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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning. 6.3 on a somewhat quieter morning, weather wise that is. Had our three youngest stay over last night for a Halloween “party” so no Strictly watched, yet. The girls are up and teenager still in bed. We’ll make the most of it as after today it won’t be happening for a while. :(
 
New-journey said:
Good morning everyone, I have gone through hell and back but feeling better and 6.5 this morning.
My 27 year old daughter got caught up in a hammer attack in London on the tube, she was fine but looked after two injured young men and called the ambulance. Very traumatic for her, but dead proud of how when everyone else ran away, she stayed to help, and was the only one. She is taking time off work to recover, and is with her two sisters who are supporting her. I would love to go but she says no as they all took masks off and no socially distancing happened.
I wish you all a good day.
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Good for her - brave and selfless 🙂 We need more people like her in this world, I hope that she recovers soon from what must have been very frightening situation
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Oh, what a way to start of the day? Laughing in delight at @ColinUK ’s third in a row HS! :D😛 Well done Colin!😎😉

08:15 BS 9.3 & ok with it as I reduced midnight Levemir back down 2 because I was back in the 4’s again 4.5 before dinner with lunch still peaking at 8.2. So, I temporarily reduced dinner Novorapid by 4 to be on the safe side around 22:00 & was 8.6 went midnight LR went in before going to bed! I’ll reduce midday LR today by another -2. I think my boluses are still ok as the 90 minutes/2 hours after readings aren’t too low being in the 8’s & it’s the basal that’s bringing me just a bit lower than I’m used to before the next meal?🙄

Wow! Bill Bailey was surprisingly REALLY good on Strictly last night but, it was Nicola Adams that was the performance of the night, for me, although Jason Bell’s performance made me laugh in delight & is reminiscent of Judge Rinder’s unrestrained obvious joy in dancing! 😱😛:D😎

I woke this morning in a quiet peace after the storm, didn’t abate until last evening, & some nice sunshine peeping in through a gap in my bedroom curtains; nice to see a bit of sun again!🙂

A late ish but, hey it’s Sunday, Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉
 
Morning all, 4.3 here, if anyone’s seen my Dawn Phenomenon could they send it back? It’s not that I miss it particularly, but I know if I rejig my basal completely, it'll immediately come back.
Our holiday is off, as expected, but also horse riding. That’s me fed up for the next month.
 
Seems like the insulin is starting to help - 9.1 this morning. Better than the average of 15 I was getting 🙂
 
Morning all. After an awful day with levels yesterday, woke to a 7.3. Hopefully they stay better all day.
@ColinUK , congratulations on the trio of HS.
@eggyg, i won't go into detail but Strictly was very good.
The celebrities are quite high standard this year, though i think i know who will be voted off tonight. Loved Bill Bailey.
@Bexlee , i hope your levels are better and you've had a good rest.
Have a good day all. I shall be making the most of it before going back to the madness but rewarding chaos of working with 5-7yr olds.
 
@Kaylz, my echo pen came yesterday and i can pick up the cartridges on Monday or Tuesday. Wish me luck with it!x
 
freesia said:
@Kaylz, my echo pen came yesterday and i can pick up the cartridges on Monday or Tuesday. Wish me luck with it!x
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Ohh exciting, which colour did you get? Good luck but you won't need it! 🙂 My mum's to pick a prescription up for me tomorrow when she's handing the charity shop keys in, I'm completely out of stock of Tresiba in the fridge 😱 when I say prescription I mean everything that's on my repeat bar ketone strips as it's the first of my serial prescription and needed to order my contraceptive injection too 🙄

It's not going to work, I can tell but I'll do this one, the one due in December and then I'll call after the new year to change back to ordering as and when needed! xx
 
Kaylz said:
then I'll call after the new year to change back to ordering as and when needed
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How come they changed it anyway? We just have to re order as and when. I don't have keto strips on my prescription, the GP wouldn't put them on. Luckily i haven't needed many so have managed with what i was given and could order keto sticks from amazon if i need to.
 
Congratulations @ColinUK on your House Special Hat Trick. :D

Dez
 
freesia said:
Its a metallic teal blue.
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I use the blue for my Novorapid and asked for a red when I changed to cartridges for my Tresiba lol
freesia said:
How come they changed it anyway? We just have to re order as and when. I don't have keto strips on my prescription, the GP wouldn't put them on. Luckily i haven't needed many so have managed with what i was given and could order keto sticks from amazon if i need to.
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Apparently it's easier for them, so I'll get things 2 monthly now, at a time I'll be getting 10 cartridges each of insulins, 5 tubs of BG strips, 1 box lancets, 4 sensors and I think 2 boxes of needles as my D stuff, it'll be ridiculous, I'll use around 2 and a half cartridges of Tresiba at most just now a month and 2 cartridges of Novorapid at most a month so there's the first problem, I'll be receiving my next one and still have at least 1 full box of each! The pharmacist said they are trying it with everyone but its not working for most diabetics because of the unpredictability of the condition, if it were just pills it would be easier for a person but I don't know how often I'll need to test, no idea what may change to require differing amounts of insulin, dodgy test strips, dodgy needles etc but I'll give it until after the new year and get it back to being easy for me! lol xx
 
MeeTooTeeTwo said:
Congratulations @ColinUK on your House Special Hat Trick. :D

Dez
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Thank you!

Been to the gym and just got home, tested again and it’s 5.2 still so I’m about to test the meter just in case:D
 
Northerner said:
Good for her - brave and selfless 🙂 We need more people like her in this world, I hope that she recovers soon from what must have been very frightening situation
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Thanks so much for your lovely words, she is in shock still and knows it will take time to recover. But she is so glad she did help. I reckon every day there are thousands of people taking personal risks to be kind and compassionate and we rarely hear of them.
 
Kaylz said:
I'll be receiving my next one and still have at least 1 full box of each!
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Wow, seems like such a waste of insulin as we all know the amount taken daily/weekly/monthly can vary. At least you can say you tried it when you change x
 
freesia said:
Wow, seems like such a waste of insulin as we all know the amount taken daily/weekly/monthly can vary. At least you can say you tried it when you change x
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It shouldn't get wasted, the Novorapid I have in the fridge I think is dated until September next year so if it comes with a good shelf life it will still get used just take a while to use it lol, I think I've already 7 cartridges of it just now and only opened one last night so I will be overrun! I'll have 17 come tomorrow night 😱 xx
 
4.3 on my Libre this morning but that was after a 2.6 (finger prick said 3.8, so not as bad as it looks) 2 hours earlier. I half expected it to be a compression low as I really couldn't believe I could be that hypo. Don't understand how it happened as I had exactly the same Levemir doses yesterday as the day before, same level of exercise (not a lot the last couple of days with the weather being poor) and went to bed on an almost identical reading of 6.8 as oppose to 6.7 the night before and no alcohol. Had a lovely flat horizontal line the night before and a steady downward slope into hypo land last night. Will knock another unit off my evening Levemir tonight and see what happens. Feeling a bit groggy today with a hypo headache.... something I don't often get, but definitely feeling it since waking up this morning.

@ColinUK Can't believe you achieved the elusive hat trick. FAB-U-LOUS as CRH would say. I think it should be renamed the "Colin Special" in your honour for the rest of the year! Well done that man! Woohoo!
That said, we want to know the result of your calibration check as I must confess the thought of a faulty meter did cross my mind.

@Michael12421 Sorry to hear you had a rough night too. Are you OK? What happened?
 
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