• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all. 6.6 on swiping in bed when I woke up, went back to sleeps and was 7.8 when I actually got up.

Today will be sorting out the pile o washing and a general tidy up.

Tomorrow, if there aren't train delays, planning on meeting the fantabulous @Lucyr for a coffee in Glasgow as she's passing through.
This is going to be interesting, I'm still all sorts of post covid/long covid exhausted and she's got her stuff going on, will be a meet up full of being knackered for sure :rofl:.
Brining the lame child (as in literally lame) too so we will all be on go-slow 😉

Have a great day everyone <3
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Morning everyone. A 5.9 for me before I took my dog out.

Then treated myself to croissant and some of the plum jam I made yesterday.

It seems I may have taken a bit too long fishing for plum stones as the ‘last little bit’ has ended up rather a firm set (erring on the toffee side).

Hopefully the whole jars will be much more jam-like as they often are 🙂

Congrats on your glowing reviews @ColinUK

Will keep my eyes peeled in Waterstones for your runaway debut bestseller around Christmas time?
Click to expand...
Mr Eggy made damson cheese the other day. No cheese involved! I think it’s just like lemon curd/cheese. It took some doing, sieving, stirring, more sieving then pounding the stones to stir back in! It had to go into straight sided jars, it’s ready when it comes away from the sides and you plop it out and slice it. Apparently it’s to eat with cheese. I won’t be having it, I don’t like damsons. But it kept him out of mischief for a few hours! We’ve still got loads of damsons left on the tree. Given some away to friends already, it’s been a good year for fruit this year. Hope you don’t break your teeth on your plum toffee!
 
eggyg said:
Mr Eggy made damson cheese the other day. No cheese involved! I think it’s just like lemon curd/cheese. It took some doing, sieving, stirring, more sieving then pounding the stones to stir back in! It had to go into straight sided jars, it’s ready when it comes away from the sides and you plop it out and slice it. Apparently it’s to eat with cheese. I won’t be having it, I don’t like damsons. But it kept him out of mischief for a few hours! We’ve still got loads of damsons left on the tree. Given some away to friends already, it’s been a good year for fruit this year. Hope you don’t break your teeth on your plum toffee!
Click to expand...
You are making me jealous. I remember damsons as a kid that were small about the size of a grape, deep red/purple and made a jam with quite a unique flavour, which I loved. But we bought what was supposed to be a damson tree but the fruit it produces is much more like a plum but sourer so we think it is a bullace.
We have a quince and we have made membrillo which was the predecessor of orange marmalade. To be eaten with cheese.
 
Leadinglights said:
You are making me jealous. I remember damsons as a kid that were small about the size of a grape, deep red/purple and made a jam with quite a unique flavour, which I loved. But we bought what was supposed to be a damson tree but the fruit it produces is much more like a plum but sourer so we think it is a bullace.
We have a quince and we have made membrillo which was the predecessor of orange marmalade. To be eaten with cheese. our Kendal damsons and our tree must be pretty old as it was well established when we moved in in 1986! It’s lost various branches over the years due to storms. I’m thinking it’s on its way out and this crop is it’s last hurrah.
Click to expand...
Our tree is a Kendal damson tree. It must be pretty old as it was well established when we moved in 36 years ago! It’s lost a few big branches due to storms and Mr Eggy set it on fire, accidentally, many years ago. I think it’s on its way out and this years huge crop is it’s last hurrah. :(
 
Good morning good people!
Late start for me as I was a bit of a night owl last night. 4.20am when I went to bed and for some reason my levels were heading into orbit after being steady in the 4s for several hours before that, so I jabbed a 3u correction for an 11.2 with an upward sloping arrow as my head hit the pillow.
5.3 on my brand new Libre sensor this morning (having had just 7 hours to bed in)..... Finger prick said 6.7 so I guess (hoping) it has a bit more bedding in to do to come into line. Happy enough with that though.
Levels were in the 8s all day yesterday at the show (stress) I jabbed a 1 unit correction mid afternoon which did absolutely nothing, so I jabbed another 2 units on the way home and ate a couple of prunes (10g carbs). Had a bit to do at the farm when we got back but levels started dropping. Thought I had caught it at 4.9 and ate some JBs but continued to plummet and had quite a nasty hypo (my liver output was obviously depleted from the stress of the show all day and had nothing left) Ended up having to abandon my car at the farm. Ian gave me a lift home and once my levels stabilized I climbed into bed and zonked for a couple of hours and then I had to walk up to the farm for my car and then sort animals out so it was nearly midnight when I got back in the house and wide awake, so my kitchen got some much needed attention 🙄

Anyway we got 2 firsts in the classes we entered at the show but there were only 2 in each class, then we had a disaster in the championship with the tandem as Zak got distracted by all the stuff going on in the adjacent rings.... show jumping on one side that I think he would have preferred doing and was bouncing along next to (poor horse approaching the fences was distracted by us too and demolished quite a few, so poles clattering to the ground) ... but the falconry and the generator for the loud speaker on the other side just gave him sensory overload and when Ian pulled them up and asked him for a rein back Zak lost focus and turned round to face Ian. so Zak was facing backwards and Arthur and Ian on the carriage were facing forwards and the reins got hooked on the shaft end so I had to intervene and sort him out, but he just couldn't settle unless Ian was driving him forwards, so we totally failed the rein back and halt and came last.
When we went into the ring for the first class with him single he went really well but Ian was very doubtful about entering the tandem in the any other vehicle class because of all the distractions and said he might just scratch that second class as it was risky, however he plucked up the courage and went for it and won the class. It was only a matter of time before it went wrong though. We could have gone back to the trailer and changed back to a single for the championship and quite possibly won it with Zak as a single because the judge really liked him, but everyone would have had to wait half an hour, so he bravely stayed in the ring and competed for the championship with the tandem..... and as expected it did go wrong. There were no other multiple horse entries, so everyone else was just driving single (trade class and exercise class) which is far, far easier. As I said to the judge, we certainly demonstrated how challenging driving a tandem is! You really have no control of your lead horse once he backs up and you no longer have rein contact. Thankfully, he didn't do anything bad, he just got confused but of course video footage has surfaced online so Ian feels rather embarrassed. I am however extremely proud of him as he was attempting something 10x more difficult than the other competitors and took a huge risk and I think that takes a lot of bottle, especially when he knew it was going to be really distracting with everything that was going on on either side. Thankfully the remaining events for the year will just be driving single now, so hopefully my stress levels will be lower and my liver can take a break from churning out large quantities of glucose. 🙄
 
eggyg said:
We’ve still got loads of damsons left on the tree. Given some away to friends already, it’s been a good year for fruit this year.
Click to expand...

I would heartily suggest Damson Gin (or Damson Vodka). get it going now and it’ll be just ready for a delicious Christmas tipple.

And maybe you’ll have discovered a way of using the damsons that you really like?!

😎 😛
 
gll said:
Morning all. 6.6 on swiping in bed when I woke up, went back to sleeps and was 7.8 when I actually got up.

Today will be sorting out the pile o washing and a general tidy up.

Tomorrow, if there aren't train delays, planning on meeting the fantabulous @Lucyr for a coffee in Glasgow as she's passing through.
This is going to be interesting, I'm still all sorts of post covid/long covid exhausted and she's got her stuff going on, will be a meet up full of being knackered for sure :rofl:.
Brining the lame child (as in literally lame) too so we will all be on go-slow 😉

Have a great day everyone <3
Click to expand...
What happens when someone with chronic fatigue syndrome meets someone with post Covid fatigue… all the coffee.
 
Good very late morning everyone. Up at 4pm but been busy all day before a bit of quiet now so I can post.

BG 4.9 this morning and 5.1 this evening

Daughter came visiting to see the International Kite Festival. Unfortunately there was no wind today so all the kites just lay on the ground. Had a nice time with her and her daughter.

Did 210 minutes exercise walking even though it threatened rain throughout.

Had a small baked potato for tea.

Tired now.

Have a (hmmm hope you had a) great day today....
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
I would heartily suggest Damson Gin (or Damson Vodka). get it going now and it’ll be just ready for a delicious Christmas tipple.

And maybe you’ll have discovered a way of using the damsons that you really like?!

😎 😛
Click to expand...
I can’t stand gin or vodka! Yuk! Mr Eggy is a gin drinker but he just likes it “normal”. All three of our daughters love gin, eldest daughter has eight damson trees so she doesn’t need any. I must admit it crossed my mind to make some for the other two for Christmas. Might do that this week, apparently they are very ripe and sweet at the moment. The ones we’ve given to friends are being used for damson gin. They’re definitely not going to waste this year.
 
I always knew vegetables were bad for you, I fell out the backdoor step carrying a knife and a cabbage and now have a very bruised bum. I am sitting on some ice packs. Luckily I haven't damaged my dodgy knee. I think as I stepped out the door mat slid but I ended on my back completely the opposite way round.
 
rebrascora said:
Oh yes.... Many congrats to @Gwynn on another House Special and also to @Wannie I think who posted one last night which may have been 2 in a row if my memory serves me correct, so good luck for the hattrick tomorrow!
Click to expand...
Yep 2 in a row and then 4.7; 4.6 and this morning 5.1, has been a hectic weekend and not had time to read and post, just catching up on everyone's news. Hope everyone had a good weekend
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top