Excellent! But I’ve now got “Come on Eileen” as an ear worm!Morning all. 🙂 8.2 here...my diabetes is leading me a merry dance at the mo! Ffleurrrghhh.😛
Aw, aw, aw, little Zara is so CUTE @eggyg. I love the look of determination on her face.
Thought this’d raise a larf...not quite pink DMs.
Excellent news @Lucyr . That’s good to hear.We did cover diabetes in the afternoon, it was accurate information, about T1 and T2, hypo and hyper, offering sugary drinks, etc. As part of the assessments we had to check wrists, ankles and neck for medical alerts in anyone not completely conscious or acting strangely too, as well as being told to check their purse/wallet for an alert card if appropriate
Hi @rebrascora7.0 this morning after a 2.8 according to Libre at 6am. Didn't double check just munched a couple of JBs but pretty sure it was exaggerating as usual. 🙄
Oh and I had a 7.1 yesterday but completely forgot to post it. I guess I am out of the habit after my enforced break.... I read right through everyone else's posts but didn't think to add my own.... Must do better!
@sg295 Hope you get some emotional release and support from your appointment today. Judging by your morning readings you are doing brilliantly but that belies the emotional toll it is taking on you, so don't be worried about letting that show. It is a very normal and valid aspect of diabetes management. Don't forget to ask for a DAFNE referral as just spending time in the company of other Type 1 diabetics will be of great benefit but hope they can suggest some other coping strategies to help you in the mean time.
@Bloden.... Just love it! Reminds me that I bought some bright floral dungarees on Masham market about 25 years ago and they will be in the back of my wardrobe somewhere. Thought they were the bees knees at the time. Might have to dig them out!!
Omg I can relate to that hungry hypos thing, eating everything in sight at 2am haha!Morning guys, was flatfish 5 about an hour before I woke up. The libre ended on schedule, well done, medal.
If your Diabetes is getting you down, make a game of it
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We have a bin strike in Coventry, no recycling collected since before Xmas and not going to be until April, normal rubbish only collected 2 weeks ago from before Xmas so rubbish strewed about everywhere.Morning
8.9 today
Have woken up to a very sore jaw and it's all Bruce's fault, I smashed it off his shoulder as I was trying to get away from him tickling me, for some reason he was in annoying mood mode last night!
Very windy here again with yet another weather warning for it, snow & ice but that's nothing unusual for the last couple of months, recycling bins don't get emptied for another week but there's two chocka at the next block and the lids have blown up and all the recycling is blowing out 🙄 xx
Hi @rebrascora@sg295
That sounds like a really excellent appointment. I am so pleased for you!
Hope the Fiasp works well for you. It took me about 3 months to get to grips with using it after I was on NovoRapid to start with, but it was worth persevering. I found I needed a bit more Fiasp than NR and at higher levels above 10 it has much less effect for me (like injecting water sometimes. It took me quite a while to get brave enough to use it to my benefit as I was resistant to using bigger doses.
Half unit pens are great and should really help you to fine tune your insulin doses and being able to check when you last injected and how many units is so useful for those "did I" "didn't I" moments when you can't remember whether you injected or not.
TIR in the 90s is great and gives you plenty of wriggle room, so do be prepared to sacrifice a bit of that for better life/diabetes balance. This is as important as managing your diabetes well.
Great that they have referred you for counselling too and that your DSN is going to advocate for a pump. That will take time for anything to happen but I think it would really help you a lot and at least gives you some hope. Also good that you will have more regular DSN access.
Hope you feel a bit less ground down by your diabetes now. It will improve with time and experience but all these other measures should help you through this particularly difficult patch.