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Well apparently there isn't even a pharmacist in today! The woman I spoke to was like they only gave you 50 strips and your Type 1? I don't think so! She's booked me in for a call, says it will most likely be tomorrow but could be today if I'm lucky, this is utterly ridiculous! xx
7.5 but that could have been caused by sampling the chocolate fudge, then sampling some more. If I don’t stop sampling it there will be done left to take with me to the Christmas meal this evening.
have a good day everyone, I am back in the kitchen to do some more Christmas cake decorating without sampling the chocolate fudge.
Reading the nightmares you're all having with pharmacies etc makes me very grateful that I'm walking distance from easily a dozen pharmacists (albeit some of them are large chains) and about 15 minutes walk away from A&E at a teaching hospital.
Thanks, me too! I've never been so worried about supplies but was a right mess yesterday, I'll be asking for extra strips in my next order too seen as I've been done out of them in my last order! xx
Ahh Rebrascora, we do not have that facility here. However, I rang them up (always a pleasure with the long long wait time and beautiful relaxing musac). However, they were on the ball. Had the discharge lettervand medications listed. The management team have already ordered the prescription and I can pick it up on Wednesday.
I asked, but it seems there is no way for me to order it personally. It may be due to the fact that it is a very short term med and so does not need to be added to my prescription list.
I just wish there was an easy way to find out what to do (or not do) to get things done. I always feel at a loss when dealing with the surgery.
Still, half the battle is won.
Referring back to my eyes...it is almost as if someone has changed the left one for an LED HD version. So much better than before.
Good morning, 6.6 today. Not going shopping as such today, with daughter's car being off the road. Hubby did offer to take her (and me) shopping but she said no - so I did an online order for click and collect later this morning, so up to Morrisons we will go. Did actually want to order from Tesco, BUT they were without electricity for two days and seem to have no frozen products and very few chilled ones to talk about ....I am fed up with Asda being out of stock, I was way too frustrated last Friday so am giving them a miss. Today will be a piece of cake - except there's none ordered of course 🙄 (those were the days!). Have a good day - and get ready to batten down the hatches for tomorrow's expected storm.
4.8 this morning. It would appear I had a longish low between midnight and 3am, but still 94% TIR with only 1% hypo.
Managed to change the malfunctioning Xmas tree lights yesterday. Today we have the task of taking nearly everything off the tree and re-dressing it with the new lights. As it happens we changed 1000 lights for 600 and a box of crackers! I am quite glad as 1000 lights required sunglasses indoors to look at the tree!
@eggyg pleased to hear you are having a jolly muddy time!
@Kaylz, really hope you can get everything sorted. It fills me with fear if strips are low, so I know how you feel.
@rebrascora sooo glad the DF has deserted you for now at least!
Eye op on 2nd dec
Discharge papers signed. One given to me the other electronically sent to the GP
Yesterday I ordered a normal prescription andcadded a commrnt that Ineeded the eye drops as per discharge papers.
I rang the surgery this morning. Yup they uad the discharge papers and were processing the prescription
Just had a phone call from ths surgery. No they don't have any discharge papers and, er, what was it for exactly.
So either the first receptionist (sorry, 'care coordinator') lied or the second (who rang me) was incompetent or a third possibilty the discharge papers were accessible on the IT used by the first but not the second.
I now have to traipse to the surgery to give them the dischrge paper....or is that what I should have done in the first place, but I was told I didn't need to do a thing.
Managinb this NHS is almost impossible and this is just on a personal level.
At least its stopped raining and its good exercise too
Thanks, was in tears yesterday morning about only having 11, my mum got angry at me for it! I tried explaining it was because how dangerous it is to be without and it still didn't seem to get through to her, given my record with Libre 2 I certainly couldn't rely on it! I only put one on last night anyway and it doesn't seem to be settling as its been 3mmol+ out today, and had a duff strip today! xx
Good lunchtime everyone
Well I forgot after breakfast!
This morning was at 7.3
Breakfast and then over to work for a meeting.
They have at long last agreed I can do other duties (as opposed to driving coach as still waiting for DVLA)
At least that will put me back earning money!!!!!!!
However I have 27 days holiday to take before 31 December so may be at home till January, but I’ll still be paid.
I’ve been accruing holidays whist off sick and on furlough. How that will work I’m not sure.
They did ask how earlies and lates shifts will affect insulin? Was not sure but phoned DSN to find out.
Insulin now 7 units Lantus at night, roughly at the same time and bolus with NovoRapid at mealtimes ( whenever they may be ) at a starting rate of 1 unit per 10 carbs but that can be reduced with exercise as per the app bolus advisor.
All in all a good positive step forward.
Have a good day!
6.1 this a.m. after a night so boring that I had done both Guardian crosswords by 0100 hours...Eventually got some sleep around 0500 before up at 0715 to feed pony/let Wolf out etc. Fell asleep over pc this afternoon having further enlarged its virtual memory to wake and find it had crashed again and was at 100%CPU usage. This, combined with grinding teeth in rage, sent me to the kitchen where I consumed a couple of mince pies - so do not expect much better results tomorrow. Hope everyone else is having a smoother start to the week with less strong winds and sleet. Roll on the turn towards the sun...
It was an excellent race. Loke squabbling in the playground! Looking forward to next weekend already. I’m afraid I’m not supporting the British driver….
6.9 today and ready to set off to hospital. Appointment at 10 but leaving in about half hour as worried about traffic, so a long day ahead. Let’s hope there’s none of those pesky demonstrators on the M25 or M5 again!,
Have a good one all xx
6.9 today and ready to set off to hospital. Appointment at 10 but leaving in about half hour as worried about traffic, so a long day ahead. Let’s hope there’s none of those pesky demonstrators on the M25 or M5 again!,
Have a good one all xx
