Group 7-day waking average?

[PattiEvans]

5.9 at 09:25. Didn't mean to over-sleep and have spent all today rushing round like a loony to make up for it!

 

[miguel81]

Good morning - 5.5

 

[eggyg]

Morning all. 5.9.

Don’t know why I’m up so early as I really don’t need to be. Just you watch, I won’t want to get out of bed tomorrow when I need to!

Had a lovely lunch yesterday with friends, had two glass of vino even though I had a nurse’s appointment afterwards! Luckily, I had a mask on so hopefully she didn’t detect it and make a remark on my records! “Mrs G was drunk as a skunk at her last appointment, on a Wednesday, in the middle of the day! But the pulses in her feet were excellent.”

Semi busy day today, last “day off” for four days. Childcare beckons. So today will be spent partly in Tesco and partly making up kids’ beds. No rest for the wicked, as they say.😉

Have a great day, hope the weather is better where you are. It’s like autumn today, May has not been a good month. Roll on flaming June. 🙂

@zippyjojo sounds like a wonderful day was had. I’d love to go to the Chelsea flower show.

@rebrascora I have a very weak gag reflex ( all psychological), and although babies’ poop is fine, on the whole, grownups and dogs poop absolutely turns my stomach. I couldn’t have a dog because of the picking up malarky. I have to turn my head if I’m out and someone is picking up after their dog. Yuk! And don’t talk to me about folks walking along swinging the poop bag like it’s a trophy

 

[TinaD]

Good morning 5.8 Up esrly to deliver Taras to work.Roll on Monday when he can drive himself.

 

[goodybags]

Good morning 6.6 today

have a great day everybody 😎

 

[Lily123]

Good morning - 3.6

I now have a Libre 2 sensor!

The chemist put an urgent request to the GP.
I think the original one took so long because it was put in on a Saturday

 

[Lucyr]

5.5, and less than 2 hours sleep as I was so nervous about oversleeping that I couldn’t get to sleep, also a mild borderline hypo at 1am. Off on my first long train journey in years this morning. Also going out for a curry tonight and I have no idea how to estimate carbs or bolus for this if anyone has any tips

 

[ColinUK]

5.6 after eating really rather late last night (although eating was a little salad and a shake).
Yesterday work asked me to train someone and part way through they burst into tears saying “I can’t do this, not today” which was a little unexpected to say the least! It went down to my training style I hasten to add!

Had a decent call with the ISVA team at SurvivorsUK after work and then decided to take myself off to see Top Gun Maverick hence the screwy eating times.

If you’re even thinking of going to see this because it might be fun then let me say go! Go see it at the biggest and best local cinema you have! It’ll be good on telly but it’s made for the big screen.

And whilst you’re watching it then remember that they didn’t CGI the aircraft manoeuvres or dogfights.

 

[ColinUK]

Also going out for a curry tonight and I have no idea how to estimate carbs or bolus for this if anyone has any tips

Would something visual help? I’m thinking of the Carbs and Cals app maybe.

 

[Lucyr]

I can make a random guess at the carbs, curry is probably low but lots in rice/naan. Not sure how the food hits though, eg normal meal where you need a good prebolus time as rice is quick, or does fat in the curry mean it’s more pizza like where you split the dose. I’ll be away not at home so a little more nervous than usual

 

[Proud to be erratic]

I get GPs don’t know much about diabetes but isn’t that just common sense?

The curious thing about common sense is that it's not very common

 

[ColinUK]

I can make a random guess at the carbs, curry is probably low but lots in rice/naan. Not sure how the food hits though, eg normal meal where you need a good prebolus time as rice is quick, or does fat in the curry mean it’s more pizza like where you split the dose. I’ll be away not at home so a little more nervous than usual

Guess it also depends a bit on what the sauce is for the curry.

I’ve had a look at Carbs&Cals and gone through some of the items on there.
Some I’ve included as bigger portions as well as smaller just for comparison.
Hope it helps!

 

[freesia]

Morning all. 6.4 dropping to 5.4 at breakfast. Had an unexpected spike to 12 last night before bed, no idea where that came from!!

@ColinUK we have tickets to see film on Sunday, really looking forward to it.

Have a good day everybody.

 

[ColinUK]

And the final three which took me over the limit on attachments…

 

[ColinUK]

Morning all. 6.4 dropping to 5.4 at breakfast. Had an unexpected spike to 12 last night before bed, no idea where that came from!!

@ColinUK we have tickets to see film on Sunday, really looking forward to it.

Have a good day everybody.

It is fun and yes it’s full of little retro touches but it’s also got some real emotion in there alongside the flying.
One added delight was the trailer for the next Mission Impossible film!

 

[eggyg]

5.5, and less than 2 hours sleep as I was so nervous about oversleeping that I couldn’t get to sleep, also a mild borderline hypo at 1am. Off on my first long train journey in years this morning. Also going out for a curry tonight and I have no idea how to estimate carbs or bolus for this if anyone has any tips

I would wait until the meal is in front of you before injecting. Split your bolus incase you don’t finish. Curries are generally greasy so will slow down the hit of carbs. Naans are very high in carbs, have a chapati instead. I like rice so always have it but will share a portion. Be aware of hidden carbs in chutneys, side dishes. But most of all, enjoy. It’s only one night and you could always do a correction at bedtime.

 

[Robin]

Morning all, 6.3 here. Don’t know what’s going on, but the past few days I’ve found it hard to keep my levels under control during the day, bolus insulin seems like injecting water sometimes. Nothing massively high, but I seem to hover around 10. (I don’t think the cartridge is compromised, it went on holiday with me, but it was in a fridge, so just out for travelling at each end, and if I rage bolus a couple of correction units it works well enough) Decided the answer was Basal, and upped it by a couple of units in the daytime and half a unit at night. We shall see!

 

[Gwynn]

Good morning everyone. I am feeling very tired, weary even, this morning. No idea why.

Weather looks a bit grim out there but I have to go for a walk in a short while.

BG has jumped to 5.5 🙂

Nothing planned for today. Rest.

Just been looking through some of my collected data, mainly averages for the first 200 days since diagnosis compared with averages for the most recent 200 days.

What surprised me was that everything was doing the right things except saturated fats. They are half the recommended maximum (NHS recommend 0g) but twice what they were for the first 200 days. It may be a reason why my cholesterol is now slightly high.

I have been trying to reduce my cholesterol levels by eating less and also taking some recommended supplements, but that may all have been pointless if I have defeated it all by not addressing the saturated fats more stringently.

However, now I am aware and will concentrate on reducing that aspect to see if that helps lower my cholesterol levels.

So from a daily average of 17.6g saturated fats I will aim for an unreasonable 5g (well, I will see if that is even possible. Today it is 3.9g)

Of course this could all be just so much unscientific nonsense but it will be interesting (to me) to see how this helps (or otherwise).

I just love data and analysis and pondering different strategies. Does that make me a 'sad' person I wonder?

Have a great day today whatever you are doing

 

[ColinUK]

@Gwynn I don’t think it makes you a sad person at all!
Honestly I think it’s remarkable the amount of detail you track, I don’t think I could ever do that but it’s what works for you and I learn from your experiences as well so I’m really grateful that you do what you do and how you do it.
Thank you for the genetic and experiential mix which made you You as you’re fabulous.

 

[Griffin.]

Morning y'all
It's a 14.5 today settling slowly not much to report been sleeping listening to podcasts and doing tiny little walks around the nieghbourhood when I can muster the strength to pull my shoes on.
Today's plan is a trip to the dentist for a fitting and then a trip to library if I have the strength for it.
Have a great day everyone
Keep smiling
Griff