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Group 7-day waking average?

I have almost always been a good sleeper (I used to jest that I could sleep on a washing line any time of day). Working shifts got me into a system of sleep when you can, wake up if you have to! I then went through about 5 years of very poor sleep when I hit the menopause and then diabetes hit.... perhaps the two are linked since my deep sleeps now seem to bring my levels right down. I did not take kindly to disrupted sleep at all and I will confess it is bliss to sleep well again now. I do also think my lifestyle in the fresh air with plenty of exercise helps... maybe too much for me at the moment!
 
Hi All. Hope everyone had a good day.

4.5. Many, many hours ago - when is it the Christmas break? I won’t say holiday as I sense it won’t be a holiday !
 
ChrisW said:
Thank you yes it does they were the lucky ones xx
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ChrisW said:
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My wife and I caught it in October. I was worse with it than her
M symptoms were a cough, congested lungs, a temperature and while you have this you are still infectious. A sore throat and loss of appetite. This all lasted for about 8 days and after 10 I was allowed out by T&T, they rang us twice a day to make sure we hadn’t left the house, landline and mobile.
After isolation I was breathless after every walk and at first only about 150 yards but it’s improving now
stay safe
 
Morning all. 5.9 today and I’m up at the crack to catch the sunrise at Buttermere. The forecast is great after all the rain we’ve had, it’ll be muddy but sunny. By the time most of you read this we’ll be sitting on the lake side eating sausage butties. No fells today, I haven’t the puff! But should blow some nice fresh air into my lungs and clear my nose. Have a good ‘un. 🙂
 
04:44 BS 7.8 :confused: So so emoji! After breakfast just now, 06:20, BS 9.6. Umm! Both a little high but, only a little as I’m starting to reduce basal, again, because if I don’t it’ll be hypoland!🙄 Slept a lot yesterday so, managed to bypass the worst of the tingles & didn’t feel it in my sleep thanks to the hot water bottle! But, they’ve started up again or, is that I, in italics, are aware of them again now I’m awake!🙄

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

It’s another tingly day for me but, hopefully it’ll start to settle down soon? 🙄
 
Morning from a VERY chilly Angus

5.2 for me today making it my 12th of the year
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Morning all. 7.3 this morning after a good day yesterday, was 100% until i had a small hypo after a bar of chocolate (!?). Don't know how that happened as i didn't bolus for it. Oh well...
@Bexlee christmas holidays can't come quick enough for me atm, though it won't be like christmas this year. We'll just have to make the day the best we can.
@Gruers , am pleased that you are improving, it sounds horrible. Take care and keep on improving.
Have a good day folks, i think its supposed to be a cold one day.
 
Morning all
I bring you tidings of great joy and a rare 5.2 this morning.
Snap @Kaylz

Blessings Snowwy
 
Morning all, 7.5 here! Trundled along in the 4s all night until around 4am, when Dawn decided to reappear after a couple of weeks absence, and just as I'd reconfigured my Basal to cope in her absence. She didn’t even send me a postcard or bring me a stick of rock!
 
Congrats on the HS @Snowwy 🙂 xx
 
Congratulations to @Snowwy & @Kaylz on the HS's. 🙂
4.7 for me this morning. 🙂

Dez
 
Well I tried my best to join @Kaylz and @Snowwy on the 5.2 step.... congrats to you guys.... but I missed by one, so it is a 5.1 for me today. That said, I would have liked to sleep longer but my levels were heading down and I didn't want to eat anymore of my bedside hypo heros in bed again... not doing my teeth any good! My strategy obviously worked last night.... eat late, don't bolus and go to bed late. Went to bed just after 1am with a 7.1 with an upward sloping arrow, set my alarm for 5am to check levels, when i was a nice 6.4, dropped to 4.9, just before i got up and lay a bit trying to decide if I dared go back to sleep without jelly babies. Maybe the stress of that decision started it on a slight upward trend or started to trigger my foot on the floor but whatever, I'm up and very happy with a 5.1. Stats have improved dramatically as I managed a whole day and night in range. New sensor day today.
 
Morning folks. 🙂 5.4 here.

What a coincidence @rebrascora - I was convinced I didn’t need HRT, but then you chatting about improved sleep and less trips to the loo has made me think that maybe I do. And I just happen to be seeing my gynaecologist today...thanks! :D
 
@Bloden
I had just accepted the trips to the loo as part of getting older but had battled the hot flushes and consequent poor sleep for 5 years before the diabetes hit. The hot flushes made it difficult to tell if I was going hypo or just having a hot flush, particularly through the night, so I asked about trying HRT and it was the best thing I ever did. I have the patches and it took a bit of time to find places to put them where they stayed attached and had a few minor side effects initially and getting the prescription dispensed was a pain in the backside, but now I can manage with half a patch every 4-5 days (so the prescriptions last longer) and that seems to work great still both in stopping the hot flushes and allowing me a great night's sleep without pit stops. I am gradually increasing the length of time I use each half patch before replacing it with a view to gradually coming off them and that is going quite well. Occasionally I start to feel the odd hot flush and go back to a full patch (which is the recommended dose) and then cut it back again. It blows my mind how half a tiny clear patch of plastic can make such a huge difference to your quality of life and I would certainly recommend them. Oral tablets are available but I didn't want to risk any stomach upset. I should say that one of the listed side effects is disrupted sleep, so a good night's sleep is not guaranteed but I have certainly noticed the opposite effect and it happened as soon as I started using them, so a very notable difference for me.
I hope your doctor is sympathetic and you are able to find a benefit in the treatment like I do.
 
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