It’s 'Foot on the floor' ie, as soon as you get out of bed, your liver starts releasing glucose to help you start the day, and your blood sugar rises. It’s a first cousin of the Dawn Phenomenon, when your liver starts gearing up for the day from about 4am, just in case you have to go out hunting wooly mammoth for breakfast, as our remote ancestors did.what is FOTF?
Foot On The Floor syndrome. It is the same as Dawn Phenomenon (DP) but more sociable ie. Your liver waits until you swing your feet out of bed and stand up before it starts dumping glucose into your blood stream, rather than DP that can happen anytime from about 3am. I can conveniently inject a small correction for FOTF before I get out of bed but I am not setting an alarm for 3 or 4 am to inject some fast acting insulin to deal with DP, especially as there is no guarantee it will happen. At least if I inject a unit or two for FOTF as I get up, if it doesn't happen I can just treat myself to a few extra carbs like a date that I wouldn't normally eat.... I am slowly working my way through a box of dates that my partner bought me before Christmas.what is FOTF?
or fight a sabre toothed tiger over who has the last of the cerealjust in case you have to go out hunting wooly mammoth for breakfast, as our remote ancestors did.
Are you dancing ?Everything on the balconies has been tidied up. Half dead cypress skyrocket (which was beautiful but never really happy) gone. Eucalyptus (right tree, wrong place) gone.
Fatsia (wrong plant, even more wrong place) gone. Olive tree given a prune and gentle shaping. Japanese acer trimmed and cut back a bit. And very happy (until now) cedar tidied up a bit.
Daffodils planted wherever there was space. I know it’s late for daffs but they were free.
And I ventured out. Not far but ‘out’ is significantly better than yesterday.
Tomorrow I’m at the ballet and I’m looking forward to it.
No but I might be wearing a tutu.Are you dancing ?
aha! ok.It’s 'Foot on the floor' ie, as soon as you get out of bed, your liver starts releasing glucose to help you start the day, and your blood sugar rises. It’s a first cousin of the Dawn Phenomenon, when your liver starts gearing up for the day from about 4am, just in case you have to go out hunting wooly mammoth for breakfast, as our remote ancestors did.