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Gwynn
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Good morning everyone.
At last back in the 5's BG is 5.4 rats missed the HS by a smidgen
App update planned for today. A long complicated change.
Oddly, after yesterdays confusions over self isolation and thinking about how to get food, do Christmas, have the operation, recover, etc etc I feel very stressed this morning.
At last back in the 5's BG is 5.4 rats missed the HS by a smidgen
App update planned for today. A long complicated change.
Oddly, after yesterdays confusions over self isolation and thinking about how to get food, do Christmas, have the operation, recover, etc etc I feel very stressed this morning.
merrymunky
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Morning all (sneaking back in with my tail between my legs)
Woke to a lovely high 15.3
As you can see I’ve been totally off the wagon again and last week had my annual review. The nurse was less than pleasant. Felt like a total child and had to deal with a lot of scare mongering about strokes and heart attacks. Basically they have given me till the end of February to get some weight off and to reduce the hba1c otherwise they will be suggesting adding in other medications alongside the metformin. I don’t want that. So this week I have started again.
I hadn’t been taking the metformin properly for months as even the slow release affect my stomach and I can’t afford to have an attack on the middle of the day when I’m teaching or we have the children offsite with no toilets nearby!
Can I just say…I hate diabetes!
Woke to a lovely high 15.3
As you can see I’ve been totally off the wagon again and last week had my annual review. The nurse was less than pleasant. Felt like a total child and had to deal with a lot of scare mongering about strokes and heart attacks. Basically they have given me till the end of February to get some weight off and to reduce the hba1c otherwise they will be suggesting adding in other medications alongside the metformin. I don’t want that. So this week I have started again.
I hadn’t been taking the metformin properly for months as even the slow release affect my stomach and I can’t afford to have an attack on the middle of the day when I’m teaching or we have the children offsite with no toilets nearby!
Can I just say…I hate diabetes!
Lanny
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16/11/21 20:13 BS 5.8 🙂 Went back to bed in the afternoon, around 14:00?, after my early morning start to get tesco Christmas week delivery slot booked & my sleep is off kilter again!🙄
A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
Rather ironically, now that I’m in my final days of LR, the further splitting of injections from 2 to 3 these last week or so I’m starting to feel that the basal of 96 IS indeed too high now that I’m not getting so much trapped LR under my skin? Wasn’t 100 percent sure at first but, pretty much now after 2 days in a row of surprisingly lower readings than normal when going a bit longer in between meals: not gone hypo as yet but, only JUST headed off a hypo at 3.5 hours after eating the 2nd meal of the day 03:23 BS 4.9 & had a precautionary mint humbug just to cover the last half hour of active Novorapid! Good thing I had started dialling back the LR by -2 at 23:30, my current time for my evening doses this past week, as I’d ended up lower than I thought I’d be after breakfast when I got up last night! I only have slightly less than 3 pens left now & estimate I’ll be starting Tresiba on Saturday or Sunday as I want to start around lunchtime & aim to take all my meds with the basal once a day.
I’ll try to get a few hours sleep now, if I can, as I have a phone appointment this morning at 11:15 from my GP about my liver & the urgent referral to see the gastrointestinal team sooner? Also, have tesco shopping 11:00 to 12:00. Wished I’d changed it last night but, while eating breakfast, thinking about, composing & answering a PM from a rather scared new member starting insulin this past week I forgot: just hope tesco delivery ISN’T when GP calls! Eek! 😱
GBBO was rather a surprise last night in who got eliminated just before the final next week & a poor GBBO squirrel was rather startled, saw the poor thing jump a bit in the background, by the reaction of the star baker calling the family afterwards & being in the final! 😱
A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
Rather ironically, now that I’m in my final days of LR, the further splitting of injections from 2 to 3 these last week or so I’m starting to feel that the basal of 96 IS indeed too high now that I’m not getting so much trapped LR under my skin? Wasn’t 100 percent sure at first but, pretty much now after 2 days in a row of surprisingly lower readings than normal when going a bit longer in between meals: not gone hypo as yet but, only JUST headed off a hypo at 3.5 hours after eating the 2nd meal of the day 03:23 BS 4.9 & had a precautionary mint humbug just to cover the last half hour of active Novorapid! Good thing I had started dialling back the LR by -2 at 23:30, my current time for my evening doses this past week, as I’d ended up lower than I thought I’d be after breakfast when I got up last night! I only have slightly less than 3 pens left now & estimate I’ll be starting Tresiba on Saturday or Sunday as I want to start around lunchtime & aim to take all my meds with the basal once a day.
I’ll try to get a few hours sleep now, if I can, as I have a phone appointment this morning at 11:15 from my GP about my liver & the urgent referral to see the gastrointestinal team sooner? Also, have tesco shopping 11:00 to 12:00. Wished I’d changed it last night but, while eating breakfast, thinking about, composing & answering a PM from a rather scared new member starting insulin this past week I forgot: just hope tesco delivery ISN’T when GP calls! Eek! 😱
GBBO was rather a surprise last night in who got eliminated just before the final next week & a poor GBBO squirrel was rather startled, saw the poor thing jump a bit in the background, by the reaction of the star baker calling the family afterwards & being in the final! 😱
Northerner
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Good morning 🙂 6.8 for me today 🙂
eggyg
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Morning. 6.6 today.
Boy, was I disappointed with last night’s Bake Off elimination ( no spoilers). I wanted them all to go through. They definitely deserved to. I don’t mind who wins now.
Today I will mostly be doing house stuff. Got a busy few days coming up so need to pull my finger out. Tackle the ironing, do a bit hoovering and dusting etc etc. You know, all the boring stuff that comes along with having a house.
Have a good day everyone. 🙂
Welcome back @merrymunky. Just a wee observation, just taking your Metformin ad hoc isn’t giving your stomach time to get used to it, so every time you stop,and then start again your gastric system thinks it’s a new drug and starts playing up. You may already do this, but make sure you always take it with your largest meal as this will help. I am very familiar with gastric problems and it’s terrible, but a lot of it ( in my case) is in my head. I worry I’m going to need the loo and start panicking and that effects my stomach as it does in “ normal” folks. Something to think about maybe? Good luck in getting back on the wagon. We’re all here to help. 🙂
Boy, was I disappointed with last night’s Bake Off elimination ( no spoilers). I wanted them all to go through. They definitely deserved to. I don’t mind who wins now.
Today I will mostly be doing house stuff. Got a busy few days coming up so need to pull my finger out. Tackle the ironing, do a bit hoovering and dusting etc etc. You know, all the boring stuff that comes along with having a house.
Have a good day everyone. 🙂
Welcome back @merrymunky. Just a wee observation, just taking your Metformin ad hoc isn’t giving your stomach time to get used to it, so every time you stop,and then start again your gastric system thinks it’s a new drug and starts playing up. You may already do this, but make sure you always take it with your largest meal as this will help. I am very familiar with gastric problems and it’s terrible, but a lot of it ( in my case) is in my head. I worry I’m going to need the loo and start panicking and that effects my stomach as it does in “ normal” folks. Something to think about maybe? Good luck in getting back on the wagon. We’re all here to help. 🙂
rebrascora
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4.6 for me after a single Lift tablet at 3am when I was 4.8. On the whole I am much happier though as my last 2 days have both been 100% in target with less frustration and effort involved. Don't want to tempt fate but it looks like DF has moved on. Apologies to her next host, but I've done my stint with her!
@merrymunky So good to see you back but that reading is concerning. Maybe some different medication might be the way to go and shouldn't really be used as a threat. You are clearly struggling to manage your diabetes with diet and Metformin. Do you have the slow release version? If not ask about it and explain the situation about work and limited access to facilities to your nurse. Maybe something like Ozempic would help with weight loss and the diabetes.
Hope Eris is doing well. Feel free to post a photo or two. 😉
@merrymunky So good to see you back but that reading is concerning. Maybe some different medication might be the way to go and shouldn't really be used as a threat. You are clearly struggling to manage your diabetes with diet and Metformin. Do you have the slow release version? If not ask about it and explain the situation about work and limited access to facilities to your nurse. Maybe something like Ozempic would help with weight loss and the diabetes.
Hope Eris is doing well. Feel free to post a photo or two. 😉
Barfly
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- Type 2
7.4 today. My target range is 10-5 according to the diabetic nursie. I have never been below 6 so I don't suppose I'll ever get a HS.
I took this yesterday while on my cycle ride from Parkstone Bay to Baiter just before the track ends at Poole Quay. It was just magical with Shell Bay, Studland and Arne in the distance and Brownsea Island to the left.
I took this yesterday while on my cycle ride from Parkstone Bay to Baiter just before the track ends at Poole Quay. It was just magical with Shell Bay, Studland and Arne in the distance and Brownsea Island to the left.
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Lucyr
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what’s disappointing about 5.7? I’d be very happy with that
Kaylz
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Yep xx
TinaD
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I am striving for perfection - normal FBG is, supposedly, between3.9 and 5.4. I want total remission....
