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Group 7-day waking average?

ColinUK said:
@Lucyr How big is your sofa if you can go swimming on it?!
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Hmm, this may limit my distance. Maybe I’ll consider travelling to the swimming pool for the swimming, then relaxing without being dripping wet, on the sofa afterwards?

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Ok this is after breakfast not waking reading but can I have my HS now?
 

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Good morning all, 6.8 today for me (missed posting yesterday but it was around 7).

I know everyone says it, but being retired we feel busier than when at work! That said, we are trying to get everything ready for the Australian trip and did the packing yesterday (all except for carry on and toiletries). I have a small bag of tablets and diabetes supplies to take, hoping the airlines will let me take this extra bag otherwise we’ll be trying to stuff it into one of our carry ons! The 4 Libre sensors alone take up loads of space and that only gives me one spare for the entire trip. I was tempted to put the tablets into small bags rather than in their original packaging but just imagined the potential questions and fuss at airport security :rofl:

Hopefully a relaxing day today, afternoon tea at a local Stratford hotel (retirement gift from friends) then on to my daughter’s afterwards.

Take care everyone!
 
5.3 for me.
Since diagnosis I've regularly made a daal - last night I had a look at the carb content and was surprised to see the carb content of the lentils was... quite high. Far higher than the 11g quoted in the recipe! It looks like the portion size may be more like 30-40g of carbs. I'm thinking the label is wrong and they've included fibre with the carb content.
 
Congratulations @Pam123 on yet another HS!
 
Morning everyone

It’s a 5.1 for me this grey cloudy morning. Have a good day folks- now where’s my porridge?
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hello sorry ive been a bit abbsent its was was 8.9 this morning i belive(i forgot because i dont have records with dexcom one) i think nerves of my starting my new job is avergateing the suspected IBS
 
harbottle said:
5.3 for me.
Since diagnosis I've regularly made a daal - last night I had a look at the carb content and was surprised to see the carb content of the lentils was... quite high. Far higher than the 11g quoted in the recipe! It looks like the portion size may be more like 30-40g of carbs. I'm thinking the label is wrong and they've included fibre with the carb content.
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Lentils are funny things, my packet says 47g carb per 100g, dry weight, sometimes the values in a recipe are given for cooked weight, though, when they’ve absorbed water, so the carbs per 100g will be a lot lower. Also, some people don’t digest the carbs very well, so they don’t count them for the purposes of calculating insulin, other people find they digest every bit. (Assume that may depend on your gut microbiome,) So, the only question really is, what effect do they have on your blood glucose, just for you personally?
 
Whatever was wrong with me yesterday had certainly cleared up by the end of the day as I got a 5.2 post-prandial yesterday evening (Tuna Pasta Bake) and am in more familiar territory with a 5.8 this morning. After thinking about skipping my usual Tuesday swim I decided I would go after all, but to a later session, and I managed my 20 lengths no problem. It was much less busy that my usual session too.

Nothing special planned for today but will wander into town after lunch for a browse of the card shops, as it's our youngest's birthday on Friday. Hopefully they'll have what I want in our only independent card shop, otherwise it's WHS or Card Factory.

Have a good day, everyone.
 
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Eternal422 said:
Good morning all, 6.8 today for me (missed posting yesterday but it was around 7).

I know everyone says it, but being retired we feel busier than when at work! That said, we are trying to get everything ready for the Australian trip and did the packing yesterday (all except for carry on and toiletries). I have a small bag of tablets and diabetes supplies to take, hoping the airlines will let me take this extra bag otherwise we’ll be trying to stuff it into one of our carry ons! The 4 Libre sensors alone take up loads of space and that only gives me one spare for the entire trip. I was tempted to put the tablets into small bags rather than in their original packaging but just imagined the potential questions and fuss at airport security :rofl:

Hopefully a relaxing day today, afternoon tea at a local Stratford hotel (retirement gift from friends) then on to my daughter’s afterwards.

Take care everyone!
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I’m all excited for you both ( and a bit jealous) and remember you won’t have that last day holiday blues because you don’t have to go to work on your return. Have a great time if we don’t “see” you before you go.
 
Eternal422 said:
The 4 Libre sensors alone take up loads of space and that only gives me one spare for the entire trip. I was tempted to put the tablets into small bags rather than in their original packaging but just imagined the potential questions and fuss at airport security :rofl:
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I always take the sensors and applicators out of the boxes and stuff them down a sock, or poke them into handy crevices between other things. I then flatten a box in case I need it to show security. I have never had to show anyone. As far as pills go, so long as you have your repeat prescription slips with you it's fine. Be aware that Aussie customs do not allow you to bring foodstuffs in and that includes JBs and Dextro tabs. Though I did take a good supply of Dextro tabs, I brought them to their attention and explained what they were for. I was prepared for them to take them off me but they were allowed through. I doubt JBs would be.
 
Afternoon all - was nice earlier but has become quite dark now....

11.4 this morning. The nasty cold and the aching tooth are playing havoc with my BGs. Though the tooth won't be any more as it was pulled out this morning. Gums had receded allowing some decay to get in under the crown and practically the whole tooth was riddled with decay, so it was pulled. The tooth next to it has to have the crown replaced and a small area of decay removed and whilst doing it a bridge can be made to fill the gap left by this morning's extraction - at a cost of course! We only pay for lab costs, but they are likely to be around £500. It never stops!

Cancelled my audiology appointment which was less than an hour later. I'll have to wait for the blue toothing of the hearing aids with the mobile which was supposed to be done today. I dunno.... what with sensor, pod pump, hearing aids and false teeth... not much of me will be left! Or else I will be bionic.

The husband of the friend who passed away last week rang late last night to tell us that her body has been released, though no cause of death as yet known, and could we inform all her friends over here that the ceremony at the crematorium will be streamed live online tomorrow and explain how to access it. So I have spent the rest of the day doing that and feeling sadly mortal... the vital young crowd who were so much fun, so optimistic and full of life are now all growing old and fragile (in some cases) with so much less to look forward to.

Shoot.... I must stop getting morbid!!! I do apologise.
 
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