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Group 7-day waking average?

7.4 this morning, suspecting my UTI isn’t helping with BG levels at the moment. Saved myself a trip to the health centre as I did my own urine dip test which was positive for nitrites and leukocytes. The phone appointment with the nurse went well and she accepted my test results and prescribed some antibiotics which I’ve now started.

Bathroom decorating today and as it’s just ceiling and part of one wall plus door to paint it should hopefully not take too long.

Have a good day everyone.
 
Martin.A said:
Washing machine back in action by lunchtime yesterday. Yes, we have a Screwfix nearby @PattiEvans but my wife had already decided to get our plumber to replace the hose. Just as well as he noticed a leaking elbow joint under the sink so he replaced that while he was at it. Must have been leaking for a while judging by the rust on the metal tray under there.
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Just as well you had the plumber!
 
Eternal422 said:
7.4 this morning, suspecting my UTI isn’t helping with BG levels at the moment. Saved myself a trip to the health centre as I did my own urine dip test which was positive for nitrites and leukocytes. The phone appointment with the nurse went well and she accepted my test results and prescribed some antibiotics which I’ve now started.
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What are they Tony? I had Cefalexin and yes, I did get the diarrhoea. Also ABs + diabetes can leave you with a yeast infection. I have that atm.
 
Morning - it's grey again. Lighter grey than yesterday but still grey!

9.1 this morning, which could be due to any number of things (including the thrush), but possibly due to the brunch turning into a full 3 course meal including dessert and cheese which pushed me up to 14.4. Wouldn't come down despite corrections and was 12.6 before a light supper.

Retinopathy check this afternoon. Apart from that not a lot.

Have a good day all.
 
PattiEvans said:
What are they Tony? I had Cefalexin and yes, I did get the diarrhoea. Also ABs + diabetes can leave you with a yeast infection. I have that atm.
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Selexid - a penicillin based antibiotic. Decided against the nitrofurantoin, probably coincidental but last time I had that I had urinary retention.
 
Grannylorraine said:
Morning all

5.8 this morning, only plans today are to go and see my mum. Will be walking home in the rain I am sure.

@eggyg - hope everything goes well for your daughter today.

@ColinUK - nice to see you back again.

@TinaD - just reading you posts make me feel tired, hope you are able to get this sorted so you can help your daughter and her children.
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Tiring? Sorry about that! Probably a good thing for me to have to do as it takes my mind off the worst case scenario. Off to view a few more...
 
Morning a 8.9 for me so went to bed at 6.9 and no scone and only 6 bolus units all day so a different pattern to previous night.
Fitted new sensor bit still my phone will not scan so downloaded App again but still not working.Now lost my data as deleted original App but no matter quite comfortable with building it back up again once I can get it to work.So only relying on Reader at the moment.
Nice trip to north Wales and should be fine so see what it brings
 
Morning all. 6.6 so I’m two thirds the devil or something
Going for a run this morning (upping my exercise has really helped my ankle heal) and then meeting friends for coffee before heading to the GP for an appointment this afternoon that they’ve not actually told me I have. Recently all appointment notifications from the surgery have ceased which isn’t good.

@Grannylorraine Hope today goes well for you
 
Morning.
13.2 despite 2 corrections over night. Absolutely no idea why. Have a great day
 
Morning all. 10.7! About an hour before bed i was in the low 4s so had a small amount of peanuts. They obviously worked too well as the graph shows i've been in the 10s most of the night.
 
Morning all, 8.6 here. With an 11 mile walk with lots of contours , and a large hotel dinner yesterday, my usual slack washing line shaped graph reversed itself and turned into a rainbow shaped one overnight.
We had a hot sunny day here yesterday, but the relative in residence back home tells me she hasn’t had to do any watering yet, in fact the plants are more in danger of drowning than anything.
 
Good morning all. And I’ve only got a blooming 5.2! Twice in a week or so. They’re like buses……😉

Another wet start to the day, but it’s milder and calmer. I’m clutching at straws I know. 🙄

Baby ok, thanks for your best wishes, it wasn’t all “ wind and watter”, very little fluid in fact. He’s about 6lb at the moment which considering daughter has another 4.5 weeks to go means he is on the big side but all in proportion and there isn’t any concerns. After all his dad is 6ft 9ins so he was never going to be a petite baby! I went in too and it was wondeful, baby scans have come on a lot since I last had one in 1992!

Had a long and busy day yesterday so today will be a lot more serene, just like me! I’ve a load of meat and fish to portion and freeze, I just shoved it all in the fridge when I got home yesterday. But that’s all that important, I’ll just pootle about, not in the garden though unfortunately, rain set for the day ( and week according to the BBC app). This weather reminds me of 2012. The year of the London Olympics, it was just like this. I remember it well as I worked in travel and and we ran out of holidays to sell! I’m not joking, lots of folks decided to stay home because of the olympics then got fed up with the weather and wanted to get away. There was hardly any holiday flights left and it was bedlam, folks just strolling in sayimg there wasn’t anything on the internet did we have anything, and not believing us when we said no through gritted teeth. I think that’s when I realised it was a young person’s career, I’d got too jaded and cynical and started rolling my eyes out loud! I lasted another year.

Have a wonderful, if wet, Wednesday.
 

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Good morning everyone

BG 4.6 excellent

Yesterday dark brooding clouds and we got soaked on our morning walk as it opened up when we were approaching the furthest from home. Today lighter grey clouds, looks cold.

I stopped weighing myself so that I could concentrate on gaining weight without worrying. Recently I restarted weighing myself as I felt I had put on a tad too much weight. I was right. So, back on the stricter diet and more exercise. And now I have dropped my weight down below my more recent goal of 70Kg. I will reset my goal to 65Kg and keep on dropping my weight slowly. I have found that by ingesting at least 500 Kcal less than my daily requirements and keeping my carbohydrates low whilst exercising every day has done the trick. Thats the easy bit. Ensuring that I get at or thereabouts the correct amounts of vitamins and minerals has beeen way more fun and harder than Sodoku/Soduko (??).

Here is todays summary V&M (Vitamins and Minerals) chart. The white circle shows the correct daily requirement. The green shows the allowed upper tolerance.

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Such fun!!! Actually I thoroughly enjoy spending 15 minutes each morning sorting things out or another few minutes altering things if I can't exercise or mybwife surprises me with a new suggestion for tea, etc.

And, out of sheer boredom here is the todays meals page. All editable. Some big databases behind it all.

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The calories are a bit higher today due to the pineapple (which must be eaten), and other fruits AND the bread!. No problem as the exercise takes care of the excess (I normally aim for about 1000Kcal. And... todays tea is a bit rubbish, spaghetti!!! Quite like it though. It's all a balancing act. Most days we have a sensible tea, but not today!

So to sum up the boring images here is an image of the home page, a summary of everything and a portal into all areas of the diet program...

Ahhh, Yesterdays weight trend is wrong because I hadn't weighed myself recently until this morning.

Meals Wed 20th July 2024 Reduced 3.jpg

Of course, if it rains and I can't get out to do the exercise then everything changes and I will reduce what I eat and change the vitamins/minerals etc.

Keeps me interested/motivated

Have a great day today whatever you are doing
 
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