Group 7-day waking average?

Woke up, ate porridge and berries, then 20 mins later realised I hadnt taken a reading, it was 6.1 - 20 mins after eating, not sure what that is considered, is it before or after eating as I dont know the time it takes for the glucose/insulin to be released after eating. Anyway I am happy with 6.1 whatever as its lower than all other readings I have taken since being diagnosed (with 19.4 on 29th June)

Today I am working solo as everyone else seems to have taken the same day as annual leave, I dont really mind as being busy makes the day go faster.

My daughter and her boyfriend are off to Greece in a couple of days and I am looking forward to having some peace. I love them both dearly (both live with me) but to know when I go into a room it will be exactly as I left it, (meaning no empty loo rolls in the toilet, no washing up on the side unless its mine etc)

I was up late last night, or rather early this morning chatting online to my middle son (the one that got married in July) we were discussing the cost of living crisis and have decided to have a frugal christmas this year to help him and my older son as both have mortgages and are struggling with fuel costs etc, which is worrying as my son and his wife are both band 8a NHS so if they are scared about the impending costs then what about people who are on lower incomes (like me 🙂) - seriously though I worked out with the increase to the cap mentioned from January, my 140 a month will become 350 a month for fuel (2 bed maisonette) I ordered a clothes airer today (so not to have to use the tumble dryer) also ordered some torches from Amazon as apparently 4 days of blackouts are predicted. Sorry to be a gloom merchant but its best to be prepared I guess.

Anyway on that note have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine x
 
Good morning everyone.

Up late at 6am this morning.

The great tease continues with BG 5.1 sigh

BP 116/76
Pulse a bit low again 59

Today might, just might see my blood test results magically appear. Let's hope they are not disappointing after the long wait.

Out for a walk shortly. Went out yesterday in the afternoon. Wow was it hot on the beach with no shade (and oddly, no sea either!!!)

Nothing much planned for today

Have a great day everyone whatever you are doing
 
Good morning everyone! BG 5.

I think I've disappeared for a week. Everything is going well, work not too bad, sunny days here in the South, good mood in general... Yesterday I had the last session of the mental health course I was doing (as a patient). I found it useful because it put names to things I've been feeling/thinking and helped me identify areas where I want to focus and improve. Can help when talking to the therapist about the next steps.

I don't think it's the result of the course, there's been other positive circumstances, but I'm in a better place than when I asked for help and that's a relief.

My brother is still in hospital, getting better but he is not allowed to eat or drink anything yet. I can't imagine being in Spain in August and not being able to have a glass of water! :( I'd also be desperate without my walks, have to appreciate the little things.
 
Gwynn said:
Good morning everyone.

Up late at 6am this morning.

The great tease continues with BG 5.1 sigh

BP 116/76
Pulse a bit low again 59

Today might, just might see my blood test results magically appear. Let's hope they are not disappointing after the long wait.

Out for a walk shortly. Went out yesterday in the afternoon. Wow was it hot on the beach with no shade (and oddly, no sea either!!!)

Nothing much planned for today

Have a great day everyone whatever you are doing
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Good Morning @Gwynn I was interested to see your pulse as mine has been 58-60 each day for the last month, I know if an athlete thats a good sign but not sure what it means for others that are not athletes. I only have that as a resting heart rate but it goes to 70/90 when I have moved around, is that the same with yours and is there anything you can do to jostle it along?

Im jealous of your beach stroll yesterday although not the missing shade bit, and where did the sea go? My strolls are very much around houses and nothing so lovely as a beach insight.

Have a lovely day x
 
11.3 but it's suddenly dawn phawron because I checked a few times in the night due to waking up and it was 7.9 at quarter 5 o'this morning
 
Lucyr said:
Painkillers in bed with icecream?
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Sounds like a party!

Morning folks. 🙂 7.0 here.

No dog walking this morning cos we're stuck in a storm that just won't budge. At least it isn't directly over the house now! Poor Bloden (big hairy dog) was so scared, she managed to get herself up onto the kitchen counter top and was stuck there panting when I got up at 8am. She's now in her usual tiny hiding place, behind the sofa. Poor dab.

Oh well, impromptu breakfast insulin:carb ratio check it is then.
 
Morning all. 12.5
Had the tiniest pizza I could order last night and according to libre I actually managed to cope with it but then dawn came in to ruin it all. 🙄 (bad decision but super comfort food scenario)

Feeling much better than I have done over the last few days. By that I mean my temp isn't pushing stupid scary numbers anymore. Still completely knackered. Having a shower yesterday was hard work.
Now it just feels like a really bad cold / chest infection.
The alarming thing is I couldn't taste my coffee properly this morning o_O
Honestly, felt too unwell to notice tastes over the past couple of days. I mean I can still taste a wee bit but not very well.
Not impressed with that one at all (esp coffee:rofl:)

Son is a low level of feeling crap (improvement) too but daughter started with temps last night so highly doubt we need to do a LFT on her to know what's going on...

Anyway todays plan is get tesco done for delivery tomorrow. Probs stick to ready made stuff again as no one is on normal mealtimes or sleep patterns and no one has any energy to cook. As long as something can be dinged within a few mins, we should manage.

Got DSN tomorrow morning (phone) so will be an interesting appointment when she sees the complete randomness of this week on my libre. One day its low, the next its a slow creep up and up than mountain ranges, then low 😱

Hope today treats you all well and thanks for all the tags, reactions and well wishes over the past few days.

@ColinUK hugs mate, sounds like you have had a crappy few days too <3
 
Morning

11.8 today, reason being I did my contraceptive injection yesterday 🙄 xx
 
5.8 for me today and another scorcher predicted. 🙂

Dez
 
8.1 this morning, slightly higher than usual for me, was 7.1 last night, but I think I may have still had some novorapid on board when I did that test. Could be any number of reasons, heat etc.

Got my first sensor yesterday (yay!) but think it is faulty (boo!). Have a good day everyone and stay safe in the heat x
 
Good morning - 5.6
 
Morning all. I woke early to a 3.3, 3JBs and an hour later it was 4.7. We had fish and chips last night which i think i managed ok overall. I split the dose, having the first 2 thirds when i ate, then 4 hrs later when they began to rise, i had the other third. Overnight the high alarm went off but after checking, it wasn't overly high and the graph showed i descended after that.

Another hot and sunny day today. We're planning to go out for breakfast, then a very long walk. Have a good day all.
 
JACK123456789 said:
can i ask please how come we are high in the morning evan tho food is out our system and our bass insulin is working in the back ground
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I believe some people (not all) have something referred to as the 'dawn phenomenon', dating back to our caveman days where our liver releases stored glucose to get us going in the morning.

Also, if your reading was high before you went to bed (say 15) and then you are 15 in the morning, that means you are stable at least and your readings should I imagine come down over time as you get your insulin right etc. When I was newly diagnosed I could be 17 at bedtime but then would be 8 or 9 in the morning, and that drop I was told by my team is far too much.

Hope this is a) accurate and b) helps!
 
JACK123456789 said:
can i ask please how come we are high in the morning evan tho food is out our system and our bass insulin is working in the back ground
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I was reading about this on the NHS site, it is because your liver releases glucose from its glycogen stores in a trickle overnight. Your blood glucose level can be topped up at any point, by the liver releasing extra glucose that it has stored. The blood glucose rises again, and again, the pancreas produces more insulin to move with that glucose through the bloodstream to the muscle cells, open the doors, and let the glucose in.
 
pawprint91 said:
I believe some people (not all) have something referred to as the 'dawn phenomenon', dating back to our caveman days where our liver releases stored glucose to get us going in the morning.

Also, if your reading was high before you went to bed (say 15) and then you are 15 in the morning, that means you are stable at least and your readings should I imagine come down over time as you get your insulin right etc. When I was newly diagnosed I could be 17 at bedtime but then would be 8 or 9 in the morning, and that drop I was told by my team is far too much.

Hope this is a) accurate and b) helps!
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thank you this dose help. i can going to bed recently in the high 20 and waking up at low 20 high teen most morning
 
@JACK123456789 I enrolled on the educational course (Healthy Living for people with type 2 diabetes) last night , its from the NHS and free and really helped with similar questions to the one you asked on here, I had the same questions so found it really helpful, I have only completed 25% but its really informative
 
JACK123456789 said:
thank you this dose help. i can going to bed recently in the high 20 and waking up at low 20 high teen most morning
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just seen you are type 1, there is a course for that too 🙂
 
JACK123456789 said:
thank you this dose help. i can going to bed recently in the high 20 and waking up at low 20 high teen most morning
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From my own experience I would say that's still a drop ( was told to think if you were going to bed with 'normal' readings - say 10 - and you dropped by that amount what would you be- so if you were going to bed at a 10 and dropping by the amount you say you would be perhaps be a 3 or 4, so a bit low) - do you mind me asking what insulin you are on (if any?) far be it from me to offer advice but your basal might be a bit high if you are dropping by 10, that's what happened to me anyway!
 
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