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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning folk
Forgot to post my morning figure today.
07:35. BG 5.7. Slightly too many crumbs for supper.
Off to see the vampires this morning for a HbA1c test before seeing consultant next week.
 
DuncanLord said:
Morning folk
Forgot to post my morning figure today.
07:35. BG 5.7. Slightly too many crumbs for supper.
Off to see the vampires this morning for a HbA1c test before seeing consultant next week.
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Just got back from the Vampires thank god it was my favourite one you wouldn't know she bit me the other one gave me a nasty bruise last time :D.
 
Maca44 said:
Just got back from the Vampires thank god it was my favourite one you wouldn't know she bit me the other one gave me a nasty bruise last time :D.
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I had a telephone consultation with my cardiologist a couple of weeks ago and mentioned that I was surprised I hadn’t been asked to take a blood test beforehand. So, he organised it at the local phlebotomy clinic and he was happy to add the HbA1c.

I had a call from my GP’s surgery yesterday to book a blood test. I said that I’d had blood taken a couple of weeks ago. Long pause. I asked if she could look up the results for me (the heart failure nurse had warned me it would fall between two stools). Apparently only the GP can do this. So it’s now, “Don’t call us we’ll call you”. Sigh.
 
10:14 BS 7.3 🙂

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

Currently just started re watching, 2nd time, a Chinese Period drama on youtube that was aired in China in January to March 2021 68 episodes of Shang Yang Fu aka The Rebel Princess: already watched it all this week & a half; just rewatching again a 2nd time it’s SO good! 😛 Starring Zhang Zi Yi, now at 42, of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, now over 20 years ago in 2000 playing a Princess from age 15 to about 20/25: still looks amazing, for her age, & it was quite jarring to watch the early episodes as it was obvious she’s older than her co stars & male leads; but, she’s a veteran actress & the right choice was made of an older, more rugged looking like Viggo Mortensen in the Lord of the Rings films, actor to play her husband the General Xioa Qi! A work of fiction, so not constrained by actual historical facts unlike drama’s based on actual Emperor’s, but, still based in history! I’ve watched quite a few now & hardly needed the subtitles: actually noticed how badly translated some of them are; TBF though, the formal language spoken in these Imperial court dramas are very hard to translate into concise subtitles for modern audiences & the meaning is more important than the actual words spoken.🙄
 
7.8 for me this morning.
Levels went high last night again and just wouldn't come down. I ended up injecting a dodgy 3.5 unit correction at bedtime which was stacked onto a 2 unit correction 2 hours earlier which was also stacked onto a 2 unit correction 2 hours before that! 😱 My evening levels just seem to be skyrocketing recently and it is clearly a basal issue as I didn't have any dinner last night to double check, but it is holding steady through the earlier parts of the day. I had dropped my morning basal by 2 units after all my hypos on Sunday but I have put it back up today. So strange how 2 units of basal over the whole day translates to so much more Fiasp units in terms of evening corrections.

@merrymunky Congrats to you on another improved reading this morning and to Eris on her first steps. She will no longer be where you left her from now on. Good luck with keeping up with a toddler.... That should help drop your levels a bit more!

@mum2westiesGill Looks like a wise decision Gill to drop your basal another unit. You are doing great. Have more confidence in yourself and your decisions!

@Michael12421 "Great" morning readings!! The first being the "large" interpretation of the word and the second being a much better than average result thankfully! Pleased the first one was erroneous!! Bet that woke you up faster than a morning coffee or even a cold shower!
 
Maca44 said:
It's a pattern with me I get fed up after a couple or years and I really miss my old job working for the MD and buyers of the Ferrari main dealer in Lyndhurst new forest, got to travel all over the country picking up all sorts of exotic cars and got paid for it along with hotels/food/travel. I had some very exciting drives home but at all came to an end when they sold a couple of showrooms so work dried up but it was a great 5 years and I met some amazing people :confused: .
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That sounds like a lovely job, sadly everything great seems to come to an end but that doesn’t mean something else just as good will come along
 
Good afternoon friends.
I couldn't believe it ~ I woke to another 8.8 & that's without a late night treat! Looks like the DF is back to cause more havoc with my numbers:( I thought @Northerner had buried her!!!
I took advantage of this sunny day and made another hanging basket before I realised I haven't a wall bracket to hang it on!! Off now to scrounge one from my eldest then bribe her o/h to fix it on the wall!!
Hope you're all enjoying your Wednesday afternoon lazing in the sun ~ gardening ~ dozing ~ walking ~ chatting on the phone etc.
Take care & stay as well as you can. x

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Wirralass said:
I couldn't believe it ~ I woke to another 8.8 & that's without a late night treat! Looks like the DF is back to cause more havoc with my numbers:( I thought @Northerner had buried her!!!
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Sorry, just checked and there appears to have been a leak of ectoplasm from her incarceration chamber - I think I've plugged it, so hopefully you will get better numbers tomorrow 🙂 Or, maybe not, if you opt for birthday treats! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Sorry, just checked and there appears to have been a leak of ectoplasm from her incarceration chamber - I think I've plugged it, so hopefully you will get better numbers tomorrow 🙂 Or, maybe not, if you opt for birthday treats! 🙂
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Aww thanks Northie, she's a little minx isn't she?! Fingers crossed!
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eggyg said:
Who knew in 1978 when he was persuaded to take out a company final salary pension with AVCs, we would be able to do that. I’m afraid those pensions are gone now.
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Oh those good old pensions. I wish they were still available. I'm 57 now and hubby and I are both ready to finish or reduce our hours. Its a bit of a struggle though atm as pensions are not as good now. Although Teachers get a fairly good pension (based on what i know from a friend) us TAs get a very basic Council pension and as we're not classed as full time (although i am in school from 8am-3.30 minimum, only being paid for 5hrs a day and paid term time only) its not much to retire on.
@eggyg i shall have to envy your retirement adventures for a while until i can have my own. Enjoy your retirement and make the most of it, you never know whats around the corner. Make the most of every day.
PS love the Dierdre specs!
 
SueEK said:
That's a rotten feeling isn't it when you really don't want to go into work. Been there myself
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It is, i love working with the children and the teachers are brilliant. I think i'm just worn down with all the expectations, the more you do the more you are expected to do. Then theres the politics.... same as any job really though. Only 3 weeks left and counting...
 
freesia said:
It is, i love working with the children and the teachers are brilliant. I think i'm just worn down with all the expectations, the more you do the more you are expected to do. Then theres the politics.... same as any job really though. Only 3 weeks left and counting...
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Ah I’m with you on the expectation score, I said the same on here only a couple of weeks ago. My colleague came in today and said exactly the same. Now I’m 60 I’m thinking I really don’t need this but can’t retire now until I’m 67. I do have a couple of pensions that I’m in the process of sorting out but it certainly won’t be enough to retire on. Years ago I could have collected my state pension but that’s long gone. My hubby is 71 and still working part time but hey we are certainly not the only ones. Could we worse, we don’t have a mortgage or any debts so must be thankful for what we do have x
 
SueEK said:
. Could we worse, we don’t have a mortgage or any debts so must be thankful for what we do have
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Very true. I'm not sure i really want to give up altogether, i'd miss the chat and banter i think. I would like something a couple of days a week though
 
eggyg said:
How very dare you! Deirdre Barlow! 😛

Before I retired I worked in an opticians and we had a collection box to pop in your old specs to be recycled. Of course we got all sorts in. Usually decades old. These were my favourite. Please excuse the face as I was trying to do my Deirdre impression and they were a very strong prescription. Oh, and they were actually Chanel! There’ll be someone somewhere in a third world country wearing those proudly as we speak! 😎
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That’s an excellent impression. You could be Dreary Barlow’s short-haired twin. 😉
 
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