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Group 7-day waking average?

Good morning everyone 🙂
7:47am 11.7 for me this morning - 16u of tresiba done and 1.5u humalog correction done but should I have done this now or waited and done it in one go when I have my breakfast insulin because now it will cause a bit of insulin stacking and I will probably go hypo at some point. I think the high is because I was hypo at bedtime so treated it with 3 jelly babies but because at the 15 minute check it was below 8mmol I then had not 1 but 2 bags of mini cookies 26g of carbs but what's done is done and I made a wrong choice.

23:52pm 4.6 bedtime and 15 minute hypo check

23:24pm 3.8 bedtime and hypo but no idea why - I did leave 1 potato when I had my tea so maybe that resulted in me then having a bit too much insulin in me.

@everydayupsanddowns we spoke too soon about the hypo

@Kaylz with my bgl's being a bit uppy and downy ie hypo, high and now probably risking another hypo I'm wondering if it's the right choice to leave any changes with the breakfast i:c ratio this morning and changing it from 1:10 to 1:8
 
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Morning

An 😳 12.2 for me, seems my body wasn't working as it did yesterday morning but couldn't take the risk so popped 3 Lifts

Had a text from ParcelForce yesterday with a sensor replacement delivery, there's a note on Bruce's door to leave behind the porch door and Donald always does, imagine my horror when the text says Andy will be delivering it and he took it away with him! He also tried Bruce's front door! (he hadn't bothered to pull it back after trying it so handle was still down etc) another attempt will be made today but if it's Andy again it will end up at the post office 🙄 I do hope Donald is ok and back when my next one is due for delivery!
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New sensor started this morning for me after being applied yesterday afternoon. Not impressed with it's first reading of 9.3.... but then I did a finger prick and got 9.4 so I guess I can't knock it!
The annoying thing is that I had a very low carb meal last night. (smoked ham and cauliflower cheese followed by a little natural Greek yoghurt with a spoon of stewed rhubarb with sweetener and seeds) Injected 3.5 units for it in advance (far more than it needed) when levels were 7.7 and then another (risky?) half unit at bedtime when reading was 6.8. The night before that resulted in a 3.9 the following morning but it reversed the numbers and gave me 9.3 today. Sometimes I just don't get it!! Levels were so incredibly steady yesterday all day 3s, 4s and 5s (The 3s were actually nearer 5 (I finger pricked when they persisted) and then in the late evening, things just go silly. I also did some quite physical work for 4 hours in the evening when the temp was less hot, ripping out a pig wire fence which was woven into the ground by ivy, brambles and nettles roots, so I would have expected that would have helped lower levels though the night too..... but clearly not! Very disappointing!

@SB2015 So pleased you had a wonderful family get together and really impressed with Sullivan. Bit of a dapper chappie with his monocle and pocket hankerchief. Hope ABs settle things for you. Do you have probiotics at the ready for afterwards?

@merrymunky Love the dusky pink shoes.... Do they come in grown up sizes??... I want some! Would have been nice to see her bonny face in the photo too though! Good to see you broke through the mid 8 ceiling this morning after being stuck there for a while. Hope that downward trend continues. Well done for sticking at it!

@adrian1der I see you discretely sneaked in an House Special over the weekend so congrats on that!
 
Good morning all. Just back from 100 minute walk on the beach. Nice but getting a bit hot out there.

Earlier BG 5.5
 
Lots of outdoor eating at the moment. We have settled into a routine where baby has a bath and bed sometime between 5:30 and 6:30. We are then eating around 7:30-8:00pm. It is really nice in the garden at that time as the heat of the day has passed. The monitor just has range to make it to the outdoor table so all good. Tom Kerridge's Warm Courgette, Feta and Herb Salad and Thai Chicken Skewers last night together with a Rib-eye Steak for my wife, all done on the BBQ. Result? A 4.8 at 05:48 so pleased with that.

Looks like another scorcher here in West Berks today and looking at the forecast Tomorrow and Thursday as well but predictably for the UK thunderstorms follow for the weekend.
 
Starting to think my Fiasp might be compromised..... maybe by the heat. 2.5 units this morning when I woke up has only brought me down 2mmols with no breakfast yet. It would explain why my last 2 low carb evening meals have taken so much more insulin than they should and I haven't been eating through the day, so that is the only time I have been using it.
 
rebrascora said:
New sensor started this morning for me after being applied yesterday afternoon. Not impressed with it's first reading of 9.3.... but then I did a finger prick and got 9.4 so I guess I can't knock it!
The annoying thing is that I had a very low carb meal last night. (smoked ham and cauliflower cheese followed by a little natural Greek yoghurt with a spoon of stewed rhubarb with sweetener and seeds) Injected 3.5 units for it in advance (far more than it needed) when levels were 7.7 and then another (risky?) half unit at bedtime when reading was 6.8. The night before that resulted in a 3.9 the following morning but it reversed the numbers and gave me 9.3 today. Sometimes I just don't get it!! Levels were so incredibly steady yesterday all day 3s, 4s and 5s (The 3s were actually nearer 5 (I finger pricked when they persisted) and then in the late evening, things just go silly. I also did some quite physical work for 4 hours in the evening when the temp was less hot, ripping out a pig wire fence which was woven into the ground by ivy, brambles and nettles roots, so I would have expected that would have helped lower levels though the night too..... but clearly not! Very disappointing!

@SB2015 So pleased you had a wonderful family get together and really impressed with Sullivan. Bit of a dapper chappie with his monocle and pocket hankerchief. Hope ABs settle things for you. Do you have probiotics at the ready for afterwards?

@merrymunky Love the dusky pink shoes.... Do they come in grown up sizes??... I want some! Would have been nice to see her bonny face in the photo too though! Good to see you broke through the mid 8 ceiling this morning after being stuck there for a while. Hope that downward trend continues. Well done for sticking at it!

@adrian1der I see you discretely sneaked in an House Special over the weekend so congrats on that!
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3414D7DF-5E25-4ACB-A008-35069A664CF9.jpeg59B3F590-5FFF-4B80-B2B5-D24C63CEDE72.jpegIt was tricky to keep her still long enough to get a good photo but while she sat with granny to be fitted I got a quick couple of snaps.

But here’s some recent general snaps because we all love baby spam…
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@merrymunky Oh gosh, she is so gorgeous!!! Thanks for the update. Those photos have put a huge smile on my face and I'm pretty certain I won't be the only one. You can't put a price on that!
 
Pleased to report my levels have at last come down to 5.8, so it looks like the Fiasp is working but not as effective as it should be and very, VERY sluggish!
 
rebrascora said:
Starting to think my Fiasp might be compromised..... maybe by the heat. 2.5 units this morning when I woke up has only brought me down 2mmols with no breakfast yet. It would explain why my last 2 low carb evening meals have taken so much more insulin than they should and I haven't been eating through the day, so that is the only time I have been using it.
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That sounds like a likely culprit.
I know some found that it lost its effectiveness on them after a while but you have been using it a good long while with success, so more likely to be that cartridge/vial. In this heat it is easy to see how that could happen. I hope a new cartridge/vial sorts things out.
 
Woke up at 4.1 today, despite having a maple and pecan plait at bedtime, so was expecting to be higher but apparently not o_O Really hoping I'm not heading back to the 3s but we shall see
 
DuncanLord said:
@SB2015
I’m sure Sullivan will keep Gilbert happy, as in their lyrics,
“Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,
For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore!”
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I had originially called this one George, but then saw an interview they did and decided to change his name. We went for Gilbert and Sullivan instead, and so had to swap big black framed glasses to a monocle. All good fun and there are plans for Gilbertina next for another birthday on the allotment.
 
SB2015 said:
That sounds like a likely culprit.
I know some found that it lost its effectiveness on them after a while but you have been using it a good long while with success, so more likely to be that cartridge/vial. In this heat it is easy to see how that could happen. I hope a new cartridge/vial sorts things out.
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Afraid I am somewhat obsessive about waste so will just have to continue upping my doses/corrections unless it becomes totally ineffective, as there is still more than a third left in that cartridge to use up and I don't want to risk exposing a new cartridge to this heat and it go off too. The weather will break soon enough. It does seem to be working still but definitely sluggish and reduced effectiveness.
 
SB2015 said:
Ready and waiting. Thanks for the heads up in this.
I reread the book Gut, and I will be as nice as I can to my guts. They deserve it.
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My sister is ordering me some Raw (British produced) Kimchi from Sainsbury's thanks to @Inka's tip off about it, so my gut will be getting a treat later this week when they get their delivery. Not eaten it before so hope my mouth also finds it a treat..... it can always be reeducated though!
 
rebrascora said:
My sister is ordering me some Raw (British produced) Kimchi from Sainsbury's thanks to @Inka's tip off about it, so my gut will be getting a treat later this week when they get their delivery. Not eaten it before so hope my mouth also finds it a treat..... it can always be reeducated though!
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I shall be interested to hear how you get on.
 
Evening all, cooling down a bit now thank goodness. Very noisy in the heat, mowers all day sirens all night. :D Loving the photographs of babies and scarecrows. 7.7 @ 7.16 🙂
 
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