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Group 7-day waking average?

05:45 BS 8.0 but, only because I started reducing all doses yesterday & reduced midnight LR down from 60 to 50: while being mostly in bed this past week I had to put it up so, 60 for both LR doses; woke on roughly the same BS yesterday morning but, then was kept hopping on my toes as BS was going lower despite not eating & DP so, knew that dose had to come down! NR doses were all also the same at 42 as again being mostly in bed but, definitely starting to stay out of bed for longer now & need the usual incremental decreased doses for meals as the day goes on, albeit still higher doses at 38, 34 & 30. Also, only needed 2 puffs of each inhaler twice a day & hopefully won’t need the ventolin for much longer so, back to maintenance dose of just clenil 2 puffs twice a day! 🙂 Hopefully tomorrow waking BS will settle down: will go by the meter to reduce all doses, except midday LR which I think is pretty much stable, as I get better; midnight LR back to 40 & whatever NR I need as it changes so much now I no longer think of what’s normal as it’s only what I need!🙄

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

PS: late in posting as I was playing golf in bed & now with DP 08:36 BS 9.3 so, NR now & breakfast. 😳
 
Morning. Late on parade yet again. 5.9. Another couldn’t get out of bed day. Although I actually got dressed before midday yesterday there’s obviously something going on in my decrepit old body. I’m like two wet weekends at the moment. Forced myself out for a walk yesterday afternoon, just a short one, 4 miles and I was absolutely exhausted and finding it hard to breath at times. I haven’t a cough, but have sneezed for three days, no mucous just massive men sized sneezes. My appetite is fine, BGs fine so suspect a cold brewing. Where did I get it? Apart from local walks, I haven’t been anywhere or seen anyone this year. I’m just going to have a lazy day, the weather is atrocious, murky is an understatement. Have a good day and stay safe and stay home if you can. 🙂
 
Morning all - 10.3 this morning.... will hopefully hit single figures soon :D

Have a great day 🙂
 
Good morning, 5.6 at 7 30am but been busy since then doing my qigong and getting ready for the day. I spoke with my consultant yesterday, first time for a year and I have not not even spoken with a DSN. She was so supportive and after I sent her my graph for the day before, replied with an amazing supportive message, saying it was perfect and congratulating me on my hard work. I feel she gave me a gold star!!

Wishing you all a wonderful day.
 
A surprisingly low 4.9 this morning, I had delicious British fish and chips (one of the things I miss most living in Germany)for dinner last night and I may have over egged the Bolus because I was lower than 5 all night.
Have a great day everyone!!
 
I’ve found myself getting addicted to this thread reading and comparing everyone’s numbers every day, it just goes to show how unpredictable this disease is. It’s good for morale when you see people posting especially when they are fighting to get their numbers down and you see the small steps to success
 
Good afternoon. Just had some disturbinge news. My only real friend here - Pablo - who posted on here for me when I could not see and runs ragged to help me just messaged me to say that he has tested positive for Covid. He was due to come this afternoon to re-start my car with jump leads as I have a hospital appointment in 2 days. That is obviously not going to happen.
 
Oh dear! @Michael12421 So sorry to hear Pablo has the virus. Hope he just has a mild dose.
Is there anyone else who can jump start your car or can you book a taxi... I know you have had a lot of expenditure of late so a taxi may be out of the question financially. Is the appointment for your eyes or diabetes or something unrelated. Just wondering how essential that appointment is? I have jump leads in my Freelander but I don't think they are long enough!!

Hope you get something sorted.
 
@rebrascora. Thank you. Pablo is only 26 and is very fit so I too fervently hope that it is a mild dose. I don't know of anyone else who would be willing to help. Taxi is beyond my present means as here you have to pay for not only the journey out but the drivers return home also, with or without me being there, It is only a 20 minute journey but it would cost me €100 and then another €100 for my journey home. The problem is not severe - urology - and it is 9 months overdue because all follow up appointments were cancelled when the pandemic hit.
 
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God!! What low readings - I am always between 7 and 8 and get bad hypo symptoms if I drop to 4.5.
What are the dangers of being so low?
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Losing Hypo awareness for a start! Not to be recommended, as the reply on the thread said at the time (but bear in mind that’s right at the start of this thread, which has been running for nearly ten years,)
 
02:06 BS 7.7 🙂 Heading in the right direction. LR went in a bit late at 00:58: alarm went off & sluggish to respond; then, couldn’t get back to sleep & got up to play a bit of golf so, considering there’s a bit of DP & smidge bit late basal it’s a pretty good start!🙂

Just finished eating breakfast & thought I’d post. Decided to try reducing NR doses a bit more & see what happens so, breakfast dose -2 at 36 units & I’ll be happy ish if it’s under 10mmol as that’s roughly in the ballpark & will settle down? 🙄

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

Oh! Forgot to say also reduced midnight LR a bit more: dithered between 46 or 44 & went with 44 so, that bit closer to getting back to pre asthma flare up of 40; a really good start! :D
 
Good morning 🙂 6.2 for me today 🙂 My recent illness has had one silver lining - I have concluded that I do, in fact, suffer from reflux. To tackle this I have raised the end of my bed so my head stays above my chest, and am taking some Gaviscon after meals which eases the symptoms. It does seem to be working quite well in reducing my symptoms and allowing for a better night's sleep 🙂
 
regime: metformin - 2 x 500 mg in morning ; 2 x 500 mg in evening. and a tincture/subcue shot of Insulin Lantus 4 units in morning.

Today's reading 05:00 (!) - 6.8 mmol/L straight down the line. Meant to be perfect.
 
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Morning all, 7.9 for me quite surprised as I decided to try a plant based burger (no bun) with salad oh and 3 sweet potato wedges quite healthy I thought last night my bs after were horrendous. So spent an hour walking round my lounge drinking lots of water lol
 
Northerner said:
Good morning 🙂 6.2 for me today 🙂 My recent illness has had one silver lining - I have concluded that I do, in fact, suffer from reflux. To tackle this I have raised the end of my bed so my head stays above my chest, and am taking some Gaviscon after meals which eases the symptoms. It does seem to be working quite well in reducing my symptoms and allowing for a better night's sleep 🙂
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My wife suffers from this and in fact went to Drs who were very helpful. They prescribed a small medication and that stops it.
 
Morning all,
A 5.7 for me today.
Very wild and windy outside...

Blessings Snowwy
 
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