Group 7-day waking average?

[Lanny]

09:27 BS 6.2 🙂

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

Been absent a few days & BS has been pretty consistent! That’s the good bit. The bad bit is my sleeping pattern is off kilter again as I’m going through a bout of insomnia & getting what sleep I can whenever. I keep having anxious stress type nightmares when I DO sleep: yesterday’s was a DOOZY! I embezzled money from my family restaurant, got caught, killed somebody & went on the run! 😱 I can tell you that was a HORRIBLE dream to wake up on & I didn’t want to go back to sleep after THAT! It started innocently enough & turned nasty very quickly: all my dreams have been like that recently; this one was the most shocking in that I had a strong sense I’d killed someone but, I didn’t actually remember dreaming that! All to do with various family members in my dreams & maybe the easing of the lockdowns & the coming spring with potential visits from my family again has got me stressed out! 🙄 I mean I love them BUT, they CAN annoy me too!🙄

I’ve been awake since about 4:30pm yesterday when I woke from that awful dream & only going to bed now as I can’t keep my eyes open for much longer! I just hope that whatever is bugging me in my mind gets worked out soon & I can stop having these nightmares!

 

[Sitosea]

Da iawn TinaD.

 

[Grannylorraine]

Morning all

6.9 for me but did have a jacket potato for dinner at 9pm last night.

@TinaD - congrats on your HS today and yesterday.

@Gwynn - hope your eye op goes well tomorrow.

Have a good day everyone

 

[joner847]

Morning. I haven't been here for a couple of weeks....I've been working on my MSc Cyber Security Assignment, that has meant that I haven't been frequenting these forums as much as I would've liked!! So my numbers for the last few days were 5.9, 6.9, 6.1, 7.0, 5.8 with a 7-day average of 6.5.
One thing is I've seem to be out of routine testing during the day!! Something to work on!

 

[Gruers]

9.1 this morning after a fish and chip supper last night. I’m out of hospital now and starting rehab which at the moment is a lot of walking, thanks for all your messages while I was in hospital for 37 days they helped a lot

 

[AnchorFaced]

Morning All. First morning post from me with 6.8 at 0700 and rising. Slapped a new sensor on the right arm yesterday evening which unsurprisingly thinks it's an alarm clock rather than a measure of my BG. So that was shouting at 0038 and 0451 with a 3.2 and 3.5 sharp drop respectively. I'm now used to the lies in this abusive relationship. One quick strip reading giving 7.3 and all is well...I thought so. Lets see what happens over the next 48 hours or I'll be on the blower with my dulcet tones to Abbott again.

 

[khskel]

Morning all and it was a house special for me although this was only achieved by guzzling half a pack of glucose tablets at midnight. For some reason my big decided to nose dive just after I went to sleep. Luckily the 2.2 woke me up.

Meeting with the video team went very well last night. Sounds though it should be good. We're even getting actors in.

Right there are socks to pair. I wonder how many orphans there will be..

Have a good day everyone.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Morning everyone 🙂 at 7:22 my BG was 13.2. Reason unknown. 1.5u correction. 11.0u tresiba done.

I hope everyone has a great day 🙂

 

[Gwynn]

Thanks Grannylorraine, I am so glad to be able to have my eyes sorted out...we will 'see' how it goes tomorrow ! Joking apart, the first op was so easy, completely pain free. The self isolation though was very tough for me.

 

[Elenka_HM]

Good morning! 4'5 for me today.

Yesterday I had a video call with my parents and was telling them about my little experiments and extra testing and mom went "don't obsess! Just do your minimum of 3 test per day and that's it!". I know she meant well, but felt a bit like she doesn't understand :/

 

[rebrascora]

Morning all and it was a house special for me although this was only achieved by guzzling half a pack of glucose tablets at midnight. For some reason my big decided to nose dive just after I went to sleep. Luckily the 2.2 woke me up.

Meeting with the video team went very well last night. Sounds though it should be good. We're even getting actors in.

Right there are socks to pair. I wonder how many orphans there will be..

Have a good day everyone.

Couldn't decide whether to give you a star for your HS (many congratulations!.... they allow me to claim them for a JB engineered achievement so no reason why you shouldn't get credited with the accolade) ...Or a "Wow" for the video with real actors..... Or a HaHa for the orphaned socks..... maybe that would be cruel though!.... or just a plain boring old "Like"
Definitely thing you deserve a star though!

Morning All. First morning post from me with 6.8 at 0700 and rising. Slapped a new sensor on the right arm yesterday evening which unsurprisingly thinks it's an alarm clock rather than a measure of my BG. So that was shouting at 0038 and 0451 with a 3.2 and 3.5 sharp drop respectively. I'm now used to the lies in this abusive relationship. One quick strip reading giving 7.3 and all is well...I thought so. Lets see what happens over the next 48 hours or I'll be on the blower with my dulcet tones to Abbott again.

Pleased to see you join our merry band. We like people who have a good sense of humour.
You do know that Libre sensors can suffer from "compression lows" when you lie on them don't you? Not something I would report them to Abbott for as I believe they are all prone to it if you apply enough pressure to them for long enough. I believe it isn't actually the sensor but the underlying tissue which changes as a result of the pressure of the sensor on top of it, compressing it. Just something to bear in mind, when it screams at you through the night and you wake up. I seem to have managed to train myself not to do it anymore.... a bit like how your brain learns where the edge of the bed is and doesn't allow you to roll off.
Another tip with Libre is that many of us apply it a day or 2 before we activate it. This gives the tissue a chance to react to the foreign body suddenly injected into it and then settle down again. The 60 min warm up time often isn't nearly enough for this reaction to settle down. The clock on the sensor only starts counting down the 14 days once you active the sensor, so this doesn't affect the lifespan and seems to give better results from day one of activation for many people.

 

[DuncanLord]

Our pressured lifestyles are completely crazy, DuncanLord. Two things in the news this morning caught my eye and made me shudder, quantum apocalypse and our government forcing job seekers to find employment outside of their 'talent'/'field of expertise' after just 4 weeks or face sanctions and presumably loss of financial support. Life seems to just get harder and more stressful day by day for the under privillaged. Sigh.

I woke up late this morning and was late testing as I got caught up in the house rubbish and getting the bins out...BG 5.4 oh well. Might as well be a zillion miles from an HS but still a good result.

Day 10 of self isolation out of 10. Operation is tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

Wife was decidedly 'off' yesterday. We are back to 'intruders' again and the strange, odd accusations. Sigh. She did settle down better later in the day thankfully. I just never know when the 'thing' will make an appearance nor in what shape or form, nor how deep it will go, nor how long it will last. Very stressful for me. Very sad and upsetting for her. Double sigh.

Well, I hope you all have a great day today whatever you decide to do.

Me, I'm off to Florida to launch myself into space on a journey to a more relaxed planet....

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Unfortunately @Gwynn you have picked one of the few things that the big D stops.
So far I’ve found now banned things are:-
Become an astronaut
Drive a formula 1 car.
Drive under blue lights.
Trek to Everest base camp.
Other than that the world is your oyster!

 

[DuncanLord]

Tah Dah! And another 5.2 for the old lady in Wales. Personally I wish for upper 4s so that I can have a bit more leeway in the diet but meter seems to like the HS. Filthy weather here - low cloud, wet, grey, visibility under 100m. Can't go out as isolating until post hospital tests. Aargh! Nothing for it except housework.

Congratulations but will you please give others a chance!
I personally would get your meter checked as it seems to be stuck.

 

[rebrascora]

Good morning! 4'5 for me today.

Yesterday I had a video call with my parents and was telling them about my little experiments and extra testing and mom went "don't obsess! Just do your minimum of 3 test per day and that's it!". I know she meant well, but felt a bit like she doesn't understand :/

Totally understand! It is one of the benefits of the forum here that we can share this information with each other. My partner just filters out anything I say about my diabetes. I might as well talk to a wall! Your Mum cares but doesn't really understand. Would she be horrified to know that many of us scan our Libre 30x a day?? Makes all the difference in the world to my diabetes management being able to experiment and see how my body responds and takes the pressure off my dose calculations etc. And also incredibly helpful to discuss the experiments and results with people on the forum who have a greater insight into what we are trying to achieve.

 

[Lanny]

Picked up my mail & one of my neighbours opposite me saw me at the front door so, came over for a nice long catch chat on the doorstep! Rather sadly her husband past away four months ago!

Just opened a hospital letter & I have an actual face to face appointment at the Causeway Hospital diabetic review on 24/02/22 & do bloods about 2 weeks before at the health centre! So, I’d better book that now as the days of just showing up & queuing for AGES in a crowded room for blood tests in the Treatment Room have been done away with & sometimes there’s a wait of 2 or 3 weeks for appointments! 🙄

 

[Elenka_HM]

Totally understand! It is one of the benefits of the forum here that we can share this information with each other.

Absolutely true.

Would she be horrified to know that many of us scan our Libre 30x a day??

Possibly to be honest I am a bit scared of getting truly obsessed when I get my own Libre! But I am curious, and I know it's so important to have this information when you are dealing with insulin, especially for us newbies who can't rely on previous experiences.

I understand my mum wants me to relax and don't worry too much. Sometimes I just want to forget about diabetes, but with morning readings, mealtimes and exercise, you can't go very long without a little reminder, can you?

 

[gll]

Hey everyone 🙂

12.1 at 7am

Another busy day today sorting out paperwork and business accounts. Bring on the coffee (going to need it).

 

[MeeTooTeeTo]

Congratulations to @TinaD on another HS

 

[AnchorFaced]

You do know that Libre sensors can suffer from "compression lows" when you lie on them don't you?

I do and that is what I tend to see happen on my left arm more often than the right. When I first got my Libre I didn't know and it took some time to work out what was going on. I'm a long way from being a sage T1 oracle, though over the coming years I'm sure it'll be fun getting there.

Another tip with Libre is that many of us apply it a day or 2 before we activate it.

See, that is the kind of gritty content I'm after. Didn't know this tit-bit, thank you. Of course I'll rummage around the boards to see what pros and cons are but it does sound interesting.
I had my last 2 sensors on the left arm, as my right was consistently giving off readings. I knew this would happen and was prepared for it, so I'll finger stab tonight before bed to see if it is off or not. Hopefully it will settle down.

My wife and I are well past the OMG fight or flight response to the alarm, but the lack of sleep between trying to get to and waking up hours before 0700 only fuel the grumpy pre coffee entity that emerges daily. Secretly I think my spirit animal would be a Cicada.

 

[rebrascora]

I do and that is what I tend to see happen on my left arm more often than the right. When I first got my Libre I didn't know and it took some time to work out what was going on. I'm a long way from being a sage T1 oracle, though over the coming years I'm sure it'll be fun getting there.


See, that is the kind of gritty content I'm after. Didn't know this tit-bit, thank you. Of course I'll rummage around the boards to see what pros and cons are but it does sound interesting.
I had my last 2 sensors on the left arm, as my right was consistently giving off readings. I knew this would happen and was prepared for it, so I'll finger stab tonight before bed to see if it is off or not. Hopefully it will settle down.

My wife and I are well past the OMG fight or flight response to the alarm, but the lack of sleep between trying to get to and waking up hours before 0700 only fuel the grumpy pre coffee entity that emerges daily. Secretly I think my spirit animal would be a Cicada.

I really sympathize. I love my Libre and thankfully I still have the original without the alarms, so apart from waking up to deal with the occasional low or high BG level which thankfully my body is pretty good at alerting me to, I sleep well and my partner remains totally undisturbed even when I have hypos or hypers. I can even inject a correction in the dark now which means I barely wake up and don't need to get out of bed.... I sleep with insulin pens and Libre reader under my pillow and jelly babies in a container on the bedside table. I think he would dump me if I had alarms going off regularly through the night 🙄 If I ever get Libre 2 I will be disabling the alarms at least through the night. Sleep is too precious and thankfully I no longer fear nocturnal hypos.