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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all! Hope everyone’s fences etc survived the storms and that you all have a great day.

I made keto chocolate brownies yesterday because I picked up cheap ingredients in Waitrose. The brownies themselves however proved quite expensive to make a I dropped 1 doz eggs, knocked over a complete pot of cocoa, tripped over the cat so upended a tray of raw brownie batter and broke my blender!

Went out and restocked ingredients, did everything by hand the next time and they’re delicious 🙂

Oh and a 6.0 this morning.
 
ColinUK said:
Morning all! Hope everyone’s fences etc survived the storms and that you all have a great day.

I made keto chocolate brownies yesterday because I picked up cheap ingredients in Waitrose. The brownies themselves however proved quite expensive to make a I dropped 1 doz eggs, knocked over a complete pot of cocoa, tripped over the cat so upended a tray of raw brownie batter and broke my blender!

Went out and restocked ingredients, did everything by hand the next time and they’re delicious 🙂

Oh and a 6.0 this morning.
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Ah man! And you didn’t even have a video camera running to make your fortune on YouTube.

Glad the brownies were nice in the end. You earned them!
 
A level 3.9 on the Libre on waking but 4.3 on BG so straight onto breakfast rather than the usual half hour wait.

Good to see you back @KARNAK. I hope that the surgery goes smoothly.
I hadn’t thought about masks for wedding outfits @eggyg. A whole new area of design.
I looked for images of cheerleaders @Bloden but no luck with my skills, so just one CHEERS from me
I hope that brownies went down well @ColinUK

I have composed a choral piece, about living with diabetes, and performed it with two friends socially distanced yesterday, to a tiny distanced audience of three. We were going to do a bigger event in the garden originally but that will be in the distant future with the choir. I was so nervous and glucose levels went from 6.5 to 17.8. I shall have to learn how to manage that in the future.

A patch of dry weather this morning so a bit of tidying in the garden as we have visitors this weekend.
 
Morning all, lovely and sunny here. No blood today, my brother who is a bleeder says I need to be on blood thinners like him.

Lol at Monty Python, that's why I never commented at the time as it starts me off lamenting, well we didn't have any heating mostly! A single old-fashioned paraffin heater. If the EssoBlu ran out that was it, bloomin' freezing. I hates the cold now. We didn't have electricity neither and sometimes no food oh shurrup... :D

ColinUK your posts cracks me up. :D Mr Lee that is scary. :( Karnak (((hugs)))

Michael you are the elephant in the room, I wish you could get sorted. :( Why can't peoples help you get your bg more the thing?

Choral sounds lovely. 🙂 Have a good Monday all.
 
Good morning 4.7on another miserable day.🙄
Thank you for all your kind comments (again) like I said not holding my breath
to when the op is done, a mate of mine has had his cancelled three times in the
past year and is still waiting.:( I`ll contact my health insurance today see if they
can get it done, although Torbay hospital is really stretched and the private one
is taking the overflow.🙄

What you trying to do @ColinUK nick my title?:D

Nice to see you posting @Flower.😉

@Mr Lee and @Michael12421 you should get together and maybe make a good
BGL level between you. Got to eat @Mr Lee at least once a day for your own good.

Take care folks stay safe.🙂
 
Morning all.

Was a bit naughty last night. My daughters went shopping last night and asked if I wanted anything. I distinctly remember saying "absolutely definitely not sticky toffee pudding and custard". The next thing I remember was a bowel being put in front of me full of deliciousness.
"I can't possibly eat this amazing sticky toffee pudding and what looks like a healthy dollop of custard..." I said.
"That's OK Dad, we'll have it".
"Let me finish. I can't possibly eat this....without taking insulin first".

A nervy night as I wondered if that treat might blow my recent good BG results where I've been averaging about 6.0 during the day.
Woke up to a 6.2. YES!!!

Update on the peripheral neuropathy. Was in agony yesterday but read a medical research talk somewhere that the best treatment (while I wait on a doctors apptment for pain killers) is exercise and good hydration. So, I went for a very long walk and then hopped on the exercise bike for 1.5 km. That helped a bit but it took a while to get to sleep. Woke up this morning and the pain is significantly less.
 
I managed a 6.0 this morning
 
pm133 said:
Morning all.

Was a bit naughty last night. My daughters went shopping last night and asked if I wanted anything. I distinctly remember saying "absolutely definitely not sticky toffee pudding and custard". The next thing I remember was a bowel being put in front of me full of deliciousness.
"I can't possibly eat this amazing sticky toffee pudding and what looks like a healthy dollop of custard..." I said.
"That's OK Dad, we'll have it".
"Let me finish. I can't possibly eat this....without taking insulin first".

A nervy night as I wondered if that treat might blow my recent good BG results where I've been averaging about 6.0 during the day.
Woke up to a 6.2. YES!!!

Update on the peripheral neuropathy. Was in agony yesterday but read a medical research talk somewhere that the best treatment (while I wait on a doctors apptment for pain killers) is exercise and good hydration. So, I went for a very long walk and then hopped on the exercise bike for 1.5 km. That helped a bit but it took a while to get to sleep. Woke up this morning and the pain is significantly less.
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Boobs now bowels! Was it blue? 😛
 
ColinUK said:
Morning all! Hope everyone’s fences etc survived the storms and that you all have a great day.

I made keto chocolate brownies yesterday because I picked up cheap ingredients in Waitrose. The brownies themselves however proved quite expensive to make a I dropped 1 doz eggs, knocked over a complete pot of cocoa, tripped over the cat so upended a tray of raw brownie batter and broke my blender!

Went out and restocked ingredients, did everything by hand the next time and they’re delicious 🙂

Oh and a 6.0 this morning.
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It sounds like a Brian Rix farce, did your trousers stay up? 😛
 
SB2015 said:
A level 3.9 on the Libre on waking but 4.3 on BG so straight onto breakfast rather than the usual half hour wait.

Good to see you back @KARNAK. I hope that the surgery goes smoothly.
I hadn’t thought about masks for wedding outfits @eggyg. A whole new area of design.
I looked for images of cheerleaders @Bloden but no luck with my skills, so just one CHEERS from me
I hope that brownies went down well @ColinUK

I have composed a choral piece, about living with diabetes, and performed it with two friends socially distanced yesterday, to a tiny distanced audience of three. We were going to do a bigger event in the garden originally but that will be in the distant future with the choir. I was so nervous and glucose levels went from 6.5 to 17.8. I shall have to learn how to manage that in the future.

A patch of dry weather this morning so a bit of tidying in the garden as we have visitors this weekend.
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Mr Eggy and I are just going for navy, so shouldn’t be too difficult to find. Apparently there’s masks with “ bride” printed on the front, who’d of thought? Daughter not going for that though, she’s going leopard print to match the adult bridesmaids! Don’t ask! 🙂
 
eggyg said:
It sounds like a Brian Rix farce, did your trousers stay up? 😛
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I've done farce before - including once where I had to make gnocchi in time to music that the stage manager would sometimes change just to have a laugh!
 
6.2 for me this morning but only because I woke a couple of hours earlier feeling a bit rough and injected some NR. Looks like I need to step up to winter evening Levemir dose after a couple of weeks where my basal needs have been up and down like a yoyo.
Eventually got the sewage treatment plant working again this morning after having a few dodgy moments out there with my auxiliary electric pump on an extension cable from the garage and heavy showers catching me unawares each time I was making a bit of progress! Huge relief to see the waterline in my downstairs toilet bowl recede at last. Phew!!

@KARNAK Oh, Ted, what are you like! I really hope the removal of your gall bladder is arranged quickly and goes smoothly and sees an end to your health troubles. Please take care of yourself.
 
I’m awake now so, thought I’ll post this too! I not very well & given antibiotics, without seeing GP like last time I had an ear ifection, which the chemist just delivered to me, my throat is really sore & tender now with occasional sharp twinges of pain in my right ear. Not eating & don’t feel like it so, following sick day rules & taking orange juice to take insulin etc. I’m dozing when I can & watching Amazon’s Primetime original sci fi drama series Picard at other times. Bs is not too back albeit a little high rising from the 7.6 around midday 12:05, after the overdone a bit corrections of the early hours had worn off, to 9.1 13:47 & had juice with Novorapid of 32 units. Actually, looking at the Timesulin caps, I’m due to test after the NR went in at 2 hours 24 minutes. So, pause to test. Uh! Sigh *14:15 BS 14.7! Either too much juice or not enough NR, probably both. Will wait until after 4 hours to see where it’s at before adding corrections, cautionary note from DSN do not risk stacking insulin doses! I wanted to doze a bit but, will watch a bit more of Picard & set an alarm just in case I DO doze off!🙄

Cause here’s the thing my head is a bit achey & I’m a bit muggy thinking wise. Discovered this morning shortly after posting that I’d inadvertently left the cooker ring on a very low heat after cooking my dinner last night I’d washed up the frying pan & put it back on the cooker: thought I’d switched it off completely & didn’t notice I hadn’t; smelt burning & found the non stick frying had turned completely white with some black bits coming off it, I think the non stick coating, switched it off & left the pan to soak! 😱 But, it’s not saveable & ordered another one from Amazon Prime for delivery on Wednesday, even so called next day deliveries can take an extra day to cross the water to NI, it’s just the nature of the beast living where I am! 🙄 So, I’ll have to make sure I switch the electric cooker off at the mains wall socket to avoid something muddled headed like that again: don’t think I would have done so if I WASN’T completely my usual self!😳

I maybe keep odd hours so, try not to worry about if I don’t post: probably dozing; alarms set to take the AB’s!

Edited to add:- *corrected the time: talk about muddled headed trying to post my usual 24 hour clock to the time, getting it wrong & a cross between 12 hour & 24 hours!😳🙄:D * 16:15 for quarter past four in the afternoon: sholud have looked at my meter as I was typing it; that’s why all my times in post are in 24hours as my meter is!:D😉
 
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Lanny said:
Not eating & don’t feel like it so, following sick day rules & taking orange juice to take insulin etc.
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@Lanny So sorry you don't feel well but I don't understand this? Why are you drinking orange juice? That is something most of us would avoid unless hypo. The infection will most likely increase your BG levels and the OJ will push them higher still or require more NovoRapid. If you don't feel like eating, surely you just don't inject NR unless you need a correction. Maybe I am misunderstanding something here but cannot remember any mention of OJ with sick day rules. Maybe it is different for Type 2s on insulin?
Hope the ABs kick in soon and you feel better.
 
rebrascora said:
@Lanny So sorry you don't feel well but I don't understand this? Why are you drinking orange juice? That is something most of us would avoid unless hypo. The infection will most likely increase your BG levels and the OJ will push them higher still or require more NovoRapid. If you don't feel like eating, surely you just don't inject NR unless you need a correction.
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It’s the advice given in any Sick Day Rules - if you can’t eat and are being / feeling sick, you need to get something into you to avoid the build-up of ketones (as I understand it). You inject insulin to cover the juice, of course. I learned all this recently when I was in hospital! 🙂

Hope you’re feeling better ASAP @Lanny.
 
The leaflet I was given after my hospital stay in May 2017 says to continue taking insulin even if you can’t eat, drink liquids with the bolus instead: there’s things like a mug of ovaltine or horlicks, juice etc. even lucozade as it was before the sugar tax came into existence; just poured too much!
 
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