with no bolus at all: before lunch BS 6.3, 90 minutes after BS 7.0 & stayed there until after 4 hours with me testing it every hour! I tried holding off the JB’s or any biscuits knowing the omelette may well be slowly releasing now & may hold me steady but, it was a VERY stressful wait as I felt my heart racing but, I could think clearly nor was I shaky so, wasn’t really hypo & eventually my heart rate calmed down! 22:09 BS 5.1 & I was relieved that I was right! 23:27 BS 5.4 still pretty steady so, had my midnight Levemir, a little early, & went to bed! But, it was a night, I remember as being disturbed as I kept waking up with my heart racing which I now know is due to apnoea as my sinuses were starting to block up! I woke yesterday morning feeling very blocked & as I slept just before midday it was the same thing & knew it was the combo of blocked sinuses & apnoea! I actually woke up just after midnight alarm, a bit sluggishly, 00:20 BS 8.0 to bung in midnight Levemir & went back to sleep!o_O

I’ve already had my midday meds & Levemir with half an oatcake, don’t feel hungry , & 16 units of Novorapid, half breakfast dose with +2 correction.

I have my hospital diabetic review phone appointment later today to discuss my condition around 16:05 & still feeling a bit snifflely I’m even more relieved not to have to go to the hospital today: did that once during a cold & it was a MISERABLE journey which worsened my cold after I got back one wet, windy day for an Autumn review!o_O

Reporting in SO late today I CAN only go Australian in wishing you all a G’day mates!😉

Hey! It took me SO long to post this, sitting up in bed, that I can now feel that my nose is noticeably less blocked & I not sniffling as much now so, things are starting to look up!🙂🙄😉

Oh yes!😳 Forgot to add I picked up my post & I have an appointment for my flu jab on 14th October at precisely 20:05 & it says on the letter to arrive promptly only at that time: I was 15 minutes early for my blood test in July & was told to wait outside! I’ll finally pick up my replacement backup BS meter that’s been left there for me for quite sometime now when my meter just stopped working, despite putting in new batteries, & have been using the other meter of the 2 they initially gave me! It’ll be nice, & less of a worry, to have a backup one again as that HAS been niggling me at the back of my mind!🙄🙂
 
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Anitram said:
Talking of Trump, anyone else appalled at the behaviour of the so-called leader of the free world during the first candidates debate? Heaven help us if he gets another 4 years.
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The Times said:
The clearest loser in the first presidential debate was America.
 
SB2015 said:
When you do that selection Sue you can then move the blue boobs up and down to include more text, and then click reply.
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Ah ha I managed to move the blue boobs the right way and success. Thanks so much for the informative and interesting description lol x
 
4.2 for me this morning but that was after a rather silly mistake last night which resulted in me waking hypo earlier...

Injected 4.5 units of Levemir last night at bedtime (late as usual). Went to log it on my phone app and couldn't remember if I had injected 4.5 or 5 (I have had to vary it a bit recently) so checked my pen and it was still showing 16 units from morning dose. Checked NovoRapid pen and sure enough I had just given myself 4.5 units of bolus insulin instead, so jabbed 4.5 units of Levemir and had to wait 20 mins and then treat myself to a Lidl sweet mince pie from the cupboard and then sit and watch telly into the early hours to see if I had had enough carbs to cover it. Had a chunk of cheese and a multigrain biscuit and eventually went to bed on a reading of 10 but woke up just after 6am hypo (3.5), so 3 JBs and back to sleep. Not what I consider a good night's sleep but so relieved I spotted the mistake and took action. 4.5 units of NR with no carbs could have caused a really raging hypo in the early hours and I am between sensors at the moment so I got through quite a few test strips trying to sort it.
 
Well, things are beginning to move a bit in terms of more support after my phone appointment with doctor.

First off, my increased heart rate all the time which has hampered me a bit, especially to start with, in my hypo awareness, as my heart rate is pretty high all the time, which I compensated for by a LOT more testing 10+/day! The doctor is concerned about since I had covid in May! She’s referring me to a heart specialist again to get that checked out: was referred before to a heart specialist after my mum’s passing in 2015 going to A&E a few times that Autumn/Winter feeling unwell with a racing heart from September that year; just got back from HK in mid August after my mum’s passing from pancreatic cancer & her funeral. But, was discharged as my heart rate although fast, was a normal rhythm: had a 24 hour monitor fitted; resting rate had risen from 64 to 84! My resting heart rate has remained at 84 ever since then: after covid in May my rest heart rate has risen to 94 & rises pretty steeply after the merest bit of effort; 150/160, or even higher, after something like putting my shopping away after delivery every week!

She’s also going to see if she can get me on a libre type scanning system instead of testing so much but, did say it may not come through as most type 2’s don’t qualify for that: she will try! She says I’m correcting too much & not giving enough time for things to settle properly! So, for the next two days, starting tomorrow, wants me to only take before meals readings, don’t test after, along with waking & going to bed tests. Then, for 2 days after that just the after meals reading along with waking & going to bed! Call my DSN on Tuesday with the readings &, in the meantime, for the rest of today don’t add ANY corrections at all!

I may need to come into see her at the hospital for further blood tests anyway & she might as well see me in person?
 
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