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Group 7-day waking average?

@adrian1der, i'm glad your back home. Hopefully your GP can get to the bottom of what happened. Take care
 
I have now slept in and happy with a nice 6.1 to start the day, or that should be afternoon

Congrats @freesia on your treasured HS
I hope all goes well tomorrow @SueEK
Sorry to hear about you wife being so poorly @Maca44
Try a blob of brandy butter just under the lid @ColinUK , they will call out even more then
Thanks @rebrascora i know it is only settling in with the new pump AND new phone!!

Enjoy your day.
 
Good afternoon all🙂

I woke today on 5.8. which is a miracle. Like others, I was a bit indulgent. My problem is the Hotel Chocolat advent calendar, Yesterday's was six milk chocolate balls filled with spicy mulled wine (how do they do that ???). I opened it after eating my beef casserole with a dollop of mash, and to stop any fighting, I took my three and Mrs B took her hers. Absolutely delicious, as you might expect. Took an extra top up bolus for that.

Anyway, top up bolus was under guessed. Went to bed on 13.4 - dead straight line for a couple of hours. So the 5.8 is the result of even more insulin. Oh well, never mind - it was worth it😉 Does that mean no more choccies? Sod that for a game, I've just learned how much insulin it takes😳😛

I've been on the phone all morning, firstly with Abbott (for sensors) who are crowing about the new Libre 2 being accepted as prescribable, but they wouldn't let me buy the system until January, when GP surgeries have been updated. Meanies.

Next up was an emergency plumber. The shower is falling apart - the metal covered hose from the controls to the shower has separated from the shower head, revealing the rubber tubing, which is now working loose and spraying water everywhere apart from me. So plumber will be in touch later to let me know time of arrival. I'd already tried three before I phoned the Housing Association, who suggested a visit on the 6th of January. The lady I was speaking to assumed I could use the bath, but I did point out we didn't have one, and couldn't use one if we did, so she's rated it as an emergency, and a plumber will phone when he can come today. I think that's fair enough, calling it an emergency. Don't fancy being stinky for Christmas, New Year and my birthday (68 not out on the 4th).

The trouble with a birthday within the twelve days of Christmas is like being born on Christmas Day, presents arrive with a note - "This is for your birthday and Christmas". Mean buggers. Which sock would that be, then?😡 And the meanies on this forum missed my birthday last year, which shows how hung over folk are after all the indulgence. Bet you don't dare do that again:D

Have a good day folks, while I sit by the phone🙄
 
Had my call with the DSN this morning. It was a new one as my usual DSN has been redeployed, a good job i answered the phone as i don't usually to numbers i don't recognise.
Anyway, she seemed happy with how i was managing things then said how would i feel about being discharged back to GP care. I said i appreciated that they have a big case load but if i go back to GP care and i have a problem (1) its hard to get in touch with GPs atm and (2) last time i was discharged from them i had a problem within 3 months. It took me 3 weeks to get an appointment with the GP to be rereferred, then another 4 weeks after that before i was phoned by a DSN and then 6 weeks before i was seen my them. I all this time i was really struggling to control my levels.It turned out i needed my insulin changing! I said thank you but no thank you atm as, especially with the virus around, i would like access to a number where i can get help if needed (and thats no disrespect to you all, you are amazing with advice!!). Anyway, long story short she's put me on a 3 month review. Maybe i'm being a bit selfish wanting to stay on their caseload but its a contact and peace of mind atm.
 
Robin said:
Goodness @adrian1der, I’m glad you didn’t have to take an unexpected trip over the county border!
I was going to ask you if you’d had any reaction to your pneumococcal jab, because I’ve got mine tomorrow. I hope that wasn’t it!
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I’ve never had a reaction other than the tender arm like the flu jab. I get one every five years so have had three now. Fingers crossed for you.
 
freesia said:
Had my call with the DSN this morning. It was a new one as my usual DSN has been redeployed, a good job i answered the phone as i don't usually to numbers i don't recognise.
Anyway, she seemed happy with how i was managing things then said how would i feel about being discharged back to GP care. I said i appreciated that they have a big case load but if i go back to GP care and i have a problem (1) its hard to get in touch with GPs atm and (2) last time i was discharged from them i had a problem within 3 months. It took me 3 weeks to get an appointment with the GP to be rereferred, then another 4 weeks after that before i was phoned by a DSN and then 6 weeks before i was seen my them. I all this time i was really struggling to control my levels.It turned out i needed my insulin changing! I said thank you but no thank you atm as, especially with the virus around, i would like access to a number where i can get help if needed (and thats no disrespect to you all, you are amazing with advice!!). Anyway, long story short she's put me on a 3 month review. Maybe i'm being a bit selfish wanting to stay on their caseload but its a contact and peace of mind atm.
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I don't blame you waning to stay with the hospital team.
 
Robin said:
Goodness @adrian1der, I’m glad you didn’t have to take an unexpected trip over the county border!
I was going to ask you if you’d had any reaction to your pneumococcal jab, because I’ve got mine tomorrow. I hope that wasn’t it!
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Sure you'll be fine!
 
Just phoned the surgery to get the results of last weeks HbA1c and the lab has lost the sample.....yet another blood test tomorrow :(
 
adrian1der said:
Just phoned the surgery to get the results of last weeks HbA1c and the lab has lost the sample.....yet another blood test tomorrow :(
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They had one job... well, probably tons jobs but that's no excuse. :(

8.2 @ 6.58am no wonder, still pigging out. I can't resist the cheese crackers and chutneys, damn that Xmas hamper.

Re birthdays, I thought Northie was ic birthdays... :D
 
SB2015 said:
If you are in sensors Paul and in automode doesn’t the 780 sort this for you? Or does it take a bit of time to kick in.
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It’s meant to but sometimes it can’t cope with the DP very well because it happens randomly
During night’s with no DP it’s great, a flat line around 5 or 6 but the DP starts around 4:00am and I think it just overwhelms the algorithm.
It doesn’t happen often enough reconfigure the pump, I gave myself a little bolus 1.5 units and 20 mins later I was back to a nice 6.2
 
rebrascora said:
Really not sure why I am liking your post except your brutal honesty and creative writing!
I gasped when I read that you had eaten a second one! Just picking myself up off the floor after reading on and realising that it didn't stop there! Can't believe your reading is only 8.1!! Was going to say jammy, but more mincey! XX
Hope you are able to get out for a good long walk today in your sack cloth and ashes.... You bad boy!! 😉:D
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I have a pack of 6 Tesco’s finest waiting for Xmas day, I got a insulin pen on standby so my pump doesn’t find out ☺️
 
4.0 this morning, up early again but did sleep.
 
Morning on this frosty morning, better than the rain for me. A nice, normal 5.7. Up early to tackle the supermarket for the veggies, fresh stuff etc. Hope there’s some left. One of my daughters popped to Lidl on her way home from work yesterday and there wasn’t one vegetable in sight. At 13/14p a pack it’s not surprising I suppose. I’m off to Tesco where I’m hoping to buy potatoes, cauliflower, carrots and parsnips. We’ve got swede and leeks in the garden if I’m unsuccessful, oh and a bag of frozen peas in the freezer! We won’t starve. Goose, sausage meat, streaky bacon and sausages ordered and to be picked up from local butcher so no worries there. There’s only two of us! Have a great day. Three more sleeps! 🙂
 
5.3 for me.
 
Morning all,
6.1 this morning, like @eggyg off to tackle the supermarket too.
My niece works in Waitrose and is currently a picker/packer for the delivery vans.
She starts at 3 am every morning bless her!

Blessings Snowwy
 
4.8 this morning. 🙂
Off shortly to see if M&S Food store has any Christmas goodies left on their shelves. 😱

Stay safe and well.

Dez
 
Like @eggyg @Snowwy and @MeTooTeeToo, i'm off to Sainsburys shopping for us and my mum. Wish us luck.
6.4 for me this morning
 
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