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Group 7-day waking average?

Pharmacy had no ketone test strips, they said that they would order some and woukd be there on Monday. Unfortunately Monday is yet another fiesta so they will be closed. Tuesday I am due in hospital for my intensive eye examination so I will go on Wednesday morning. Did get some juice however.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Ah sorry to hear this. I’ve not experienced it so I’m glad you flagged it up. I will get the DUKtechies to take a look
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Was playing up again this morning. The error I was getting was:
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Apache Server at forum.diabetes.org.uk Port 443"

Hope this helps.
Dez
 
Was playing up agan for me also. I was going through the posts looking for the Sick Day Rules and the site just froze. I cleared down and tried to restart but it wasn't having any. After 20 minutes or so it came back up again.
 
pm133 said:
Oooh that reminds me of Winchester a number of years ago when we went walking behind the cathedral and met all these kids in uniforms going to school on a Saturday morning. It was the first I'd heard of it outside of France I think.
No idea how widespread Saturday schooling is.
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Most boys' public and prep schools used to, girls' more rarely; not sure how common it is now with more of them being mixed.
With choir schools like Winchester, which are run solely or mainly for the choristers, they have large chunks of weekdays taken up with choir practices and singing for Evensong so they probably need Saturday mornings to fit in all the more usual stuff!
 
Sorry to trouble you again. I am planning to eat a steak pudding tonight, although difficult to see it says that the total carbs are 21.6. Looking at the sick day rules I read that I should have 10 units of NR. I will add a few more units as a correction to my high reading. I know that we all react differently but does that seem OK?
 
Michael12421 said:
Sorry to trouble you again. I am planning to eat a steak pudding tonight, although difficult to see it says that the total carbs are 21.6. Looking at the sick day rules I read that I should have 10 units of NR. I will add a few more units as a correction to my high reading. I know that we all react differently but does that seem OK?
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Sorry I'm not sure what you mean? It would completely depend what your levels were when it came to injecting, I don't know what your using as a carb to insulin ratio but we'll say 1U:10g, so that pudding on that ratio would require 2U for the carbs, I'm a little worried that you plan on 10 plus a little more, you never did say whether you were taking your basal as normal either, Wednesday is far too late and long to leave things, you need to check for ketones now, you've been very high for a couple of days and DKA can set in in a matter of hours, I'm not sure you understand how serious this situation is, I'm not trying to make you feel like c**p or anything but you could be gone before you have the means to test for ketones, you really must be better prepared as a Type 1 and have everything you need in at all times xx
 
Yes I am taking my basal every morning. I was just posting what I read on the sick days flow chart. I can't check my ketones because I don't have the test strips.If I get back from the hospital before 6 pm on Tuesday I can collect them that evening. I have just done a reading and it is 14.6. I had some pineapple juice. about 2 hours ago and bolused for it. I do realize how important it is but in all the years since dx I have never tested for ketones because this is all new to me
 
Michael12421 said:
Yes I am taking my basal every morning. I was just posting what I read on the sick days flow chart. I can't check my ketones because I don't have the test strips.If I get back from the hospital before 6 pm on Tuesday I can collect them that evening. I have just done a reading and it is 14.6. I had some pineapple juice. about 2 hours ago and bolused for it. I do realize how important it is but in all the years since dx I have never tested for ketones because this is all new to me
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I was never told to test Ketones either, so it’s all new to me too. It was only when I read that you can have ketones at lower blood glucose levels if you’ve got Covid, that it asked my GP to prescribe them. Touch wood, I havent needed them, so far...
The sick day rules say to use your usual bolus ratio if you’re eating, so whatever you’d normally take for a steak pie, then add on a correction if your Blood glucose level is high. The only problem there, is whether you’re sure your normal bolus ratio is correct!
 
A little late. I was woken up by husband on a 2.3 ...... good job he woke me up! Been difficult to shift and sort. Shattered and the banging headache is well and truly kicked in. Hope everyone had had a good day.
Hope you’re ok @Gruers
Enjoy weekend @freesia
 
Bexlee said:
A little late. I was woken up by husband on a 2.3 ...... good job he woke me up! Been difficult to shift and sort. Shattered and the banging headache is well and truly kicked in. Hope everyone had had a good day.
Hope you’re ok @Gruers
Enjoy weekend @freesia
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Oh dear, that sounds worrying, hope you are feeling ok x
 
Woke with no working sensor so no numbers to quote, it was guess work with my NR and breakfast. We arrived home at about 2:30 this afternoon so I rang Abbott’s straight away to report my 3 duff sensors. I got a pleasant response and they are replacing them but still insisting that the phone App is working as always. However, I’ve already had to switch my ‘phone off/on twice since fitting a new sensor at 3:00pm.
Looking forward to the Zoom session tomorrow!
 
Annemarie said:
Woke with no working sensor so no numbers to quote, it was guess work with my NR and breakfast.
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Do you not carry test strips as back up? Abbott don't even recommend solely relying on scans and lows/highs should always be checked via finger prick, I wouldn't even nip to the shop without my meter and strips xx
 
Kaylz said:
Do you not carry test strips as back up? Abbott don't even recommend solely relying on scans and lows/highs should always be checked via finger prick, I wouldn't even nip to the shop without my meter and strips xx
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You’re right of course but as I had 2 spare sensors available I was a bit over confident. Since arriving home I’ve already put my prick/strip pack in my travel bag and will ask for another set to keep indoors as my back up.
 
SueEK said:
Oh dear, that sounds worrying, hope you are feeling ok x
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Been a bit on the low all day but all ok thanks. At the dizzy heights of 6.9 after a hit of pizza for tea.
 
04:00 BS 6.5 🙂 Ok with that after reducing doses yesterday after a hypo after lunch, 3.6 then, after reductions, a high after dinner, 11.1! It’s a good sign & I’m almost back to normal: just a little bit of soreness, tenderness under the chin on my right & no ear ache!🙂 Reduced dinner dose by -2 & will reduce all doses today by the full -4, exactly the +4 I’d increased, & be back to normal doses today: won’t be worried if I’m a bit high all day; hopefully, get a bit lower, if still high, as the day progresses! I’m pretty sure it’ll settle back into range in the next few days! 🙄

Another even earlier Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉
 
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