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Group 7-day waking average?

And it’s a 4.7 for me this morning at 8.15.
 
Morning all on this bright breezy day.

Well, what to report? At 7:30 the Libre alarm woke me to 4.0 with a more or less flat line, so I had 1 JB. I am absolutely surprised how much 1 JB can raise me, 2 is far too much. Anyway when I woke properly at 9:30 (went to bed in the small hours) my phone was completely out of juice, so it was an hour later that I tested and I was 5.9

Congratulations @harbottle and @rebrascora on your HSs.
 
Hey all.
12. something. Was 8 going to bed (which was the best of yesterdays readings too). Corrections are getting lost somewhere.
Currently in the 15s but mid way through brekkie and another correction dose. Low/No carb lunch for me later on and probs another chunky correction. Understanding diabetes is like trying to smell the colour red :rofl:

@rebrascora a hs is a hs...JBs or not 🙂 take your win!
@harbottle Nice one on yours too x
 
Michael12421 said:
We have just had the worst storm in 17 years. i was in the campo with Missy and suddenly it went very dark, lots of thunder and lightning so Missy stopped in her tracks and looked at me, i said ' shall we go home? ' and she turned and ran back. Still got a little wet but a few moments later it poured down, so much so that it brought down hundreds of grape vine leaves and blocked the central drain in the courtyard. The water level rose very alarmingly and I had to brave the rain and unblock the drain, I had to do it 3 more times! Just checked the weather station and there is worse to come. My plannd tip to the surgery to book my 'lu and covid booster jabs is off. The only happy people will be the olive grove owners!
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Forecast storms later today and tomorrow morning here in the Algarve. I haven’t got my brolly!
 
eggyg said:
Forecast storms later today and tomorrow morning here in the Algarve. I haven’t got my brolly!
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When I was much much younger I was on holiday in the algarve and the top of the hotel was a bar with floor to ceiling glass all the way around. There was the most epic lightning storm I've seen in my life which we watched up there :D
 
G'day all. 7 for me, pleased with that. 🙂 What does it mean when your chest feels tight? It keeps doing it all last week and now again today. Is it just cough/cold stuff or ticker? I wish I wasn't such a hypochondriac. :D Have a cracking day all.
 
ColinUK said:
6.2

Wordle in 3 again this morning.
Cold definitely on the retreat.
Therapy this morning.

Oh and happened to run the washer/dryer on a different setting to normal (I usually just shove everything in on the Eco setting at 30 or maybe 40 but this time put it on the mixed fibres setting instead. Still ran for the same time and came out lovely and clean and dry) and the difference in power usage was phenomenal. Instead of about a 75p spike for the wash n dry it was £2.75 Amazing difference.
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My eco setting takes longer than the normal setting, and that's long enough! So that puts me off using it, but not actually done a cost comparison, maybe I should...
 
5.6 this morning. Started raining just as we left the house, but on the plus side we did get to see a beautiful double rainbow (could see the full bow!). Not looked at Wordle yet today
 
42istheanswer said:
My eco setting takes longer than the normal setting, and that's long enough! So that puts me off using it, but not actually done a cost comparison, maybe I should...
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The Eco setting default is very long. Even on one of the shorter settings it’s at least 3 1/2 hours but it says in the manual that it uses less power and less water than a standard cycle. Clearly they weren’t lying.
 
Just spoke with @Grannylorraine who is alive and well and will return to the forum at some point. She’s just taking a break that’s all.
I told her she’s missed of course.
 
ColinUK said:
Just spoke with @Grannylorraine who is alive and well and will return to the forum at some point. She’s just taking a break that’s all.
I told her she’s missed of course.
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So relieved to hear that and look forward to her return soon. She is such an inspiration. Would be lovely to know that @SueEK is also OK and just having a break from us. It has been ages now. I think she was torn between a holiday with family or the chance of a cancellation spot for her Op the last time she posted. Has anyone heard from her recently?
 
Just got my results back from first diabetic eye screening. Background retinopathy.... and there was me thinking that it would probably be OK because my diagnosis HbA1c was 54....
 
42istheanswer said:
Just got my results back from first diabetic eye screening. Background retinopathy.... and there was me thinking that it would probably be OK because my diagnosis HbA1c was 54....
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I am not sure if you are aware but many of us have had those letters only to get a normal "no issues" one the next year meaning that whatever they saw the previous time has resolved itself.
Did the letter just stress the importance of good diabetes management and say that they will see you in a year's time?
If so, I would not let it concern you and certainly don't lose sleep over it, but obviously maintain good diabetes management.
It may be that whatever they have seen on your photos has occurred before your diagnosis and is already on the way to healing. It may not even be related to your diabetes but maybe a period of high stress levels or inflated blood pressure which predates your diabetes. It may have even been there for many years and be totally stable and not causing any problems, you just didn't know about it until now, so try to put it out of your mind. I think it is entirely likely that, if they screened the whole population instead of just us diabetics they would probably find similar occurrences in none diabetic people, it is just that we are a bit more at risk, especially those diabetics who do not manage their condition well.

If there was anything remotely concerning, they would be referring you for further assessment and possible treatment and even then the treatment options are very effective these days, but sounds like they found something very minor which in all probability will have resolved itself by your next appointment or perhaps be stable and just old minor damage.
 
rebrascora said:
I am not sure if you are aware but many of us have had those letters only to get a normal "no issues" one the next year meaning that whatever they saw the previous time has resolved itself.
Did the letter just stress the importance of good diabetes management and say that they will see you in a year's time?
If so, I would not let it concern you and certainly don't lose sleep over it, but obviously maintain good diabetes management.
It may be that whatever they have seen on your photos has occurred before your diagnosis and is already on the way to healing. It may not even be related to your diabetes but maybe a period of high stress levels or inflated blood pressure which predates your diabetes. It may have even been there for many years and be totally stable and not causing any problems, you just didn't know about it until now, so try to put it out of your mind. I think it is entirely likely that, if they screened the whole population instead of just us diabetics they would probably find similar occurrences in none diabetic people, it is just that we are a bit more at risk, especially those diabetics who do not manage their condition well.

If there was anything remotely concerning, they would be referring you for further assessment and possible treatment and even then the treatment options are very effective these days, but sounds like they found something very minor which in all probability will have resolved itself by your next appointment or perhaps be stable and just old minor damage.
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Yes, it did just say good management and shouldn't affect my vision, so I'm not really worried. More surprised. I've never had high blood pressure (though my norm is now 130/80 rather the the 110/65 it was when I was younger) but stress is a potential explanation.
 
gll said:
When I was much much younger I was on holiday in the algarve and the top of the hotel was a bar with floor to ceiling glass all the way around. There was the most epic lightning storm I've seen in my life which we watched up there :D
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We got about three drops of rain about 5.45! We were almost back from our mammoth trip out, just another 10 minutes walk, and it was quite refreshing for those two seconds.:rofl: Has been fresher today, which was a relief as we’ve walked almost 10 miles today!
 
Good morning everyone. First up?

Strangely I do feel chirpy this morning at 4am. I love the peace and quiet at this time of day.

BG 4.9
BP 120/77
Pulse low at 55

Today lots of exercise walking. After all my wife made another chocolate cake and woyld be rude not to scoff tons of it AND she made some bread. Sigh. Too much pleasurec(in small doses of course)

Have a great day everyone whatever you are doing 🙂
 
Morning all. Been up a while with a 7.5. A correction finally worked then :D I woke up feeling a bit chesty and sniffly but probably explains why its been a 2 day struggle with bg.
I knew there was a reason I don't like face to face peopling...all those germs flying about. :rofl:

Off to find coffee and a lemsip and see if I can crack on with the huge to do list that never seems to end :D
 
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