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Group 7-day waking average?
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Northerner
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5.5 for me this morning 🙂
Had a bit of a nightmare with levels over the last 10 days or so (in Sharm el Sheikh with temps in the 90s....played havoc with my control)
You'll be glad to get back to the English weather then Phil! 🙂
Phil65
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Definitely a 'yes' and a 'no' Alan.....missed bacon as well! 😉 Strange how insulin is affected so much by the heat and or basal rates!
Laureny019
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Sorry for the late reply - have been offline most of the day. It wasn't an overly active day yesterday & I was 7.8 before bed. I'm seeing DSN / dietician tomorrow so will see what they say but to be honest I'm not too sure whether I should reduce it as my levels change a lot so don't want to end up going higher.
Emmaathome
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To be honest, we had been away for the weekend. The omlette was something to eat before bed, as I was absolutely shattered, and starving!! Hadnt eaten since chips (yes i know I shouldnt have) at approx 2pm.
Bizzarely I have a 5.8 reading tonight (checked twice) 2 hours after food (was 8.5 an hour before) - that was a piece of braising steak, veg and 4 new potatos. I have no concept of how that large meal can give a lower reading than 10 hours after a couple of eggs, but hey ho! I guess I really have a lot to learn.....
DeusXM
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The problem is you don't have any context for your post-omelette FBG. If you'd been in the high teens before your omelette, you're still going to be running high the next day. Given the last thing you ate was chips (high fat + high carb = relentless high BG for hours) and you were shattered and starving suggests you were definitely running high before bed. This is why it is essential to test before and after meals. Otherwise, all you know is whether you're running high or not, but with no context or explanation why.
You did much better with your steak meal, you've shown that your body can easily process four potatoes worth of carbs. But you only know this because you tested before AND after
You did much better with your steak meal, you've shown that your body can easily process four potatoes worth of carbs. But you only know this because you tested before AND after
Northerner
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Good morning 🙂 6.0 for me this morning - just realised though that the lantus I've been using for the last couple of nights is over 4 weeks out of fridge, it's only had about 10 units out of it and it seems a crime to throw it away but it's now no good to anyone
vince13
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Vince 13- don't know if you're on insulin. Possibley late pm meal with mealtime insulin still in your system ?
I'd celebrate waking with a good level first then reveiw why it was on the high side pre bed and whether you would be at risk of going too low if you went to bed in range
I'd celebrate waking with a good level first then reveiw why it was on the high side pre bed and whether you would be at risk of going too low if you went to bed in range
Northerner
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I am sorry to hear this Doddy
Have you been able to speak to the doctor yet? I personally think you've been enduring these levels too long without an adequate treatment option and would be tempted to seek a second opinion - is there another doctor you could see?
Northerner
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7.5 for me. It's great sleeping through the night without having to do a humalog injection
You seem to be getting lots of nights like that lately, has anything changed or is it just good luck with the gastroparesis behaving better? Are you using your sensors at the moment, and any more thoughts on a pump? 🙂
AJLang
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Thanks for asking Alan. The gastroparesis blood sugars seem to behave themselves when I'm on a weight loss diet I guess because there is so liitle food in my stomach at anytime although I still get the nausea and have problems if my evening meal is too big. I'm not using the sensors at the moment because I'm taking panadol extra with ibuprofen and the sensors don't work with the paracetamol. I may have a problem with the pump......to get the pump I have to complete DAFNE....work has said that if I have time for DAFNE it needs to count as sick leave but as I'm currently on at least three weeks sick leave I don't think that they will be impressed if I take another week of sick leave at the beginning of July. At the moment my focus has to be on sorting out the rheumatology problems and fatigue. C'est la vie? At least I'm smiling and laughing most days
vince13
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Yes, I'm on Humalogue 25 mix morning and evening pre-meal. I am fairly well settled with levels in the evening evening (if under 6, I eat something to stop going too low in the night - bedtime usually 10.30 to 11 p.m.)
Yesterday I had my main meal at lunchtime - a large salad with turkey slices and had a "tea" meal of 2 slices of wholemeal bread with taramasalata (yummy), a tomato and then a very small slice of homemade coffee sponge - all at 6 p.m. Nothing else at all. At 10.30 p.m. I tested - 12.2 which is very high for me at night and I don't think the teatime meal should have done it.
That's what I find so annoying about Diabetes, just as you think you've got it covered it bites you in the bum ! 😡