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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all, 6.2 here.
Now let’s get things straight. Next week we move into Tier 2, but son who is just across the Warwickshire border is Tier 3. If he comes to visit, as our 'bubble', we can all walk together in the countryside with our daughter, but if we then want to go into her garden for a few minutes, we have to leave him tied to a lamppost outside. Right, got it!
 
07:36 BS 4.8 & I feel it so, chewing a JB! Oops! Forgot to reduce basal a bit as I managed 2 lots of 3 minutes walking around the house yesterday! BUT, it COULD also be the over bolused salted caramel cake with cream I had after dinner? 🙄 The cake’s siren call could no longer be ignored & I caved in. But, I’m not in any hurry to finish off the other 3 wedges as it was a bit underwhelming, if not downright disappointing, since it was quite dry. Tesco’s finest salted caramel sponge cake at £2 this week as a club card price, normally £3. There are several little finest little cakes all club card priced this week & I almost went for the chocolate but, fancied a change! The same size as the asda Belgian Chocolate cake I posted about, & had, in 2018 serves 6, they both say, but, I have a quarter wedge of as 6 seems stingy!🙄

I think too much basal is the more likely culprit as I wasn’t too low after the cake when midnight Levemir went in BS 10.6: I thought a bit high but, I could live with that for cake!🙄 So, I’ll have to reduce midday basal & keep an eye on things today as I’ll try 5 minutes: break it up into 2 lots if I can’t manage it in 1 go!o_O

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

PS:- anyone want a quarter wedge of cake? 😉:D
 
Morning 5.6 here.

Robin, don't forget that these proposals have yet to get through parliament........don't book your lamppost just yet.
 
@Anitram congrats on yet another HS, you lads really need to stop hogging them and start sharing with us ladies! :D xx
 
Well done @Anitram on the HS. 🙂
4.8 for me this morning.

Dez
 
Morning all. Another 7.4 today.
@Anitram congrats on the HS.
@Kaylz hope all goes well today and the next few days xx
Back bedroom carpet being fitted today then Christmas decs are going up, presents out and then I can work out who I have forgotten to buy for - I am not at all organised this year.
Tier 2 here in Brighton and not sure if I’m allowed to babysit my grandchildren, I guess so, but it doesn’t seem clear. I’m definitely fed up with it all now (as are millions of others of course).
Enjoy your day as best you can xx
 
SueEK said:
@Kaylz hope all goes well today and the next few days xx
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Thanks Sue, it will be tough over the weekend, wish they had been able to start at the start of a week rather than a Friday as we'll be without a lot over the weekend :( xx
 
Morning all. I’m home! :D 6.0 this morning. Consultant allowed me home as long as I eat a soft/ sloppy diet for a few days then, for the rest of my life, mashed up or finely chopped everything else! Ah well, better get myself a new blender ordered! Feel very weak and wobbly still but Mr Eggy is looking after me very well. Just had a mashed up poached egg for breakfast and he’s made soup for lunch. I’m not allowed any fibre for a while. Trying to get my head around what to eat at the moment. Doc mentioned yoghurts and ice cream, neither of which I would normally eat, haven’t a clue what to do about my basal and bolus. Just had my usual basal this morning, but no bolus. See how things go. For those interested the official diagnosis is “ Moderately dilated small bowel loops.” The consultant gave me a great analogy, “ we can’t change the passageway but we can change the passengers.” Think he went to the same analogy school as Jonathan Van Tam! Any ideas for diabetic friendly soft/ sloppy food most welcome. Have a great day, mine is already 100% better than yesterday’s.🙂
 
And a 5.2 for me today!

Just to clarify about the stone baked baguette... if I have a standard one from Sainsbury or Tesco then BG spikes but quickly recovers (3 hrs and it’s back to “normal”) bit if I opt for either a taste the difference one or a stone baked one from Waitrose then there’s negligible impact on my levels. Not that it’ll be a regular feature in my diet but it’s nice to know that I can have it from time to time without too much concern.
I’m guessing that they are made using differently processed flours and that they’re more resistant starch perhaps?

I cut them into 1/4 lengths and freeze 3/4s as regardless of the impact on BG my days of wolfing down a whole one and following that with a family sized trifle or tiramisu are long gone!
 
eggyg said:
Morning all. I’m home! :D 6.0 this morning. Consultant allowed me home as long as I eat a soft/ sloppy diet for a few days then, for the rest of my life, mashed up or finely chopped everything else! Ah well, better get myself a new blender ordered! Feel very weak and wobbly still but Mr Eggy is looking after me very well. Just had a mashed up poached egg for breakfast and he’s made soup for lunch. I’m not allowed any fibre for a while. Trying to get my head around what to eat at the moment. Doc mentioned yoghurts and ice cream, neither of which I would normally eat, haven’t a clue what to do about my basal and bolus. Just had my usual basal this morning, but no bolus. See how things go. For those interested the official diagnosis is “ Moderately dilated small bowel loops.” The consultant gave me a great analogy, “ we can’t change the passageway but we can change the passengers.” Think he went to the same analogy school as Jonathan Van Tam! Any ideas for diabetic friendly soft/ sloppy food most welcome. Have a great day, mine is already 100% better than yesterday’s.🙂
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Glad you’re home! A thought occurred to me, I know you’ve said in the past that you’ve had episodes of feeling nauseous and sweaty after eating, and I think you put it down to not enough Creon, but do you think it was your loopy bowel protesting? I'm racking my brains for soft foods, all I can think of is mincing/blending softer proteins like fish, chicken etc and having it in a sauce. (That's conjured up a vision of those tins of chicken supreme you used to be able to get in the 70s. Maybe still can, I haven’t looked for years!)
 
Morning all. A 5.9 for me at 05:58 this morning. Very cold on the school run. No fog at home but, just like yesterday, as soon as I dropped down into the valley I ran into fog and it stayed foggy all the way to school. Sitting in the office and the grass in the garden is still white with frost. Lovely morning with the sun shining. Have a good one everyone
 
@eggyg Congrats on being home!

Make soups. Homemade soups and broths would be ideal. You control what’s in them but just shove things in a saucepan with stock and seasonings and blitz them up when they’re done. Dollop a bit of cream in there at the end and all done.
 
Robin said:
Glad you’re home! A thought occurred to me, I know you’ve said in the past that you’ve had episodes of feeling nauseous and sweaty after eating, and I think you put it down to not enough Creon, but do you think it was your loopy bowel protesting? I'm racking my brains for soft foods, all I can think of is mincing/blending softer proteins like fish, chicken etc and having it in a sauce. (That's conjured up a vision of those tins of chicken supreme you used to be able to get in the 70s. Maybe still can, I haven’t looked for years!)
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Just had a similar conversation with Mr Eggy this morning. Same symptoms on Tuesday plus the excruciating pain. As I said the adhesions haven’t just happened, it’s 13 years since my operation. Lots of things are making sense now. Hopefully the new “ diet” will alleviate lots of my previous symptoms. And save money on loo paper!
 
ColinUK said:
@eggyg Congrats on being home!

Make soups. Homemade soups and broths would be ideal. You control what’s in them but just shove things in a saucepan with stock and seasonings and blitz them up when they’re done. Dollop a bit of cream in there at the end and all done.
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Sending Mr Eggy to Tesco with a list which includes cream to put in soups. Luckily I’m a prolific soup maker. Cauliflower cheese soup is my favourite but think I might do a chicken soup this weekend if I feel up to it, if not I’m good at giving out instructions!
 
eggyg said:
Morning all. I’m home! :D 6.0 this morning. Consultant allowed me home as long as I eat a soft/ sloppy diet for a few days then, for the rest of my life, mashed up or finely chopped everything else! Ah well, better get myself a new blender ordered! Feel very weak and wobbly still but Mr Eggy is looking after me very well. Just had a mashed up poached egg for breakfast and he’s made soup for lunch. I’m not allowed any fibre for a while. Trying to get my head around what to eat at the moment. Doc mentioned yoghurts and ice cream, neither of which I would normally eat, haven’t a clue what to do about my basal and bolus. Just had my usual basal this morning, but no bolus. See how things go. For those interested the official diagnosis is “ Moderately dilated small bowel loops.” The consultant gave me a great analogy, “ we can’t change the passageway but we can change the passengers.” Think he went to the same analogy school as Jonathan Van Tam! Any ideas for diabetic friendly soft/ sloppy food most welcome. Have a great day, mine is already 100% better than yesterday’s.🙂
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He sounds like my sort of Doctor. Hope you find ways of coping with this new way of eating.
 
Good morning 4.7 not a bad day 16.C outside 21.c inside.🙂

Don`t know whether to congratulate you @Anitram & @ColinUK or phone the
HS police? got my eye on @MeeTooTeeTwo also.:D

Great you are home @eggyg and Mr @eggyg is looking after you, sorry you
are still having grief we are all thinking of you. {{{HUGS}}}

Take care folks stay safe.🙂
 
eggyg said:
Morning all. I’m home! :D 6.0 this morning. Consultant allowed me home as long as I eat a soft/ sloppy diet for a few days then, for the rest of my life, mashed up or finely chopped everything else! Ah well, better get myself a new blender ordered! Feel very weak and wobbly still but Mr Eggy is looking after me very well. Just had a mashed up poached egg for breakfast and he’s made soup for lunch. I’m not allowed any fibre for a while. Trying to get my head around what to eat at the moment. Doc mentioned yoghurts and ice cream, neither of which I would normally eat, haven’t a clue what to do about my basal and bolus. Just had my usual basal this morning, but no bolus. See how things go. For those interested the official diagnosis is “ Moderately dilated small bowel loops.” The consultant gave me a great analogy, “ we can’t change the passageway but we can change the passengers.” Think he went to the same analogy school as Jonathan Van Tam! Any ideas for diabetic friendly soft/ sloppy food most welcome. Have a great day, mine is already 100% better than yesterday’s.🙂
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So glad you are home! Scrambled eggs to alternate with the poached, add cream/butter? Sugar-free jelly, as is with cream or ff yogurt, or stir in the yogurt before setting? Make real icecream with eggs and cream custard, more D friendly than commercial, add pureed fruit to vary. If you develop a taste for that you could get yourself a posh icecream maker.
You can still get get tins of chicken in white sauce, but I'm sure you would rather make your own, easier to chop the chicken etc before cooking, and you could make a better sauce with more cream and less starch? (It was a good standby in pre-freezer days!)
Main problem once you get into this may be craving crunchy things, but memories of the pain will hopefully diminish the cravings.
 
eggyg said:
Sending Mr Eggy to Tesco with a list which includes cream to put in soups. Luckily I’m a prolific soup maker. Cauliflower cheese soup is my favourite but think I might do a chicken soup this weekend if I feel up to it, if not I’m good at giving out instructions!
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I beg you to do chicken soup the proper way. And that’s to use the whole bird not just the carcass!

This isn’t a bad take on Jewish penicillin but it’s nonsense that it takes two days. Yes you need to skim the soup and yes use the whole chicken but don’t strip the meat and serve it in the soup. Instead, once the soup is done carefully remove the bird and flash it in the oven and then just eat it as if you’re eating roast chicken. It’s lovely and moist. And the soup is nectar.
 
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