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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all, an 8.4 for me today. Had a great night seeing Grease. Hoping I get to spend about an hour in the big fridge at work later. :D
 
Rob51 said:
Morning Folks
Another hot day - decided to cut out milk in my coffee to see if that helps reduce my readings.
Reporting an 8.1 for this morning
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Hi Rob, just a little tip if you are not already doing it - test immediately on waking if you can rather than waiting till you've got up and walked about a bit. Blood sugar levels can start increasing the moment you lift your heaed from the pillow, so if you test later then it may not reflect how your levels have behaved overnight. I know this as I am using a Libre sensor and my levels can rise by 1-2 mmol/l between waking and walking to the loo! 😱 🙂
 
NI, or maybe just The Causeway Coast, must be missing the heat wave then, as it’s not hot here! It’s been a bit wet, windy & a bit nippy! 😱
 
Kaylz said:
Congratulations to you and Mr Eggy! hope you guys have a lovely day! :D any nice loose summery dresses in the wardrobe you could pop on? (listen to me I don't even have shorts that fit! lol) xx
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I’ve just dug out a dress I wore to a wedding 5 years ago, nice and loose and flowery. Not really me at all but it’ll do! 🙂
 
eggyg said:
I’ve just dug out a dress I wore to a wedding 5 years ago, nice and loose and flowery. Not really me at all but it’ll do! 🙂
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Sounds lovely! I don't do dresses so had to buy one specially for our nieces christening in 2016 xx
 
Northerner said:
Hi Rob, just a little tip if you are not already doing it - test immediately on waking if you can rather than waiting till you've got up and walked about a bit. Blood sugar levels can start increasing the moment you lift your heaed from the pillow, so if you test later then it may not reflect how your levels have behaved overnight. I know this as I am using a Libre sensor and my levels can rise by 1-2 mmol/l between waking and walking to the loo! 😱 🙂
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Thanks for this - I will do it in the morning

Rob
 
8.1 for me. Really hot during the night so awake at 4 then slept for a bit.busy day but might miss walking group as it’s going to be hot. Next week is another week have a good day all, celebrating where you have good news or events !
 
6.4 for me today.

Many congrats to @eggyg and Mr eggyg. Hope you have a lovely evening. I have just been trying on my old floral floaty dresses too, to choose one for tonight as I am going to the theatre and anticipating it may be warm in there. Love @Northerner 's suggestion of mini skirt and boob tube. We definitely want to see photos or Mr eggyg wearing them!

@Lanny Hope your trip to the hospital goes smoothly and everything ok with the MRI. Relieved to hear you don't have the heat that we are experiencing. I went out in the car on Tues and even with the windows fully open whilst travelling it was still scarily hot. I was very relieved to get home and hide in the house until the sun had lost it's anger. I imagine public transport where there are lots of people and the windows don't open much could be pretty unpleasant, especially if you were out in it all day.
 
Hello all. A pleasant 6.4 this morning. Staying cool by hiding inside today. My house is absolutely freezing in winter but great for this time of year.
 
Late reporting. 9.6 this morning but I purposely cut my evening bolusing because being ill and the heat seems to be making my levels see saw and I didn’t want another night fire fighting hypos.
 
Good day 11.2 purposely raised after Mondays panic.! Monday afternoon I was on the floor although I didn`t know it, vaguely realised someone was with me and trying to feed me with some sort of substance. It turned out to be a Paramedic treating me with GlucoseBoost, my neighbours realised something was wrong because bedroom curtains were still closed at 13:00 and no one had seen me. Bedroom window is always open so they were able too look through window and saw the head of Ted propped up against the bed. They dialled 999 Paramedic was with me in minutes apparently, let himself in with key safe key they have the number, checked me over couldn't wake me up so started to chuck glucose down my throat. Gradually started too revive but a bloody painful experience as the glucose took effect, about 10 minutes before I could see and another 20 until I could get onto the bed. He was in constant contact with D clinic at the hospital including the D Specialist, anyway after another glucoboost and another 6 gluco tabs up to 4.9 from zilch to 2.0. Eventually managed to get on my feet and into the living room and some form of comprehend, sweating like a pig but body temp low.
Wrapped in hypothermic blanket for 20 minutes, back up to normal, well after two hours and after speaking with the D Specialist and taking 50g of carbs and making sure I would be looked after by my neighbour a T2 but tests and with instructions, Dave the
Paramedic left. No Insulin for the rest of that day although is was back up to 7.8 when he left, alarms set for every two hours too check overnight. DSN rang that evening and in the morning, seemed happy with BGL although still shaking, wobbly legs and blurred vision. I think I better Introduce some emoji`s cos it reads like something Leonard Cohen would have written,:D well folks didn`t go out for 3 days didn`t let BGL`s get above 10/11 except for this morning,:( my mate picked me up to go for a spin in his new Merc convertible10.3 when I left 2.8 when I asked him to stop, half hour later.😱 JB`s, gluco tabs and digestives back up to 5.8. The heat is obviously affecting me tremendously, it was 29.C in his cars outside temp gauge although we couldn't feel it, windows down and roof stuck in the boot.😎 Goodnight my friends I survived that one although still a bit out of sorts, 30.C at the moment, windows and doors all open, fans on. Speak with you in the morning, sleep safely.🙂
 
@KARNAK oh my goodness Ted what an appalling experience, I can hardly believe it it’s so scary. How wonderful that the emergency services were so quick and what brilliant neighbours you have. Hope you are feeling a little better, please take care of yourself and I hope your neighbour is able to keep a close eye on you. You will be in my thoughts tonight xx
 
KARNAK said:
Good day 11.2 purposely raised after Mondays panic.! Monday afternoon I was on the floor although I didn`t know it, vaguely realised someone was with me and trying to feed me with some sort of substance. It turned out to be a Paramedic treating me with GlucoseBoost, my neighbours realised something was wrong because bedroom curtains were still closed at 13:00 and no one had seen me. Bedroom window is always open so they were able too look through window and saw the head of Ted propped up against the bed. They dialled 999 Paramedic was with me in minutes apparently, let himself in with key safe key they have the number, checked me over couldn't wake me up so started to chuck glucose down my throat. Gradually started too revive but a bloody painful experience as the glucose took effect, about 10 minutes before I could see and another 20 until I could get onto the bed. He was in constant contact with D clinic at the hospital including the D Specialist, anyway after another glucoboost and another 6 gluco tabs up to 4.9 from zilch to 2.0. Eventually managed to get on my feet and into the living room and some form of comprehend, sweating like a pig but body temp low.
Wrapped in hypothermic blanket for 20 minutes, back up to normal, well after two hours and after speaking with the D Specialist and taking 50g of carbs and making sure I would be looked after by my neighbour a T2 but tests and with instructions, Dave the
Paramedic left. No Insulin for the rest of that day although is was back up to 7.8 when he left, alarms set for every two hours too check overnight. DSN rang that evening and in the morning, seemed happy with BGL although still shaking, wobbly legs and blurred vision. I think I better Introduce some emoji`s cos it reads like something Leonard Cohen would have written,:D well folks didn`t go out for 3 days didn`t let BGL`s get above 10/11 except for this morning,:( my mate picked me up to go for a spin in his new Merc convertible10.3 when I left 2.8 when I asked him to stop, half hour later.😱 JB`s, gluco tabs and digestives back up to 5.8. The heat is obviously affecting me tremendously, it was 29.C in his cars outside temp gauge although we couldn't feel it, windows down and roof stuck in the boot.😎 Goodnight my friends I survived that one although still a bit out of sorts, 30.C at the moment, windows and doors all open, fans on. Speak with you in the morning, sleep safely.🙂
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So sorry to hear this Ted, what a dreadful experience :( Huge thanks to your neighbours for noticing something wasn't right 🙂 Do you have a glucagon injection kit in the house? As @Benny G suggests, I would try and run things higher for a couple of weeks. The day after a very severe hypo your levels can be prone to dropping very low again as your liver will have been depleted of its glucose stores trying to deal with the low (especially if the paramedics gave you a glucagon injection as this causes your liver to release lots of glucose). That, and the weather, probably explain why you had such trouble keeping your levels up afterwards.

I really hope you can find a solution to these totally unexpected lows and have a more predictable and settled time. Has a CGM with alarms ever been offered? If not, then I would push for it - it would surely make sense given your lack of hypo awareness and could be linked so that, should it happen, help could get to you quicker {{{HUGS}}}
 
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