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Group 7-day waking average?

A 6.1 for me today. I felt a bit "fluey" yesterday evening, so went to bed early and slept like a log.
Feeling fine this morning. 🙂

Dez
 
Morning sll. 5.9

Congrats on the HS @eggyg and @Gwynn. @eggyg i hope your MIL is ok. As you say, everything can be put in place and still things happen. @Gwynn big hugs to you.

I'm late waking today, didn't sleep too well. I have to go into work this afternoon to take some things back and i'm dreading it. I think it must have been on my mind last night. Already feeling sick and shaky. At least this tells me i've made the right decision. Although waking late has now put me behind in other things i need to do today.

Have a good day everyonr.
 
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6.1 on a rather cool and grey Berkshire morning. Billy No Mates for most of the day as my wife has just left for the office, our youngest has just left for an interview with Tesco in nearby Henley-on-Thames and our eldest is at a corporate event over in Windsor.

Nightmare trying to tax my car yesterday. Tried online but system said it couldn't locate an MOT for it. Checked the DVLA webpage that shows Tax & MOT status and there was my MOT. Rang DVLA to ask what the problem was and they told me you can't tax your car online if it's within 2 weeks of its MOT expiring. Who knew? Ended up taxing it at the Post Office like in days gone by.

Congrats on the HS @eggyg and @Gwynn

Have a good Wednesday.
 
SB2015 said:
I do very much like my HCL with the Medtronic 780 and as of today the Simplera Sync sensor. I have a choice of targets to use from 5.5, 6.1 or 6.7 and by tweaking this and the action time (not the same as the action profile) for the insulin I usually get a TIR in the 90s with very very little intervention from me. That suits me as I tended to micromanage before I switched to the HCL and did not do me any favours mentally. I have been looping for four years now and whilst physically things have certainly improved for me, the greatest benefit for me is the psychological benefit.
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That’s the problem I am having, constantly having to tweak it. I think the basal settings are wrong somewhere, but don’t know where. I’ve not seen anyone since the online team training. Have an appointment with the DSN early Nov which they keep cancelling and putting back. So perhaps I can get some help then.
 
Good morning all! 5.9 today for me.

No plans today other than maybe a quick afternoon visit to Charlecote Park, a nearby NT place for a walk and no doubt a coffee in their cafe!

Congratulations @eggyg and @Gwynn on your HS today!

@eggyg - sorry to hear about your MIL’s fall. As you say, even with lots in place there can still be falls and delays in helping. Mum & Dad have pendants with Careline to handle emergencies and falls, cleaners and a gardener. @freesia - thanks for the suggestion about community nurses / falls teams, I’ll look into this and see what help might be available there.

Take care everyone!
 
Morning all - was lovely earlier but it's now clouded over. Who knows what will come to us - I doubt the forecasts do either!

7.1 this morning first thing. Now 9.9 but I've had a slice of toast with marmite.

Going to St Ives with a g/f who I shall meet on the bus as it passes through our village. We'll have some lunch somewhere and then we'll have to look in every shop!!!! Not me - my friend is an inveterate shopper, though she rarely actually buys anything she likes to inspect everything. The weather might be quite different over there, it often is. Then when I get home J and I are meeting our usual friends in the local for an hour or so... then home for a Moussaka that I've taken out the fridge. "One I made earlier" as they used to say on the cookery programmes.

Congratulations to @eggyg and @Gwynn on your HSs.

Sorry to hear your wife is in a state again @Gwynn.

@eggyg MIL must be a worry for you and Mr eggy. We've been through it with 3 parents, my Dad passed away very young when I was only 24. It's a fact of life you are rarely warned about. We have no children to worry!

Have a good day all...
 
4.7 for me this morning, expected to feel bad today after my covid and flu Jab yesterday but so far so good fingers crossed, also slept very well just a little sore on both arms, off to do some shopping, were giving the gym a miss today
have a good one everyone
 
Afternoon all. 8.5 today and yesterday, at least I'm consistent. 10.1 the day before agh.

Does anybody want a cat? She slid off my knee and scraped my foot right round, a really long painful scratch. She got shouted at big time. 🙄
 
Afternoon all, a magic 5.5 for me much earlier this morning.
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PattiEvans said:
That’s the problem I am having, constantly having to tweak it. I think the basal settings are wrong somewhere, but don’t know where. I’ve not seen anyone since the online team training. Have an appointment with the DSN early Nov which they keep cancelling and putting back. So perhaps I can get some help then.
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Last October, I was told i’d be switched to HCL in the new year - tbf, they didn’t specify which new year LOL, so I’ll just carry on waiting.
 
khskel said:
Morning all and 7.1 for me.

Not a lot planned for today.

@Wendal all us locals used to drink Taylor's Golden Best. I don't think it ever featured much out of the area.

Have a good day everyone.
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I remember drinking Tetley in my time in Leeds and did not like it and moved to Bradford where I was reluctant to try it but found I did like it.
The difference was in Bradford it was all hand pulled but my favourites were always the Sam Smiths and of course the Taylor’s.
My local hosted a Taylor’s event about 4 years ago where they gave you samples including the Golden Best and it was nice but I still prefer the Landlord.
You are lucky to live in Yorkshire as one of my favourite places
 
PattiEvans said:
That’s the problem I am having, constantly having to tweak it. I think the basal settings are wrong somewhere, but don’t know where. I’ve not seen anyone since the online team training. Have an appointment with the DSN early Nov which they keep cancelling and putting back. So perhaps I can get some help then.
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I have no experience of the Omnipod. I found it helped to set up a thread for users of the 780 as we then shared our tips in one place. Good for people starting on it too.

When I started looping I definitely interfered too much and confused the algorithm. It took me a good month to trust it and let it get on with its job.
 
@eggyg and @Gwynn. I gave you both stars for your HS but I wanted to give you both a 2nd 'care' emoji.

@eggyg I hope your MIL recovers well.

@Gwynn My husband is a mental health nurse and both he and I can't say anything other than mental health care is broken in this country. I am so sorry that your wife is not being given the support she needs to live a fulfilled life.
 
Good morning - 9.9

Have a great day everyone.
 
Good morning peeps. Clickety click 6.6!

Firstly, thanks for your kind wishes re MiL. She’s fine, Mr Eggy went round yesterday with yet another pair of hearing aids, she keeps loosing them or breaking them because she doesn’t keep them safe, ( the last pair but one, got mangled in the mechanism of her recliner chair!) this is her fourth pair and at £xxxx it’s a dear do. Mr Eggy has commandeered an old jewellery box of mine, he stuck a label on with big red capital letters, saying, HEARING AIDS! He’s written on the fridge, PUT HEARING AIDS IN BOX, and on the visitors white board in the living room. There’s notes in the carer’s handbook for them to make sure that they’re put away before bed or if she’s taken them out, which she does, let’s see how long these last. It’s absolutely painful trying to have a conversation with her when she hasn’t got them in. Fingers crossed these last a bit longer as we can’t get insurance for them, it’s specifically mentioned in her home contents insurance policy that they won’t be covered, Specsavers don’t issue insurance either. Anyhoo, she never mentioned falling, it’s totally wiped from her mind.

Off walking today, just a local walk from the north of the city. A circular route we’ve never done before along the River Eden, going out of town into a couple of villages. About 10 miles but shouldn’t be a tough one like last week. Forecast, dry with sunny intervals, gentle breeze.

Have a good ‘un!
 
Good morning everyone

BG 5.1

Got a bit of a shock yesterday. Our new pastor informed me that he will not now be singing/playing on sunday. It leaves us short handed in the worship team, but also gives us more freedom to do the praise and worship (which I will be leading anyway). We had been constrained before because another person was going to run the service but now cannot do it, so the pastor has stepped in to do it.

Keeps us on our toes!

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Today, no idea except for lots of keyboard practice.

Have a great day today whatever you are doing.
 
Morning and a double yolk this morning being Eggys twin with a 6.6 Honestly how coincidental is that??
Sorry to hear about MiL and glad she is on mend and enjoy the walk.
Another local day in Footballer Wives land so as the Americans would say plenty of glamorous real estate to view well from the outside at least.
Plus have my eye on a nice lunch spot a very traditional Tea Room.
Whether Tea Room/ Coffee Shop/Park Bench or your own house enjoy your lunch and day
 
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