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Group 7-day waking average?

Got last week's blood test results yesterday HbA1c 36, same as last year. So I must be doing something right. :D
Well done to this morning's House Specialist @eggyg
My reading earlier was 5.8.

Dez
 
MikeyBikey said:
@Michael12421 aren't you getting any hypo symptoms at that level? A few tenths below that and many people would be spark out! At that level I would be perspiring profusely and my vision not dissimilar to a silent migraine. If you aren't getting any symptoms something needs to change. This is the very reason I am on animal insulin!
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No symptoms at all. I am a bit suprised as I had a substantial pasta meal last night
 
And it’s a 5.3 for me this morning. I’ve got some fourteen foot high conifers to trim up today so that will be my exercise for today, if I can manage it.
 
@Michael12421 is your meter reading correctly? Might be worth a check with a different meter and different strips.

What does the GP/nurse say about your very low readings. Do they not show concern .
 
Gwynn said:
@Michael12421 is your meter reading correctly? Might be worth a check with a different meter and different strips.

What does the GP/nurse say about your very low readings. Do they not show concern .
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My GP and the surgery nurse know nothing about diabetes, and the freely admit it. I just manage the best I can. I have further reduced my basal this morning to 15.
 
So surely as they know they know nothing is it not their responsibilty to learn so they can actually do their job better and help those who need help ?
 
Gwynn said:
So surely as they know they know nothing is it not their responsibilty to learn so they can actually do their job better and help those who need help ?
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Would have thought so but I have to be very careful. On two occasions I have questioned doctors and been told that it is not any of my business. Of vourse it is my business as it is my health we are talking about but they won't have any of it. In all other aspects they are kind and considerate but to question their expertise is another matter, they see it as criticism which is not acceptable. It's the way things are here.
 
5.5 this morning, child is not completely recovered but enough to be in school
 
Good morning! 6'2.

I am meeting a friend in the evening and don't have any other plans for today. Must think of something. The fridge is almost empty so might have a nice walk to Lidl or Asda, as I'm a bit over budget this month. I'll try to stick to basics, though I am tempted to bring a cheeky bottle of wine to my friend's :D
 
Morning all 12 .5 for me this morning. Had a 2 5 at 9 pm Didn't sDontvdee that coming . Been in range all day Don't think my liver is in tip top shape tested 3 times during the night still in the 12 range did a few correction doses . Gonna be an interesting afternoon . Jbs at the ready
 
@eggyg i think the MC finallists are a really strong bunch this year. It could be any one of them.
 
Wordle in 3 again 🙂
 
Oh dear, I am a failure today 🙄 . Wordle took me 6 and I woke up on 2.8 according to Libre but a finger prick straight after and before I swung my legs out of bed gave me a 4.4 so I am submitting that and not the 2.8. I can't claim the Libre result was a compression low though as it was a slow steady descent into a rather long stretch of red before I woke up. 😱 But.... to redeem myself, I did have a unicorn day yesterday..... just! Let's say I used the full width of my range. 🙄 Unfortunately with today's misdemeanor I am back to 8% below range for the last 7 days. 😱 I will be getting a black mark from the consultant if I don't pull my socks up before my next appointment.

I am going to complete the purchase on my new Freelander tonight. Have done all the HPI checks and stuff and nothing has been highlighted. It is very high mileage but the engine sounds good and starts and runs well and the body and interior are tidy. I tend to do very low mileage but due to geographical factors the bodywork/chassis corrodes more quickly here, so I am hoping that a younger, tidy, high milage vehicle will suit my needs better than an older lower mileage one. Hate the fact it is black but no choice and it seems positively space age inside compared to my 20+yr old girl who will sadly be going to the scrapyard. I will cry when they take her away. I have enjoyed our few years together. :(

Many congratulations to @eggyg on that fantastic double achievement. Most impressive, especially as you seem to be acquiring a herd of unicorns in recent days! TIR for the week must be looking pretty spectacular!

Hope you have a bit better reading in the morning @Michael12421 Those lows are very worrying but I know your levels, like mine, are rather unpredictable. I too would have thought the pasta would have kept you higher than that. Did you do a lot of extra activity yesterday that might have brought them down so low?
 
rebrascora said:
Hope you have a bit better reading in the morning @Michael12421 Those lows are very worrying but I know your levels, like mine, are rather unpredictable. I too would have thought the pasta would have kept you higher than that. Did you do a lot of extra activity yesterday that might have brought them down so low?
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I did actually. Missy was overdue her annual shots as my vet was in Egypt with his girlfriend. He agreed to see me yesterday morning so there was much more walking than normal although I adjusted my Novorapid to take that into consideration.
 
Michael12421 said:
I did actually. Missy was overdue her annual shots as my vet was in Egypt with his girlfriend. He agreed to see me yesterday morning so there was much more walking than normal although I adjusted my Novorapid to take that into consideration.
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I find I am very responsive to exercise the night after doing more, whilst I sleep and I need to reduce my basal dose that night as well as my evening bolus (or not have any bolus), but with you being on Toujeo which is a much longer acting basal than Levemir, you can't really do that because it wouldn't have an impact till the next day and the day after, whereas Levemir gives me real time change. And of course, you go to bed quite early after your meal so you don't have the opportunity to see how your levels are playing out after the meal where you might have some extra carbs before you went to sleep if they were a little low once the bolus insulin had worn off. Plus of course, you don't have Libre which would be an enormous benefit (safety net) for you I think. All you can do is your best but when you have so little hypo awareness it is a real concern to be getting such low readings quite frequently.
 
4.8 yesterday and again this morning for me, busy looking after my granddaughters last couple of days youngest has got chickenpox at 15 months old.
 
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