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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning

10.6 for me

Have a parcel due at Bruce's today, was posted yesterday RM 48 but last night it said to check for status in the morning (needing to select my safe place) so check this morning and it's due today! Hopefully the postie will leave it as to select my safe place it reset it for delivery tomorrow, it was only coming from Glasgow hence the speedy delivery time, it's the first Christmas present I've bought and for my mum 🙂 xx
 
7.3 today. Bit murky out there, I can see one little patch of blue out of the window, 12deg atm in Poole high of 14expected.
Looking after our granddaughter for a couple of days, mum and dad off to Devon for an anniversary break.
Going to be challenging, she does not like going to school and it normally takes a couple of hours for her dad to get her ready for school. Half an hour to get her to put her shoes on is normal. PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is part of autism and the best way to describe it is like this. You open the door as the cat is meowing next to it. You get off your sofa and open the door. The cat looks at you and jumps into your warm seat. That's Abby. She will think of 10 different reasons why not to put her shoes on/brush her teeth/put her coat on etc. Taking 10 times the effort required than to just do that simple task.
Not her fault, it's hard wired into her brain. It is just so, so wearing, it get you down and wears you down to the point of exhaustion.
If she doesn't get her own way-watch out-a meltdown is in the offing, full on screaming and "I hate you grandad/mummy/daddy" "leave me alone" which is all you can do until she calms down.
Unlike most on the spectrum, she is able to dissemble and lie barefaced to you. She is super manipulative and is able to wind her grandmother, the lovely Jane, round her little finger. She can barely add 2 and 2 but knows instinctively which adult is the weakest and will manipulate that adult to get what she wants. She runs rings around her teachers who do not even realize they are being manipulated, they mean well and all at the mainstream school she attends are lovely, but they are totally clueless when it comes to dealing with Abby. She has her EHCP and a full-time teacher's aide, but she is 2-3 years behind her peer group except for English. She will be 9 next month.
Sorry about this but just needed to get the years of frustration off my chest.
 
SB2015 said:
5.3 This morning and nice flat line over night. For once Humphrey (my pump) behaved over night with no alarms which is unusual on the last day of a sensor. A full night of a sleep.

The song that I wrote about how I found it living with T1called The Best That I Can.
It celebrates our ‘new normal’ life and the support of family and friends.
This fits well with the current DUK theme of This is Diabetes.
We have recorded it and it will be available on World Diabetes Day on Sunday 14 Nov (I will post the link)
This morning I am being interviewed, along with my singing teacher, on BBC Somerset Radio on the Simeon Parkin Show. First time I have done like that anything live.
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Nice to see you back Sue. Thought you were still on your tour. Good luck with the interview, you’ll smash it!
 
7.4 this morning. Must get to grips with this, but hard to see how since it was up and down all night, so difficult to adjust the basal on the pump. At least it was only in the 9s for the eye test and the optician said “how odd, your vision has improved since last time”. I hated all the frames in Specsavers, so asked if they could put new lenses in my current frames. They could, but it would cost £296 which was £20 more than having new frames! I have taken the prescription away and will look in other opticians.

@Gwynn, very happy birthday to you!

@SueEK good luck with the tooth extraction.

@eggyg hope that pain does not return.
 
Kaylz said:
Morning

10.6 for me

Have a parcel due at Bruce's today, was posted yesterday RM 48 but last night it said to check for status in the morning (needing to select my safe place) so check this morning and it's due today! Hopefully the postie will leave it as to select my safe place it reset it for delivery tomorrow, it was only coming from Glasgow hence the speedy delivery time, it's the first Christmas present I've bought and for my mum 🙂 xx
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I hope your parcel arrives quicker than my shoes, that have been sitting in some RM facility since at least last Friday. When I click on tracking I get a message about some interruptions to service that is as clear as mud!
 
No cake yesterday however, today WE make a cake.

I have heard that if you beat the cake mixture really really well the carbs break down into fats and protein. So all will be well when I eat the whole thing. 🙂
 
7.3 this morning. Just back from the diabetic MOT with the nurse. Interesting to see the impact lockdown on my HbA1c. it has been 39 or 40 since June 2019 three months after my diagnosis of 88. I really hope I haven't blown it.

Happy birthday @Gwynn
 
Good morning
At 7:29am it was 7.9 within target for me - 16.0 units of tresiba done
then
9:48am (immediately) before breakfast 7.0 - 37g of carbs - 5.0 units humalog food
 
Kopiert said:
7.3 this morning. Just back from the diabetic MOT with the nurse. Interesting to see the impact lockdown on my HbA1c. it has been 39 or 40 since June 2019 three months after my diagnosis of 88. I really hope I haven't blown it.

Happy birthday @Gwynn
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What do you think it's likely to show?
I mean do you have an expectation that it's going to be OK or are you fearing the worst?

Either way it's something it's better to know than not and you also know it's something you can influence so don't be too disheartened if it isn't as low as you'd like?

I know if I had an HbA1c right now I'd be happy with a small rise. I think that's realistic given everything that's happened this last year for me.
 
eggyg said:
Nice to see you back Sue. Thought you were still on your tour. Good luck with the interview, you’ll smash it!
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Our trip was a lot shorter than planned. The motorhome broke down the first evening. Clutch went Whilst we were reversing up a hill in a narrow lane. We abandoned the trip and are rebooked for May 22, when we are likely to get better weather and much longer days.
 
Pattidevans said:
7.4 this morning. Must get to grips with this, but hard to see how since it was up and down all night, so difficult to adjust the basal on the pump. At least it was only in the 9s for the eye test and the optician said “how odd, your vision has improved since last time”. I hated all the frames in Specsavers, so asked if they could put new lenses in my current frames. They could, but it would cost £296 which was £20 more than having new frames! I have taken the prescription away and will look in other opticians.

@Gwynn, very happy birthday to you!

@SueEK good luck with the tooth extraction.

@eggyg hope that pain does not return.
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Try Glasses Direct - I was suspicious at first because it's online but they've had really good customer service. I'd used their sister company for contact lenses for years but now I use them and Vision Express mainly.
 
8.4 this morning, very tired and another 14hr day today, oh well at least it is only this week.

@Gwynn - Happy birthday
@ColinUK - so pleased you have been able to tell your family
@rebrascora and @SueEK - thank you for your support yesterday, I know when my mum was going through her womb diagnosis the results of her biopsies took forever, and although I know the chances of it being womb cancer are slim, but because of my mum's history and my experience mirroring hers, I am finding it hard. At least I can go running and yoga now.

Apologies if I have missed anyone out, but very limited time to be on here at the moment.
 
Happy birthday @Gwynn I hope you have a special day.

Busy day yesterday so didn't manage to check in but I did manage a 5.1 at 05:10. This morning's result....
 

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grovesy said:
I hope your parcel arrives quicker than my shoes, that have been sitting in some RM facility since at least last Friday. When I click on tracking I get a message about some interruptions to service that is as clear as mud!
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Been left in the safe place, hope your shoes arrive soon! xx
 
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So do I they are part of an order , where the other part arrived within 24 hours.
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Odds on the left shoe being in a safe place and the right being somewhere else?
 
Little Miss Sleepy & Extremely Late reporting in briefly 13:41 BS 5.5 🙂 Unbelievably I’m STILL tired after all the sleep I’ve had yesterday & today BUT, I’ve started another cycle & I’m really tired & achey!😱

Yesterday was a very up & down day with my BS swinging around & wasn’t really surprised to see my cycle starting in the evening around 9pm? Then, started to drop so, lowered my basal temporarily around 11pm before going to bed! Also, slept quite a bit during the day yesterday before my cycle started & it was breakfast again each 4 hours or so I woke up after eating & my BS going from in range begore eating, & dozing off, to 15’s & 16’s! 😱 Yep! Yesterday was REALLY swinging! Last night & today so far, has been low ish & I’m only awake for short intervals in between sleeps!🙄

I will post this so, you lovely lot know I’m ok, & go back for another snooze! A stream of z’s emoji!

A Very G’Day Mates to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
 
@Gwynn hope you have had a very happy birthday and the cake making went well xx
@ColinUK well done on telling your parents, so glad they were supportive and I’m sure it is a relief for you to unburden yourself xx
@adrian1der congrats on your HS x
@eggyg hope you are feeling better today, something to keep an eye on xx
 
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