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Group 7-day waking average?

A 5.5 for me at 06:51. After several weeks of being 15st 4lbs plus or minus a pound my body has finally decided to give in and start loosing weight again. Dropped below 15st this morning with a 14st 13.8lbs 🙂 If I can shift that 0.8lbs I'll hit the 5st weight loss - only another stone to go!

It's a grey day in West Berks but the low cloud is meant to burn off later so hopefully we'll see the sun
 
7.8 this morning 😱

I wish I knew what I did to get that 5-ish one the other day so I could keep doing that.

I am going to carry on exercising and hope for the best. Maybe if I shrink a bit things will settle down.
I even phoned the helpline for some moral support and it did help me reduce my anxiety over the situation which is probably not helping.
 
adrian1der said:
A 5.5 for me at 06:51. After several weeks of being 15st 4lbs plus or minus a pound my body has finally decided to give in and start loosing weight again. Dropped below 15st this morning with a 14st 13.8lbs 🙂 If I can shift that 0.8lbs I'll hit the 5st weight loss - only another stone to go!

It's a grey day in West Berks but the low cloud is meant to burn off later so hopefully we'll see the sun
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Well done!!
 
3.6 for me this morning which is my own fault as I had an overnight 3.7 at 4.30am which I under treated with just 10g carbs (naughty I know! 😱) but so sick of being too high and I feel so much better today than I have for days, perhaps as a result of being on the low side. I have increased my daytime Levemir to 20 units today (gosh it seems like a huge amount to inject at one go!) as I am so sick of injecting corrections all morning and so far I haven't had to use Fiasp (no FOTF) and levels are steady 4-5 which just feels so much better than 9s and 10s. Just about to have breakfast and toying with an omelette to see if I can get away with not using the Fiasp at all this morning. I had curried spinach with 2 small boiled eggs for brunch yesterday and ended up needing 4 units of Fiasp (split) to cover it which is just stupid plus I had had 2 units for FOTF when I woke up, so 3 injections of Fiasp yesterday morning to try to keep in range! Hoping the increased Levemir today will manage things better. Then I will need to cut night time Levemir and hopefully my management will improve.

Sometimes I really resent having to increase my basal insulin doses and resist it but end up needing more Fiasp injections to correct the highs so it isn't logical and I just need to accept that I need what I need and not to worry about it. I need to remember that there will be times when it will come down again.... it isn't necessarily a slippery slope to ever increasing basal needs... which seems to be something I fear.

@Michael12421 Lovely reading this morning Michael! Hope you woke up feeling refreshed.

@ColinUK You have my sympathies as I have been battling high readings for several days and it does make you feel yuck. Any idea why it was so high this morning? Anything you want to confess?? Maybe that freshly baked French bread broke into your house in the early hours and tried to hide in your stomach?

@adrian1der Look forward to you hitting that next target and helping you celebrate such a phenomenal achievement! 5stone is a HUGE weight loss! Well done!
 
@Anitram don't confuse me! Was scrolling through and noticed a different avatar to usual and thought we had someone new joining in! LOL xx
 
Leadinglights said:
Can somebody tell me how to add an avatar?
Thanks
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If you click on your account bit at the top of the screen next to your inbox and notification icons and then hover over your current avatar it should pop up in it with "edit" just click it and you should be able to add your own 🙂 xx
 
You beat me to it @Kaylz 🙂
 
@rebrascora If only. No clue at all. Regular day. Typical walk.
My guess is that it’s something acute I’m fighting off under the surface maybe.
 
Just taken two further readings from fingers I use most often and 3.2, 3.1

A little perturbed tbh but guess this is the body swinging back into balance after whatever caused the massive (for me) spike.

Got a Zoom meeting starting at 12:30 and will take readings before and after that. If it’s still screwy I may call 111 and ask for advice.

If I felt ok and just had the readings all over the place I’d not fuss quite so much but I’ve got a headache, feel a touch nauseous, and really thirsty.

Suggestions, thoughts etc?

Yesterday I had nothing out of the ordinary. Just stuck to the four exante shakes and plenty of water and the few decaf black coffees I usually have. Nothing unusual at all.
 
Good afternoon all. It's gorgeous sunshine here and not too cold. A white start though.
8-)
7.0 @ 8.41 today.

Did y'all see the blood moon last night! I was gobsmacked, it was huge and red, well orange. Fabulous. Part of me wanted to run away and hide under a rock though.
(rofl)


Apparently Steven Moffatt (Dr Who) is making a series of The Time Traveller's Wife. Fabulous as it's one of my fave books but the film wasn't that great.
tv


Good grief @ColinUK that is very low isn't it?! Best call.
 
Just spoke with the GP - he said "don't panic" - booked in for HbA1C on Thursday and we'll see what the results of that are. Also routine bloods just to rule out anything untoward.
 
Apologies for the multiple updates.... 4.3 just now. And starving hungry. A bit shaky too.
 
NotWorriedAtAll said:
Hope you feel better soon Colin. Fingers crossed it is just some sort of blip. x
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Me too. 3.5 now - so had a little cheese and a Benecol shot. Will take it again in 30 mins and then cal lthe GP back.

Have checked the meter with the control fluid and am taking from three fingers a time at the moment and logging the average.

Yes I'm a little concerned.
 
And last two readings 4.1 and then 4.3 so fingers crossed it’s settling back down.

Spoke with my GP again and he said monitor for the next two hours at 30min intervals and he’ll call me to check in.
He’s of the opinion that the wild fluctuations suggest it’s my body fighting off something acute rather than anything to do with the diabetes per se.
 
ColinUK said:
And last two readings 4.1 and then 4.3 so fingers crossed it’s settling back down.

Spoke with my GP again and he said monitor for the next two hours at 30min intervals and he’ll call me to check in.
He’s of the opinion that the wild fluctuations suggest it’s my body fighting off something acute rather than anything to do with the diabetes per se.
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I wonder if it is linked to the vaccine. Some of us have had odd lows as well as highs for quite a while after being vaccinated. I think I remember reading that you got the vaccine within the last week.
 
rebrascora said:
I wonder if it is linked to the vaccine. Some of us have had odd lows as well as highs for quite a while after being vaccinated. I think I remember reading that you got the vaccine within the last week.
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Jabbed on the 17th Feb.
 
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