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eggyg said:
@Eternal422 I’m so pleased they’re “allowing” you to stay on insulin, doesn’t matter what flavour diabetes you have. I bet you are so relieved. You’ll sleep better now. What I’m not so pleased about is the future discontinuation of Levemir! 😡
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Thank you so much! I am indeed over the moon and gone is all that unnecessary anxiety which was down to the consultant’s off the cuff remarks then suggesting I come off insulin. Thank goodness for the marvellous DSNs who have so much knowledge, pragmatism and empathy. She explained so much to me which helped me make sense of everything as well as a massive reassurance that I was doing well and that insulin MDI was the best way for me to continue. I liked the way, when asked what the consultant would do now, she said basically don’t worry about that she would tell the consultant what she is has said and what my treatment going forward will be. Seems like the DSNs at my hospital have some real power and say in things, which is great news for me!

The discontinuation of Levemir will mean some changes and not suit everyone I suspect. Barbara is concerned and there’s quite a bit of chat about it on my C Peptide Results Thread
 
To celebrate my relief after my DSN appointment my BG decided to present me with a lovely 5.2 today 🙂

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I’m starting to feel like I have my mojo back and ready to get my control better and improve my HbA1c which has crept up a bit this year to 54, so could definitely be improved. I don’t think the recent stress has helped things, it we also were not that good with meals for the period this last blood test covered, back on the game now though so expecting my next blood test will show an improvement.

Congratulations to @Grannylorraine on your HS - pleased to be able to join you today !

Take care everyone, I hope you can all get rest and enjoy the festivities if you celebrate them. Thank you so much to everyone on here for listening to my moans and rants, fears and anxieties. You have all made such a difference. A problem shared is definitely halved!
 
Good morning everyone! 9'4.

I'm alive and well. Enjoying the sun and trying to see as many people as I can without making it stressful. Today and tomorrow will be all about the family and I don't need to make plans, only show up and eat 😛

Had a frustrating day with Libre yesterday, mostly my fault. I left the house early with a few hours left in my sensor, so applied the new one to activate later. I tend to scan the wrong arm a lot on the day I change sensors, and usually it doesn't make a noise because that arm is empty. But since I hadn't removed the old sensor yet, I got beeping and an error message. Add to that I didn't realise the reader was low on battery. So most of the times I wanted to scan turned into "beep beep beep, wrong sensor! >beep beep beep, low battery! > BG number I'm not pleased with". The poor little machine received a lot of cursing in Spanish!

In short, I'm having great food, better company, bad blood sugars :D
 
5.2 for me this morning; mind you have been hovering between 4.2 (ish) and 5.5 since last evening and all through the night! TIR 88% creeping up. Watch this, they will probably go high now as a backlash.

I hope everyone has a good Xmas Eve whatever you do and wherever you go, do it safely 🙂
 
Martin.A said:
Haven't posted for a few days as I felt the need to take a break but would like to wish everyone a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. As usual, Xmas Day and Boxing Day is with my wife's family up in Bedford and we'll be heading off this evening once our youngest has finished his shift at Tesco, and once we've had dinner.

For the record, 5.6 this morning.

Have a wonderful Xmas.
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Good to see you posting again Martin as we missed you.
I did mention you in a post of a couple of weeks ago which I will repeat now.I called in to Tesco North in Bracknell to visit the loo/ get some fuel as our works Xmas Do was in Wokingham and I was early.Is that the one your son works at or is there another one close by?
I always think of you as I take my son to work as I always said I would let him sort his own travel arrangements out and not “ pander” to him.He never asks for lofts and is always grateful but he never learned to drive and it is so much easier just to take him rather than rely on the train.
Have a great Xmas and hope you are doing fine.
 
Today is a nice day! Do not speak too soon, it can and probably will, change!

6.9 when I woke. I was woken much earlier (05:44 to be precise) by the PDM alarm with a level of 3.4 - looking at the activity log it had been going off for 2 hours and had woken neither myself nor hubby. I ate two Dextrose and a bit of cookie and fell asleep again - I know I should have tested BG, but I was still half asleep.

Yesterday evening was a bit too dramatic for my taste. We went to the local and had a lovely time with our friends. The Xmas pudding "roulade" was a sort of sausage roll of pastry with Xmas pud as the sausage. Hubby had one, I politely refused. The group (composed of 4 Doctors including one from my surgery) were all excellent and the sax music very festive.

Eventually, just as I had got a drink, the PDM started emitting a high pitched alarm. Never heard it before and we were all looking for the source of the noise until I discovered it in my bag. Dire messages were being displayed about the pod not working and take it off "NOW". Ring Insulet immediately! Had to go home and ring them - this is the 4th day running I've had to ring them due to "Omnipod 5 App not working" dire notices. On the 3 previous occasions they have treated it lightly - and as I said to the guy on day 3 "It's all very well for you, but my life depends on this thing and sending out frightening messages for something you seem to think is inconsequential is very frightening for me". Anyway the woman I got on the phone last night was much more understanding. The long and short of it was I had to put a new pod on and they are sending me a replacement as I'd had it on only just 24 hours. I hope today is less scary! We finally got dinner at 11pm.

Congratulations to @Eternal422 @Silent Sands and @Grannylorraine on your HSs.

Great to see @Martin.A back posting and know he's OK.

Welcome to @Spudgun

Have a magical Christmas Eve all and an even better Christmas Day My Card to you all!
 
Wendal said:
Good to see you posting again Martin as we missed you.
I did mention you in a post of a couple of weeks ago which I will repeat now.I called in to Tesco North in Bracknell to visit the loo/ get some fuel as our works Xmas Do was in Wokingham and I was early.Is that the one your son works at or is there another one close by?
I always think of you as I take my son to work as I always said I would let him sort his own travel arrangements out and not “ pander” to him.He never asks for lofts and is always grateful but he never learned to drive and it is so much easier just to take him rather than rely on the train.
Have a great Xmas and hope you are doing fine.
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Thank you for the kind words. Our son works at Wokingham's Tesco. He passed his driving test 3 years ago and has his own car (his mum's old car) so fortunately he's not dependent on lifts.
 
Update:

Did final shopping (small presents) before my breakfast, then put up some decorations! I decided to surprise my wife. Then prepared the lemon and pasley stuffing, prepared the turkey. All done ready for tomorrow. My friend will be coming to Christmas lunch (he has no-one, no family).

My hip is complaining like crazy now but I am sitting now resting and happy that my wife is happy (she's finishing off the tree decorations).

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Merry Christmas everyone
 
Gwynn said:
Update:

Did final shopping (small presents) before my breakfast, then put up some decorations! I decided to surprise my wife. Then prepared the lemon and pasley stuffing, prepared the turkey. All done ready for tomorrow. My friend will be coming to Christmas lunch (he has no-one, no family).

My hip is complaining like crazy now but I am sitting now resting and happy that my wife is happy (she's finishing off the tree decorations).

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Merry Christmas everyone
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You're the husband that Emma Thompson deserved :(
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Just got in from lunch at our local garden centre, not been for over 6 months decided to go last minute we had a lovely lunch and the chef John came out and gave me a big hug, and all the staff were pleased to see us and remarked on how well Hubby looks, we've know them all for over 15 years, John makes the best Steak and Kidney pie ever, can't wait to see hubby face tomorrow, my daughter and I have bought him a super car driving experience at a race track he gets to pick 6 super cars to drive then get to have a professional drive him round at super speed, he has always wanted to do it. hope everyone has a lovely Christmas x
 
Pam123 said:
have bought him a super car driving experience at a race track he gets to pick 6 super cars to drive then get to have a professional drive him round at super speed
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My wife got me a similar thing where I got to drive a couple of cars and then I paid for her to be taken as a passenger.

I said to the driver his only job was to make her scream. He did. She said it was incredible. I'm sure your husband will love it 🙂
 
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