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Group 7-day waking average?

Veenorthants said:
@Kaylz have you tried rubbing tiger balm onto your temples. I'm no dr but sounds to me with everything going on in your life at the mo you maybe suffering a stress headache. Might be worth a shout, its something I suffer with and tiger balm works a treat for me
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I can't use it unfortunately, tried it on my calf for muscle pain about 5 years ago and had a bad reaction, my skin is so sensitive to the extent I had a reaction to "sensitive" soap 🙄 xx
 
Hello it’s a 6.4 this morning. I think I am too Late testing and the liver dump gets in before me! It’s still very wet and windy here in the West Country.
@adrian1der i hope you find those eggs soon before Mr Fox gets them!
It’s fractions this morning followed by a light sabre battle and then back to the Victorian work house this afternoon! PE will be a pillow fight before tea, got to love the home schooling! Then I am going home for a rest, hard work being a Nanny!
Stay safe everyone one day closer to vaccination!
 
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on this thread. My BG was 8.5 at 7am. My waking BG levels are always 8-10 :(
Going to take the dog for a walk now to take my mind off sugar levels.
 
crowdfury said:
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on this thread. My BG was 8.5 at 7am. My waking BG levels are always 8-10 :(
Going to take the dog for a walk now to take my mind off sugar levels.
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Welcome to the forum @crowdfury
 
@crowdfury welcome from me too, add anything you want to your post, whether it is daily or weekly, as you can see it’s a bit like a diary for a lot of us.
 
Morning all (well it is for me 😉) - first 12hr night shift completed since diagnosed. Tested through the night and before driving home this morning. Felt pretty good during the shift. Tested at 03:11 - 6.4; 06:16 - 7.4 and when i woke at 11:28 - 7.4.

I have noticed a change to my eyesight though. I'm far sighted, but noticed that things at distance are now looking blurry! Strangely enough, my reading glasses are making distance objects sharper and reading blurry - i cant make sense of that tbh !

All in all, glad to get the first shift out the way and happy with those readings.

Have a great remainder of your day 🙂
 
Well done on getting the first night shift down. I work 24hr shifts and waking nights and was so worried when I went back but it sounds like you have got it sorted. I still check through the night I alter my basal 24 hrs before to take into account being more active in the night. I have found a regime that works for me but we are all different.
I developed the blurry vision like you and my initial BG readings were similar to yours but as my BG readings lowered the vision issues started. I went to my optician and she worked out a temporary ‘ready reader’ prescription short term as my vision was all over the place but within 2 months it had returned to my pre diabetes prescription! (Could have been expensive) she took a photo of my eyes and showed me there was no damage so that was a great relief, this has since been confirmed by my diabetic eye check as well.
You are doing brilliantly but piece of mind is key so if it is concerning get yourself checked out straight away.
Keep going and ask away I have been helped so much by people’s knowledge on here!
 
Your not that long diagnosed @Bazzlejet & it’s normal for eyesight to be affected by the changing BS that affects the eyes. That should settle down after a while! I remember that my eyesight went blurry too, when first diagnosed 20 years ago, & it was about 6 months before they settled. Just buy cheap glasses if you need them in the meantime: it was the opposite for me in that distance was a bit sharper & close up, when reading etc. was blurry but, I’d always been short sighted from childhood.
 
@Lanny thank you for the typing compliment! I will tell my sons! They think I am a techno dinosaur, however their top tip of using thumbs not fingers when texting has paid off!!
Can I ask a question about tech my direct messaging function doesn’t seem to be available is that something @everydayupsanddowns can sort? He seems to be a very clever chap!!
 
Yes @SaraKaya , you may have inadvertently pressed, or not pressed some button or other in preferences & mike can sort that for you! You flagged him already with the @ in front of his member name & he’ll get an alert message which hopefully won’t take too long for him to respond to if he’s online at the moment!
 
SaraKaya said:
@Lanny thank you for the typing compliment! I will tell my sons! They think I am a techno dinosaur, however their top tip of using thumbs not fingers when texting has paid off!!
Can I ask a question about tech my direct messaging function doesn’t seem to be available is that something @everydayupsanddowns can sort? He seems to be a very clever chap!!
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I will check your account @SaraKaya

Unfortunately a flag wasnt set on a few new accounts, so it may be hidden at the moment.
 
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