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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all, isn't this weather fabulous? I'm in the garden early after a comfort low carb breakfast in my recliner watching the last episode of Kate Winslet's drama, Mare Of Eastown, 10/10 for that then.
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7.5 @ 7.18 after nagging Mum back to bed, she could have fallen off the edge trying to get the bolster in place so she could read. Agh, I have no patience, gave her what for, a cuppa and meds and she's been snoring ever since. Does being in a mood put your bg up?

@khskel did I miss something? Have you recently retired? Wouldn't they let you keep the laptop? I need a new laptop, I'm fed-up of this one burning my hands.
 
Just realised @Lanny is MIA for the past few days. Hope you are OK Lanny and just very engrossed in a golf tournament??
 
Birdy said:
Morning all, isn't this weather fabulous? I'm in the garden early after a comfort low carb breakfast in my recliner watching the last episode of Kate Winslet's drama, Mare Of Eastown, 10/10 for that then.
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7.5 @ 7.18 after nagging Mum back to bed, she could have fallen off the edge trying to get the bolster in place so she could read. Agh, I have no patience, gave her what for, a cuppa and meds and she's been snoring ever since. Does being in a mood put your bg up?

@khskel did I miss something? Have you recently retired? Wouldn't they let you keep the laptop? I need a new laptop, I'm fed-up of this one burning my hands.
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Alas no one allowed to keep laptops when they leave for security/confidentiality reasons.
 
Robin said:
It looks like you need a whack of carbs at bedtime to keep you from dropping too low by morning, but the fast acting carbs in the plain biscuits may be getting into your system ahead of the insulin and causing a spike. You might consider trying crackers with a bit of cheese, for example, to add a bit of fat and protein to slow the absorption of the carbs down and keep you steadier overnight. I know some people have good results doing this (May not work for you, it’s a case of experimentation, I’m afraid).
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Thanks for your comments this morning. Spoke to the Diabetic team in Chelmsford today, and they also reckon I’m having to feed the insulin. So they have left me on 2 Metformin tabs morning and night and 3 units in morning but reduced evening insulin from 2 units to 1 unit.
Let’s see what happens. They say it could be honeymoon period but are also confused by me saying I’ve had many of the symptoms for 5 to 10 years. Ie. Mood swings short temper. Extra urination and periodical erectile dis function. Tiredness
I didn’t put the lot together until diagnosed 2 months ago.
I put it down to age, stress at work, changing shifts from day to nights, and having to go up to 4 hours with no toilet available.
 
rebrascora said:
Just realised @Lanny is MIA for the past few days. Hope you are OK Lanny and just very engrossed in a golf tournament??
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I’m a bit erratic with sleep & still off kilter but, figure I’ll sleep it all off after tomorrow’s hectic schedule after my 2nd CV vaccine: a marathon sleep & just make sure my BS is high enough for that; 1st jab kept my BS lower for a few days after! o_O

21:27 BS 8.0 prepped shepherds pie in the oven & 21:58 BS 7.7 with no bolus. I’m still not pre bolusing as I can’t tell how much of an effort it will be to cook? Sometimes I go up & sometimes I go down: went down a bit now; had a feeling & it was a bit of an effort so, will wait half an hour, test & bolus to see where I’m at when 2 individual pies are done! Discovered these really great old fashioned enamel pie dishes from asda & bought 2 each of the small & medium ones: 1 individual pie or 3 pies respectively! 😎😛 No more lining non stick roasting pans with non stick foil anymore as those pie dishes are a breeze to wash up & I eat from directly from them with my leather gloves on as they cool down quite fast out of the oven too: just need the gloves on until it cools to a comfortable temperature to touch!

A mad dash today as I went to get my 24 hour blood pressure monitor: app. 09:30 & got there at 09:07; nurse ran 50 minutes late though & it was a long wait! But, it’s on & doing its thing periodically: a bit irritating when prepping my pies earlier as it took my BP 4 times! I was worrying about sleeping through most of the 24 hours as my sleep is still of, as what tended to happen in the past, but, this time the nurse out in my sleeping & waking hours to the settings first: slept after a bit of de wiring, shall we say, before I slept around 2pm & it only took 2 measurements per hour while I was sleeping before taking 2 every half hour since 8pm: said my sleep is currently the other way round: going to bed around 8am & getting up around 8pm. o_O THAT one’s for crazy topsy turvey hours!o_O🙄😉 Or, as you say @rebrascora , doing a @Lanny :D:D:D

Will return the monitor tomorrow at 10:30 as it was an hour late by the time I got it on & then, get my 2nd jab in the afternoon just after 2pm. Then, I’ll check my BS is at a high enough level before I have a massive snooze & hopefully it’ll be as easy, apart from monitoring lower BS, as the 1st one?

A Very Good Evening to all of you! 😉
 
Morning folks, 6.9 which has gone down, as has my thumb, any connection - possibly. Off to work so have a good day all x
@Lanny good to see you posting, hope you feel brighter soon x
 
Good Morning 6.6 today
 
5.9 for me this morning. Sunny and warm today.
 
Good morning.

4.9 this morning.
 
Morning folks. I’m with @goodybags with 6.6, clickety click!

Yesterday turned out to be a day of two halfs. DSN call in the morning offering to start the process for getting the Libre on prescription. Very exciting. Unexpected visit from daughters 1 and 3 and their offspring. Lovely cobbled together lunch in the garden. 🙂Then a dash into town for my opticians appointment. Struggled to find a parking space where I didn’t have to pay, I’m tight, and scraped the alloys on a low pavement. 😡 Would have been cheaper to go in a carpark! Never mind, it’s my first time, Mr Eggy has done it loads!🙄

Anyhoo, opticians appointment. Photo showed no diabetic damage, good news. I mentioned a big floater I’d recently noticed in the shape of a seven and I got a thorough going over, 3D scan and everything. Turns out I’ve loads of floaters in both eyes. The big one is a Weiss ring, she had to spell that out as I got a tad worried what I’d inadvertently got myself into! Turns out that the vitreous jel has collapsed and pulled away from my retina. She could quite easily see the “ seven” as what I’m seeing is the edge of the ring. I’m to go back on the 14th to have drops and a further exam to make sure there’s no tears or detachment. She couldn’t do it yesterday as I was driving. The good news is I don’t need new specs, so save some money, but have ordered new sunglasses as I broke mine last summer. Of course all sorts of things are running through my mind, I am very squeamish when it comes to eyes and the thought of needles etc fils me with horror! Touch wood everything is fine at the moment. I was given a leaflet explaining it all and I’ve to keep an eye out for shadows and sudden flashes and have to contact her straight away or go to A & E! Needless to say by the time I got home I was exhausted and confused! What with my lugs, which are driving me mad already this morning, this just takes the biscuit.:confused:

At least today should be a better day as it’s haircut and colour day.
Have a good day whatever you’re up to. Another hot one. 🙂
 
A 5.5 for me at 06:05 this morning. I yomped to the farm shop yesterday for meat for the next few days (45 minute round trip including the shopping) and it was hot, hot, hot! Looking out of the (home) office window all I can see is unbroken blue sky so looks like being another scorcher here in West Berks.

Have a good one everybody
 
A lovely 5.6 for me this morning which I wouldn't even swap for an HS, I am so very happy with it!
It was a bit of a lottery how much Levemir I took last night. My levels stayed almost entirely in the 4s and 5s yesterday which was just bliss.... until bedtime after an unbolused very late, low carb evening meal when I got a 7.9 with an upward sloping arrow. Shot myself a risky 1.5 units of Fiasp and reduced Levemir by 1 unit (down to 4) and climbed into bed with my Libre reader under my pillow...just in case. My overnight graph shows a nice steady descent to my waking reading and I had another lovely deep uninterrupted sleep. 🙂 🙂🙂 Yes!!! Will be delighted if I have another BG day like yesterday... It just makes such a difference to how you feel when you are not constantly battling to keep levels sensible and just 4 injections yesterday instead of the 7 or 8 I needed the day before.

@adrian1der Great to read that you are a fellow "yomper"!
 
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