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Group 7-day waking average?

6.5 this morning before shower.
7.2 afterwards!
Going for a run so I’ll see what it’s line when I’m back but I expect it’ll be high eights or even into the nines.
 
Morning all - happy February

6.7 at 08:00 - obviously a whole biscuit was too much after being woken by the Libre at 02:01 with a 4.

Just waiting for the phone to ring for my appointment with the DSN at 9am.

Congrats again to @harbottle
 
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Morning

6.7 for me, I also like February, not only because it is my birthday this month, but like @eggyg it means spring is just around the corner. This year I am going away for the weekend for my birthday, so already a short month and I have 3 days booked off of work. Although starting with another long day due to my colleague having a family bereavement, so covering her shift.

@Martin.A - welcome back and with a HS as well, congratulations

@harbottle - congratulations on your HS.

Have a good day everyone.
 
Ok a surprising 5.8 this morning. Made a boo-boo with last night's dinner, thinking I'm eating pretty good having fish whilst they ate pastry, but the basa fillet was lightly dusted and, I wasn't expecting the carbs to be that high, plus I thought I'd have some potatoes along with the fine green beans. As well as a couple of other munchies, I was 9.2 just before bed 😱 so did a fair few laps of my kitchen to get a couple of hundred extra steps in (10 calories worth) lol
I will never understand how I end up with a lower BG after a whoopsie day......
Well it is a good start to the new month, however it happened.
Have a good day - and month - everyone. The sun is out, we're in double figures - can't be bad 🙂
 
Just had the phone call with the DSN who has taken over the clinics at the local hospital. I asked if she was pump trained (as the last one wasn't) yes, and not only that, she's T1 on a pump! Woo hooo! She was pleased with my Libre graphs.... Hba1c 45 - which is OK as it comes from straight lines rather than hills and valleys.
 
7.1 when I woke up and injected Levemir. 5.9 when I got up. Missed achieving another "Unicorn Day" yesterday by 2 of the teeny, tiniest dips into the red. TIR is still stuck on 97% with 1% below but 14 day TIR is up from 89% last week to 96% which I believe may be a PB but not one I really count. Just want that magic 98% and then I can relax and be less obsessive. Got HbA1c blood test tomorrow and cholesterol etc. The amount of cheese and eggs and pork scratchings which have been consumed recently will make that latter interesting. It is going to be a fasting blood test purely due to the time of my appointment, so will be interesting to see if that also makes a difference to my lipids as they have been very steadily decreasing the last few years. Then I have phone appointment with consultant next Tues.

@harbottle Congrats on another House Special. Well done but sorry to hear you didn't sleep well. Hope tonight is better.

@AnchorFaced Can't believe that you had 2 slices of pizza at bedtime and woke up in the 5s!! What sort of magic formula do you have to achieve that?? That is advanced level diabetes management. Have an A*

@MartinA Lovely to see you making an appearance on the thread again even if it is just to "laud it over us" and claim a House Special accolade. 🙄 😎 Many congrats on your mostly fab results posted on your other thread yesterday. Well done! Hopefully the slightly duff ones are just a temporary blip that no doubt happen from time to time with human bodies and will right themselves or be easily fixed. (fingers crossed emoji)
 
@Pattidevans Many congrats on your HbA1c. I would absolutely love a result in the mid 40s but can't see it happening even with my great TIR and "straight lines" or maybe we should say gently undulating hills.
 
7.7 well I had been awake for a while woke up quite early but stayed in bed it was the first test though. I did end up having a stack in the middle of the night again.
 
Gwynn said:
Yes, thanks Northerner, it is great geing able to see again.

When I had a brain op about 15 years ago they said then that I would probably go blind from the condition I was suffering from at the time (not diabetes) and that the intended op would not help rectify the damage to my eyes and optic nerves. i.e I was going to be blind! However, I confounded them all when, after the op, I reported that my eyesight had been fully recovered! And it had!

Before the op my eyesight was very poor. I had had to stop driving, working, etc.

After the op (and having recovered from the op) I kept wandering around the hospital looking at, and marvelling at, everything. It was so wonderful to be able to see again.

So this is a similar but much less dramatic scene ! Before the cataract op I was struggling to see. I couldn't read most things anymore. Night vision was zero and I had learned to 'feel' my way around the house. After the cataract ops everything has changed for the better. The feeling of relief, and wonder, and joy is very real every moment of every day. Even being able to now easily see the computer (tablet) screen is great. Being able to read again is great. Being able to see a bit more at night again is great. And all this will continue to improve as I recover more from the second op and eventually get correct glasses.

I am so grateful to the NHS and to the opticians. Thanks !!!
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I have cataracts also, although they are at a relatively early stage so it's hard to discern the difference they are currently making. A remarkable story about how your brain op actually had such a positive outcome for your eyesight - you must have been very concerned beforehand, and very relieved afterwards! 🙂
 
eggyg said:
Just a little aside. I got today’s Wordle ( my first go) in two. 😛 Beginners luck? Or just downright genius?😉
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Quite clearly it’s downright genius!
 
Hi! Posting late today, my BG was 8'8 at 10:30. Higher than usual, but quite expected as we celebrated my housemates birthday with a late dinner full of carbs (not the healthiest ones).

My body is not very happy about last night choices. Ooops. Trying to compensate a bit today with a long walk and light meals.
 
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