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[Hazel]

Sorry, thought I had posted this earlier 5.4 today

Hope everyone is well

 

[Grannylorraine]

6.2 for me this morning, sorry not been able to get on any earlier.

 

[Robin]

After Jamie Blandford (12th Duke of Marlborough)? 😉

After Blandford Forum, as opposed to the Diabetes Forum!😉

 

[rebrascora]

After Blandford Forum, as opposed to the Diabetes Forum!😉

So are they similar to a horse fly or cleg?

 

[DuncanLord]

Just spoken to the Diabetes Nurse. Her response on my diet took me by surprise. I have to increase my carb intake to about 300 a day. I thought from reading web that one had to reduce carbs.

 

[Robin]

So are they similar to a horse fly or cleg?

Not really, if you catch a horse fly quick enough, you can stop the full effect of a bite, Blandford flies are as quick as a mozzie. They’ve been particularly prevalent in Oxfordshire over the past few years, having made their way up from Dorset. They may not have reached the north yet, but you have been warned! (having said that, I don’t get particularly affected, but they are worse than your average midge, and some people get a very bad reaction. Our local surgery had to put a 'how to treat a blandford fly bite and when to see a doctor' article on their website a couple of years ago, as they were overwhelmed by people contacting them.)

Woman's horrific injury after being bitten by 'bloodsucking' fly

A WOMAN from Oxford has shared her gruesome injury after being bitten by a notorious bloodsucking fly.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

 

[eggyg]

@rebrascora clegs love me but this bite looks different to the cleg bites I’ve had lately.
First photo from last year, still got the scar. Second photo from three weeks ago, it’s only just burst! 😱

 

[rebrascora]

Just spoken to the Diabetes Nurse. Her response on my diet took me by surprise. I have to increase my carb intake to about 300 a day. I thought from reading web that one had to reduce carbs.

As with everything diabetes, It very much depends! 🙄
There is no reason why you should have to increase your carb intake in order to control your BG levels but as a Type 1 diabetic on insulin, there is no specific reason why you should have to reduce your carb intake either. The old school was very much that you injected a set amount of mixed insulin and had to eat a set about of carbs at regular intervals throughout the day to counteract that insulin and it may or may not have been adjusted to keep your weight reasonably stable. Mixed insulin has a combination of long acting and short acting insulins in a particular ratio, designed to provide the right balance for a "normal" diet and since you are on a mixed insulin then they should have given you a suggested amount of carbs to eat at each meal. You are on a very low dose of mixed insulin if I remember rightly, so there is not a lot of quick acting insulin in that mix to deal with carbs but it is likely that your pancreas is managing to produce a reasonable amount of it's own to keep things in balance. If you start eating a lot more carbs suddenly, then that could put your pancreas under pressure and that can result in it grinding to a halt suddenly as the immune system can target the stressed insulin producing cells in the islets. You would then almost certainly need to inject much larger doses and then things can become less stable.

If you were on a basal/bolus system of insulin then you can eat as many or as few carbs or indeed meals as you like and just adjust the quick acting (bolus) insulin to match what you eat. My personal preference is to keep my carbs low for a couple of reasons.... low carbs means I need smaller doses of insulin and that means that there is less chance of making a big mistake with the dose through miscalculation. Eating less carbs and more fat also means I don't get the horrible cravings that I used to suffer from and allows me to have more control of my diet/disordered eating.
Many Type 1s eat a normal diet with lots of carbs and just inject as much isulin as they need to cover that.

With you currently collating data to get your PSV license renewed I would be reluctant to change things too much as your readings are pretty stable. The big thing with diabetes is to look for patterns and work out a strategy to fix problem patterns. So if you are regularly going low after your evening meal, then eat a few more carbs then, particularly if you are going to be doing exercise afterwards. If you are hypoing then you might want to make a change the next day rather than wait for a pattern, but if you look back over a few days you might see that levels have been slowly dropping at that time and in that scenario for a while before that hypo happened. Or it could be a particular meal when the amount of fat or fibre has slowed the digestion of the carbs and you have dropped low after dinner but gone high later, Pizza or bean/lentil dishes can have that effect. It is about building up an understanding of how your body works and figuring out what is best for you rather than following general advice.

Can I ask, was it a diabetes trained nurse at your local GP practice that you spoke to or a Diabetes Specialist Nurse at your local diabetes clinic? There can be worlds of difference in knowledge between the two. Older nurses who haven't been retrained or kept up to date will give old school advice which might not be as relevant or appropriate for good management as it was once considered to be.

 

[Kaylz]

Just spoken to the Diabetes Nurse. Her response on my diet took me by surprise. I have to increase my carb intake to about 300 a day. I thought from reading web that one had to reduce carbs.

In theory as a Type 1 then no but that's generally easier on a basal/bolus regime, I think 300 a day might be a bit extreme though and it's up to you anyway, they can't MAKE you, out of interest what is a full days menu for you? xx

 

[rebrascora]

@eggyg Ooh, that is nasty. I've liked your post to acknowledge it but I am absolutely not liking it!
I usually manage to swat cleggs before they are able to do that sort of damage to me or maybe I just don't react badly to them. I am very much aware of them as the horses get agitated when they are about. I suppose they tend to be more interested in the horses but I have felt them on me "having a go" before I have a go back and not had that sort of bleb.

@Robin I very much hope your Blandford flies don't move this far north. I live down by the river so already have enough midges to contend with and cleggs with the horses. We don't need any more blood sucking insects that enjoy riverside dining! You can keep them thanks!

@Kaylz Why can't I be so concise!! 🙄

 

[Kaylz]

@Kaylz Why can't I be so concise!! 🙄

My hand hurts so I've learnt quickly to condense things to save me typing too much LOL xx

 

[DuncanLord]

@Kaylz
Breakfast. Generally porridge with slice of toast
Lunch. Fillet of fish. Small mash potatoes. Mixed veg. Yogurt or piece of fruit
Dinner. Pork or chicken or pie, mash mixed veg gravy. Tinned peaches ( small portion) or yoghurt or fruit
Lunch could also be pilchards on toast or cheese sandwich
The only thing I have really cut out is deep fried food. Don’t think fryer has been on since April. ( a total record)

@rebrascora
It was the diabetes nurse from the hospital diabetic team. Think she is the insulin pump lead if memory of her name badge was correct.
Carbs over the last few days have been. 92, 89, 101, 174,173, 140, 123, and 136 today.

 

[Leadinglights]

Ne

So are they similar to a horse fly or cleg?

Never heard of a cleg, but it looks as if it gives a nasty bite.
My O H talks of something called a putzi fly which lays its eggs on clothes and the larva then can burrow under the skin and form a huge lump from the growing grub. That is why everybody irons their clothes and bedding in Africa. You have to cover them with a plaster and then they find their way out to seek air.

 

[DuncanLord]

Next set

 

[DuncanLord]

Last set

 

[DuncanLord]

@rebrascora @Kaylz
Hope you can understand all that lot
The Diabetes:m app seems to have much information

 

[HenryBennett]

That is why everybody irons their clothes and bedding in Africa.

Yup, even socks.

 

[Lanny]

03:50 BS 4.9! Eek! 😱 Don’t like waking in the 4’s albeit only just: not much wriggle room; a JB munched before I started posting!

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

I’m geared up to start watching the golf from tomorrow with live coverage from 06:30 & been checking out on who’s starting when. Unfortunately some big names aren’t there due to CV: Masters winner Matsuyama is the biggest name who tested positive several times & isn’t coming to the UK; no symptoms but, 2 or 3 tests is rather conclusive & golfer’s being super fit athletes don’t generally get very ill with it or have symptoms! AND of course, Tiger Woods is still recovering from a broken leg in February 2021 & didn’t play The Masters earlier this year either!

So, the field is ripe for an unknown, relatively, to win this weekend: this is a TOUGH course & CAN, & has, tripped up big name players in the past; biggest surprise, & shock, was an unknown pro golfer playing his first ever major Ben Curtis who finished his final round in 2003 before the final pairings for all those ahead of him coming a cropper & ending up winning! 😱 It was a real life “Tin Cup” event: film starring Kevin Costner about an unknown playing his first US Open; he didn’t win but, “went down in flames” with a 12 on the last hole, par 4, repeatedly trying to go over the water & stay on the green & finally holed it! The film was earlier, in the 1990’s, & nobody expected an even more extreme case of a win by an unknown first timer in 2003: not even Ben Curtis himself who was preparing to pack for leaving & was told that he could end up in a play off as one after another dropped shots after he’d finished his round & he was trying to warm up again on the driving range; in the end not even THAT was needed & he won it outright!😱😱😱

 

[merrymunky]

Morning all. 8.5 for me.
It’s a work day for men I’m shattered. Why can’t we start at noon? Silly schools!!!

 

[HenryBennett]

5.8 for me this morning at 06:00. A bit cloudy at the mo, but I think it’s going to be a warm and dry day. I can finally finish my driveway - yay.