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Group 7-day waking average?

Another 8+ this morning. I’m trying to find out what my glucose level should be before bed. I’m obviously not getting that right. Perhaps it’s the fear of low sugars which were happening too often when I hadn’t reduced my Toujeo. That makes me too cautious. What a complicated balancing act this Diabetic life is sometimes …

Nick
 
NickE said:
🙄Another 8+ this morning. I’m trying to find out what my glucose level should be before bed. I’m obviously not getting that right. Perhaps it’s the fear of low sugars which were happening too often when I hadn’t reduced my Toujeo. That makes me too cautious. What a complicated balancing act this Diabetic life is sometimes …

Nick
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Isn’t it: the goal posts shifting all the time; having to readjust! 🙄
 
Afternoon all. A 4.3 for me much earlier this morning....
 
Back down to 6.6 after my rage Abasaglar basal this morning :rofl:
Going to the tip shortly to dump a load of cardboard and a leaky water butt.
 
Afternoon folks. Just finished lunch after a drive up to the local bee supplies company for some bits. Guess who forgot to buy the stand when she bought a new hive kit in the sale last year. Only discovered this when we started building it yesterday 😱 o_O
Hopefully all sorted now. A 7.9 this morning but a busy afternoon planned in the garden. Grass needs cutting very short as we need to put the poultry electric fencing out tomorrow. APHA say we can let our chickens out again. :party:
Slightly miffed as the deer or rabbits munched the top off some of my newly planted sunflowers last night. Off to collect more bees this evening. I hope they are a calm colony. It makes inspection and honey harvesting so much easier.

Have a happy hump day and enjoy the sun while it lasts. Rain due Saturday in our area and we do need it.
 
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Morning all (just)... a variable day, sun and clouds. It rained overnight and (hopefully) filled the water butt. Sincerely hope so as we were informed yesterday that our water bill is going up from £44 per month to £73pm as we (apparently) use the equivalent of 4 baths per day - I bet most of that goes on the garden as we only take 1 shower each a day and no baths.

7.0 this morning - not sure what's going on as I've been high all night and most of yesterday.

Doing odd jobs around the house today - hubby has gone out to meet his friend.

Now it's no longer morning at all - I was called away whilst attempting to post earlier!

@Martin.A you must be a very proud Dad on two counts!

I also confirm that @ColinUK does not bite... he swallows you whole LOL!!

I'm sure I've forgotten something I meant to say... never mind!
 
PattiEvans said:
@Martin.A you must be a very proud Dad on two counts
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I am, and my daughter's new job means she's done with frontline policing after 27 years. I always tried not to worry about her and now I can relax.
 
@Grannylorraine, @PattiEvans i'm so glad @ColinUK doesn't bite :rofl: .

@ColinUK we stayed as long as we could but couldn't wait any longer. Its almost an hour to get back to the car and a 3 hour trip back home. Next time we're in London we will message and definitely meet up.
 
debs248 said:
9.2 despite another bout of cramp and consequent salt & vinegar crisp blowout at 1am (wish i could still find s&v pork rinds, but it doesn't seem to matter anyway!)
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Try some diet tonic water. I had a large glass in the evenings when I used to get leg cramps at night. I took a few weeks to fully take effect but it did help.
 
Good advice but I can't stand either tonic water or artificial sweeteners.

Might have to make up some electrolyte water if this is going to happen often. I used to use pink salt, cream of tartar and vitamin c powder but I'll have to look up the ratios as I haven't made it for years.
 
Afternoon all.7.1 for me this morning.High alarm went off twice during the night .Be the jobs I had as low alarm went off a few times yesterday afternoon.I also woke up three times with cramp in my calf .Must drink more water on a night . Hope everyone has had a good day.
 
6.1 this morning, no rain yet either which is unusual. The east coast is only 13C and cloudy, so can't be that bad.

Had a nasty little hypo last night about an hour and a half after my meal, so wasn't expected; took about an hour to shift - 9.5 before bed.

Went out to a craft bar this dinner after my meeting and before I had another appointment - been manic. Still nothing until tomorrow afternoon and a few things to look into before then.
 
debs248 said:
Good advice but I can't stand either tonic water or artificial sweeteners.

Might have to make up some electrolyte water if this is going to happen often. I used to use pink salt, cream of tartar and vitamin c powder but I'll have to look up the ratios as I haven't made it for years.
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I just use plain table salt. Tastes horrible, but it does the trick.
 
debs248 said:
9.2 despite another bout of cramp and consequent salt & vinegar crisp blowout at 1am (wish i could still find s&v pork rinds, but it doesn't seem to matter anyway!)
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I find magnesium gel very effective for cramp, you don't need much but rubbed in the the affected part helps and will stop a repeated attack.
Make sure you are well hydrated as well and do some stretches. It can be excruciating.
We are all told to reduce salt but people do need salt just not too much so if you have too little that can cause cramp.
Quinine which is the ingredient in tonic water is also supposed to help.
 
Morning and a 5.7 after a gentle rise and fall overnight as had toast just before bed as went into 4s and like to be a little higher but overall stayed within range for vast bulk of day.
That is despite forgetting to take my insulin with me out and about yesterday and only having a slice of carrot cake for lunch and a couple of protein bar/ toast to keep me going.
Also switched my day to go to North Wales and will be in Cheshire today so will make sure I take it with me.
Fresher this morning but still had no rain but expecting some at w/ end which garden is getting pretty desperate for and save my wife having to water it.
We’ll see what today brings but at least BG management is doing OK at the moment.
 
6.0 this morning for me.

Faust yesterday was ok but nothing exceptional tbh. I’d not heard it before and it just seemed quite a middling opera. Nothing wrong with the production at all but it was the source material that just didn’t have enough dramatic tension for me. It won’t be one I rush to see again but I’m sure I will when a new production of it is mounted.

Today I’m off to the Open Air Theatre at Regent’s Park to see Shucked. Should be a bit of a giggle.
 
Morning all, 5.3 after going back to abasaglar yesterday. The surgery nurse got back to me but of course she said she would email the diabetes team at the hospital and let me know what they say!

Yesterday I took the dog for a long walk in the woods, it was lovely even though we got caught in a thunderstorm on the way back to the car and both of us got rather wet. We could have done with more rain but at least the garden got a bit of a water.

Hope you all have a good day 🙂
 
Good morning, joining @Wendal on the 5.7 step.

Got a few things ticked off my long list of jobs yesterday. Never got into the garden apart from a brief sojourn after finishing my ironing. I had half an hour under the shade of the grapevine and read my book. Mr Eggy was erecting a fruit cage for the raspberries and redcurrants. It’s some structure, I think you may be able to see it from the moon! It keeps him out of mischief!

Today is “ helping with swimming” day, and lunch. The weather is on the change today, cooler for definite and rain forecast from tomorrow for the next week, we need it I know, but did it have to be in half term? Typical as we’ve the 12 year old and the 7 year old sleeping over next week for a couple of nights. Need to make plans.

Have a grand day.
 
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Good morning, joining @Wendal on the 5.7 step.

Got a few things ticked off my long list of jobs yesterday. Never got into the garden apart from a brief sojourn after finishing my ironing. I had half an hour under the shade of the grapevine and read my book. Mr Eggy was erecting a fruit cage for the raspberries and redcurrants. It’s some structure, I think you may be able to see it from the moon! It keeps him out of mischief!

Today is “ helping with swimming” day, and lunch. The weather is on the change today, cooler for definite and rain forecast from tomorrow for the next week, we need it I know, but did it have to be in half term? Typical as we’ve the 12 year old and the 7 year old sleeping over next week for a couple of nights. Need to make plans.

Have a grand day.
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Well they say things happen in 3s and we have our Egg delivery today so that is a very loose Eggy connection but can’t think of a 3rd thing as no way am I going to build anything useful in the garden or manage any pile of jobs/looking after children etc.
The only “ babies” I ever deal with are covered in fur so not sure that counts 🙂
 
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