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Group 7-day waking average?

Just thought I’d share this. Just got a call from my health centre about my cholesterol results & there’s good & bad after my regular eating of full fat Greek yoghurt & increase in medication the last 2 months & 4 months respectively. My triglycerides have dropped from mid mid 7’s to mid 3’s but, the overall has only decreased by 0,2 from 5.7 to 5.5 in the 4 months since increased statins. I have a phone appointment tomorrow from GP, with no specific time & just told to expect it, about Liver function, diabetes & cholesterol. The nurse today said that the yoghurt has a definite impact on cholesterol & suggested maybe a change to low fat or fat free greek yoghurt. Will discuss that with GP tomorrow as it’s also made a noticeable, to me, impact on digestion, BS & insulin.
 
ColinUK said:
I don't use that. I have the one which came with my CodeFreeSD.
And suggestions on needle grade please!
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I think Bruce's comment was more along the lines of you won't find one better than the Accu-Chek FastClix, it's the best I've come across and many of the forum members agree and self fund the lancets it's that good xx
 
Not great news. Not fully healed, a leak so still have catheter. Another trip to London in 2 weeks. Am fed up I can’t deny. Will be brighter tomorrow no doubt x
 
SueEK said:
Not great news. Not fully healed, a leak so still have catheter. Another trip to London in 2 weeks. Am fed up I can’t deny. Will be brighter tomorrow no doubt x
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Oh, b*****, Sue, that's not what you needed. Big hugs. Stay strong!
 
SueEK said:
Not great news. Not fully healed, a leak so still have catheter. Another trip to London in 2 weeks. Am fed up I can’t deny. Will be brighter tomorrow no doubt x
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Hopefully they can sort things out for you and you get brighter days leading to brighter weeks and brighter months etc.
 
ColinUK said:
I don't use that. I have the one which came with my CodeFreeSD.
And suggestions on needle grade please!
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The device which came with my CodeFree SD, I don't ever remember using. I have a box of MyLife lancets which must have been prescribed by my GP which are not the ones that fit the Codefree. They are 30g 0.3mm and I just hold it between my fingers and just gently stab, never have any problems getting a blood drop. There is no possibility of stabbing too far as the needle bit is very short.
 
Sorry to hear your news @SueEK Hopefully they'll get you sorted soon
 
Leadinglights said:
The device which came with my CodeFree SD, I don't ever remember using. I have a box of MyLife lancets which must have been prescribed by my GP which are not the ones that fit the Codefree. They are 30g 0.3mm and I just hold it between my fingers and just gently stab, never have any problems getting a blood drop. There is no possibility of stabbing too far as the needle bit is very short.
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Might be time to switch the CodeFree for an AccuChek monitor as it saves typing things into MySugr - and I like the idea of the AccuChek Mobile with the built in test strips and lancets so it's all in one device and you don't have to fiddle with anything.... but I'll see.
 
Kaylz said:
I think Bruce's comment was more along the lines of you won't find one better than the Accu-Chek FastClix, it's the best I've come across and many of the forum members agree and self fund the lancets it's that good xx
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That is what I meant, of course.

Having said that there is a really expensive one (£50 odd) with some kind of suction device to help get the blood out. I don't remember the name, but someone on this forum was interested in it and there was a (very short since nobody's actually seen one) thread on it.
 
Bruce Stephens said:
That is what I meant, of course.

Having said that there is a really expensive one (£50 odd) with some kind of suction device to help get the blood out. I don't remember the name, but someone on this forum was interested in it and there was a (very short since nobody's actually seen one) thread on it.
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That would be the Genteel, they are American and can apparently be used anywhere on the body xx
 
That's a beast! And somewhat over engineered for my needs I think!
 
5.3 for me this morning - forgot to add it earlier
 
@rebrascora @Bloden
Thank you for your replies to my post. BG is as you say only controlled at present with decreasing carbs and food and or exercise.
Weight is coming down fairly well, started in May at about 17.5 stones. Now down to about 15 stones. Sometimes it shows just into the 14’s. BMI still goes red and refers to me as a fat. ……… but they can’t have it all ways.
Tried to phone DN but could not get through.
Last night After dinner 11.6
Before Bed at 23:30. 8.5.
Waking today 07:50. 7.0
7:59. 1 unit Humulin M3
07:20. Breakfast. 30g porridge oats. Cup black coffee. 17 carbs. 111 cal
13:28. BG. 5.6
Lunch. 2 Toast. 2 eggs. Cup black coffee. 46 carbs. 438 cal
17:38. BG. 8.6
17:40. 1 unit Humulin M3
18:00. Dinner. 2 pork sausage. 100g mash potato. 200g Spinach. Apple. Cup black coffee 60 carbs and 586 calories
20:12. BG 12.6

Hopefully the Diabetes team will answer phone tomorrow. As I hate the figures being high. The other problem is that I don’t want the consultant to tell DVLA it’s not fully under control. But how long that will take ……… They haven’t yet opened post from mid July let alone followed it up.
 
Just tested myself before bed, after my evening meal which is usually carby and I seem to go up to 10 or 11 before bed usually.

It was 4.6! Realised I'm probably not having a bad anxiety evening but it's a low blood sugar response. Lowest ever reading, and I know it's technically healthy I decided to have a slice of toast with peanut butter to try and get it up again. Was worried about it dropping further overnight - if it did, would it wake me? So many unknowns!
 
@duncan Lord
Unfortunately those readings are unlikely to help your case very much. The before bed and waking readings of 8.5 and 7 are within range and the pre lunch reading is really good at 5.6. Your DSNs will not really be interested in the 2 hrs after eating numbers just the premeal readings, waking and bedtime. I don't see much there to warrant an increase in insulin with those readings. You don't itemize exercise in your log but I am guessing that the exercise is probably bringing the levels down for premeal readings and bedtime. Is your level of exercise sustainable when you start driving again? If not, then your levels will likely shoot up when you start driving and you may lose the tight control you are currently aiming for, especially as you will likely have more stress with timetables and traffic problems to contend with.
When you speak to your DSN I think it is important for her to know how much exercise you are doing to keep a lid on things. I just pick up snippets from your comments, so I don't know the whole story but you should not need to exercise daily to keep control, but they are unlikely to authorize increasing your insulin with your levels as good as they are, even if you don't like them.

I have said before that I think you are trying to manage things too closely. I understand that you are worried about your license but the powers that be and certainly the consultant, understand that perfect diabetes control isn't possible and in the early days even moderate control can be very difficult. I think it is your perception of good control which may be awry and I am worried that you are setting yourself up with an unsustainable regime and that sooner or later you will be unable to continue it or the honeymoon phase will come to an end and your insulin needs will dramatically increase and I worry how you will cope with that.

I think part of the problem is the very slow onset nature of your diabetes because with managing on such tiny insulin doses they are reluctant to start you on a basal/bolus insulin regime. I really am quite surprised that it has remained as stable as it has for so long. You might be best relaxing your efforts to manage with diet and exercise for a while, which I believe would mean you would need more insulin, in order to try to get onto a basal/bolus system and then you will be able to inject insulin for as much or as little as you want to eat and be able to inject correction doses of quick acting insulin if you need to. You will also need half unit pens since you are very insulin sensitive. When you are driving will you be able to maintain regular meal times and exercise as you do now? If not, then how do you expect to manage things?

It takes time to learn this new regime and how your body responds and you will find it more difficult to do that once you go back to work so it might be best relaxing your restrictive regime now in order to get better control for later. You can't be criticized for poor control when you are going "above and beyond" what is reasonable (like a midnight run) to control your levels because you don't have the right insulins and support.

Hope some of that makes sense.
 
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