Group 7-day waking average?

[SueEK]

Phew got here and only a few minutes late 3 and a quarter hours from Brighton to London 😳 Now for an embarrassing hour of tests for how many ways I can hold onto fluid (or not as is more probable) lol

 

[rebrascora]

A rather late good morning to you all.
5.1 for me this morning but that was after 2 JBs for a 3.5 earlier. Had a lovely afternoon with my Sis yesterday. It was cold but we didn't feel it until we got back to the stables and thankfully it didn't rain on us and in fact the sky was really clear and the very thin crescent moon and planets (probably Venus and Jupiter) were clearly visible as we were coming in along the farm track. There were two very odd low is wispy cloudy in an otherwise clear sky that looked just like Dennis Healy eyebrows!

@eggyg That photo really is a stunner! Looks seriously professional! Sounds like you had a very interesting walk. Just curious if you heeded the closed sign and went back through the obstacle course you had just negotiated or ploughed on regardless?

@SueEK So pleased you got there eventually. That must be so stressful and that is before the tests even start. Hope things go better than you expect and there is some notable improvement.

 

[PattiEvans]

Good morning people. Storm was raging around the house all night.

4.9 this morning... TIR still 94% over 7 days with 1% hypo. What am I doing right?????

Yesterday we removed all the ornaments off the tree and re-dressed it. New lights look fab. Hope they don't go pop! pics below of the ornaments on an old sheet on the table and the re-dressed tree.

@SueEK good luck with the tests.

@eggyg what a superb photo of a beautiful view - you should blow it up and have it on one of those canvasses you can get from Printerpix.

@SB2015 Happy Birthday

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Good morning everyone 🙂
7:58am - 4.0 for me below target 15u of tresiba done then by 9:38am before breakfast it had risen to 6.0 which is within target - I had 36g of carbs and 4.5u humalog for food.

Bedtime
23:10pm bedtime 4.6 - had 4x rich tea biscuits 24g of carbs.

 

[eggyg]

A rather late good morning to you all.
5.1 for me this morning but that was after 2 JBs for a 3.5 earlier. Had a lovely afternoon with my Sis yesterday. It was cold but we didn't feel it until we got back to the stables and thankfully it didn't rain on us and in fact the sky was really clear and the very thin crescent moon and planets (probably Venus and Jupiter) were clearly visible as we were coming in along the farm track. There were two very odd low is wispy cloudy in an otherwise clear sky that looked just like Dennis Healy eyebrows!

@eggyg That photo really is a stunner! Looks seriously professional! Sounds like you had a very interesting walk. Just curious if you heeded the closed sign and went back through the obstacle course you had just negotiated or ploughed on regardless?

@SueEK So pleased you got there eventually. That must be so stressful and that is before the tests even start. Hope things go better than you expect and there is some notable improvement.

Just ploughed on! Top rebs us!

 

[eggyg]

Good morning people. Storm was raging around the house all night.

4.9 this morning... TIR still 94% over 7 days with 1% hypo. What am I doing right?????

Yesterday we removed all the ornaments off the tree and re-dressed it. New lights look fab. Hope they don't go pop! pics below of the ornaments on an old sheet on the table and the re-dressed tree.

@SueEK good luck with the tests.

@eggyg what a superb photo of a beautiful view - you should blow it up and have it on one of those canvasses you can get from Printerpix.

@SB2015 Happy Birthday

Wow! Looks amazing. At first glance I thought you were having a Christmas buffet! Our Christmas tree is in a bucket of water in a corner in our back yard. Daughter got it on Sunday for us. Hope it’s still upright when we get home!

 

[PattiEvans]

Wow! Looks amazing. At first glance I thought you were having a Christmas buffet! Our Christmas tree is in a bucket of water in a corner in our back yard. Daughter got it on Sunday for us. Hope it’s still upright when we get home!

We bought the tree in 1987 in Los Angeles. Bit of a saga getting it home, but we were airline crew at the time and thus had "ways". It has more than paid for itself since LOL! Hope your tree is OK.

 

[gll]

Delighted to report 7.8 and not double digits this morning 😎

The snow is coming down now, hope my Son can make it home later. He just started his first proper fulltime job yesterday working as a labourer for my nephew (electrician) so is slightly out of his depth with the travel side of things. Would like to think my nephew wouldn't leave him stranded at a bus station without a bus home 😉.
Nephew's girlfriend is booked for a section tomorrow so super excited for another great nephew and lots of baby cuddles. Hoping all goes smoothly

 

[Leadinglights]

Morning all. A nice round 6.
Hoping Storm Barra isn’t going to be as bad as predicted. Had an adventurous walk around Tarn Hows yesterday. Was more than half way round when we came across an assault course of uprooted trees. Of course we had to go over/under/through them. It wasn’t a pretty sight! Not very dignified at all! Got through them, about five in all, and there was a sign telling folks not to go any further! If only we’d decided to walk clockwise! We also had sleet pelting us too! It was great fun. 🙂 A very tough 6.7 miles.

A day in today, could be a bit foolhardy going out, lots of trees leaning very precariously. Fingers crossed it won’t be a bad as Arwen. It’s definitely left it’s mark on the Lake District.

Have a good day everyone. Hope things go well @SueEK. 🙂

Here’s a photo I took yesterday before I turned into Bear Grylls! The sun just popped out for a few moments. I’m pretty pleased with it. Mr Eggy begrudgingly said it was better than his shot.

What a fabulous picture, calendar quality. The Lake District is one of my favourite places.
You assault course reminds me of a walk with my daughter in Malta where we had obviously strayed off the path and scrambled up a slippery scree only to be faced on the top of a ridge with steep scree in all directions. We slid back the way we had come on our backsides and with legs like jelly went back the way we had come. Treated ourselves to a gin ice cream before retreating round the road route.
I hope you don't get the rough weather as predicted.

 

[SueEK]

@SB2015 hope you are having a lovely Birthday xx

 

[Kaylz]

Right, I've spoken to one of the health centre's pharmacists, she has no idea of anyone trying to contact me so I don't know what to believe anymore! Everything was gone over and checked that quantities were ok for me, I did ask to have 200 extra strips added to the next prescription as I'd used my back ups in all this mess but instead she has added 100 extra strips onto each CMS due, I asked if it could all be ready for Saturday which she said it should be, I was going to be ordering insulin and ketone strips online later but asked if she could just put it through for me which she did, hopefully normal service will now resume! xx

 

[rebrascora]

So relieved that you have "hopefully" resolved it, but will be happier once I hear you have the new strips in your possession!
I have had a text to say I am getting a phone call from the practice nurse tomorrow morning sometime.....No idea what that will be about unless it is regarding my recent online request for access to my medical records/results. Otherwise it may be a review that I certainly don't need as I had asthma and diabetes reviewed in person in July. I guess I will find out in the morning unless the weather is so bad that the nurse doesn't make it into work..... So far it is just very wet and windy here.

 

[Nikki53]

A late post ...
Massively misread two labels today.
I had 1100+ calories for lunch today
Expect problems tomorrow ...

 

[rebrascora]

A late post ...
Massively misread two labels today.
I had 1100+ calories for lunch today
Expect problems tomorrow ...

What problems do you anticipate from extra calories? Only the carbs will have an impact on your BG levels.

 

[freesia]

TIR still 94% over 7 days with 1% hypo

Great stats! Well done. Your tree looks amazing too.

@eggyg what a beautiful photo. Get it printed onto a jigsaw, it will keep you occupied over the winter.

 

[Nikki53]

What problems do you anticipate from extra calories? Only the carbs will have an impact on your BG levels.

I don't really know.
I'm still new at this.
At the moment things like blood sugar, blood pressure and weight are all swirling around in my head.
I suppose I also felt really stupid getting it so wrong (I misread 1/5 for 1/2).
Perhaps it won't be so bad after all.

 

[gll]

I don't really know.
I'm still new at this.
At the moment things like blood sugar, blood pressure and weight are all swirling around in my head.
I suppose I also felt really stupid getting it so wrong (I misread 1/5 for 1/2).
Perhaps it won't be so bad after all.

if you have been overeating all day maybe it will effect the weight.
It should have shown on your meter by now if there was an issue with BG 🙂
I was terrified to eat ANYTHING for the first wee while and completely understand how daunting everything is.

 

[rebrascora]

I don't really know.
I'm still new at this.
At the moment things like blood sugar, blood pressure and weight are all swirling around in my head.
I suppose I also felt really stupid getting it so wrong (I misread 1/5 for 1/2).
Perhaps it won't be so bad after all.

Making mistakes is all part of the learning process so they can all be quite beneficial as long as you spot the mistake and understand where you went wrong. Diabetes is a "marathon not a sprint" as we say here, so you have plenty of time to make errors and gain experience as you go along .

Personally I don't worry or even think about calories or protein or fat or salt or magnesium or calcium or all the different vitamins.... Where do you draw the line and say enough is enough? It gets far too confusing and it just isn't necessary. The only stats that I am interested in is the amount of carbs in my food and how my BG levels respond to them. I appreciate that some people clock up all these other results and ponder about them and perhaps give themselves a hard time if they get too much of one or not enough of another but life is too short in my opinion.
My advice would be....
Either....
Go the Newcastle Diet route and go very low calorie (800 per day) and just count the calories (or easier still just drink the shakes) to lose weight fast which might push you into remission
Or....
Go low carb and just count the carbs and that will help you to control your BG levels and might also lead to remission... and losing weight may be a side effect, without even trying or focusing on it.

Trying to do both at once just makes it so much more difficult than it needs to be in my opinion.

 

[Gwynn]

Interesting, I seem to be the exact opposite to Rebrascoras approach. I analyse everything, every day, every meal, in the minutest detail. It all started because I was where you were Nikki53. Absolutely terrified. No information, no, contradictory information, confused, frightened. So I just had to find out as much as I could and get on with facing up to it all from diagnosis onwards....making huge mistakes as I went, but those mistakes got smaller and smaller as I learned more. I noticed that things didn't go 'south' when I did make a mistake so I am now not so stressed. I think Rebrascoras approach is probably a much better one as it does not create extra unnecessary stress, probably much more balanced too, but me being me, I am probably over doing things. In a sense I have to as a distraction from ensuring my wife is constantly not becoming ill again...it's a 24/7 365 days a year job.

I love being up so early. So peaceful and quiet. I can think more easily without the daytime activities and noise rushing about my head.

BG 5.4 for me this morning. That is good.

I couldn't be bothered to make the kitchen cabinet thing yesterday. For some reason I was completely shattered all day. Much better today. Maybe I will tackle it.

I need to venture out to do some exercise but the wind is still very strong here, and I bet it's cold out there too.

 

[miguel81]

Good morning - 8.6