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Group 7-day waking average?

Betsy, fabulous. Cant imagine Betsy on a wobble board though !
 
Or butter if on the board too long !
 
Ali11782 said:
Thanks.
I think it's because I took those 4units at 6.30am and it took till 11.30 to come down to 9.9. Is this ok? I thought after 3hours I would be down to that.
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The higher your levels are the more insulin resistant you become and the longer it takes for them to respond to the insulin you have injected and come down.
I try not to let my levels get above 10 these days as it takes hours and stacked corrections to bring them down after that and I find it very frustrating. Obviously I don't mean that I correct post meal spikes but just when levels drift steadily higher and stay high and there is no active insulin in my system which is going to bring them down.
I often skip meals and have long periods between meals so I can see if my basal insulin is keeping me level during these times or if I am drifting upwards and need a correction to bring me back down into range (and maybe need to consider a basal insulin increase the following day), particularly if I am unable to go out and exercise to bring levels down or I am already out there being active but they are being stubborn.
I always keep a very close eye on Libre after corrections and ensure I have small amounts of carbs handy to gently adjust things if levels suddenly start dropping fast and I am getting near my target level. So if I drop below 6 with a vertical downward arrow, I will eat 1 jelly baby and that will usually level me out at 5.5 which is the sort of level I like to be at. I should say that I know how quickly my body responds to carbs (it is fast) but other people might end up hypo if they left it that long so if you hit the 7s or 8s with a vertical downward arrow, that might be the time to have a jelly baby or whatever to slow the descent. It is easy to panic in those situations but once you carefully experiment and learn how quickly of slowly your body responds to just 1 JB or whatever you use then you gain confidence in doing corrections and piloting yourself down to a nice mid range level using insulin and carbs as necessary
 
Didn’t remember to log in the last couple of days. I have been getting to grips with the MYSugr app. I have had a lot more carbs than I intended but impressed with how my body has coped with them. I am sticking to healthy balanced meals within my calorie allowance but my porridge was a bigger bowl (the oats fell into the saucepan too quick!). So my breakfast which is normally around 30g was 70g but I did a aerobic workout after breakfast and drank water and my level was Ok. I had roast veg including potatoes and runner beans with chicken Hassain and that came to 44 carbs and my levels went from 4.9 before eating to 5.3 2 hours after eating. It may be the time of day or me being a lot more active or even the 2 stone weight loss but I love this app it has given me back control and hope that I can eat a little of what I fancy every now and then
 

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I know a few of you test your blood pressure on a regular basis. I am puzzled by my readings in that I do three repeats but there can be as much as 20mmHG difference in the systolic between the first reading and the last reading, the second one being somewhere in between, diastolic is more of less the same.
It is an Omron with an arm cuff.
Anyone know why this might be.
 
Leadinglights said:
I know a few of you test your blood pressure on a regular basis. I am puzzled by my readings in that I do three repeats but there can be as much as 20mmHG difference in the systolic between the first reading and the last reading, the second one being somewhere in between, diastolic is more of less the same.
It is an Omron with an arm cuff.
Anyone know why this might be.
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The last one being the highest? It may be that your body is getting more stressed with each one then. If you consistently find the first one is the lowest then I would consider only doing one check not the repeats.
 
Leadinglights said:
No the first one is the highest eg 139, then 126, then 119.
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Hmmm interesting. Not sure then. Maybe the other way around to my first guess? Subconsciously relaxing when the first one isn't too bad?
 
good evening all, this is the first chance I've had all day to log on, 4 year old granddaughter staying with me, 4.7 for me this morning, hope everyone's had a good day.
 
42istheanswer said:
Naan then?
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Maybe something altogether denser and then carved out from it. Hold on a mo! Genius idea! Stale baguettes! They’re like rock after a couple of days and the ideal shape!
 
Leadinglights said:
No the first one is the highest eg 139, then 126, then 119.
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Mine is often highest for the first reading and then after I sit for a few minutes it’s much lower.
Does your Omron app not average out the readings?
 
Good morning all. A very nice 5.5 after being horrendously high all afternoon and well into the evening yesterday. Apple and bramble crumble isn’t easy to bolus for. 😳 On the positive side it was 8pm before I realised we hadn’t had any tea. Mr Eggy had cheese on toast and I had a packet of Zara’s Pom Bears. Very nutritious! Normal service will be resumed today.

Think we’re going to walk into town later, there’s a Continental market on all weekend. Nice food stuffs, plants, bits and bobs. It gives the town a bit of a buzz which doesn’t happen very often. Also youngest daughter’s 30th next weekend so need a card and a present, we’ve booked a hotel in Glasgow for her, as her sisters have booked a show for her ( and her hubby too), but you’ve got to have something on the day to open, haven’t you? Thinking a record, she’s really into music, just like her dad, she has a turntable and into vinyl. Just what album though?

Hope you all have a good day and bank holiday weekend. Every weekend is like a bank holiday when you’re retired. It’s the only thing I miss about working, not having bank holidays! :rofl:
 
5.6 for me today. 🙂

Dez
 
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