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Group 7-day waking average?

Good morning folks 🙂
Bit windy but bright here this morning, hoping it stays that way as off out to the other town this afternoon for an appointment
Anyways it's a 6.3 for me this morning, yes higher than usual but with almost 16g carbs unbolused for due to the 4.8 at bedtime, I'd say not too bad at all, now the question is WHY am I managing to eat that amount when I'm only taking 1 unit of basal? Any ideas/suggestions welcome please
Hope you all have a nice day :D xx
 
Kaylz said:
Good morning folks 🙂
Bit windy but bright here this morning, hoping it stays that way as off out to the other town this afternoon for an appointment
Anyways it's a 6.3 for me this morning, yes higher than usual but with almost 16g carbs unbolused for due to the 4.8 at bedtime, I'd say not too bad at all, now the question is WHY am I managing to eat that amount when I'm only taking 1 unit of basal? Any ideas/suggestions welcome please
Hope you all have a nice day :D xx
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How long between your evening meal bolus and your bedtime test, @Kaylz? As you know, I don't use any basal these days, but a year or so ago I was still getting pretty bad hypos up to 7 hours after my evening meal. I worked out that it could only be my evening meal bolus insulin that was still beavering away, lowering my levels long after bedtime. The problem seemed to lie in my choice of injection site, which was normally my behind. I surmised that it was absorbing more slowly from that site, so switched to my abdomen, which is normally much quicker - this meant that my bedtime reading (5 hours after injection) was more reliable, since my insulin had more than likely expired. Sure enough, the night hypos stopped! 🙂 So, worth doing a bit of experimentation 🙂
 
Northerner said:
How long between your evening meal bolus and your bedtime test, @Kaylz? As you know, I don't use any basal these days, but a year or so ago I was still getting pretty bad hypos up to 7 hours after my evening meal. I worked out that it could only be my evening meal bolus insulin that was still beavering away, lowering my levels long after bedtime. The problem seemed to lie in my choice of injection site, which was normally my behind. I surmised that it was absorbing more slowly from that site, so switched to my abdomen, which is normally much quicker - this meant that my bedtime reading (5 hours after injection) was more reliable, since my insulin had more than likely expired. Sure enough, the night hypos stopped! 🙂 So, worth doing a bit of experimentation 🙂
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Nearly 5 and a half hours, I use my stomach for my evening meal so it should be worn out by the time I got to my bed! haha, so as for experimentation I have no idea what to try! I'll easily keep stapping myself with biscuits though! :D xx
 
Northerner said:
Good morning 🙂 7.7 for me today, no idea why :( Possibly the shock of hearing a close friend and neighbour was found dead in the New Forest yesterday, which followed the news that my Auntie had died on Sunday :(
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So sorry to hear this northerner. What a double whammy for you x
 
Sorry to hear your news Northie :(

8.2 for me today, so will be tweaking my basal back up a bit. Doing a lot more walking during the day at the moment and the recent heat meant it had to get dialled right down. Down a bit... up a bit... down a bit... every week or two for me.
 
Northerner said:
Good morning 🙂 7.7 for me today, no idea why :( Possibly the shock of hearing a close friend and neighbour was found dead in the New Forest yesterday, which followed the news that my Auntie had died on Sunday :(
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So sorry to learn of this @Northerner In my thoughts.
 
Northerner said:
Good morning 🙂 7.7 for me today, no idea why :( Possibly the shock of hearing a close friend and neighbour was found dead in the New Forest yesterday, which followed the news that my Auntie had died on Sunday :(
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I'm sorry to hear this sad news Northie, so soon after losing your Auntie too, my thoughts are with you
WL
 
Bloden said:
Oh dear, that’s very sad, Northerner. So sorry to hear this.:(

Morning all.🙂 6.7 here.😛

We’ve got broadband at last...yippee!:D
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Welcome back, great to see you posting again! 🙂 xx
 
Kaylz said:
Good morning folks 🙂
Bit windy but bright here this morning, hoping it stays that way as off out to the other town this afternoon for an appointment
Anyways it's a 6.3 for me this morning, yes higher than usual but with almost 16g carbs unbolused for due to the 4.8 at bedtime, I'd say not too bad at all, now the question is WHY am I managing to eat that amount when I'm only taking 1 unit of basal? Any ideas/suggestions welcome please
Hope you all have a nice day :D xx
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Kaylz...put your hat on...windy & raining here...good luck with your appointment.
 
New-journey said:
Good morning, a 6.2 but was stuck at 9 last night due to a stomach upset. I still don't know what what to do when high from illness but after a extra four units it started coming down. I am hoping for a better day.
Have a wonderful Monday.
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Sounds very unpleasant NJ...relieved to hear you've recovered well...and hope the day went well.
 
Vince_UK said:
Good Morning All.

Hope everyone slept well
Codefree say 6.0
At 4.55am
Taken when up.
Enjoy life today all

The way to happiness is what I call Zero-Based Gratitude.
Each day be happy and grateful for what you have,
independent of yesterday and of other people.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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Finally a day off today Vince...going to make sure I enjoy my day...once I've finished my paperwork...invoices & posted them...make sure you enjoy yours😉.
 
Bubbsie said:
Kaylz...put your hat on...windy & raining here...good luck with your appointment.
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Nope no hat, I'm going to brave it without it, mines looking horrible and pulled now, waiting on my new one from @Vince_UK 😉 xx
 
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