Loquacious warning!
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08:08 BS 5.3. I’m surprised by that because I’ve reduced my midnight Levemir from 22 to 20 units & was expecting a higher reading.
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Yesterday was another day of drama! It was a wet & miserable day after two days of brilliant sunshine & as I set off from the house for my bus, in between rain showers my main worry was not getting the big chunk of paper of the last 7 months of blood sugar readings from mySugr app wet if it rained before I got on the bus; black rain clouds still looming.
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I had a long wait when I got to the hospital as I got there 5 mins. early at 14:05 & my appointment was at 15:00, smack bang in the middle of the 2 hour slot of buses, & during my wait I just slipped into a hypo at 15:18 BS 3.8: dietician was running a bit late. I ate my last remaining jelly baby hoping that was enough as I really didn’t know how many mini marshmallows to eat. Five mins. later the dietician called me in & she got me 2 ginger nuts to eat after the 15 mins. wait to test 15:35 BS 6.4; surprised by the rise from 1 jelly baby but, I was quite stressed.
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The short of it is, we decided to reduce midnight Levemir to 20 & keep midday at 24 units. Novorapid doses will temporarily be 8, 4 & 3 while reducing the midnight dose with lunch & dinner Novorapid possibly going up to 6& 4 respectively.
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Bought a new big bag of jelly babies from the hospital shop & had a cup of tea & a sandwich at the cafe before my last bus home at 17.18. I forgot & injected 4 units Novorapid, instead of 3.
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With my chunk of paper gone I didn’t care if it rained on the way back but, instead as I got off the bus near my home there was a big shower of hailstones!
😱 My neighbour, just setting out to walk his dog, said “Winter has come back!” I walked down the lane, 750 steps, home in a swirling shower of white as the temperature plummeted!
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I was pretty exhausted by the drama of the day, asthma attack at the start & the hypo at the hospital & was starting to drift off when I thought I’d better test before I drop off 19:24 BS 6.3; surprisingly low after 1 jelly baby, 2 ginger nuts, a cup of tea & a ham & cheese sandwich. So, ate 1 oatcake & tried to get to sleep. But, I was too wired on adrenaline to sleep!
This hasn’t happened to me in quite a while since I retired from the restaurant business in 2010. But, it used to happen to me on a regular basis every Saturday night as that was the night we cleaned up after opening hours once a week: already tired from working a busy Saturday night & then, got another stint of cleaning afterwards; I’d be drained & then wired from adrenaline! My poor work colleagues had to put up with an extremely talkative, wired Duracell bunny while they were flagging as we cleaned! A new girl, after two weeks, was puzzled by this & asked me “what’s up” with me? & I explained about getting drained, the quick release of adrenaline for an energy boost, getting wired & the slow ebbing away of the adrenaline. THAT, of course, is the problem with adrenaline: quick to release; slow to ebb away &, obviously, winds me up to the bouncing bunny stage!
😳 It’s a fairly common thing in the restaurant business & is referred to as “the buzz”!
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I didn’t sleep until after 2am ish? After the adrenaline had ebbed away! I’m still feeling a bit loquacious this morning & thought I’d give you fair warning at the top of the post!
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Yay! Although there’s some hazy cloud this morning, there’s bright sunshine! A very good morning to you all & may you have a day full of sunshine on the inside & out!
😉 Be forgiving of my loquacious mood!
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