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Group 7-day waking average?

Inamuddle said:
Good morning
Thank you Barbara for suggesting I post on here. Reading this thread has been useful. Especially Michael your struggles with Toujeo. I wonder if this is something I should look at. I have been on it for a while. My waking BS was 12 must try harder.
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Welcome to the thread. So pleased you have joined us.
I do wonder if Toujeo is perhaps better suited to Type 2s who usually need larger doses and are less insulin sensitive. Unfortunately @Michael12421 is in a rural part of Spain and his GP, who knows little about Type 1 diabetes is in charge of his prescribing and it seems doesn't have or know about any other options. Michael was previously on Lantus and managing things well but it was withdrawn from Spain's prescribing list and he was put on Toujeo. If he was able to get to the diabetes clinic and they saw the problems he was having I am pretty confident they would change his basal insulin but he is stuck at the moment.
If you are in the UK then I would ask about trying a different basal insulin... if you are having erratic readings.
 
@Michael12421
You don't need to have breakfast, although if you didn't eat much last night it is probably good for you but all you need to do for a low reading is have some jelly babies or fruit juice and maybe a digestive biscuit to stabilise things. You don't have to have something proper to eat if you can't face it.
 
Morning folks. :D 4.9 here.

A beautiful sunrise down the beach this morning! And now we’ve got blue skies n sunshine, so off to Dinbych-y-Pysgod later for a c-c-c-coffee (that’s a coffee sat outside) and a walk on another beach. The dogs’ll be very happy!🙂😎

Glad to hear you’re feeling nearer to normal @eggyg.🙂
 
A 6.2 for me at 07:58 after a lay in.

Just had a call with my coach from Liva. Seemed nice enough. It's a beautiful sunny day here in West Berks - very pleasant change from the recent dull and dreary weather
 
Good morning all🙂

Did it. 5.2 this morning, not that that’s a better achievement than 5.1 or 5.4. Still, I don’t mind basking in glory 😎

Had some bad news yesterday- my great aunt Kathleen shuffled off this mortal coil peacefully a couple of days ago. Mind, she had made it to 100. How many folk are allowed at a funeral? Being a vast Catholic family, there could be around thirty households. I’ll be the token atheist, if I’m allowed to go.

Otherwise, nothing much else happening, apart from the usual arrival of packages containing Christmas presents for various victims.

I’ll be multitasking this afternoon in the man cave, snooker on the telly, the Rovers game on the computer, and practicing playing scales on the Chanter. Oh, and vaping occasionally. And they say women are better at multitasking. ( Arguably they might be more productive doing it, mind.)🙂

Anyway, have a good day folks. Speaking of days, it’s a only a week on Monday then the days get longer. Or the nights shorter. And only four weeks before Cadbury’s Cream Eggs appear in the shops for those “accidental” hypos. Aye, right😉:D
 
Congrats to @mikeyB on hitting the nominated optimum number....
Enjoy your afternoon of multitasking.
I have never had a hypo impressive enough to take a CCE unfortunately and probably wouldn't dare keep one in the house for such an occasion.... unless I put it in a glass fronted wall mounted case like fire alarm switches, with a break glass in emergency sticker, to keep it safe from accidental activation!
 
02:47 BS 8.5 only because Midnight Levemir is SO late, not the latest it’s ever been as that was at 3am once but, pretty close to that so, not panicking & stuck in extremely late LR & breakfast NR to do their thing! 😳🙄 Won’t panic if it’s high later, chances are it will be as breakfast hasn’t been in target anyway the last two days, as the basal WILL eventually do it’s thing!🙂 I just about managed to stay awake for all of Strictly last night & nodded off more or less straight after I voted, didn’t react fast enough when Midnight alarm went off, nodded off again & next thing I know it’s half two in the morning! Oh dear! It’s becoming a habit!😳 Never liked having snooze on my alarms but, may well need it the way things have gone recently! The daily exercise makes me sleep more heavily & I’m more reluctant to pop up at midnight for LR when the alarm goes off!😳

Tried shepherds pie with cauliflower rice yesterday & didn’t really like it as the flavours weren’t strong enough to cover the bitterness: only with a curry is the bitterness of cauliflower covered up; needs must, though & I know for definite now it doesn’t work! :( Please, please, please let there be broccoli rice in tesco delivery tomorrow but, ordered mashed potato for pie toppings, bolus will just have to be upped a bit, or have curry with the cauliflower which, will also need a bit of extra bolus for the curry anyway!🙄

Had the last of the shepherds pie for breakfast with my caramel latte & it tasted even more bitter than yesterday: extra time for the flavour of the cauliflower to come out; I needed the sweetness of the caramel syrup in the latte to balance that out! o_O Dithered about whether to give +2 bolus or not for the coffee & decided to add it in the end as I’m higher starting today. Found during my morning coffee breaks, the last two days, that I don’t need as much bolus for the caramel latte & mint kit kat as I thought & was a bit lower, the first day, than expected so, lowered the bolus the next day! I suppose, thinking back on it now, those morning coffee breaks WERE a third meal as I’d bolused for them, not as much as a full meal but, still needed a bit of bolus? I suppose I ate two & a half meals the last two days! 🙄 I’ve already had my coffee for breakfast, felt I might need the sweetness for the cauliflower, & will have a morning tea break later this morning instead that needs even less bolus just for the kit kat! Or maybe, not testing permitting?🙂

A very early Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉 Have a easy, lazy Sunday folks & it’ll be a duvet day for me as it’s very nippy out there: a bit of a mad dash in & out of a freezing kitchen for breakfast earlier & ate it in bed where it’s MUCH warmer! Shivering, covered in icicles emoji! & a smilie covered in a duvet emoji! IF such a thing exists?:D😎😛😉
 
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5.1 again this morning. 🙂
And minus 2 outside at the moment!
Dez
 
Morning All, My weekly read is 6.1 for today , hope you are all as well as can be .
 
I'm with you Dez this morning on 5.1 but only because I had a jelly baby an hour earlier. Didn't have any evening Levemir last night because I was back to my exercise yesterday. Went to bed on 12.5 and caught the descent at 4.2 just before it slipped into the red.
Hope everyone has a good day. Stay warm and dry if you can.
 
Morning all, 5.8 here. Normally restored after yesterday’s little hiccup. I had a huge pice of millionaire's shortbread at our local garden centre, and I was so busy entering the guestimated carbs and insulin into my Libre reader, that I forgot to do the actual jab! Some time later, I twigged when my BG had shot up to 20!
 
Morning. Back in the sixes after a run of fives. 6.2. Didn’t get a walk yesterday but I did do the ironing albeit with protestations from Mr Eggy. But I was fine, tired but ok. Thought a walk as well was maybe too much. I actually cooked last night too. It was a special day, it was our ganniversary, 45 years since we started going out with each other, so I made a scallop, pea and lemon risotto. I absolutely nailed it even if I say so myself. Nice and soft and just a small portion but I really enjoyed it. We’re just having a lazy day today we’ve decided. Have a great day whatever you decide to do. 🙂
 
Robin said:
Morning all, 5.8 here. Normally restored after yesterday’s little hiccup. I had a huge pice of millionaire's shortbread at our local garden centre, and I was so busy entering the guestimated carbs and insulin into my Libre reader, that I forgot to do the actual jab! Some time later, I twigged when my BG had shot up to 20!
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Blimey! Bet you felt that. 😱
 
Good morning all 5.8 on new sensor and 6.5 with blood, that is my normal difference.
It is five years ago that I was first diagnosed and wrote on here asking for help. Looking back I was treated appalling badly by my DSN and the help I got here was extremely vital, and still is. I am going to have to change my name as it is not a new journey but daily experience. Feeling good that I have carried on working around the world (before Covid) and only cancelled two events the week after diagnose. I have had some 'moments', like having hypo whilst I am on the stage giving a talk, but I let nothing deter me, and I have developed a sense of humour with my type one challenges, which helps enormously. Thanks everyone.
 
Morning all,
Late on parade with a 6.2 this morning.
Ventured out, but only as far as the garage looking for pots so that Mrs Snowwy can do her potting up!

Zoom church in an hour... I am hosting this morning o_O

Blessings Snowwy
 
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