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Group 7-day waking average?

@Paulbreen It's a while since I had an omelette to be honest (the girls are off lay because they are going through moult) and always in the morning or lunchtime when I do. If I have it in the morning I usually bolus 2 units as soon as I get up for "foot on the floor", have my omelette and then may need a correction of 1-2units, 1-2hours later for the protein from the omelette but it depends on how active I am during that time. Maybe I should start having one on an evening without bolus as I am really struggling to stop my levels dropping through the night.....

It's a 3.8 for me this morning despite going to bed in the 12s with no evening basal or bolus. Once again a lovely steady straight line descent as soon as I go to sleep to when I wake up.

@khskel I assumed you were already on prescription, but pleased that you will be soon.

@Darren85 Try not to get too hung up on individual results. I know you will feel kicked in the teeth by this morning's reading but as @Kaylz says, there are a number of things which can affect it. Even just the time of the morning you got up or how long after getting up you tested because Dawn Phenomenon can be a big contributor to morning readings. Do you test as soon as you get out of bed, or do you potter on a bit getting dressed and going to the loo etc first.... that can all impact your reading..... but the chick peas may be the culprit. Some people can get away with chick peas and some can't.... same with porridge.... they are some of the more controversial foods for us diabetics. When you are experimenting, you will have a certain element of failure and it is actually those which sometimes teach you more than the successes..... Onwards and downwards! How about something like steak and salad with coleslaw and celeriac chips tonight.... that's what I will be having! This will be my first experiment with celeriac chips.
 
rebrascora said:
How about something like steak and salad with coleslaw and celeriac chips tonight.... that's what I will be having! This will be my first experiment with celeriac chips.
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Let us know how you get on - I keep thinking of trying celeriac chips but haven't got round to it
 
I await your feedback on the chips - I dont even know what a celeriac is other than an ugly brown thing !

Thanks, I usually wake up get my daughter dressed make sure sures brushed teeth etc then I get myself dressed, feed the pets, feed the daughter then check my BG and take my own medication and then have breakfast.
 
@Darren85 Try testing first, the moment you get out of bed or even before you get out of bed. You might get better results.
My BG can rise by as much as 5-6 whole mmols in the hour after I get out of bed if I don't inject insulin to stop it.
 
Anitram said:
There are some reports online that we might see some snow at the end of the week. In Berkshire?
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Just seen the forecast and there is a chance of a dusting of snow on Friday on the Chilterns and the Downs so I might have a white start to the day
 
G'day all. Good grief, I didn't know that about lone protein. I know nothing! I often give Mum two hard boiled eggs on their own. No wonder she is now pre-diabetic. :(

6.4 @ 8.10am pleased I'm often in the 6s now. It might be because I'm doing that no breakfast thing after reading that book, Breakfast Is A Dangerous Meal. I'm also never ever hungry. I eat anyways. I like eating. I don't like not being hungry, I'm not used to it. Unless it's my dicky liver kicking in. :( I'm going to be my dream 7stones 11pounds then but for all the wrong reasons.

I wish I had a loan horse. Need to nip out and buy a lottery ticket. If I win I can buy my own stables, plus a narrowboat, and if I win big, a small castle.
 
rebrascora said:
@Paulbreen It's a while since I had an omelette to be honest (the girls are off lay because they are going through moult) and always in the morning or lunchtime when I do. If I have it in the morning I usually bolus 2 units as soon as I get up for "foot on the floor", have my omelette and then may need a correction of 1-2units, 1-2hours later for the protein from the omelette but it depends on how active I am during that time. Maybe I should start having one on an evening without bolus as I am really struggling to stop my levels dropping through the night.....

It's a 3.8 for me this morning despite going to bed in the 12s with no evening basal or bolus. Once again a lovely steady straight line descent as soon as I go to sleep to when I wake up.

@khskel I assumed you were already on prescription, but pleased that you will be soon.

@Darren85 Try not to get too hung up on individual results. I know you will feel kicked in the teeth by this morning's reading but as @Kaylz says, there are a number of things which can affect it. Even just the time of the morning you got up or how long after getting up you tested because Dawn Phenomenon can be a big contributor to morning readings. Do you test as soon as you get out of bed, or do you potter on a bit getting dressed and going to the loo etc first.... that can all impact your reading..... but the chick peas may be the culprit. Some people can get away with chick peas and some can't.... same with porridge.... they are some of the more controversial foods for us diabetics. When you are experimenting, you will have a certain element of failure and it is actually those which sometimes teach you more than the successes..... Onwards and downwards! How about something like steak and salad with coleslaw and celeriac chips tonight.... that's what I will be having! This will be my first experiment with celeriac chips.
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Thanks for the heads up @rebrascora, normally I just wolf down an omelet and dont bolus or even think about it. I think there is something else going on as I was low all morning after my porridge and had to drink a can of coke to get things to normalize and for the last 2 days my pump is asking for a calibration every 6 hours and normally its looking 2 times a day, Ill post when I get to the bottom of it lol
 
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G'day all. Good grief, I didn't know that about lone protein. I know nothing! I often give Mum two hard boiled eggs on their own. No wonder she is now pre-diabetic. :(
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I'm not sure it effects Type 2's etc in the same way it effects Type 1's as they do still produce insulin xx
 
Paulbreen said:
Thanks @Bloden, I hadn’t noticed that before to be honest, I’m not eating omelette that often, maybe once a month or so. Are you having a bolus if you have an omelette?
I’ll keep a closer eye on it next time I have one, thanks again for the heads up
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I usually have a piece of toast with an omelette and bolus for the toast. I never bolus for a no-carb meal. I’ll have an omelette on its own, without bolusing, if I want to keep my BG up and steady - eg before a long walk. It’s useful in that type of situation. 🙂
 
@rebrascora, you might want to flavour the celeriac chips before cooking. I usually spray them with a bit of oil then sprinkle with either pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika or whatever is to hand. I find them a bit bland else. I tried swede cut into chips the other day. Tasty but took longee to cook than celeriac, next time i'll cut them to the size of fries.
 
Well I've had my steak and salad (with balsamic dressing and cheese coleslaw) and celeriac chips along with some fried mushrooms and courgette and in the interests of science I haven't bolused any insulin yet.

I started the experiment on 4.2 and currently up to 4.6 20mins later.

My meal was delicious, although the steak... a sirloin.... wasn't as tender as I had hoped.

The chips were a bit of a faff to cook..... par boiled and then tossed in warm lamb fat (preferable to vegetable oil in my opinion and I had some left over from a joint of lamb just waiting to be used) and spices (garam marsala, turmeric and chilli) and then laid out on parchment on a baking tray and cooked in quite a hot over for 25 mins and turned individually 10 mins before end of cooking. They were nicely cooked but not overly crispy and they browned quite well although the spices helped with the golden colouring. I like chips that are soft and moist in the middle so they were ideal texture for me. Flavour wise they were very much like parsnip chips... which I really like.... but parsnips are not exactly low carb and I would always bolus for them unless I was just pinching a couple off chips off my partner's plate... so I am half expecting my BG to rocket.... insulin is at the ready and a late evening walk is on the cards.

BG is now 6.0 with an upward slanted arrow and it is 30 mins after eating them.

Portion wise I cooked the whole celeriac and had maybe a third of the chips from it..... about 10-12 good sized chips I would say.

Libre showing I have levelled out at 6.1 at the 40min mark. Protein from the steak won't kick in for another hour at least, so this is just the veg.... I had a large cherry tomato with my salad and a third of a red pepper and cucumber and lots of mixed salad leaves and the coleslaw. I would estimate 6-7g carbs in the salad maybe.

BG is 6.3 after 50mins.... There was quite a lot of fat in that meal so it may well delay the release of the carbs.
Up to 6.7 after an hour.
Will update later with more results
 
8.6 with an upward sloping arrow an hour and a half after eating, so nothing desperate so far but I have had a hot shower which usually brings my levels down, I am also at peak activity time for my morning Levemir and I have done quite a bit of exercise today shifting muck. I will need to get my BG up to 12 before bed anyway because otherwise I will hypo through the night so looks like I might get away with my celeriac chips without bolus.... maybe.

Have to say I feel really stuffed.... It was a big plateful of food.... but I hadn't had anything since breakfast which was yoghurt, berries and seeds with a sprinkle of nutty granola, so I was ready for it. I took a photo but not sure if I can get this phone to download to my PC...

Edited to add 8.3 at the 2 hour mark after eating... looking good so far.
Unfortunately I have failed to download photo.
 
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Hi folks been in the hospital all afternoon managed to get an Echo Blue out of the DSN (wasn`t that a paraffin?)
never mind the Doc sent me one too. Then the Endoscopy unit 😱 had it done 3 times before this time no problem,
couldn`t get the Endoscope past my Larynx tried 3 times never belched or farted so much let alone gagging in my
life, however he did give up in the end and said you have a blockage were your Larynx is we need to go further.

Booked in for another test a different kind the latest on the 16th but be available at any time please I do love fun,
the nurses where brilliant mainly because I had shorts on and amazing banter even the consultant smiled loudly.

Just one more hands up you are given your own nurse to stay with you during the whole time mine was called
Julius, so I thought a strapping lad from Italy Richard Burton look alike sorry @ColinUK nothing of the sorts.
He was smaller than meo_O smart, perfect English and was brought up/born in India so me saying Julius Caesar
must have been in your family history,😳 he said I get that all the time and I know I`m very dark skinned for an
Italian and I hate pasta. I do like the bollock Knees but prefer an Indian take away unless I make my own, I said
I`m sorry for mistaken you for an Italian he said no bother have you any more questions? I said only one can I
have a look at your Totem pole? handcuffs didn`t fit anyway.

Night Night.
 
Oh dear Ted! What an ordeal but so amazing that you can find a funny side to things. It is a great skill being able to make people chuckle. Thanks for that.
Hope the next attempt involves a pretty female nurse and a whiskey mouth wash.
 
02:30 BS 8.0. 🙂 Phew! NOT in the 4’s but, also relieved it’s not too high as I cut basal by a whopping -6 at midnight! I cut midnight basal by -4 yesterday & still ended up with BS 4.4 two hours after lunch that needed a JB & oatcake. Couldn’t change the basal that was already in for the rest of the day so, drastically reduced bolus instead. Still anxiously testing a lot every time I woke, apnoea waking me every few hours anyway as I’m currently using my inhalers a lot with my asthma, to check I didn’t go too low as I dropped steadily lower after the 4 hours of bolus for dinner at 12:00 & relieved it was still above water, so to speak, at BS 5.4 by midnight.🙂

I ate all of my 3 meals yesterday in about 10 hours as too much insulin made me eat sooner than usual so, must have gained a bit weight too & want to stop that! But, as my recent bout of neuropathy has reminded me, I don’t want to be too high for any prolonged length of time if I can help it, sometimes if ill or whatever, it’s unavoidable: it’s seems to be a bit of a tightrope I’m treading these days & it’s a bit a struggle finding the right balance; there’s a fear in the back of my mind that some day my neuropathy maybe permanent & not go away like some members, one in particular is REALLY struggling at the moment! :confused:

After today’s midday basal, reduce another -2 in line with the midnight dose, I’ll have a clearer picture as I find that there’s a little bit of an overlap, not much, with the 2 basal doses & hopefully can avoid the 4’s & heading off hypo treatments? 🙄o_O

Another extremely early Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
 
5.6 for me. I think we’re in for a cold snap so wrap up.
 
Morning all,
5.9 for me today.

Definitely chilly!

Blessings Snowwy
 
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