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Group 7-day waking average?

Had a hypo just before lunch yesterday and didn't really feel I physically recovered for the whole day. Tweaking my morning bolus to take account of extra exercise. Beginning to wonder if I'll ever feel well enough to put in a full day's work again.

Got my painkillers yesterday and had the first one last night. I asked my GP for blackcurrant flavour but I think she forgot. No change in pain but no "hangover symptoms" this morning so will up the dose tonight as instructed.

Pee sample completed this morning and I'll get that handed in today. Extra marks for managing to get all of it into the tiny vial they gave me without spilling or splashing.

Woke to a 6.8 this morning and blue skies.
 
pm133 said:
Pee sample completed this morning and I'll get that handed in today. Extra marks for managing to get all of it into the tiny vial they gave me without spilling or splashing.
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by far easier for you than it is us, at least you can see what your doing and what your aiming for! LOL xx
 
Kaylz said:
by far easier for you than it is us, at least you can see what your doing and what your aiming for! LOL xx
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Haha how true!!
 
ColinUK said:
What are the nerves about the flu jab? Honestly you won’t feel it at all. It’s barely even a scratch.
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The injection doesn’t bother me at all. I had regular jabs in the army, albeit many years ago now. It’s playing Russian roulette that worries me. “They” are guessing which flu virus might me here in the winter, so it may be ineffective. And I’ve known more than a handful of people who’ve had adverse reactions and won’t have it again. Until I have it myself I won’t know. I’ll be brave and won’t cry 😎
 
HenryBennett said:
The injection doesn’t bother me at all. I had regular jabs in the army, albeit many years ago now. It’s playing Russian roulette that worries me. “They” are guessing which flu virus might me here in the winter, so it may be ineffective. And I’ve known more than a handful of people who’ve had adverse reactions and won’t have it again. Until I have it myself I won’t know. I’ll be brave and won’t cry 😎
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That is no differnt for any years flu vaccine!
 
Good morning 5.4 on another miserable day, laundry all washed and half of it dried.🙂
Dyson will be coming out soon and wash the kitchen floor, clean bedding going on
really struggle with the duvet cover but hey ho.🙂

Enjoy your holiday @eggyg & Mr @eggyg.🙂

Enjoy your flu jab @HenryBennett.:D

Glad your home @Michael12421 as @Kaylz say`s after a really bad hypo sometimes takes
day`s to recover, If you can bring your figures down to the lower teens will also help.

Take care folks stay safe.🙂
 
HenryBennett said:
For some reason no one can explain, in NI it’s called the hot press.
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Press for any type of cupboard affair and hot because it was probably built next to the oven. I'm just guessing. 🙂 Interesting. My Irish friend always called the 1960s tall flip down front cabinet a press. I never heard my Da use the word though.

7.7 @ 9.41am good morning all. 🙂

and if anyone's caught up in the restrictions up north I hope Boris isn't planning to copy Nicola Sturgeon and make things even tougher.
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Re social distancing, not in our town... I walked into Quality Save following the signs on the floor and notices on the door and then came to a dead halt. Couldn't move forward for the gaggle of people browsing.
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2 metres my
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Re social distancing, not in our town... I walked into Quality Save following the signs on the floor and notices on the door and then came to a dead halt. Couldn't move forward for the gaggle of people browsing.
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2 metres my
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Places round here are just as bad, the local pub I mentioned would deserve to be closed, they are allowing people to move around the pub without a face covering, not even the barmaid is wearing one, a food establishment in one of the next towns allowed 3 people from 3 different households when your only supposed to have 2 households, its a total shambles xx
 
12:50 BS 6.0 🙂 Very happy with that considering how LATE it is! Had a day in bed binging on watching stuff on Netflix!😛

Just hugs @Michael12421 it was scary reading!😱

I have to go up to the hosp. tomorrow morning anyway, 09:15 appointment, for achest x-ray the doctor ordered anyway: got a call yesterday afternoon!🙄 I just hope it’s dry as I HATE doing that journey in the wind & rain on buses but, will be going by taxi there & back in these trying times so, I suppose, in that regard, the weather isn’t such an impact!🙄

A Very Good Afternoon to you all!😉
 
Kaylz said:
Places round here are just as bad, the local pub I mentioned would deserve to be closed, they are allowing people to move around the pub without a face covering, not even the barmaid is wearing one, a food establishment in one of the next towns allowed 3 people from 3 different households when your only supposed to have 2 households, its a total shambles xx
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This is happening so often that it's a sign people are starting to believe that there is no science underpinning any of this. They appear to be using behavioural psychology and you'd have a hard job convincing people that this represents genuine science.
In my opinion, this is a failure of politicians rather than the general public.
If a politician on a nice comfy £150k secure wage is going to tell people to shut down their businesses and go on the dole, they'd better have some serious proof that this is necessary and deeply patronising nonsense like "Don't kill granny" isn't going to do it.

This all has the feeling that not one of them knows what to do to deal with this virus. I'd respect them more if they just admitted that nothing seems to be working.
 
Well I failed to get a hat trick of decent consecutive readings.
It was a very disappointing 9.8 this morning when I first woke up despite having no appreciable carbs last night (mostly just some cheese), so I shot myself 2 units of NR and went back to sleep and woke up next time on 3.3. I don't want to claim either of those readings.
Not the best start to the day but relieved to see @Michael12421 has had a reasonably stable BG night albeit a bit high but that is no bad thing in the circumstances. Don't be too keen to bring it down into range too quickly... Maybe aim to keep things 10-12 for at least a few days. It will probably make you feel tired and unwell but you really need to keep well away from the danger zone.
 
Good afternoon. I have not eaten today - no appetite. My reading a few moments ago was 25.5. I can't go to bed with that kind of reading. I propose taking a correction dose of 4 or 5 units of NR. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Thank you.
 
Anitram said:
There's also mounting evidence that lockdowns only succeed in slowing the spread and flattening the curve, and as soon as a lockdown's eased it simply takes off again. Even the scientific community seems to be split between those who favour lockdowns and those who say this virus is here to stay so we should shield the vulnerable and let everyone else get on with life.

Who know who's right..???

Martin
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Well from the experts i have been listening to have said all along was the idea was to flaten the curve, and we would spikes or waves.
 
Anitram said:
There's also mounting evidence that lockdowns only succeed in slowing the spread and flattening the curve, and as soon as a lockdown's eased it simply takes off again. Even the scientific community seems to be split between those who favour lockdowns and those who say this virus is here to stay so we should shield the vulnerable and let everyone else get on with life.

Who know who's right..???

Martin
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We‘ll know with hindsight - the most perfect science!
 
Michael12421 said:
Good afternoon. I have not eaten today - no appetite. My reading a few moments ago was 25.5. I can't go to bed with that kind of reading. I propose taking a correction dose of 4 or 5 units of NR. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Thank you.
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Only you can know how much a correction dose will bring you down, so over to you for the amount. My strategy would be, do a correction now, aim to correct to 8-9, rather than right down to 4-6, test at regular intervals, and don't go to bed til the correction dose has worked its way out of your system (4 hours minimum). Good luck!
 
@Michael12421 I personally would aim to get it down to 10-12 rather than any lower. How much does one unit normally drop your levels?
 
Happy Friday everyone. A 5.8 from me today.

A slightly sore arm after the flu jab, but I’m still here. I’m off to the “Genius Bar” at the Belfast Apple Store this afternoon. My AirPod Pros have developed the well documented rattle so I’m expecting a replacement.
 
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