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Group 7-day waking average?

freesia said:
I always take mine between 10pm and 11pm, i've not been told it has to be a fixed time. Occasionally it has been taken after 11pm but its only occasionally. I always thought that as Tresiba is a longer lasting basal it does you give some leeway on the timing
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Thank you
 
Molly M said:
8.5 this morning for me after 5 attempts - kept getting error 2 (not enough blood) on the meter - I had the needle set at 3.5 (out of 5) oh and it was a new needle I had just added. How often should you change the needle? We had some crackers and cheese last night not long before bed maybe that wasn't a great idea?
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Go to 5 but just rest it on finger don't push down you need a good blob of blood so you don't waist too many readers. I would not use a used needle in case of contamination from last test but that's upto you as I have said before.
 
Lanny said:
First China were leading & made a mistake on the floor to drop to 3rd then, spent the rest of the final playing catch up. The new format of 1 gymnast from each country’s team going on to be followed by 1 gymnast from the other country going after meant that each of the two teams on each piece of apparatus were kind of eyeballing each like gladiators at first then, they were showing off to each other & showboating in the absence of an arena audience, loved that! 😛 China clawed their way back to 2nd place ahead of Japan with the ROC in 1st place for the last rotation with China & Japan on the high bar & Russia, commentators, presenters & I keep forgetting to call them the ROC, on the floor. Everybody went all out with China on the high bar making it through without falling, Japan the same then, Russia stepped out of the floor & China were 1st. Next China all out on the high bar & no falling, Phew! Japan the same & Russia stepped out of the floor AGAIN & China still 1st. Then, China still going all out barely held onto the bar Japan did the performance of the competition with a massive score overtaking China & be 1st! Russia went almost all out but, stayed IN the floor, did a double instead of his triple just teetering at the very tip of the corner & he’d have been OUT if he went for the triple to only JUST held onto to 1st by 0.033! Team GB finished in 4th with The ROC, Japan & China in the medal positions! Aw! It was high drama!😱😛😎:D Catch it on iPlayer!:D
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@Lanny you would be great as a commentator!
 
Maca44 said:
I would not use a used needle in case of contamination from last test but that's upto you as I have said before.
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I believe a lot of the "old hands" 😛 on here change theirs once a year on Saint Swithin's Day. I change mine whenever I open a new pot of 50 test strips. 🙄
I reckon I've got enough lancets to last me 'til I'm 100+ years old.
 
A late check in for me today but very pleased to report a 5.2 at 06:47 this morning 🙂
 
4.9 and a stinking migraine for me today. Taking advantage of not been at work and not long got up

Have a good rest of the day one and all.

Hope then child feeding goes well @eggyg they seem to eat a lot ! I often wonder at school where they put it all and then puzzle that 2 hours after break they eat even more!
 
Interesting about needles. I change mine for every single finger prick. Less risk of contamination.
 
After waiting a couple of weeks, and on the verge of phoning my GP, I received a call about my latest blood tests.

My HbA1c was 39. All other readings for cholesterol, electrolytes etc were “good“. I was advised to cut the Metformin from two to one a day. I said that it had been agreed about a year ago that I could reduce from two to one! (Clearly my GP hadn’t put this on my medical records). The upshot is that I’m officially off the Metformin - yay!

They will do HbA1c again in three months. If that’s ok, in six months, and if that’s ok, every 12 months.

It was suggested I don‘t need to prick my finger every day, if at all. However, I’ll continue for a couple of weeks after stopping the Metformin and then review it.
 
HenryBennett said:
My HbA1c was 39. All other readings for cholesterol, electrolytes etc were “good“. I was advised to cut the Metformin from two to one a day. I said that it had been agreed about a year ago that I could reduce from two to one! (Clearly my GP hadn’t put this on my medical records). The upshot is that I’m officially off the Metformin - yay!
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Congrats @HenryBennett - and welcome to the club 🙂 Great result!
 
Well done Henry @HenryBennett on those great results. I too don't need to do a daily finger prick, but I've made so many good friends on this thread. I love the caring advice that I see posted to support others on here and love the great humour and banter as well. I long ago decided to keep my hand (or should that be fingers) in this thread. I hope you will do the same.

Dez
 
MeeTooTeeTwo said:
Well done Henry @HenryBennett on those great results. I too don't need to do a daily finger prick, but I've made so many good friends on this thread. I love the caring advice that I see posted to support others on here and love the great humour and banter as well. I long ago decided to keep my hand (or should that be fingers) in this thread. I hope you will do the same.

Dez
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Thanks, I agree with all the above.
 
HenryBennett said:
After waiting a couple of weeks, and on the verge of phoning my GP, I received a call about my latest blood tests.

My HbA1c was 39. All other readings for cholesterol, electrolytes etc were “good“. I was advised to cut the Metformin from two to one a day. I said that it had been agreed about a year ago that I could reduce from two to one! (Clearly my GP hadn’t put this on my medical records). The upshot is that I’m officially off the Metformin - yay!

They will do HbA1c again in three months. If that’s ok, in six months, and if that’s ok, every 12 months.

It was suggested I don‘t need to prick my finger every day, if at all. However, I’ll continue for a couple of weeks after stopping the Metformin and then review it.
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Thats great news @HenryBennett! Congratulations and well done on those fantastic results.
 
HenryBennett said:
After waiting a couple of weeks, and on the verge of phoning my GP, I received a call about my latest blood tests.

My HbA1c was 39. All other readings for cholesterol, electrolytes etc were “good“. I was advised to cut the Metformin from two to one a day. I said that it had been agreed about a year ago that I could reduce from two to one! (Clearly my GP hadn’t put this on my medical records). The upshot is that I’m officially off the Metformin - yay!

They will do HbA1c again in three months. If that’s ok, in six months, and if that’s ok, every 12 months.

It was suggested I don‘t need to prick my finger every day, if at all. However, I’ll continue for a couple of weeks after stopping the Metformin and then review it.
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Great news - congrats!!
 
Many congratulations to @HenryBennett. Fantastic achievement and hope that you will stick around even if you don't need to anymore.

Also congrats to @adrian1der on another house special. Some of you guys are starting to make it look far too easy!

@Bexlee So sorry you are struggling with a migraine now when you should be enjoying some R&R. Hope it eases soon. Have to say I really don't miss them. One of the blessings of my diabetes diagnosis, that I no longer suffer them.
 
6.4 This morning and a bit of a late post.

Having been to friends for a meal on Friday, out of the six of us, 4 have gone down with a sickness bug. They have each Started a day after the other, so not the food, so probably a virus. So far I am fine, and definitely keeping my distance from OH. hoping it has passed me by.

@Bexlee and @freesia and any other teachers - Have a proper break and rest over the holidays.
Enjoy your final week of Welsh, and I hope you get to continue via What’s app
Congratulations on the HS @adrian1der
Well done @HenryBennett , excellent results.
@Lanny keep the commentary coming. Very entertaining.

Weird weather today with intermittent rain but still very warm.
I hope that you have had a good day.
 
Pleased to report that the wedding went really well. I hadn't met the bride before although she is marrying an ex colleague of mine. She was absolutely stunning in a vintage ivory lace gown with plunging back and she had dried flowers and corn in her home made bouquet and matching decoration in her hair which was gorgeous and so appropriate for the harvest time of year and of course the farming community little church where the wedding was held and no worries about flowers wilting in the heat.

Thought we were going to have to let her down at 10am this morning though when Ian got Zak in from the field to bath him and he was missing a front shoe and his hoof was badly damaged. Ian checked both horses last night to make sure they both had 4 shoes so perhaps Zak was trying to get out of the job. They are both terrors for pulling shoes off in the fence even though they have loads of grass in their respective fields. Thankfully one of Rebel's plastic Skoot boots fit him after I did a bit of hoof rasping to tidy up the damage and we gave him a trot up and down the road to make sure he was sound and happy in the boot, then it was full steam ahead to get there. Weather held despite forecast (we still haven't had any rain here yet) and it was actually rather hot and sunny at times, so I was pleased to be able to leave the church and take my hat off and be a bit more comfortable on the way home and happier still to now be sitting in a cool house now having some late lunch. Managed my BG levels really well despite the stress and a 1 unit Levemir reduction this morning. Currently sitting at a nice steady 4.8. I do love it when my levels are steady and I am not constantly fighting to keep them in range.
 
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