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Group 7-day waking average?

Lanny said:
Oohhh! That’s a lovely jigsaw puzzle scene right there! Lovely! 😛😎😉 Have an app on the iPad, on the iPhone it’s too small, with lovely scenes like this with me buying packs of about 300 every now & then of global scenes in all seasons as I’ve always loved jigsaws: used to do them on a metre square thin plywood board on the dining room table so, it’s portable; much easier& takes up no space to do them on the iPad!😛
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SB2015 said:
Where was that @Robin. It looks fabulous. We missed the chance of Weston it as you had to book and lots of others thought of it before we did on the days we had available.
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It was Batsford Arboretum, just outside Moreton in Marsh. Prebooking necessary, and all morning slots gone, but we got a 2.30pm slot, which meant that the sun was shining horizontally through the trees and looking very pretty.
I love jigsaws too, and I’ve just ordered myself a Christmas present of one from a photo I took in Suffolk when we were there. I think this photo would be a nightmare (or a challenge, whichever way you look at it) not knowing which pieces were upside down reflection and which were reality!
 
Not been neglecting you adorable bunch! Hope all are well and today was a 6.0 for me. Now back to the grindstone....
 
5.8 for me this morning which I would ordinarily be happy with but it came off the back of 2 hypos through the night.
I really am struggling to get my evening basal right. Reduced it another half unit to 3 last night, ate an early dinner for once, went to bed early on a nice stable 7.4. Woke up at 1.30am and it was 6.0 with an upward slanted arrow so all still looked good, then woke up at 2.30am on 3.9. Used Dextrose tablets to treat hypo and was 4.0 15mins later so dropped back off to sleep only to wake up again at 5.30am on 2.4! Leapt out of bed to check if it was a compression low as couldn't believe I was hypo again, but I had flashing lights in my vision when I put the light on and finger prick confirmed hypo although only 3.5. Chewed 3 more dextrose tablets and a ginger biscuit went back to sleep and woke up at 7am on 5.8 but feeling decidedly rough.
DP kicked in straight away this morning and I was up to 8.1 before I got chance to inject insulin. Dialed back my daytime Levemir by 1 unit although my dose of 19units yesterday held me nice and steady all day without any lunch. I will only be using one unit of Levemir tonight. Fingers crossed I manage not to go too low. Not enjoying these night time hypos. It also means I am waking up and scanning through the night every hour or so to reassure myself.

Pleased to report I made it through Durham and back yesterday with the trailer without problem and I now have a shed full of timber waiting for me to find time to make something..... I have a bee hive that needs a new roof and a new bridge over the stream to build for the garden and some new roost bars for the chickens.

@Lanny Sounds like you are making great progress and in such a very short space of time. Good luck with your continued success. Fantastic that the changes to improve your heart are also improving your diabetes. Go girl!

@Michael12421. Relieved to see a better reading today. Hope you got plenty of test strips from the pharmacy as well as stocking up on insulin. That sounds rather scary with so many local cases of Covid, especially in a relatively rural area. Pleased your car is repaired and now parked somewhere safe and that you have a friend there looking out for you.
 
@rebrascora Thank you - I am really trying my best. It is interestting to note that you and others also have had some problems of late. It does not give me any modicum of satisfaction I hasten to add but it does not make me feel so alone when things go awry with me. Strict 'new' rules here now. Pablo had offered to drive me to Ubeda to do my Christmas food shopping but now only one person per car is allowed so that puts the kibosh on that! Ah well, there are many people worse off than me.
 
@Michael12421. Pleased my post gave you some comfort that you are not alone in having difficulty.
I am keen to document that I am having problems too because it is all too easy to come here and read how almost everyone has great morning readings and wonder how they achieve that and think "what am I doing wrong?"
It is also important to document the steps I am taking to rectify the problem. The thing with diabetes is that the goal posts seem to be ever moving and you have to be prepared to deal with that. Frequent testing, documenting and experimenting/adjusting doses and lots more testing seems to be the way to get it back under control again. Obviously the Libre makes that much easier but I am quite happy to finger prick 12-15 times a day over several days (and have often done so) if need be, to get it figured out.
Sorry to hear your Christmas shopping trip has been scuppered. I am sure you will manage to get some seasonal food locally which will be just as nice and probably less expensive. You seem to be a good cook so I am sure you will rustle up something tasty for you and Missy for the festive season.
 
@Lanny
I have been thinking that myself but things are so variable at the moment that I would probably be constantly having to change the settings on a pump to deal with it.... and of course pumps take many months to get authorised and I should have things well under control again by then. Hopefully "normal service will resume shortly"!
 
Michael12421 said:
Yes, it looks as if it will be a whole roasted lemon chicken, at least chicken is available in the village and we ain't short of lemons! They grow wild!
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That sounds delicious to me. Can I join you? We can compare notes on hypos whilst we indulge our taste buds!
 
@Robin, thats a gorgeous photo
@Michael12421 , i'm pleased you are getting better levels more often. We all have our ups and downs with diabetes and often struggle to get things right (well i do anyway) so you are not alone in that
@rebrascora, cor you had a bit of a time of it last night. I hope your levels are better tonight.
@Lanny, keep up the good work
@Anitram , well done relegating your XL to the loft, i'm sure it will stay there
 
Thought I'd come for a moan

Fireworks started at just after 3pm, no idea what they were getting out of it seen as it was still daylight! Sounds like bloody bombs going off! Away to have a shower, wish me luck in that I don't fall when I get a scare from a loud firework!
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Kaylz said:
Thought I'd come for a moan

Fireworks started at just after 3pm, no idea what they were getting out of it seen as it was still daylight! Sounds like bloody bombs going off! Away to have a shower, wish me luck in that I don't fall when I get a scare from a loud firework!
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We have been having them for days despite the council asking for them to be let off on limited days and hours for the animals!
 
grovesy said:
We have been having them for days despite the council asking for them to be let off on limited days and hours for the animals!
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Yeah we've had them for well over a week now but today being the worst, fed up of them especially when every night as soon as my head hits the pillow they start again! Grrrr! xx
 
Kaylz said:
Yeah we've had them for well over a week now but today being the worst, fed up of them especially when every night as soon as my head hits the pillow they start again! Grrrr! xx
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I just thought they had stopped but I can hear them in the distance. The only good thing is because of the restrictions, the field about 1/2 mile a way won't be having the large display it usually has. My friends dog is very nervous with fireworks poor thing!
 
I’ve been hearing the odd loud bang too the last couple of nights & it’s MOST disconcerting as I can’t tell when & it makes me jump! Grrr!

21:58 BS 7.2🙂 Better at exactly 4 hours & 2 minutes after bolus of 16. My day has stayed out of whack with you lot here so, I’ll say my morning greeting now, before I forget like I did yesterday, oops, MY yesterday!😳🙄:D😉

For your morning ahead, a Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉

I did the same thing again in that I cooked, ate dinner & then, conked out so, relieved that I’d worked out my doses & they seem to be working, by & large! A BS steadier day albeit a tad high after lunch, did my walk a bit later just before lunch & forgot to test but, it probably impacted the after eating reading of BS 12.3 I cautiously didn’t correct to see where it fell to & then had dinner at BS 10.0. Dithered about adding +2 correction but, didn’t as I knew I was tired out & when the food hits my stomach; I’m out for the count!o_O

Incidentally, in case you’re wondering, I had breakfast MY yesterday around 02:30 & peaked at 04:08 BS 8.5 but, due to the reduced midnight LR stayed in the 8’s, given meter variations exactly the same, 10:40 BS 8.9, midday LR 12:04 BS 8.8 & 13:52 BS 8.3. Then, I had my walk & ate lunch peaking at 16:04 BS 12.3. Tested just before cooking dinner 17:07 BS 10.0 & KOed straight after!🙄

Things timing wise I think will be out of whack but, I’m not fighting it & going with it until I get fitter to the point where I’m not SO tired by the LITTLE exercise that’s still having a BIG effect!🙄:D😉
 
Morning all
5.8 this morning, better...!
Yes I know it's early...
Up with the lark (socially distanced of course!) 🙂

Blessings Snowwy
 
Morning

Seen as I’m switching BG strips next month I decided yesterday to offer my MIL my old spare Aviva meter and a couple of pots of Aviva strips that I’ll have left over, will save her paying out of pocket for her strips for a couple of months at least

So its a 6.0 for me, first Christmas presents will be getting ordered today
xx
 
Morning all on day two of Lockdown....The Sequel. A 6.6 for me. Had a run out to Ullswater yesterday for a fab hike. 8.5 miles 125 floors. Brutal at times but the views of the lake we had the entire walk was fantastic, the weather was great too. Fish and chips for tea, so pleased with my morning reading as I find it a struggle bolusing for F&Cs, especially when my BGs before the meal were down to 3.9! Combined with a very strenuous walk, I did “ if and ah” for a while. Stabbed it in then thought I should have maybe split my dose. Never mind it seemed to work ok.
Providing “ informal and unpaid” childcare for our youngest granddaughter today. Her mother isn’t allowed to step over our threshold of course, so hand over at the garden gate. 😉 It’s bonkers isn’t it? Have a fab Friday everyone.🙂
 
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