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Group 7-day waking average?

Happy Christmas Eve to you all. 7.3 today and not a great deal planned apart from packing a bag, sorting out presents etc. Hair done and looking gorgeous lol!!
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas, hope everybody’s plans go perfectly and thanks for all your support to me over this rather difficult year.
@Michael12421 glad your appointment went well and your planned dinner sounds delicious - enjoy!
@TinaD congrats on your HS.
Sue xx
 
TinaD said:
Good morning all, I hit the jackpot this morning: BG 5.2. No idea where that came from as BG was all over the place yesterday and I went to bed on 8.7. Mild but grey day of low cloud so far. All organised for tomorrow: sirloin of beef, Yorkies, sprouts, roast celariac, might go mad and have a carrot, mince pie for pud. Got a few trees to plant - better the day better the deed. Have a lovely day everyone - may you receive the best of gifts and a happy time with those you love, even if you are only united by video call.
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Congratulations on the House Special! 🙂

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Congrats @TinaD on the House Special. Wishing you many more in the future. 🙂

Dez
 
“What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours” as sung by Dinah Washington & I’m a MUCH happier bunny! :D😉 09:10 BS 5.4🙂 Oh! How I wish I could post a youtube video here with the wonderful dulcet tones of Dinah Washington singing that song! Why don’t the youtube links work anymore?:confused:

Still just a little bit tender but, more or less over the worst of it! 🙂 Slept a lot yesterday: didn’t get up for breakfast until 4pm when I put in the tray of roast garlic potatoes which took longer than the noted 45 minutes to cook & had to wait until 5pm before they were done! The Christmas easy carve stuffed chicken breast & thigh joint, & stuffing are well dated at use by 26th & 27th but, the potatoes are not so good at use by dates of 23rd for the garlic roast potatoes & 24th for the mash potato!🙄 So, will do the big roast at some point today & be eating leftovers tomorrow & possibly Boxing Day?:confused:

I’m thinking of putting the tresiba back up 2 today as I think the worst is over & it’ll take maybe until tomorrow at the least before that increase starts taking effect by which time the lowering effect of the vaccine will be over? Managed better yesterday although I did eat lunch, the other half of the garlic roast potatoes, at 3 hours & 33 minutes after breakfast because my BS was at 4.7. Reduced the lunch dose even more by -15, a bit overly cautious I thought but, felt tired even before eating it & knew I’d be falling asleep again! 😳🙄 Which I did shortly after eating & it seems that cautious extra cautious reduction was bang on the nose! Tah Dah!:D😎😛😉

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Christmas Eve! 😉
 
Happy Christmas Eve everyone.

4.9 for me this morning. Increased my Levemir by another half a unit and that seems to be right.... for now!
Started a new Libre sensor yesterday but didn't get around to checking it against a finger prick and turns out this one is bucking the trend and reading higher than BG instead of about 1 mmol lower. As a result I got my bolus slightly wrong last night and hypoed at bedtime.... except Libre kept saying I wasn't hypo , so I ignored the early signs, until it became very obvious I was and finger pricked. Only took 2 JBs to deal with it though. This will take some getting my head around as all my previous sensors have read low so I have mentally adjusted to bolusing for that. Maybe it will get it's act together a bit today. I only gave it 14hrs bedding in time before I activated it so maybe it just needs a bit longer to settle down. On a positive note my TIR is now back up to 94% for the last 7 days.

Many congrats to @TinaD on your House Special this morning. Hope you have more success than me with Options.... I need to jab 1.5 units if I want a mug of it which I really resent! That equates to a rise of about 4.5mmols, even with cream and making it much weaker than I ever used to before diagnosis! It is nice with a shot of rum though especially if you are all done with the animals outside for the night and snuggled down to chill, or rather warm, for the evening. 😉

@ColinUK Sending love right back at you! Hope the change of environment for a couple of days and being with loved ones helps to improve your wellbeing, even if it can be a little frustrating at times. There are worse things to suffer than being smothered with love (and food) and it's what mothers are for, even if we sometimes don't appreciate it. X
 
eggyg said:
Ahh..the B&O speakers. Mr Eggy’s pride and joy, along with the Jag and his camera. He has expensive tastes my hubby! We have a matching telly, which I absolutely hate with a passion. When I put the TV on, I want to be able to just push one or two buttons and find the programme I want to watch. Oh no not this one! I’ve told him it’s the first thing to go if he pops his clogs before me! I’m a simple soul and I like a simple life. I don’t need fancy pants stuff. We grew up in adjacent streets on a council estate, working class parents, low income, not much in the way of material things. I’ve not changed much! 😉
Have a great time with the folks, and just enjoy. It’s only once a year.
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Totally agree, we have so many computers, television gizmos, all connected in some magical way that it would need someone from GCHQ to unravel it. I would be completely lost if the unthinkable happened.
 
Good morning a slightly high 8.0 this morning
which was hardly surprising, having consumed a small packet of chocolate biscuits yesterday evening 😱
I only intended to eat a few ! … still on a positive they are all gone now 🙄

looking forwards to the Christmas break,
not back to work for both my wife & myself until the 4th
and we are not planning on socialising this year,

Stay safe everybody
 
oh dear 8.4 this morning, but I slept in late for once (until 10.00am), though daughter and I went shopping late last night and didn't get back here until almost midnight, so it was even later before I got to bed - and I did make myself a hot chocolate with a splash of Bailey's - well it was already Christmas Eve. Still not sure on the high reading, maybe the DP with sleeping in late, my carbs were lower than normal yesterday and I did a fair amount of steps, or maybe it is still the after effect of the Moderna booster.... had Pfizer for first two, but wasn't a diabetic then, so can't compare readings. Oh well, will see how it goes throughout the day. Got a lazy-ish day so reckon it will be one for jumping on the exercise bike!
Have a good Christmas Eve all 🙂
 
Michael12421 said:
Taking the risk of putting folk off their food. this is what the examination of the tumour yesterday resulted. Thank goodness that I politely refused the invitation to Christmas lunch at Windsor tomorrow.

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Oh dear, that looks very sore - I hope it feels better than it looks x
 
Good morning

6.4 this morning, and then started the day with croissant. Been out for a few bits none Christmas related, but mum had ran out of milk and needed some bread, Steve fancied some orange juice, ended up buying grandchildren more chocolate for their stockings.

making the mince pies and chocolate orange fondants, then cleaning and tidying.

@TinaD - congratulations on your HS

@Michael12421 - pleased appointment went well

@ColinUK - hope things go ok at your folks.

Have a great Christmas everyone
 
About to re watch my favourite Christmas movie ever “Santa Claus The Movie” which came ou in 1985 & holds an extra special poignancy for me as it was the last year that I still believed at the very old age of 14: that Christmas Eve my youngest brother debunked the magic when he woke up with my oldest brother & another older brother sneaking in to leave the presents for us under the the tree in the living room; we were all in sleeping bags on the living room floor with my 2 nephews, youngest brother & youngest sister! 😛:D😎😉 So, in re watching that movie I remember the sense of magic I still had when I watched that in the cinema just before Christmas! It’s never been quite the same since when that innocent magic was gone! I get a little of it back for a short while when I watch that film!😛
 
@Michael12421 that looks rather sore and hope it heals quickly. Take good care of yourself.x
@Northerner thanks for the poem, I have missed them over recent months xx
 
Totally went back to bed for a few hours after son got a text saying he had the day off work so I didn't need to be up to make sure he was out on time :D
Morning reading part 2 - 8.5 :D
Much more wiggle room now 😉
 
Just want to say that special thoughts go out to Ted @KARNAK this Christmas as I know he is very unwell at the moment. Please keep him in your thoughts, particularly those that know and love him. He so often posted on this thread and joked and made light of is struggles with diabetes and lifted our spirits when we were low, so really hoping for a Christmas miracle for him just now.
 
Oops forgot to post this morning.

8.3 - annoying even though it'd been steady all night! I think I need to raise basals right across the night hours. Anyway, great night out in the local last night, dancing to the light jazz, great group - all doctors - and having tapas.

Have now got all the food prep done and the christmas table laid. Then went to empty the dishwasher to discover everything in it was still mucky. It would appear either the thermostat or the heating element has gone. Nice time to do it - thanks dishwasher!

@Michael12421 ouch, that looks sore. Hope it heals quickly.
@rebrascora Please pass on my good wishes to Karnak and hope he will recover soon.
@TinaD congrats on your HS.
 
Does this count as an HS? This evening, at my usual test time 5.2 !!! 🙂

Happy Christmas eve everyone

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Gwynn said:
Does this count as an HS? This evening, at my usual test time 5.2 !!! 🙂
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I am not the authority on HS rules but I vote yes 😉

Defo feeling the cosy Christmas vibes now. Muppets Christmas Carol gets me there every time :D
We did the usual early unwrapping of the Christmas PJs and I'm trying to decide if I am going out to watchnight service at 11pm or should I just get into them, admit defeat and lock the door 😉.

For those not on tomorrow, have a wonderful Christmas whatever you get up to. xx
 
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