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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all, 6.7 here, an improvement on recent days, I increased overnight basal a bit more. Feeling a bit better generally, it’s just this wretched sore throat that won’t go away. Every cloud has a silver lining, though, I tend to put on weight in the autumn when my cave-man body thinks it’s got to stoke up for a hard winter, but because there’s only a limited number of times I'm prepared to swallow, I’ve lost a few pounds.
 
Moaning all! A horrible 12.1. I must really have overtreated my double hypo yesterday evening as it was over 15 at bedtime so I shot up 7 units. When I rechecked at around 3:00 it was still up so I shot another 10. Want to reduce my basal because of the late afternoon hypos but not the best start to the day! :(
 
eggyg said:
Morning all. 7.6 for me this dark, early morning. Sitting on the balcony listening to the cicadas. I love that noise.

We’re up early so we can get a walk in before it gets too hot. Yesterday we had a lovely chilled morning on our bedroom balcony, ( main, bigger balcony only shady until about 10am) reading our books and watching the hustle and bustle of marina life. Then lunch and another read. Out for a walk at 3pm thinking it might be a tad cooler, was it heck, no breeze or anything, absolutely scorching. We walked along the harbour front. I spotted, what I think, is a whimbrel, similar to a curlew but smaller, so pleased with that. Only three miles walked yesterday. Back to apartment and I made a curry, I brought my own spices, it was good and my stomach behaved itself. Must be the extra Creon.

Hopefully a tad more comfortable waking earlier.
Have a fab day all. 😉
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In tomorrow's @eggyg world they may encounter an international spy connected with @TinaD 's Ukrainians! One never knows in Eggy gland! 🙂
 
Delighted with a 5.6 this morning and in range all night with another half unit off my evening Levemir. Not needing quite as much prebolus time on a morning either, which is taking a bit of adjusting to when 45mins has been standard for over a year.
Oh.... and I can't believe this, but I got Wordle in 2 again today. Got a gold and a green with my starting word and for some reason the answer just wandered into my mind for the second attempt although I am quite sure there were a huge number of other options. Can't say there was a great deal of brain power involved today though, just luck or maybe intuition.

Blooming heck! @MikeyBikey That seems a whopping amount of correction insulin to use through the night although clearly it was necessary.... either that or it was too much and then your liver rebounded you. Which basal insulin do you use? Sounds like a change to Levemir might give you more flexibility to adjust daytime and nighttime separately if you need to..... and you really must push to get Libre. You automatically qualify now. Please chase it up. You should be getting more support. Can you reduce your lunchtime ratio to reduce the risk of hypos in the afternoon?
 
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Dez
 
8.2
Been running high when the cold symptoms worsen. LFT test done this morning is clear again so it really is just a belter of a cold.
Back to the GP in a bit for repeat bloods. (Kidney results need to be checked again - although the cold may well result in elevated levels.)
The rest of the day will likely be spent under the duvet dreaming of @eggyg running an international spy ring which uses an elaborately colour coded toenail varnish communication system…
 
rebrascora said:
Delighted with a 5.6 this morning and in range all night with another half unit off my evening Levemir. Not needing quite as much prebolus time on a morning either, which is taking a bit of adjusting to when 45mins has been standard for over a year.
Oh.... and I can't believe this, but I got Wordle in 2 again today. Got a gold and a green with my starting word and for some reason the answer just wandered into my mind for the second attempt although I am quite sure there were a huge number of other options. Can't say there was a great deal of brain power involved today though, just luck or maybe intuition.

Blooming heck! @MikeyBikey That seems a whopping amount of correction insulin to use through the night although clearly it was necessary.... either that or it was too much and then your liver rebounded you. Which basal insulin do you use? Sounds like a change to Levemir might give you more flexibility to adjust daytime and nighttime separately if you need to..... and you really must push to get Libre. You automatically qualify now. Please chase it up. You should be getting more support. Can you reduce your lunchtime ratio to reduce the risk of hypos in the afternoon?
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Levemir! Arghh! (screaming emoji) I am on Porcine Actrapid and Isophane insin as I do not recognise hypos with man made insulins. Even if I had a Libre (I have LibreOffice on my laptop) I wouldn't trust it enough to go onto man made. If it failed to alert me it could be:

Here lies Mickey (BG 0.9 - not responding)

Joking apart what is your total dose per day? Mine is 82 units on 120 - 130 gm CHO.
 
MikeyBikey said:
Moaning all! A horrible 12.1. I must really have overtreated my double hypo yesterday evening as it was over 15 at bedtime so I shot up 7 units. When I rechecked at around 3:00 it was still up so I shot another 10. Want to reduce my basal because of the late afternoon hypos but not the best start to the day! :(
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Wordle in 2 again. Someone didn't believe me yesterday. Here it is:

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And it's a 4.7 for me this fine sunny morning.

Have a good day all and stay safe,,,,,
 
@Barrowman fine? Sunny? Here it is storm land.

I decided to go out for one of my normal walks instead of being lazy. Very tough as the cold wind was fierce. Enjoyed too. But no one else on the beach which made it look like an uninhabited wild strange planet.
 
Morning all and it was a 4.7 for me. Sensor looked like it was misbehaving overnight. Lots of gaps in the readings, to be fair it hadn't had the full 24 hour bedding in period. The sensor I was going to use wouldn't start up initially and when it did wasn't recognised as active. Reported to Abbott and a replacement in the way.

Have a good day everyone.
 
MikeyBikey said:
Levemir! Arghh! (screaming emoji) I am on Porcine Actrapid and Isophane insin as I do not recognise hypos with man made insulins. Even if I had a Libre (I have LibreOffice on my laptop) I wouldn't trust it enough to go onto man made. If it failed to alert me it could be:

Here lies Mickey (BG 0.9 - not responding)

Joking apart what is your total dose per day? Mine is 82 units on 120 - 130 gm CHO.
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Ah! That is a bummer about you being unable to use analogue insulins. :(
My total daily dose is about 44-50u (26-28basal+10-14bolus) on about 80g carbs a day with a body weight of about 66kg
 
freesia said:
Aww thats a nice thought. Enjoy your meal together.
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Couldn't have her on her own for her birthday, I care too much to have that, she enjoyed her tea and strawberries & Cream for pudding and Bruce has invited her back on the 15th, decided weekend would be best after the nightmare last night of their bus being very late xx
 
Morning

I was 7.something when I got up, left Bubbles lying in bed, he's a lazy sod and will spend the majority of the day up there 🙄

Not sure what's for tea tonight, probably sausages but we'll decide for sure when Bruce gets in xx
 
Morning all, lovely day... blue sky and fluffy clouds. Could change of course and probably will!

Disappointed to see 8.9 this morning. It went up overnight from 4.4 at bedtime, but I did have 2 x JBs. It seems a lot for 2 x JBs but I suppose it could be late absorption of a late dinner (9pm) which was a bit oily Chipolatas with mediterranean roast veggies cooked in oil and then liberally sprinkled with a balsamic glaze. The oil and the glaze make a nice sauce. Usually I melt goat's cheese on top, but had none in last night. Got a fridge full of French cheese we brought back from holiday, but nothing suitable... reminder to self, cut up cheeses and freeze before they stink the house out!

I find it interesting to read other people's total daily doses, they vary so much. My TDD yesterday was 17.4 which is fairly normal. Of course pumps use only a rapid acting insulin, in my case Apidra. 9.6u basal and yesterday's boluses were 2,8u for lunch, home made butternut squash soup and 2 slices of artisan bread and 4.95u for dinner - the sausages/veg and a fruit platter. Of course it doesn't actually matter, you need what you need.

@TinaD sorry to ask, but where have the lady Ukranians and the children gone? I must have missed that!

@MeeTooTeeTwo 5.2 AGAIN! OMG.... I do envy you!

@eggyg I thought of your bird pictures when we were on a river trip in Bergerac, the guide pointed out a heron (?) and wittered on about how they were becoming extinct on the river., so it was unusual to see one. Everyone on the boat excitedly took a photos of it. On the return he told us it was actually plastic!



Good luck to everyone who is struggling.
 

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