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Group 7-day waking average?

7.4 on rising, got up, cleaned the kitchen therefore nothing to eat or drink, test an hour later, goes up to 8.8! How does that happen! Physical activity is obviously no good for me!
 
Doddy said:
7.4 on rising, got up, cleaned the kitchen therefore nothing to eat or drink, test an hour later, goes up to 8.8! How does that happen! Physical activity is obviously no good for me!
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It's your liver! Better to have something to eat as soon as you get up. Exactly the same thing happens to me if I don't eat and inject. In fact, I have to cover all the rise with copious amounts of insulin in the morning - I have 7 units of novorapid to cover 1 slice of Burgen toast, which is about 11g carbs, plus I usually go out for a run, yet my lunchtime levels will still often be above 7. I'm the opposite in the afternoons: I can have around four times as many carbs with LESS insulin (down to 3 units recently for about 45g carbs), and I still often go low about 3 hours later. Isn't the human body wonderful? 🙄🙂
 
Northerner said:
I suspect a pump may be the only good solution, so you could set different basals.
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I don't like to be defeated but that's what my dsn thinks. I did suggest a shot of jack Daniels before bed but she looked horrified.
 
Northerner said:
It's your liver! Better to have something to eat as soon as you get up. Exactly the same thing happens to me if I don't eat and inject. In fact, I have to cover all the rise with copious amounts of insulin in the morning - I have 7 units of novorapid to cover 1 slice of Burgen toast, which is about 11g carbs, plus I usually go out for a run, yet my lunchtime levels will still often be above 7. I'm the opposite in the afternoons: I can have around four times as many carbs with LESS insulin (down to 3 units recently for about 45g carbs), and I still often go low about 3 hours later. Isn't the human body wonderful? 🙄🙂
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NO!!! pmsl!

How on earth do people get good control when things like this can happen!!! it's a complete PITA!
 
4.7 for me......been away on hols 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I wondered where you were Phil! I hope you had a good time - have you been on a specialist 'Achieve a great waking number' activity break? 🙂
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To be fair Alan I was a little up and down (turkey in high 30s) but over all pretty good...pleased with that number this morning though! 🙂
 
Afternnon all How is everyone . BG 8am 7.6 🙂 lunch time 7.1 🙂🙂 T Time not sure but im confident itl be on target yippeee
 
4.4 today and 5 yesterday.....🙂
 
Good morning 3.1 for me😱
 
Cleaned out the shed last night. Put me up 3 but my reward is to wake up to 6.8.
 
8.5 today. Always in the 8's lately :(
 
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