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Group 7-day waking average?

My workshop stool broke yesterday, one of the castors disintegrated. Obviously trying to tell me something. Scoured the internet and replacing the castors 5 needed as not easy to just replace the broken one actually cost more than buying a new one, which has just arrived.
 
zippyjojo said:
Hello all - very strangely I'm sending this from the sky as my husband has tapped into the plane's wifi on his laptop. We set off this morning 2 and a bit hour drive to Edinburgh then flew down to Heathrow and now on our way to Canada. I'm accompanying him on a business trip. Only got 30 mins from home and realised that I'd miscalculated my meds and had only brought 3 days worth of penicillin with me! Phoned Pharmacy2U (no help); phoned my surgery (even less help which is quite unusual for them). No dispensing chemist at either airport. Emailed my Mum's cousin in Edmonton who we're staying with this weekend and within 20 mins he'd emailed back to say that he'd spoken to a pharmacy there and arranged that I can go in and show them my current box and they'll let me have some more - PHEW!!. My next problem that I'm hoping someone here will be able to help me with, is that I've realised I have no idea what I should do about my background basal dose of Lantus that I usually have at 10pm. I'm travelling back in time at the moment and am going to be about 8 or 9 hours behind when I get there. Do I take it in two hours which will be 10pm and then try to work out what the equivalent of that is in Canadian time for tomorrow as I can't take it again at 10pm Canadian time as I'll be ODing on it. Or do I wait until 10pm Canadian time which will actually be 7am UK time - HELP!! 😱 I'm tagging a few people who may know but if anyone else wants to chip in please do. @eggyg @PattiEvans @Eternal422
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When I went to San Francisco then on to Australia I took half my Levemir basal (14U) the night before in the UK at my normal time then the second half (14U) at my normal time on San Francisco time. It seemed to work out ok for me. My DSN just said to gradually move the single dose by a few hours each day before travelling to match the destination time, but having found a website that suggested this method of splitting the dose, I went with that instead.

Here’s the spreadsheet I did which may give you some ideas and help :

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Bloden said:
Morning all. 5.9 here.

Wednesday’s my busiest day but at least it stops me from thinking about my upcoming annual review at the end of the month!
A question to all Omnipod users - does anyone use an insulin other than Novorapid in their Pods? @nonethewiser @PattiEvans @PhoebeC @mark king
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Don't usually look at this thread but just seen your tag @Bloden

Yes I use fiasp, have done for some years now problem free, was previously using novorapid.
 
Robin said:
Dawn has disappeared off to bother someone else for a bit
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Yes @Robin, me! I woke to a 12.6!!! All due to a very stubborn hypo around 9pm last night. All the treatments must have worked together overnight as from midnight on i was over 12. I don't remember the alarm going off and it took until after lunch today to get back into target. Just been for a walk with a friend and her dogs and its finally down to 5.6.

@Grannylorraine i agree with @PattiEvans, try Asda Opticians. They're very reasonable. I recently paid £170 for varifocals and a pair of varifocal sunglasses, inclusive of all the coatings etc and lenses made thinner.

I hope everyone has had a good day and @eggyg you're not too worn out entertaining a 3yr old and nine month old.
 
PattiEvans said:
Yes, I use Apidra. It’s a bit faster than novorapid. I noticed it particularly when I went away without any insulin and could only get Novorapid which seemed so slow in comparison. Apparently Omnipod don‘t licence it, but everyone at my clinic is on Apidra.
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That’s great news! I was using Apidra on MDI and it’s sooooo much better than Notsorapid. Fingers crossed I can swap to Apidra.

Thanks for your replies, everyone.
 
Gwynn said:
Good morning everyone

BG 5.1

Well, yesterday, after 12pm, and a real gentle gesture of love from me, my wife, who had hidden her self away in the bedroom, forlorn and lost er, crumbled, tears, sobbing, relief, hope. She had started working out how to 'escape', to run away into darkness and emptiness. Her papers everywhere on the bed gathering what she thought she needed. The love did the trick and she totally melted. The real, happier, relaxed, easy going, lovely person emerged. And the rest of the day was so good. Way better than an HS !

You know what I miss on this forum? @ColinUK s awarded houses for those who get an HS.

Have a great day today whatever you are doing
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It’s so good to hear your wife’s MH is currently slightly better right now @Gwynn yes :party:
I saw your comment regarding @ColinUK who’s currently not been awarding the Houses to those that Qualify with a HS, I think he’s just been to busy tracking down theatrical costumes, plus of course working out and occasional visit to the theatre to get his inspiration to update Colin’s Cultural Corner
 
An early good morning. 5.4. Happy with that.

Cut and blow this morning, these four weeks come round fast, the next one will be my Christmas cut and colour! Ahhh! Where’s the year gone?

Very foggy this morning, set to be another grey and damp day unfortunately. Mr Eggy lit the fire yesterday as the little ones were here for the day. I was roasting! It’s still throwing out some heat this morning!

Have a good day, whatever it throws at you.

Buttons and Rufus getting up close and personal with Eden. They’re cheeky little things.
 

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Good morning everyone! 7'2 today, better than recently.

My weekly TIR has fallen to a shocking 43%. I can´t blame a faulty sensor because any time I double checked with a finger prick it was annoyingly accurate. So in the last few days I´ve reintroduced Levemir, upped the NR doses and tried to reduce carbs. I am back to work today, that tends to help.

I messaged my landlord about the faulty fridge and he said he will send someone today. Hopefully they can fix it, trying to eat healthy without a fridge is tricky! My insulin spares are still on holiday in my neighbour´s fridge.

Have a lovely day 🙂
 
Good morning - 4.0

Have a great day everyone.
 
Good morning everyone

BG 5.4 not surprised its slightly higher...cake last night. Don't know why I ate it. It wasn't very nice!

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Yesterday was a rest day and for some reason I needed it.

Today, lunch with the Pastor, excellent.

Maybe some keyboard practice later on.

Have a great day today whatever you are doing
 
Morning an 8.4 for me after another monster carb tea and fiddling about with insulin.
Know where I am going wrong and just need more discipline.
Back to work today and easier to manage things as leaves on road get a day of rest from me and my brush.
Have a good day all
 
slightly concerned following a shockingly low what I saw as 3.1 early morning hypo at 5am today, when my libra didn’t trigger any audible alert in their app on my phone, technically that was my fault, as had another faulty sensor yesterday, the second one this week it kept loosing Bluetooth connection, I think out of frustration and anger had disabled ALL of the LibraLink alerts on my phone, before eventually prying the limpet off my arm.

my watch did vibrate just enough to wake me, at first I didn’t realise the hypo, until I stood to walk to the bathroom and straight away felt wobbly (finger prick test confirmed was low although not quite as low as the CGM thought at 3.7)

anyway morning routine has skipped me past any chance of HS or a Unicorn and will declare 5.6 today

Abbot were trying to sugest it’s my phone (not their sensor that’s the issue)
and are sending me another sensor plus their own reader,
Im kind of just not convinced, as I have no other Bluetooth connected device issues with my phone.

Happy World Diabetes Awareness Day
 

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Morning all. 6.0 for me.

My day in a nutshell: class, coffee, class, cake - perfect! That’s coffee with a friend I haven’t seen for a while - lots to catch up on. And the cake is an Extra Slice on the telly tonight. I heart Thursdays!
 
7.0 and off to the hospital for blood tests for my pre Bertie course checks
 
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