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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning everyone. Slightly overcast here today and it’s going to remain the same for most of the day apparently. Anyway, it was a 5.4 for me on waking this morning.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday folks, rather an hectic afternoon with sixteen of the family round for lunch - most enjoyable.

Have a good day everyone and stay safe.
 
7.4 for me this morning which I am reasonably happy about but felt like I was battling yesterday to try to keep levels out of double figures and needed constant corrections. I deliberately overegged the last one in frustration and ended up hypo during evening stables. No big deal, just annoying. Got lots to do today, so need to crack on!

Belated Happy Birthday wishes to @Barrowman and @PattiEvans and my best to Julian for his birthday today. Wishing you all Many Happy Returns.
 
Oops, 3.6 this morning, another low start for the day. Reduced my breakfast pre-bolus in the hope things will stabilise a bit.

Happy belated birthdays to @PattiEvans and @Barrowman and congratulations on your HS @Gwynn and @Lisa65 !

Waiting for a call back from the care home to organise an assessment for Mum & Dad this week hopefully and then to move them next Monday so they will be there before we go away to Ireland a week tomorrow. Mixed feelings about it, although it will mean they will have the appropriate care in place and not be as vulnerable as they are at the moment in their own home. Thankfully we are in the position of not having to sell the house immediately so can organise their move and get them both settled before we tackle all of that.

Take care everyone!
 
It's another 5.5 for me on a lovely, sunny Berkshire morning. Unfortunately our forecast says it's not going to last beyond lunchtime, and we're in for a soaking overnight. Garden could do with that, though.

My wife and I managed to get a lot of the hall, stairs and landing painting done yesterday, her upstairs and me downstairs. Only the first coat, though. She's back in the office today and both our boys are at home, so I'm going to wait until tomorrow to carry on as it's my Home-Alone-Wednesday.

Our eldest was unwell yesterday with S & D but he seems OK this morning. Didn't stop him going to watch QPR v Swansea (Swans won), although he was in two minds until the last minute. He seems fine this morning so something he'd eaten rather than a bug. He was at his girlfriend's family get-together the day before and he's since found out that others who were there have had the same. Oh dear.

Tuesday, so swim before lunch as usual and with the schools going back the leisure centre should be less busy, especially the car park.

Congratulations @Gwynn and @Lisa65 on your HSs.

Whatever your plans, enjoy the day.
 
@ColinUK i shall look forward to the review of Cartier as, apart from booking Titanique next month, we've booked to see the Cartier exhibition too.

@Eternal422 i hope the assessment goes ok.
 
Morning all and 7.2 for me.

Tea took ages to digest last night. I was bolusing for hours. I don't suppose the large lump of simnel cake helped either.

Pharmacy say they can't get any novorapid so I'll be hitting the phone soon.

Have a good day everyone.
 
NickE said:
7.4, so that’s pretty good for me. Still getting a rise of 2 or 3 at about 6am. Must ask tomorrow why this is when I have a clinic appointment tomorrow (possibly doc, nurse or dietitian - appointment not clear which).

Nick
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It is likely caused by Dawn Phenomenon (DP). This is where the liver ramps up it's release of glucose to give you energy for the day ahead. It is part of the body's circadian rhythm. There is a theory that it harks back to prehistoric days when we didn't have kitchen's with food and needed this glucose release to go out an hunt or forage for our first meal of the day which obviously takes a lot more energy (glucose) than walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge 🙄 and this mechanism prevented us from dying of starvation because we were too weak to be successful in our hunt following our overnight fast.
Some people experience it as soon as it starts to get light, hence "DAWN" Phenomenon and for others like myself (perhaps because I used to work shifts for a lot of years and slept through the day), it waits until I put my feet on the floor and get out of bed. It is almost like a tilt mechanism and we usually refer to this as Foot On The Floor Syndrome or FOTF. If I go to bed and have a nap in the afternoon, I find it will happen again when I get up, so for me it is very much a response to getting up from lying down for a reasonable period of time.
My FOTF response is very dramatic and if I didn't inject a couple of units to cover it my levels will rise by 6mmols in 45 mins of getting up, however I can reduce that by doing a decent amount of exercise the previous evening and some people find alcohol the night before stops or reduces it.
 
Wendal said:
Morning and a 5.9 on getting up for me and no highs in the night.In fact yesterday my BG level did not go very high despite some morning Cake at the 2nd of our 3 Garden Centre visits.
Bought a small Tree Fern as well as a tall Jasmin and then had our much bigger Tree Fern delivered which had been overwintered at another Nursery.
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Beware the Jasmin. We bought one to grow up some trellis on an east facing wall at our old house. Don't worry I said to hubby. It prefers south or West facing aspect it will probably only grow to 10 - 12ft tall.
How wrong was I 😱. Picture is of the mature vine in the summer after being hard pruned every winter. We used to get about 100 sparrows roosting in it every year.
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rebrascora said:
It is likely caused by Dawn Phenomenon (DP). This is where the liver ramps up it's release of glucose to give you energy for the day ahead. It is part of the body's circadian rhythm. There is a theory that it harks back to prehistoric days when we didn't have kitchen's with food and needed this glucose release to go out an hunt or forage for our first meal of the day which obviously takes a lot more energy (glucose) than walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge 🙄 and this mechanism prevented us from dying of starvation because we were too weak to be successful in our hunt following our overnight fast.
Some people experience it as soon as it starts to get light, hence "DAWN" Phenomenon and for others like myself (perhaps because I used to work shifts for a lot of years and slept through the day), it waits until I put my feet on the floor and get out of bed. It is almost like a tilt mechanism and we usually refer to this as Foot On The Floor Syndrome or FOTF. If I go to bed and have a nap in the afternoon, I find it will happen again when I get up, so for me it is very much a response to getting up from lying down for a reasonable period of time.
My FOTF response is very dramatic and if I didn't inject a couple of units to cover it my levels will rise by 6mmols in 45 mins of getting up, however I can reduce that by doing a decent amount of exercise the previous evening and some people find alcohol the night before stops or reduces it.
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Thanks Barbara. I sort of knew that, but wasn’t aware of the background detail. My clinic just said “that’s normal” without any explanation although the rises were sometime quite steep.

Does going shopping count as “going on a hunt”?

Cheers, Nick
 
A late good morning from me. 8.4 when I got up. Hubby dropped me off at keep fit then went to Horncastle to buy more feed and bedding for the chickens. I was fairly good yesterday. Finished off the lamb and roasted veggies with a tablespoon of dauphinoise potatoes. Low carb chocolate mousse for dessert. Hubby finished off the rhubarb crumble.
Congrats to @Lisa65 and @Gwynn on your HS
@Gwynn you deserve a :party: for a prolonged run of 5.2's.
Hope the assessment goes well and your parents are able to move into a care home without any issues @Eternal422
Very impressed with your commitment to getting more mobile @TinaD
Have a nice Tuesday everybody and I hope the sun shines on you.
 
silver minion said:
Beware the Jasmin. We bought one to grow up some trellis on an east facing wall at our old house. Don't worry I said to hubby. It prefers south or West facing aspect it will probably only grow to 10 - 12ft tall.
How wrong was I 😱. Picture is of the mature vine in the summer after being hard pruned every winter. We used to get about 100 sparrows roosting in it every year.
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You have to wonder where it’s getting its sustinence from, we have a passion flower that is rampant over our South East facing wall. We recently had our gutters replaced, and the builders reported that the soak away goes across the back of the house, under the patio, and was full of roots!
 
silver minion said:
Beware the Jasmin. We bought one to grow up some trellis on an east facing wall at our old house. Don't worry I said to hubby. It prefers south or West facing aspect it will probably only grow to 10 - 12ft tall.
How wrong was I 😱. Picture is of the mature vine in the summer after being hard pruned every winter. We used to get about 100 sparrows roosting in it every year.
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Great example of a symbiotic relationship. Plant provides roost for birds and birds provide fertilizer for plant! Plus householder doesn't need curtains or blinds!
 
Afternoon all.7.4 for me this morning.Not a bad day up here Suns out at the moment.Have had a few light showers. Congratulations to@ Gwynn .Your just being greedy now .Can you not let the rest of us have one Also congratulations to @ Gail65 on your Hs.Enjoy your day folks whatever your doing.
 
freesia said:
@ColinUK i shall look forward to the review of Cartier as, apart from booking Titanique next month, we've booked to see the Cartier exhibition too.

@Eternal422 i hope the assessment goes ok.
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Well I got here at 10am and went straight in. I’ve just come out from there after maybe 25 minutes perusing things in the main shop.
Wear comfy shoes! And wear your reading glasses!

There’s lots of very pretty things and some that are frankly obscene when you think for a second about the socio-political environment that they firmly represent. Some are painfully sad, others are just plain gorgeous.

There’s things from the Russian imperial family, courts of every royal family, tonnes of items that relatively poor country’s politicians wives could somehow afford…

What I really liked was seeing the history of ownership. There’s loads that were owned by Cole Porter’s wife for example. I liked that sense of historical place and time.

Key case donated by his sister in memory of Freddie Mercury
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It’s the notation of the size of the stones that this necklace for a man that blew me away even more so than the actual piece itself.
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There’s a whole section on how they make the panthers. By hand. Under a microscope.
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Owned by Barbara Hutton
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Massive sapphires that I can’t recall who owned
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Hope diamonds
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Lots of stuff from film stars including Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor, Gloria Swanson etc
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This is an articulated necklace. The whole thing moves. Made to commission by a Mexican film star.
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Oh and a whole bunch of stuff from the Duchess of Windsor’s collection as well as loads of things lent from HM The King, the Aga Khan, Rihanna, and lots from Queen Victoria’s children and grandchildren. Plus quite a few that belonged to the Bonaparte family.
 
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Good afternoon was 5.5 on waking this morning

First thing today Zi spoke to a GP (regarding several things) including time to increase my Mounjaro slightly, I’m still not on the maximum dose
as expected hes encouraging into and feels confident 8m able stop insulin (following my latest Hba1c)
I’m open minded, but TBH I’m still not 100% convinced, as I wasn’t previously when both he & DSN were suggesting this
Ive decided to see how it goes, so this morning have started a weekly reduction of 1 unit
todays reduction down from 6 to 5 units (I take NovaMix 30) already seen a big reduction from the 12 units twice daily that I was taking back last June (prior to starting on Mounjaro)
and a huge reduction to the 30+ units I was taking a few years ago, thinking back think the most I ever took was 30 in the evening and 36 in the morning, but back then my BMI was heading to 40 and Hba1c up towards tripple figures (obviously pre finding this place and better HCP’s and me understanding)

On Saturday I completed DVLA medical renewal (online), the online option seemed simpler & far less confusing than the old paper system, will see how quickly they review my request and although if I do come off insulin that can be reported, I’m still under treatment for retinopathy so that will keep the 3 year restriction in-place.

Congrats to @Gwynn & @Lisa65 on HS’s plus any others I might’ve recently missed

great afternoon at football yesterday, I’m so glad I went, one of the best game I’ve been to for ages
it’s been a great season in the first division for Northampton, and yesterday’s results mean we are safely in the same division again next season.

did some DIY over the weekend and some of that still needs finishing, and ideally before my wife Is home tonight otherwise questions will be asked I’m sure
with that in mind will crack on and get this window sill fitted

Shortly after I got home from the football yesterday, there was an amazing rainbow,
thought it worthy of a photo
maybe somewhere someone was celebrating something
I thought a tribute to the Cobblers staying up
but a friend said it was as a sign of the Popes passing

hope your all having a Terrific Tuesday
 

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