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Group 7-day waking average?

12.6 for me. Och well
mikeyB said:
Good morning inmates🙂

I went to bed on 6.1 and woke up on 7.1. The trace showed a bit of a lift during the night, so an extra unit of Levemir in the evening methinks.

BetFred are offering evens on a hypo in the night tonight.:D

Tree decoration this afternoon. Definite PIA, but I suppose it has to be done. I’m more of a New Year celebrant, to be honest. More significant, somehow. Then it’s birthday on the 4th. Back in the day, I would only be completely sober for about 12 hours from Christmas Eve till Epiphany:confused:

Anyway, I’m off to Royal Preston Hospital neurology tomorrow morning, for EMG studies. Used to do that to dead frogs in Biology classes. I think CIA Special Ops designed the kit they currently use.

So, I won’t be around much tomorrow. If I don’t appear on Friday, it means I’m likely in Guantanamo Bay. 🙄

Have a good day, everyone.🙂
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good luck tomorrow
 
wirralass said:
A very restless night. 3am excruiating painful cramp at the backs of both my knees ~ then it spread from my bum down to my ankles aarrgggggggghhhhhhh! I was beside myself and all I could do was writhe and sob. I took a Quinine Sulphate tablet to ease the cramps but it took what seemed an eternity to have any effect.

Anyway good afternoon folks ~ 7.6 for me today.
WL
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Sorry to hear this. Hope you are better tonight
 
Quite a few folk with MS who get cramps are finding CBD oil helps a lot. It certainly relaxes the spasticity of my muscles if I take a dose of 15% before I go to sleep.

To be honest, I haven’t a clue about its effect on platelet counts. The net is alive with discussion on this point, and I don’t see any firm evidence either way. Some folk use CBD oil to increase platelet count. Not convinced by that, either.
 
mikeyB said:
Quite a few folk with MS who get cramps are finding CBD oil helps a lot. It certainly relaxes the spasticity of my muscles if I take a dose of 15% before I go to sleep.

To be honest, I haven’t a clue about its effect on platelet counts. The net is alive with discussion on this point, and I don’t see any firm evidence either way. Some folk use CBD oil to increase platelet count. Not convinced by that, either.
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It’s not just a google discussion for the immunocompromised Mike and there’s certainly firm evidence out there. ‘Quinine is reported to be one of the most frequent causes of drug-induced thrombocytopenia. It is thought to be able to bind to platelet membranes and then stimulate IgG antibodies.’

As I already have thrombocytopenia and Hypogammaglobulinemia, it would be severely risky for me.

It could be that people with intact immune systems may be able to tolerate quinine but there’s a lot of advice out there to medics to prescribe it with extreme caution. It has some very unpleasant side effects and is clearly contra indicated for people with many conditions.
 
I was talking about CBD oil.

I’m fully cognisant with the problems with Quinine.
 
Steroid fuelled 15.0 for me this morning and back to hospital for Lenograstim injection for my white blood cells.
Feel like a pin cushion but it seems to be working, I’m so much better this year than last
Have a good day everyone xx
 
Good morning . Was 3.8 this morning , fortunately for me a desperately needed comfort break alerted me and sorted it out :D, I suppose the ministry of funny walks whilst dealing with spots before the eyes, a dangerous combination lol , woke my liver up, was 4.2 minutes later so no Coke before brekkie required :D

I hope you all h@ve the best possible day.
 
Morning folks. A nice, normal 6.5, happy with that. Not happy with the fact I have a gurgling tummy and a feeling of doom. Am I going to get the bug everyone in the family has had except me, or is it just my troublesome bowels? Hoping the latter as supposed to be going out for Christmas lunch with some friends. 😱 I feel ok in my self whereas the others felt really ill, I might be overthinking it! Have a fabulous day. And @Stitch147 enjoy your last day of freedom before you’re swamped by festive goodies and trolly fights!
 
11.2 for me, still lower than previously. Levels down to 6.2 before and 2 hours after tea then checked at 8 o’clock last night 4.1. Bit worried for overnight so had a bowl of fruit and fibre with blue milk, maybe a tad too much.

Have a good day all, enjoy last day of freedom @Stitch147, and hope you are ok @eggyg
 
Carolg said:
11.2 for me, still lower than previously. Levels down to 6.2 before and 2 hours after tea then checked at 8 o’clock last night 4.1. Bit worried for overnight so had a bowl of fruit and fibre with blue milk, maybe a tad too much.

Have a good day all, enjoy last day of freedom @Stitch147, and hope you are ok @eggyg
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It's a learning process @Carolg 🙂 You were right to have the cereal before bed, you will be able to fine-tune things as the days and weeks go by, the good thing is that you are dealing with it all very well - and those levels are much, much better than they were! 🙂
 
Carolg said:
11.2 for me, still lower than previously. Levels down to 6.2 before and 2 hours after tea then checked at 8 o’clock last night 4.1. Bit worried for overnight so had a bowl of fruit and fibre with blue milk, maybe a tad too much.

Have a good day all, enjoy last day of freedom @Stitch147, and hope you are ok @eggyg
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You handled it very well . Imo in the early stages it’s better to go to bed on slightly higher levels till we learn how much we usually drop overnight. I test directly before I go to bed but it still catche me out at times
 
Northerner said:
It's a learning process @Carolg 🙂 You were right to have the cereal before bed, you will be able to fine-tune things as the days and weeks go by, the good thing is that you are dealing with it all very well - and those levels are much, much better than they were! 🙂
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Thanks Alan and Lin
I am quite relaxed about it all.weight going up as well and started a food diary as will see dietitian in January. My morning levels are still better than they were and had the “chocolates” last night which I resisted. Maybe my body was telling me I needed something...where.s my halo?
 
Good morning 8.2 on this very blustery day, you can hear the sea roaring and waves are breaking over the sea wall 🙂. A bit more tickling on the night time Basel me thinks. 🙄

Good luck with EMG @mikeyB had mine done two weeks ago.

Good luck with new job tomorrow @Stitch147 🙂.

Enjoy your day folks 🙂.
 
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