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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning everyone

A happy 5.9 for me today and the sun is shining and very pleasant outside, off for a brisk walk now.

Have a lovely day everyone.
 
Morning all.,8.6 for me this morning.Hopefully getting back to normal after Saturdays shenanigans.Was ok till lunchtime yesterday.took dog out and reached the heavy highs of 19.4 . Hope everyone is doing well and have a good day folks
 
TinaD said:
Good morning 6.6

On 2nd course of antibiotics but now making progress. Avoided admission by pleading -- thank goodness for a susceptible GP! Mr Wolf and Peachy being cared for by lovely neighbours who are off to do my shopping today. Weather filthy wet and grey today so not missing anything.

Hope everyone OK - can't face reading weeks of back messages.
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Nice to see you back @TinaD You were missed. We were all concerned about you.
 
Morning all - lovely day, blue sky and little white fluffy clouds. Wall to wall sunshine. Different to yesterday's non-stop downpour.

7.9 this morning. Hardly surprising after what I ate yesterday. I ill-advisedly had a hot cross bun for breakfast. Then our friend can be a little eccentric when she entertains. Started with a pizza and a dish of lighly curried cauliflower and sweet potato accompanied by flatbreads. Hommous and coleslaw. Then Lidl's finest meringue roulade (which was actually delicious and I was surprised as I normally find bought desserts far too sweet). Then cheese and oatcakes - followed by Toblerone truffle chocolates. Much later at home I had just one slice of toast with pate for supper - but at one point I hit 22 mmol. Ah well, it's just 1 day and I don't do it often.

Nothing on today but a visit to the Chiropractor.

Have a good one.... love to hear all your stories.
 
Morning

8 this morning, didn’t do so well with the eating yesterday, and got the sniffles again with a fever, not a full blown cold yet, just high temp and a nose that hasn’t stopped dripping.

@TinaD - lovely to see you back, sorry to hear you have not been well.

@eggyg and @Lucyr - hope you are both enjoying your trips.

Will catch up with posts later.
 
Deliveries!!!!

We just had our groceries delivered ... two items were mouldy! I mean seriously, obviously mouldy.

Customer services were great and the items will be refunded, but why no care at the point of picking?

Grrrrr
 
Lucyr said:
About 10 before breakfast, bgs off up a mountain now as couldn’t prebolus. Had local yoghurt with a bit of granola, berry compote, seeds, poached apricot, and then a cooked breakfast

The yoghurt didn’t taste sweet, it was strawberry flavour but didn’t sense much sugar, I didn’t know whether berry compote and poached apricot are just fruit or involve sugar too. Also not sure on carbs in granola, that had lots of seeds and coconut bits in.
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Berry compote is likely to contain extra sugar I think.
 
Pattidevans said:
Morning all - lovely day, blue sky and little white fluffy clouds. Wall to wall sunshine. Different to yesterday's non-stop downpour.

7.9 this morning. Hardly surprising after what I ate yesterday. I ill-advisedly had a hot cross bun for breakfast. Then our friend can be a little eccentric when she entertains. Started with a pizza and a dish of lighly curried cauliflower and sweet potato accompanied by flatbreads. Hommous and coleslaw. Then Lidl's finest meringue roulade (which was actually delicious and I was surprised as I normally find bought desserts far too sweet). Then cheese and oatcakes - followed by Toblerone truffle chocolates. Much later at home I had just one slice of toast with pate for supper - but at one point I hit 22 mmol. Ah well, it's just 1 day and I don't do it often.

Nothing on today but a visit to the Chiropractor.

Have a good one.... love to hear all your stories.
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I like the way your friend doesn’t restrict menu design to conventional norms!
 
Text received from the GP. They’ve sent a scrip for doxy through to Boots and have contacted the hospital to see why I’ve a biopsy appointment rather than a dermatology one. It was a clerical error in the hospital system and I’ve now got a dermatology appointment instead.
All sorted.

Then the GP called “just for a chat to see how I was doing”.

When they do things right they do them very right it must be said.
 
ColinUK said:
Berry compote is likely to contain extra sugar I think.
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Maybe I’ll try just the poached fruit tomorrow, or take a little insulin in advance since that part of the breakfast is help yourself

I think I might try a similar yoghurt berries and granola type breakfast at home as I always enjoy it in hotels. I’ve never found a yoghurt at home that tastes as mild as hotel yoghurts though. And not sure where to start with buying granola. Might be something to start experimenting with.
 
Lucyr said:
Maybe I’ll try just the poached fruit tomorrow, or take a little insulin in advance since that part of the breakfast is help yourself

I think I might try a similar yoghurt berries and granola type breakfast at home as I always enjoy it in hotels. I’ve never found a yoghurt at home that tastes as mild as hotel yoghurts though. And not sure where to start with buying granola. Might be something to start experimenting with.
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If you want to be adventurous you could certainly make your own low carb granola. And yoghurt isn’t too tricky to make at home either!
 
rayray119 said:
Morning haven't posted for a bit. It was 9.4. had my first shift at work Saturday ended up being shorter then exp cted because of the wheel I was put was very quiet. Next one on Friday. I've found myslef feeling quite light headed this morning and that's started a load of what ifs
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Is that a roulette wheel.
 
Lucyr said:
I flew for first time yesterday, I didn’t even mention needles as the sign said sharps over 6cm couldn’t go through and my needles are 4mm. I said nothing, put my bag in the tray, insulin in clear plastic bag in tray, and went through fine. I had to turn libre off on plane but I think that’s because it was a tiny plane
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@zippyjojo I have been in a few flights since diagnosis and I didn't have any issues either. Nobody paid attention to my insulin or needles and I didn't mention it (maybe on the first flight, as I was new and nervous!). I do have a letter from my DSN that I carry for reassurance but so far I never had to show anyone. So don't worry if you can't get one on time for this trip, although you can try for next one! I heard GPs usually charge you, I got it from the hospital team and was free. It can also be useful to take a copy of your prescriptions.

More importantly, enjoy your trip! xx
 
Elenka_HM said:
@zippyjojo I have been in a few flights since diagnosis and I didn't have any issues either. Nobody paid attention to my insulin or needles and I didn't mention it (maybe on the first flight, as I was new and nervous!). I do have a letter from my DSN that I carry for reassurance but so far I never had to show anyone. So don't worry if you can't get one on time for this trip, although you can try for next one! I heard GPs usually charge you, I got it from the hospital team and was free. It can also be useful to take a copy of your prescriptions.

More importantly, enjoy your trip! xx
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If you are in more than either just Insulin or Metformin it is also advisable to take a repeat prescription with you. It's also worth checking that any other drug is legal where you are going to. One of my painkillers is Class A in the UK, and controlled or illegal elsewhere!
 
Successful and useful meeting with the SOIT, joined by the OIC about halfway through the two and a half hours.
I did what I needed to do which was mainly to share how the investigation is making me feel and express some rather major issues I’m having processing the emotional side of things.

I explained that I was at that point where I was asking myself if it is the right thing to carry on or if I’m better served to withdraw.
They explained that if at anytime I want to say Stop that’s fine. It doesn’t preclude pressing Go again in the future.
SOIT said someone very recently said they could not go ahead with things and that’s with a court date set. They understand the stresses a victim is under.

I gave an informal update to my impact statement. They said that they have started to take updates to impact statements at various key points in the process including when a charging decision is made, after the initial plea, when a court date is set etc. They said that it’s all useful for the court when determining sentence (assuming it gets that far). So I’ll do that formally in due course.

We talked about measures that the court can impose to keep me away from him and his family/support as well.

OIC updated me on how complete the case file is currently, what’s left to do and when they’d expect it to be with the CPS. I know also know roughly how long it’s likely to take them to make a decision whether to charge or not.

All in all it was, as I said, a useful meeting. I was heard and supported. I know that when I’m next overwhelmed by what’s going on with the case I can reach out to them and a meeting will be set up asap for handholding and pastoral care.

It’s tough and there will be more ups and downs to come I’m sure.

And thank you all for your continued support too.
 
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