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Group 7-day waking average?

7.7 today..chippie last night with a whale of a haddock so not too surprised. Here is today's cartoon.....
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Morning All
A 7.7 for me this morning, I suppose that was down to the three cream crackers at bedtime.
yes I’d got the day wrong by 24 hours and thought it was Saturday not Friday I even argued with my son about what time he needed to set off for work.
Oh well, worse happens at sea. There again with the rain, what counts as sea. Lol.
 
Morning

7.6 for me, Libre seemed to sort itself out yesterday but was reading 3.3 at the time of the 7.6 so will see what happens with it 🙄

@DuncanLord I've never found the time changes an issue personally

@Lanny I agree with @rebrascora and I'd ask to try different needles

@Telemóveis sorry I can't help but laugh at your posts, I see "greetings" and in my head pops an alien voice saying it haha xx
 
7.6 today. Been pouring all night and very grey skies this morning.
Have a good day all x
 
rebrascora said:
Dez, don't you also have the clock on your BG meter to change? Probably less critical for you than those of us on insulin and needing it for driving but if it's not right when you claim your next HS it will cause a stewards enquiry😉.
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Very good point, Barbara. I can't remember having to do it back in the Spring, but then sometimes, these days, I can barely remember what I did yesterday. 😱
I'll have to wait and see what it reads tomorrow morning.

Dez
 
Good morning. I woke to a 4.5. Think i'm going to have to reduce my basal by half a unit again, 4.5 is far too low for me. By the time i get downstairs for breakfast its starting to drop into the red.

Raining and dark here this morning.
 
8.2 but that will be the bar of chocolate I ate yesterday.

Still not feeling great, no energy and dizzy spells, daughter is coming over later to help set up for tomorrow's Halloween hunt party, hoping seeing my grandchildren will buck me up a bit as I feel so low, just want to cry. Might try a short walk despite the rain as apart from the hospital not been out of the house in a week now, hopefully my son will come with me.


@ColinUK - I have the same conversations with myself about running in the rain.

Have a good Saturday everyone.
 
Grannylorraine said:
8.2 but that will be the bar of chocolate I ate yesterday.

Still not feeling great, no energy and dizzy spells, daughter is coming over later to help set up for tomorrow's Halloween hunt party, hoping seeing my grandchildren will buck me up a bit as I feel so low, just want to cry. Might try a short walk despite the rain as apart from the hospital not been out of the house in a week now, hopefully my son will come with me.


@ColinUK - I have the same conversations with myself about running in the rain.

Have a good Saturday everyone.
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I hope you feel better soon @Grannylorraine. Big hugs to you.
 
6.7 this morning probably due to the glucose tab and half biscuit consumed at 5am due to Libre waking me with a 4.2 warning.

@Lanny thanks for explaining LR. Regarding blocked needles, could it be your flesh resisting the large doses rather than the needle being blocked? If I were injecting 96u I think I would be tempted to split it into three injections rather than two. Back when I was on MDI I used to inject LR into my buttocks. Approx 3 years after I had gone onto a pump and not used a buttock for all that time I went to see a physio, who was massaging that part of my anatomy and told me it was "lumpy" she gave it a good massage and sonar treatment. I spent the rest of the day hypo as she had released pools of stored insulin that had accumulated there. I know another person who had the same problem, unbelievable as it is that insulin could be stored in the body that long. So with your large doses I am wondering if it's not being absorbed perhaps?

@eggyg don't feel that using ready made puff pastry is "cheating" even michelin star chefs use ready made puff pastry!
 
Pattidevans said:
6.7 this morning probably due to the glucose tab and half biscuit consumed at 5am due to Libre waking me with a 4.2 warning.

@Lanny thanks for explaining LR. Regarding blocked needles, could it be your flesh resisting the large doses rather than the needle being blocked? If I were injecting 96u I think I would be tempted to split it into three injections rather than two. Back when I was on MDI I used to inject LR into my buttocks. Approx 3 years after I had gone onto a pump and not used a buttock for all that time I went to see a physio, who was massaging that part of my anatomy and told me it was "lumpy" she gave it a good massage and sonar treatment. I spent the rest of the day hypo as she had released pools of stored insulin that had accumulated there. I know another person who had the same problem, unbelievable as it is that insulin could be stored in the body that long. So with your large doses I am wondering if it's not being absorbed perhaps?

@eggyg don't feel that using ready made puff pastry is "cheating" even michelin star chefs use ready made puff pastry!
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I have been getting very lumpy & bumpy in my stomach for quite a while now: remembered bringing it up at my last face to face app. with the hospital team when it first started happening back in the autumn of 2019 before Covid! The nurse checked the area & just said to rotate the sites more often & use the thighs as well; I’ve done that these last couple of years but, it’s gotten even bumpier! That’s why I keep my upper arms for NR & use stomach & both thighs for LR!

I will try 3 injections from now on with LR so, less goes in each site & see how that goes? Thanks for the suggestion @Pattidevans 🙂 And keep my arms for NR
 
7.1 this morning - following a disturbed sleep last night
woke up about 2 am (BS was then @ 5.4)
I could hear what sounded like volcanic eruptions in my stomach

have a great weekend everybody
 
Kaylz said:
@Telemóveis sorry I can't help but laugh at your posts, I see "greetings" and in my head pops an alien voice saying it haha xx
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Haha love this xD Always happy to provide some unintentional amusement 😛 My friends also seem to think I’m hilairious sometimes and I’m never sure whyo_O
 
Yikes, I thought I might be first up. Nope. Beaten by 20 minutes. Mind you I have just put all the clocks back and had a shave too before posting.

BG 4.4. I think the other main numbers on my BG machine are broken. Its been 4 point something all week in the mornings.

I had a go at making some eclairs the other day. Never done anything like it before. Read up, watched lots of videos. Gave it a go. It turned into an unmittigated disaster!!! I guess the best description of the result would be burned pancake like objects with a topping of brown bitter ashphalt, with a dollop of thick double cream. They were revolting. It really put me off for a while. I think I know what went wrong. It all started in 1953 in November on the 10th.... I was born !!!!

Today, back to the lovely tomato soup and bread my wife has made.

Weight spot on target this morning too. That cheered me up no end.

Have a Great Dane (I would love one), er, day, not Dane.
 
Good morning 6.1 today

have a great day everybody
 
Happy All Hallows’ Eve. I’m very pleased to report a 6.7 this morning. I was a shocking 19 at 22.55 last night. I blame that woman who has been cooking up a storm all week making delicious and tempting food. I also blame her for not taking any bolus for the apple crumble she decided to have after everyone left the party! If I catch her she’s in BIG trouble! 🙄

Looks like the extra hour we have been gifted hasn’t been received by some of us today. Insomnia, like babies and pets, don’t much care for the moving of clocks! Ah well, at least I’m down here on my own and not surrounded my dozens of grandchildren/ daughters! They’ve all left the building! Yeah! An excellent party was had by all, now for operation tidy up to commence.

Have a great day. We will, after we’ve done the dishes, removed the decorations, hoovered, returned furniture to its correct place, stripped beds, put toys/ games away and oh caught up with Strictly. :D

Enclosed pic of this random couple who gatecrashed our party. The punk and the Reservoir Dog, apparently. 😉 I thought she was maybe auditioning for @khskel ‘s band!
 

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5.3 for me this morning but it was engineered by 3 lift tablets through the night. Impressively I caught it each time in the mid to low 4s and didn't dip into the red. Only had one Lift at a time as we had Chinese takeaway last night, so I sort of half expected things to go the other way at some point and then the last one it was getting close to getting up and I knew FOTF would kick in so my levels stayed mostly in the 4s and 5s all night which has nicely reduced my average. Not sure it has done my teeth much good though chewing glucose tablets through the night.

I do admire you @eggyg. Wow, you pack life into your life! Great outfits, great food and I am sure everyone had a fabulous time!
 
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