It was tricky to keep her still long enough to get a good photo but while she sat with granny to be fitted I got a quick couple of snaps.New sensor started this morning for me after being applied yesterday afternoon. Not impressed with it's first reading of 9.3.... but then I did a finger prick and got 9.4 so I guess I can't knock it!
The annoying thing is that I had a very low carb meal last night. (smoked ham and cauliflower cheese followed by a little natural Greek yoghurt with a spoon of stewed rhubarb with sweetener and seeds) Injected 3.5 units for it in advance (far more than it needed) when levels were 7.7 and then another (risky?) half unit at bedtime when reading was 6.8. The night before that resulted in a 3.9 the following morning but it reversed the numbers and gave me 9.3 today. Sometimes I just don't get it!! Levels were so incredibly steady yesterday all day 3s, 4s and 5s (The 3s were actually nearer 5 (I finger pricked when they persisted) and then in the late evening, things just go silly. I also did some quite physical work for 4 hours in the evening when the temp was less hot, ripping out a pig wire fence which was woven into the ground by ivy, brambles and nettles roots, so I would have expected that would have helped lower levels though the night too..... but clearly not! Very disappointing!
@SB2015 So pleased you had a wonderful family get together and really impressed with Sullivan. Bit of a dapper chappie with his monocle and pocket hankerchief. Hope ABs settle things for you. Do you have probiotics at the ready for afterwards?
@merrymunky Love the dusky pink shoes.... Do they come in grown up sizes??... I want some! Would have been nice to see her bonny face in the photo too though! Good to see you broke through the mid 8 ceiling this morning after being stuck there for a while. Hope that downward trend continues. Well done for sticking at it!
@adrian1der I see you discretely sneaked in an House Special over the weekend so congrats on that!
Ready and waiting. Thanks for the heads up in this.Hope ABs settle things for you. Do you have probiotics at the ready for afterwards
That sounds like a likely culprit.Starting to think my Fiasp might be compromised..... maybe by the heat. 2.5 units this morning when I woke up has only brought me down 2mmols with no breakfast yet. It would explain why my last 2 low carb evening meals have taken so much more insulin than they should and I haven't been eating through the day, so that is the only time I have been using it.
I had originially called this one George, but then saw an interview they did and decided to change his name. We went for Gilbert and Sullivan instead, and so had to swap big black framed glasses to a monocle. All good fun and there are plans for Gilbertina next for another birthday on the allotment.@SB2015
I’m sure Sullivan will keep Gilbert happy, as in their lyrics,
“Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,
For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore!”
Afraid I am somewhat obsessive about waste so will just have to continue upping my doses/corrections unless it becomes totally ineffective, as there is still more than a third left in that cartridge to use up and I don't want to risk exposing a new cartridge to this heat and it go off too. The weather will break soon enough. It does seem to be working still but definitely sluggish and reduced effectiveness.That sounds like a likely culprit.
I know some found that it lost its effectiveness on them after a while but you have been using it a good long while with success, so more likely to be that cartridge/vial. In this heat it is easy to see how that could happen. I hope a new cartridge/vial sorts things out.
My sister is ordering me some Raw (British produced) Kimchi from Sainsbury's thanks to @Inka's tip off about it, so my gut will be getting a treat later this week when they get their delivery. Not eaten it before so hope my mouth also finds it a treat..... it can always be reeducated though!Ready and waiting. Thanks for the heads up in this.
I reread the book Gut, and I will be as nice as I can to my guts. They deserve it.
I shall be interested to hear how you get on.My sister is ordering me some Raw (British produced) Kimchi from Sainsbury's thanks to @Inka's tip off about it, so my gut will be getting a treat later this week when they get their delivery. Not eaten it before so hope my mouth also finds it a treat..... it can always be reeducated though!