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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all. I had a very restless sleep last night, couldn't get comfortable, clammy, bad dreams, waking twice for JBs to head off lows. I woke late with a start this morning to a 6.3.

@rayray119 i hope the procedure goes ok for you.

@ColinUK I have a wobble board. I just can't do it though, i fall off. My balance without it is shocking but with it.... :rofl:

@eggyg enjoy your walk. It wasnt supposed to rain here so i did a load of washing. But it has and its still very dark and cloudy. I hope the weather stays good for your walk.

@42istheanswer i hope your eldest gets the results they need. Fingers crossed.

@rebrascora have a lovely day out. I hope the weather stays kind and you get some relaxing time together.

Hopefully meeting a friend for coffee later. This morning might be a bit of a lazy one after last night, maybe a catnap, although low alarm has just gone off again so i'm off to check. Have a good day whatever you plan.
 
rebrascora said:
3.8 according to Libre the first time I woke up (BG will be slightly higher in reality, although I didn't check with a finger prick, so no real cause for concern) and a real flatfish horizontal line along the bottom of my range all night with a half unit Levemir increase last night as I rode instead of walking yesterday. I slept really well as i always do when levels are at the bottom end of my range. Anyway, I ate one JB to placate Libre and went back to sleep and woke up half an hour later on 6.7 with an upward sloping arrow. That is a 3mmol rise for 5g carbs if you believe Libre 🙄

Ian and I are going on holiday today for the day! We are having a trip to Cragside near Rothbury. He works at the farm every day of the year including Sundays and Bank Holidays and we don't go away with having the animals ourselves too so we are sort of having a day off today.... once we get animals fed 🙄.... and since we have National Trust membership that we hardly ever use, we are going to get some of my money's worth. I really fancy taking the horses up there and driving through the gates in a horse and carriage, so that we could then drive through the grounds which would be lovely but it's a lot of work (on our one day off) and it's possible they might refuse us entry although it would be very bad publicity if they did, considering it is an original vehicle.... I know McDonalds have refused to serve the drivers of horse drawn vehicles at their drive through facilities in various places..... Not that I am likening Cragside to McDonalds. 😳

@rayray119 Best of luck for today. I am sure everything will go well, but can totally understand you being anxious.
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Enjoy your “holiday”, hope your BGs behave themselves and you have a lovely day.
 
rebrascora said:
I really fancy taking the horses up there and driving through the gates in a horse and carriage, so that we could then drive through the grounds which would be lovely
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Oooh lovely! When you get to the big house you could jump out of the carriage, give the reins to a groom and say to the housekeeper that you are going for a bath and wish to have tea in the drawing room in half an hour....just like they do on the costume dramas!

Seriously, that would be lovely being able to ride up in a horse and carriage.
 
@freesia That’s why I’m more tempted to get one of the soft inflatable types than the rigid board. I think that would be far too difficult!
 
rayray119 said:
7.5 a bit too late for backfast now so won't be eating until after my produce. Originally I thought it might be a good opportunity for a background test then thought it's not the best time as nerves etc could interfere with the results.

Typical part of mind cops up and goes what if I have a hypo mid produce but then the local part of mind kicks goes it's fine as the letter says my blood sugar will being monitored by a nurse so if anything was to happen they'd know how to handle on opposite side of things I do uaqilly rise in the morning I think so if that does happen I'm not sure I'm going to be able to resist the urge to a correction.
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Well the good news is my blood sugar has stayed fairy steady so far
 

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ColinUK said:
@freesia That’s why I’m more tempted to get one of the soft inflatable types than the rigid board. I think that would be far too difficult!
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I didn't know you could get inflatables until today!
 
Forgot my BG with all the wobbling about! Still a poor 12.2 I don't know if I am coming down with something or recovering from something but nowhere near 100% of my usual self!

First proper rain for a long time (last week's mini shower doesn't count), just hope it continues as lawns are brown and everything is bone dry. Not like England at all!
 
grovesy said:
Here in my part of Essex we are now on 12 hours of rain, some very heavy.
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Waft some of it over to us in Oxfordshire, would you please? Whichever direction the rain is coming in from, it’s nearly always fizzled out by the time it reaches the middle of the country.
I should be careful what I wish for, I know. The winter we had our roof redone was the wettest on record, and we spent most of it baling out buckets of water from the inside of the house.
 
Thanks for the good wishes @freesia kid got needed grades in subjects to study at A level, but only 3 for English Language so that will be a retake I think. (They have to keep retaking till they get a 4 or turn 19 - 4 being roughly low C)

Diabetes appt went really well, practice nurse was very lovely and we discussed options and I'm getting 3 weeks to see if low carb (under 130g not going super low) can bring my blood sugars down to normal, if not then meds. She gave me a meter *and* prescribed strips. And a "lifetime supply" of lancets . She's not in the St Swithin's line of thinking but did say I can use them 3-4 times each if I want.

(Just realised I didn't get a sharps box! Maybe I'll ask the DNs nicely next time I'm in work if I decide against using the same lancet for the next 3 weeks...)
 
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42istheanswer said:
Thanks for the good wishes @freesia needed grades in subjects to study at A level, but only 3 for English Language so that will be a retake I think. (They have to keep retaking till they get a 4 or turn 19 - 4 being roughly low C)

Diabetes appt went really well, practice nurse was very lovely and we discussed options and I'm getting 3 weeks to see if low carb (under 130g not going super low) can bring my blood sugars down to normal, if not then meds. She gave me a meter *and* prescribed strips. And a "lifetime supply" of lancets . She's not in the St Swithin's line of thinking but did say I can use them 3-4 times each if I want.

(Just realised I didn't get a sharps box! Maybe I'll ask the DNs nicely next time I'm in work if I decide against using the same lancet for the next 3 weeks...)
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The problem with sharps boxes they are difficult to get rid of and lancets are no more dangerous that a bit of broken glass or sowing needle you might want to get rid of. You can collect them in a used plastic bottle and then put in your general waste.
3 weeks is not very long to see much difference in HbA1C as it is an average over the previous 3 months so you would have many weeks of higher level. 3 months is more usual for a repeat test to see if dietary changes are working.
You are lucky to have been given a monitor, a forward thinking nurse.
 
Leadinglights said:
The problem with sharps boxes they are difficult to get rid of and lancets are no more dangerous that a bit of broken glass or sowing needle you might want to get rid of. You can collect them in a used plastic bottle and then put in your general waste.
3 weeks is not very long to see much difference in HbA1C as it is an average over the previous 3 months so you would have many weeks of higher level. 3 months is more usual for a repeat test to see if dietary changes are working.
You are lucky to have been given a monitor, a forward thinking nurse.
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It's not the HbA1c she's going to look at in 3 weeks, it's my finger prick results

I can dispose of sharps box myself through work. I no longer routinely carry one as I don't vaccinate any more, but I still have access to clinical waste streams (I work in the NHS).
 
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