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Group 7-day waking average?

5.6 for me today. 🙂 Feels a bit milder than the last few mornings, thank goodness.

Dez
 
Good morning everyone. After a couple of dips into the red yesterday, i woke to a 5.9 this morning. Got to do a quick trip into town this morning to get birthday cards and go to the bank then back to clean, iron and sweep up the leaves in thr garden.

@eggyg, the dish truly is a thing of beauty.
@Michael12421 i'm glad those numbers came up quickly
@Kaylz i hope Bruce isn't too grumpy.

Have a good day folks!
 
freesia said:
@Kaylz i hope Bruce isn't too grumpy.
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He's grumpy everyday, it's the fact we'll get sworn at for it when it's his own fault, phones still off so he's still not up and I'm really not in the mood for his c**p but hey ho xx
 
Well as predicted I just got shouted and sworn at down the phone, shouldn't ask for a wake up call if he's just going to act like that :(
 
7.7 here. Been watching Owain’s drumathon on BBC Breakfast, he has raised over 1.6M, absolutely brilliant, such a nice guy. Daughter and SIL going through a really hard time due to his depression, such a worry for everyone, I’m actually worried he might hurt himself, nothing helps, he’s on huge amounts of really strong medication, under the best psychiatrist in the south and seeing a counsellor, has huge support from all of us but he’s in such a dark place, I don’t know how my daughter copes, this must be 4 years now and he’s getting no better. Something happened on Thursday that I can’t share but it’s so out of character and he is so embarrassed and distraught over it, feel so useless, it’s a desperate situation.
@Michael12421 glad you have got your numbers up xx
@Grannylorraine hope nothing develops and you feel better soon xx
Have a good day xx
 
7.3 today Consistent if nothing else. Be nice to get into the 6's at least. Can't think what I'm doing wrong, nothing sweet or sugary, even for the lovely Jane's 73rd birthday yesterday. I did finish the bottle of (real) champagne off though only 3 glasses.....dog.png
 
Lucyr said:
11.9 here and feeling full of a cold
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I did double the ozempic to 1.0 yesterday for the first time so could be that making me feel wiped out too, but I think any side effects of that are usually more gastric related. It’s been a while since I read the leaflet as I didn’t get side effects last time.
 
Well, that was scary.

I just got a text notification to book a Covid booster.

Only 2 dates offered

One within the isolation period I have to do before my eye op. The other in 1 hours time today!!!

Beat that !

I am amazed
 
Gwynn said:
Well, that was scary.

I just got a text notification to book a Covid booster.

Only 2 dates offered

One within the isolation period I have to do before my eye op. The other in 1 hours time today!!!

Beat that !

I am amazed
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Blimey nothing like a bit of notice! Maybe they had a cancellation.
 
6.7 this morning, I'll take that thank you. Night out with "the girls" tonight, first in almost 2 years - will be interesting to see what BG is like tomorrow morning....
 
Feeling so much sympathy with @Rebrascorer. Libre never stopped alarming last night. It went off at 1am as I was going low so I set the pump to 80% temp basal for the rest of the night. Libre subsequently went off from time to time with "lost signal" alarm, despite being on the bedside table where it always lives overnight. Plus at one point I woke with nasty cramp in one leg. The alarms don't just wake me, they wake Julian too... so it's a right PITA. In the end I turned the phone right off.... and then I was woken early by temp basal ending and alarming. Why, after being low all night did it suddenly shoot up to 7.7 this morning? No 2 nights the same so it's hard to adjust basal rates on the pump.

Arghhhh enough already!

@eggyg I love the casserole! Hope you find some suitable gifts.
@janw enjoy your night out!
@Lucyr hope you feel better soon.
@SueEK sympathies, depression is a horrible thing. Spent over an hour on the phone yesterday to a friend who's husband is suffering very badly and of course it impacts on her. Hope things improve for your family.

Everyone else enjoy your weekend!
 
@Pattidevans I don't have Libre 2 Patti so no alarms waking me up until my morning wake up alarm, other than thankfully, my body's internal alarm which is much more gentle and doesn't involve disturbing anyone else. There was then a minimal rummaging under my pillow for Libre, scanning, reaching for the tube of Lift tablets on the bedside table, munching a couple and going back to sleep that I barely really emerged from. Hardest part was getting the top off the tube! No putting the light on or being rudely awakened, just a gentle nudge from my body saying you better test and the scan result telling, me to top up on carbs. I do love my Libre for that ease of testing through the night. Then the alarm going off at 6.30am to say it's time to inject and get up, which I switched off and rolled over and went back to sleep after a scan of 5.1 (I will confess, if it had been 5.2 I would have got up then and claimed the House Special otherwise it would have been like looking a gift horse in the mouth), until the second alarm at 7am when I did inject and then get up.
If I ever get the Libre 2 I may not bother with the low alarm as my hypo awareness is pretty good most of the time. Having a high alarm would be of more interest to me I think.
The nighttime levels problem is frustrating at the moment though and it is interesting and some small consolation to know that people on pumps can also have difficulty with it.
 
@rebrascorer... I was happily sleeping through the lows, though when I am awake I have good hypo-awareness, so perhaps it's a good thing I have the Libre2. Usually with the pump I can get a flat line overnight, but this last couple of weeks have been so unpredictable with no discernable patterns and I have no idea why. That's the frustrating bit! At least Julian seems able to go straight back to sleep. You do awfully well on MDI so don't beat yourself up!
 
Pattidevans said:
@rebrascorer... I was happily sleeping through the lows, though when I am awake I have good hypo-awareness, so perhaps it's a good thing I have the Libre2. Usually with the pump I can get a flat line overnight, but this last couple of weeks have been so unpredictable with no discernable patterns and I have no idea why. That's the frustrating bit! At least Julian seems able to go straight back to sleep. You do awfully well on MDI so don't beat yourself up!
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I sometimes don't catch them before I dip into the red when they drift down very slowly and of course Libre always reads a bit lower than I actually am, so some of the red excursions probably aren't below 4 at all (I don't always check). I do love it when I wake up and catch it just before it drops into the red though. I appreciate that many people don't sense hypos during sleep and the signs are definitely much more subtle, so I understand why many people want the Libre 2 for the alarms, particularly for the nocturnal hypos. I may become one of them as I get more years under my belt with diabetes of course, as it is still early days for me.
It is the same for me Patti. This recent spell has just been so unpredictable and I cannot figure out why and just doesn't make sense especially when levels are so stable through the day. As you say, just really frustrating, but hopefully I am onto a winning strategy now. My TIR has jumped up 5% this morning (last 7days results) so I am much happier with that but still plenty of room for improvement at 85%.
 
Kaylz said:
Well as predicted I just got shouted and sworn at down the phone, shouldn't ask for a wake up call if he's just going to act like that :(
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My 28 year old son shouts at me when I give him an Alarm knock every day. The answer is usually, “I’m Awake”. When I know he’s not!
Makes me wonder if it’s worth trying to wake him up for work
 
@rebrascorer you're right, I always used to wake during nocturnal hypos, or thought I did... who knows because if I slept through without the Libre I wouldn't know would I?

You know 85% is pretty darn good! I venture to guess there are zillions of T1s out there who are achieving much less than that... in a lot of cases blissfully unaware and don't care either. The people who inhabit forums like this one are the tip of the iceberg.
 
A 7.1 this morning.
 
janw said:
6.7 this morning, I'll take that thank you. Night out with "the girls" tonight, first in almost 2 years - will be interesting to see what BG is like tomorrow morning....
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Strangely enough I’ve just been invited out tonight by some ex colleagues. Can’t remember when I last was out without Mr Eggy! Now in a panic, getting picked up 5.40. Don’t know what to wear, do I need to paint my nails, shave my legs/pits? 😛 Enjoy!
 
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