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Group 7-day waking average?

Greetings all 🙂

No breakfast reading yesterday, but a 4.8 today, bedtime readings have returned to normal so hopefully that continues :D

Still yet to win a game of bowling 😳

Pharmacy and haircut day today (have not told mum 😛) and looking outside hoping not to blow away😱

Wishing y’all a fantastic Thursday 🙂
 
Morning all. :D 4.3 here.

Hubby’s dying to get back in the kitchen - I’m still painting in there - so that he can make some beetroot soup. o_O😛 I’d best take the pics for the kitchen company’s website as soon as I finish - ie before my OH splatters beetroot juice up the walls.😎

Nice work @Kopiert. 🙂
 
7 on the button this morning.

I’ll check in later and read everything I’ve missed.
 
6.9 today. Grey skies and windy, forget about on yer bike today....
 
Well after a great start to the day yesterday, my levels went up to the top end of the range (10) and occasionally slightly beyond and stubbornly stayed there most of the day despite corrections, so my reduction in daytime Levemir yesterday was a bad move.
Started today on a very nice 5.4, so I am hoping the return to my previous basal dose will hold me in range better. I am back up to 91% TIR though which I am happier with but still a long way from a PB.

I had another sweet mince pie experiment last night and got it near enough right at last!! Gave it 5 units (ridiculous for what the packet says is 32g carbs) and waited over half an hour until my levels dropped to 4.4. I didn't mean to let it go quite that low but got distracted hanging washing on the airer as it was taking ages for the insulin to kick in and sitting looking at the pie whilst I waited was just too tempting. As a result I dipped a tiny bit into the red at 3.8 on the Libre, but a finger prick would have been above 4 and I peaked no higher than 8.7 which I am really chuffed with and certainly beats the 15 of my previous experiments! Pre-bolusing longer is the key, but must remember not to get distracted!
 
7.1 today and flu jab later. Was going to pop into a coffee and cake morning of a neighbour for a charity but am unsure now whether to go with the Covid case rises, seems it’s all flaring up again, not that it ever went away. Will think on that one. Had a nice chicken and bacon salad yesterday. Nothing else of interest to note.
@Gwynn were you a astronaut and if so tell us more? X
Have a good day all xx
 
Morning all, 4.7 here, but only after a veritable mountain overnight, involving a correction dose at 2am. Went out for a meal last night and had a huge bowl of pasta with a rich sauce. It took so long getting into my system, I was only 4.3 at bedtime and didn’t dare do a correction dose then, but knew I'd rise later. Trusted my body to wake me up, which it did, but only when I'd got to 15 on the Libre!
Went to Clovelly yesterday, @SueEK , you’re right, it’s lovely. Then walked along the cliff path to Blackchurch rock, which involved another descent to the beach and a stiff climb up again. Doing Hartland point today, @eggyg , but I don't know how many steep ascents I’ve got left in me, so may decamp in the car later, to Widemouth Bay.
 
A 5.8 for me this morning. Two days in the 5s on the trot after being in the sixes for a while. Several calls today so a busy day in the office is pending. At least it is nearly the weekend
 
Morning

9.3 today

Very little sleep as was mad windy last night, it was totally howling, calmed down at the moment but supposed to pick up again later, very chilly today too xx
 
08:37 BS 6.8 with a tiny bit of DP? Not sure how long I was awake as I had a nice dream that I continued “Day Dreaming” about to finish it but, my stomach, in the background, started waking up & had to stop day dreaming anyway when the seismic eruptions could no longer be ignored! 😳😱:D😉 Bunged in NR first & dinged a ready made chicken & veg soup & had that already before posting this. Will now rather leisurely, now my stomach is satisfied, compose & type this post before I take my inhalers, REALLY needing them these days, & medication & morning 10am LR not long after that!🙄

Yesterday my BS was quite stable & steady after increasing my LR to 96 units, after going out & coming back feeling worse, but JUST a teeny bit too high: in the 8’s all day between meals & peaking in the mid 11’s after meals so, I knew the basal was right & the NR for meals too; just need to get it to a lower starting point this morning & hopefully stay in range all day from there? So, after going to bed early 15:20 BS 8.7, my last meal was 10:06 BS 8.7 just after peaking at 12:51 BS 10.4 & finished after active bolus at 14:43 BS 8.3 to be awakened by 10 pm LR last night 22:42, a bit reluctant to respond, BS 8.8 I definitely knew both basal & bolus are right at LR 96 & NR at 50, 46 & 42 so, bunged in 96 LR & a wee tiny bit of 2 NR to bring me down to target range before going back to sleep? After a wee trip for a call of nature I testing my theory 01:55 BS 6.0 YES! Felt rather smug before going back to sleep! :D Now I wake & start the day in target range & I’ll see if I CAN keep it in range, or there abouts, all day?🙄

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

Glad I decided not to get my flu vaccine yesterday evening as I would have struggled to stay awake for it & going out while tired & already a bit of a relapse would only have worsen things even more! o_O

Now then, inhalers first, still a bit wheezy at times that I was aware of during sleeping, & meds after! 🙄
 
Morning All
After a very late start a 5.7 for me this morning.
Tuesday was a day of two lows. (4.8 and 4.1 with rest being nicely in target. ). Yesterday BG’s soared up into 10’s Nothing different with meals or insulin dosages. Just one of those things or was my pancreas having a panic delivery on Tuesday and a full rest yesterday? We will see what happens today.
@rebrascora Glad to see your mince pie experiment is working. It’s just a case of try adjust system and try again. What we do when there is something we want to eat!!!!
Stay safe everyone.
 
That b…..dy diabetes fairy is on the loose again.
Just when I’m beginning to think that my BG figures were nicely in the target area she strikes!
Tuesdays drop into the 4’s at teatime I put down to my pancreas having a quick splurge but today before tea at 17:30, yes I was feeling hungry but checked and was 3.2. Oops.
Immediately rechecked as at 16:00 after a walk, to the doctors and the chemists I’d been 7.4.
No was still 3.3 on the meter. Just above hypo line of 3.0 but rather on the low side. No assistance was needed.
had a quick digestive biscuit (9.8 carbs.) before continuing to prepare tea. 15mins till ready.
A thought about bolus insulin crossed my mind. I’m still following advice from DN rather than calculate it myself. Also told to have the 3 units bolus 15 mins before meal.
The thought process was something like; I need bolus to manage food but it will also affect blood sugars. I’m low so what’s the effect to be?
Decided rightly or wrongly to inject the 3 units 5 min before eating.
Had my full meal, 135g white fish fillet. 170g mash potatoes 100g peas. 100g sliced leaks. 100ml gravy. 200g Natural Greek yoghurt. 105g banana mug black coffee and 1/2litre orange cordial. (65.7 g carbs. 43.22 protein. 25.23 fat and 744 calories)
Waited the 45 mins after eating (DVLA requirements). BG. 7.0. 2 hours after meal. 8.7.
Think I got away with it and am going to speak to diabetes team tomorrow to check on any possible reasons why it dropped like a stone. I’ll also be watching carefully tonight.
Any ideas or is it just that DF on the prowl.
 
DuncanLord said:
Just above hypo line of 3.0
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Who told you this? A hypo is below 4 not 3
DuncanLord said:
had a quick digestive biscuit (9.8 carbs.)
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Personally I (and probably nobody else) would use a biscuit for a reading like that, we need something with a lot more sugar to raise BG quickly and biscuits just dont work all that quickly, I'd use lifts, jelly babies etc xx
 
Kaylz said:
Who told you this? A hypo is below 4 not 3

Personally I (and probably nobody else) would use a biscuit for a reading like that, we need something with a lot more sugar to raise BG quickly and biscuits just dont work all that quickly, I'd use lifts, jelly babies etc xx
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I know DVLA classes hypos below 4 but the hospital app has the hypo line at 3.0. See photo at end.
So far this evening
18:33. BG. 7.0
2.0:12. BG. 8.7
22:15. BG. 6.5
Two cream crackers and coffee for supper before basal 6 units. Just hope it’s right.
One last check before bed at 23:30 coming upF65876B7-4F01-49E9-92EE-47B0AE0EB5FD.png
 
I'm sorry @DuncanLord but 3.2/3.3 is a hypo in anybody's book, I don't care what your hospital app says. DAFNE suggests 3.5 and below because non diabetic people can drop that low, but for those of us on insulin we need to preserve our hypo awareness so whilst a 3.5 may not cause us any harm, it can erode our hypo awareness and we need that to detect when our levels are dropping dangerously low, so we actually need better hypo awareness than Joe Public because Joe public isn't likely to go below 3.5 and risk brain damage/unconsciousness.

Hypos should be treated with 15g of fast acting carbs (dextrose tablets or jelly babies, orange juice, full sugar coke) not a biscuit (I think @Kaylz had a typo in her post and it should read "wouldn't" not "would") which is slower acting by comparison. You should then be checking that levels have come up above 4 15 mins after treatment and if they haven't come up, then another 15g fast acting carbs should be eaten and the hypo treatment is best chewed thoroughly as absorption of glucose starts to occur in the mouth and can transfer to the blood stream quite quickly through the cells in the cheek walls.
These are basic rules which it is important to follow because hypos can often affect your ability to think straight, so it is important to develop a routine or habit for treating them early on so that it becomes automatic in case your levels drop faster next time and a biscuit is too slow to bring you back up. Dropping from 7.4 to 3.2 in an hour and a half isn't actually all that fast. I used to drop from 15 to 5 almost every morning in about an hour until I realised I needed to bolus over an hour in advance of eating breakfast and I have certainly dropped into hypos many times when I thought my levels were steady and safe.
I accept it worked fine this time but please have a rethink about your hypo treatment and use something faster acting and 15g is the recommended amount which is 3-4 glucose tablets or jelly babies and always have your hypo treatment to hand and always retest to make sure it has worked. Developing these good working practices in the early days of your diabetes journey are important and particularly when your job and the safety of others relies upon it.
 
rebrascora said:
I'm sorry @DuncanLord but 3.2/3.3 is a hypo in anybody's book, I don't care what your hospital app says. DAFNE suggests 3.5 and below because non diabetic people can drop that low, but for those of us on insulin we need to preserve our hypo awareness so whilst a 3.5 may not cause us any harm, it can erode our hypo awareness and we need that to detect when our levels are dropping dangerously low, so we actually need better hypo awareness than Joe Public because Joe public isn't likely to go below 3.5 and risk brain damage/unconsciousness.

Hypos should be treated with 15g of fast acting carbs (dextrose tablets or jelly babies, orange juice, full sugar coke) not a biscuit (I think @Kaylz had a typo in her post and it should read "wouldn't" not "would") which is slower acting by comparison. You should then be checking that levels have come up above 4 15 mins after treatment and if they haven't come up, then another 15g fast acting carbs should be eaten and the hypo treatment is best chewed thoroughly as absorption of glucose starts to occur in the mouth and can transfer to the blood stream quite quickly through the cells in the cheek walls.
These are basic rules which it is important to follow because hypos can often affect your ability to think straight, so it is important to develop a routine or habit for treating them early on so that it becomes automatic in case your levels drop faster next time and a biscuit is too slow to bring you back up. Dropping from 7.4 to 3.2 in an hour and a half isn't actually all that fast. I used to drop from 15 to 5 almost every morning in about an hour until I realised I needed to bolus over an hour in advance of eating breakfast and I have certainly dropped into hypos many times when I thought my levels were steady and safe.
I accept it worked fine this time but please have a rethink about your hypo treatment and use something faster acting and 15g is the recommended amount which is 3-4 glucose tablets or jelly babies and always have your hypo treatment to hand and always retest to make sure it has worked. Developing these good working practices in the early days of your diabetes journey are important and particularly when your job and the safety of others relies upon it.
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Thanks Barbara and @Kaylz
I’ll treat it with faster acting glucose next time I just wasn’t sure as it was so close to teatime and didn’t really want a major spike.
confusion for a novice! And always glad of advice.
Bedtime is now 7.5 so should be okay but setting Alarm for middle of night.
Sleep well
 
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