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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all,
A 6.1 again today...

Blessings Snowwy
 
HenryBennett said:
Yes, and thanks. I’m thinking of my own situation as opposed to others. How does it effect my reading that I get up, go downstairs, wash my hands and then test? Is it a significant effect that I don’t test “before putting my feet on the ground”. I’m not criticising anyone, just trying to understand my condition.
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I don’t test before I get out of bed. It’s not practical for me, I’m up at the sparrow’s fart and it would mean putting on the light, scrabbling about for my specs and waking Mr Eggy ( he needs his beauty sleep), and I’m always dying for the loo! I get up, go to the loo, wash my hands, find my glasses, pick up my book and phone and come downstairs. Testing is the first thing I do though. If I had a Libre things would be different, but I don’t and I’m happy with it. But imagine how many HSs I could get if I did test before I put my feet on the floor? Everyone is different and has their own ways. Don’t fret about it. I honestly don’t believe the number would be greatly different.
 
Morning. 6.2 for me. In work today
 
Morning all. A very nice round 6, as you know I like a round number preferably a one that starts with a 5! But hey, beggars can’t be choosers. Looks frosty out there again, I don’t mind, nice for walking in. Don’t know where we we’ll go today but it won’t be anywhere muddy!
@rebrascora hope your hoss gets over his colic, my eldest daughter has a few horses and that’s their one dread more than anything. They have lost horses to it unfortunately, apparently horses can’t be sick, who knew? ( I suspect you do). She’s had many a sleepless night checking on them, animals are sometimes more of a worry than children, at least children can sometimes tell you what’s wrong. @SueEK hope your poor little doggie is ok too.
Have a half decent day, on this first official day of Lockdown 3.0. 🙂
 
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eggyg said:
I don’t test before I get out of bed. It’s not practical for me, I’m up at the sparrow’s fart and it would mean putting on the light, scrabbling about for my specs and waking Mr Eggy ( he needs his beauty sleep), and I’m always dying for the loo! I get up, go to the loo, wash my hands, find my glasses, pick up my book and phone and come downstairs. Testing is the first thing I do though. If I had a Libre things would be different, but I don’t and I’m happy with it. But imagine how many HSs I could get if I did test before I put my feet on the floor? Everyone is different and has their own ways. Don’t fret about it. I honestly don’t believe the number would be greatly different.
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Thanks. Much as I thought until I read other opinions.
 
Many thanks for all the good wishes. Let's just say he is more bright eyed and busy tailed than me this morning... Actually that is not saying much considering I feel haggard! I hypoed quite badly twice last night because I wasn't giving my diabetes my full level of concentration and of course stress was a factor which pushed me high all afternoon and probably depleted my liver, so that when I eventually hit it with a correction it went the other way ... a naughty 2.9 on the second one, which is ruining my Libre stats.... but I will trade them for a healthy horse any day of the week!
Might just crawl back into bed for another couple of hours kip...
 
HenryBennett said:
From the Diabetes UK website, along with every other bit of advice I’ve read:

Your healthcare team will show you how to do it the first time, but these are the key steps:
  • Wash your hands with soap and warm water. Don’t use wet wipes as the glycerine in them can affect the test result. Make sure your hands are warm so it’s easier to get blood and won’t hurt as much.

But it seems that advice is wrong?
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It's advice, not a must follow rule or bad things will happen

When hypo legs can turn to jelly and you struggle to walk so standing at a sink isn't easy, the most important thing in this time is test if possible and treat before you end up too low to fix it yourself, if someone out driving feels low, they don't have time to go and find a sink, it would be illegal, when we had our bathroom installed last month we had no access to hand washing facilities from 8am until 4pm the first day, what was I supposed to do, not test and not eat because I couldn't wash my hands?

I know many people don't change their lancet very often, do you? As that's also advice to use a fresh lancet each time

Sometimes it's just not possible to wash your hands before testing, look at @rebrascora for instance, before she got the Libre she'd be out mucking the horses out, she didn't worry about washing her hands before testing as when your body is being starved it isn't the most important thing to think about
 
9.3 for me.
But 12st 5lb, first pound of weight loss since 20th December.
Healing thoughts to all of you with poorly animals, friends and family members & gratitude in bucket loads for those off to work to help keep things going.
My thoughts are with you all. X
 
Morning

Got up, went to the loo, try to wash my hands, half an hour it took me, water was well manky so had to run it off for ages, no works going on round about at the moment so not a disturbed pipe due to workmen, wondering everything is frozen solid outside so goodness knows why it was so bad, had it a few months ago too, seems fine now though but might not chance drinking it straight out the tap today

Anyways 6.7 on this chilly morning after a couple of days of higher levels, mums away to brave it going to Scotmid for here rolls and milk, as long as she puts her winter boots on and takes it slowly fingers crossed no slips will be had!

Bruce away back to work today so as he won't be appearing in the afternoon I plan on trying for a nap after dinner, could really do with it!
xx
 
I have to say, I very seldom wash my hands before testing as the majority of the time, as @Kaylz mentions, I just don't have access to clean running water (other than the horse trough) let alone soap. I wipe away the first drop. If I get a reading that doesn't tie in with how I feel, I find "a cleaner finger" and try again, but the Libre has been a game changer for me in that respect as well as checking through the night.... reach it off the bedside table, scan, eat jelly babies and back to sleep without even putting the light on... all done in seconds!
It actually makes me smile that some of you object to the idea of injecting in the toilets at restaurants etc as I often jab corrections in my feed room or stables which is far less sanitary than most pub toilets and my hands are usually dirty at the time. Just as well we are all different @Kaylz.... my lifestyle would kill you with your OCD. That said we both have similar problems with our hands. Mine are dry, cracked and bleeding at the end of almost every finger and knuckle with the cold wet conditions despite using moisturiser. I go through rolls of Micropore trying to hold them together.
Applying any pressure to a finger end to get blood for a finger prick is really painful as it opens the cracks and makes them bleed. Just opening jars and bottle tops causes my skin to tear at the moment... roll on the warmer weather!
 
rebrascora said:
Just as well we are all different @Kaylz.... my lifestyle would kill you with your OCD.
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Thing is I'm not like this in all situations, I could do throwing a dog ball in gutters and all that but things like germs from a person is a completely different story, its almost like if I can see dirt then it isn't so bad but I'm terrified of the things I can't see, that probably sounds ridiculous and makes you guys think I'm more of a nut job than you first thought but it's difficult to explain xx
 
Morning 5.9. Waiting for the kids to log on to registration..... teenagers 830 what’s the chance of prompt log on?!
 
Kaylz said:
Thing is I'm not like this in all situations, I could do throwing a dog ball in gutters and all that but things like germs from a person is a completely different story, its almost like if I can see dirt then it isn't so bad but I'm terrified of the things I can't see, that probably sounds ridiculous and makes you guys think I'm more of a nut job than you first thought but it's difficult to explain xx
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Not at all! That must make this pandemic hugely more difficult for you!
 
rebrascora said:
Not at all! That must make this pandemic hugely more difficult for you!
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Yes it most certainly does, especially with my grandad being down whenever he pleases, may be harsh but when me and Bruce are living together he won't be welcome whenever he feels like it as that's the one thing that makes me even worse xx
 
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