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Group 7-day waking average?

Lanny said:
08:14 BS 9.6. 😱 But, not really surprised it’s high, just not THAT high! :(

Quite a bit of drama in the early hours this morning just after 3am! Went to bed as usual with a sticky, muggy kind of atmosphere so, just a sheet to cover me in bed on such nights. But, it turned chilly in the early hours & I woke at 03:05 sneezing, coughing, sputtering, bunged up nose that meant I could only breath through my mouth. Which was difficult as I had a massive asthma attack. It took me some time to get two puffs of Salbutamol, MUST remember that as I’ve come across younger doctors who don’t know it as Ventolin, But, in it eventually went but, it only did a partial job after 30/35 minutes & still wheezing so, in went another two puffs & another wait. About 4am I was still wheezing a little bit with deeper breaths but, didn’t take anymore Ventolin. I know @mikeyB has said on here he can & has taken more with no ill effects but, I must be more sensitive, or something, as from the very beginning it always sends my heart racing like a steam engine & I never take more than 4 puffs, well maybe 6 at the most in desperation during a bad cold, & it took me ages, don’t know how long, to get back to sleep!😱 With a thicker, warmer quilt of course! 🙄

Hence, the later than usual, Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

I’m still a bit short of breath now but, not wheezing as it’s that bit warmer with the sun up than at 3am.🙄 I’ve let the inhaler routine slide a bit recently as I’ve been ok without them & this attack caught me by surprise! 😱 It’s a sign I need to start taking the Clenil inhaler, brown prevention one, everyday again. 🙄 So, I suppose my body is still a wee bit stressed & all that Ventolin has sent my BS high this morning. But, some extra Novorapid with breakfast should sort that out. I’ll also take some more of both inhalers now, after posting, as I can feel the wheeziness with deeper breaths! 😱🙄
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Sorry to hear about the asthma attack @Lanny :( I've hardly used my Salbutomol for ages now, but I did increase my use of the Symbicort, which is a combination of preventer and reliever 🙂 Hope you have a better day and a good night's sleep tonight 🙂
 
Lanny said:
08:14 BS 9.6. 😱 But, not really surprised it’s high, just not THAT high! :(

Quite a bit of drama in the early hours this morning just after 3am! Went to bed as usual with a sticky, muggy kind of atmosphere so, just a sheet to cover me in bed on such nights. But, it turned chilly in the early hours & I woke at 03:05 sneezing, coughing, sputtering, bunged up nose that meant I could only breath through my mouth. Which was difficult as I had a massive asthma attack. It took me some time to get two puffs of Salbutamol, MUST remember that as I’ve come across younger doctors who don’t know it as Ventolin, But, in it eventually went but, it only did a partial job after 30/35 minutes & still wheezing so, in went another two puffs & another wait. About 4am I was still wheezing a little bit with deeper breaths but, didn’t take anymore Ventolin. I know @mikeyB has said on here he can & has taken more with no ill effects but, I must be more sensitive, or something, as from the very beginning it always sends my heart racing like a steam engine & I never take more than 4 puffs, well maybe 6 at the most in desperation during a bad cold, & it took me ages, don’t know how long, to get back to sleep!😱 With a thicker, warmer quilt of course! 🙄

Hence, the later than usual, Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

I’m still a bit short of breath now but, not wheezing as it’s that bit warmer with the sun up than at 3am.🙄 I’ve let the inhaler routine slide a bit recently as I’ve been ok without them & this attack caught me by surprise! 😱 It’s a sign I need to start taking the Clenil inhaler, brown prevention one, everyday again. 🙄 So, I suppose my body is still a wee bit stressed & all that Ventolin has sent my BS high this morning. But, some extra Novorapid with breakfast should sort that out. I’ll also take some more of both inhalers now, after posting, as I can feel the wheeziness with deeper breaths! 😱🙄
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Hope you feel better soon Lanny, my daughter in law has really suffered with her asthma this year and is upping her meds at the moment as she is having our dog whilst we are away, it does make me feel guilty that it may make her asthma worse but if necessary she can take the dog to my daughters. Look after yourself and stay warm xx
 
Another late check-in for me. Not my fault this time but Microsoft's. Just as I was about to post my reading, Windows decided it had to update itself and of course the usual palaver started. "Please do not turn off your computer", etc etc whilst it faffed about re-booting and telling me it might take some time. So I gave up and went for a walk. 🙄
Oh yes, what I should have posted earlier - 6.3
Have a good day everyone
Dez
 
Hi all, 8.3 for me today.
 
Good morning gang🙂

I woke (or at least, got out of bed) on 5.6, which is certainly an improvement on the 2.3 I had shortly before bed, so a neat correction involving a couple of JBs and a Twirl (slower acting).🙂

I read this morning that InterRail and Eurail are coming to an end in the UK. I assume this is something to with Brexit, I don’t really know. Shame, really, I used InterRail when I was a student, travelling around Europe. Discovered that communist, capitalist or military junta had no effect on people, who are the same everywhere, friendly and welcoming (apart from Switzerland, where everyone was miserable). And Austria, where folk can’t speak German properly. Happy days. :D

More phone calls today chasing people up to fix stuff. It’s a bit like living on the Isle of Mull, I thought moving to ‘civilisation’ would improve service. Oh, well I suppose it’s the same everywhere. People are happy to sell you stuff, but follow up service is c**p. Apart from TGA and Plusnet.

Anyway, have a good day folks. Horrible weather this weekend, but that’s fun too.🙂
 
Lanny said:
08:14 BS 9.6. 😱 But, not really surprised it’s high, just not THAT high! :(

Quite a bit of drama in the early hours this morning just after 3am! Went to bed as usual with a sticky, muggy kind of atmosphere so, just a sheet to cover me in bed on such nights. But, it turned chilly in the early hours & I woke at 03:05 sneezing, coughing, sputtering, bunged up nose that meant I could only breath through my mouth. Which was difficult as I had a massive asthma attack. It took me some time to get two puffs of Salbutamol, MUST remember that as I’ve come across younger doctors who don’t know it as Ventolin, But, in it eventually went but, it only did a partial job after 30/35 minutes & still wheezing so, in went another two puffs & another wait. About 4am I was still wheezing a little bit with deeper breaths but, didn’t take anymore Ventolin. I know @mikeyB has said on here he can & has taken more with no ill effects but, I must be more sensitive, or something, as from the very beginning it always sends my heart racing like a steam engine & I never take more than 4 puffs, well maybe 6 at the most in desperation during a bad cold, & it took me ages, don’t know how long, to get back to sleep!😱 With a thicker, warmer quilt of course! 🙄

Hence, the later than usual, Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

I’m still a bit short of breath now but, not wheezing as it’s that bit warmer with the sun up than at 3am.🙄 I’ve let the inhaler routine slide a bit recently as I’ve been ok without them & this attack caught me by surprise! 😱 It’s a sign I need to start taking the Clenil inhaler, brown prevention one, everyday again. 🙄 So, I suppose my body is still a wee bit stressed & all that Ventolin has sent my BS high this morning. But, some extra Novorapid with breakfast should sort that out. I’ll also take some more of both inhalers now, after posting, as I can feel the wheeziness with deeper breaths! 😱🙄
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sorry to hear you have had an asthma attack, hope you are starting to feel better now.
 
10.1 for me today, so looks like I may be notching the Levemir up another couple of units. Disappointing, but BGs seem reasonably stable, just too high, so it makes sense to increase basal again.
@Lanny Please start using your Clenil regularly. Asthma is too serious to play Russian Roulette with in the middle of the night. Especially when it can also trigger Diabetes issues too. Please look after yourself and hope your breathing is back to normal soon.

@Grannylorraine Sorry to hear you are feeling unwell again too. It only seems a couple of days ago that you were baking a birthday cake for another grandchild..... how many do you have?? or is it just that they all have birthdays in the summer? Hope you are feeling better soon and the cake is a spectacular success! Do you make special shapes and designs? My sister in law had made some pretty impressive ones and there are so many clever ideas for novel themes these days. Maybe you could post a photo of it when it is finished. If we can't eat cake it is still nice to drool over one.... virtually of course!.
 
Sorry we have a few folks under the weather.

I blame the weather - roasting hot, then wet, then cooler etc

Since Easter, I have had 2 sinus infections, 2 chest infections and now labrynthitis - oh the joys
 
@Hazel..... and no House Specials for a while Hazel.... you really must be under the weather! Hope you are feeling better soon and back on form to inspire the rest of us mere mortals with your HS prowess.
 
Sorry to bring the thread down but I feel I should tell you all that I’m having another miscarriage. My heart is broken.
 
merrymunky said:
Sorry to bring the thread down but I feel I should tell you all that I’m having another miscarriage. My heart is broken.
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I can’t express how sorry I am Merrymunkey, my love and thoughts are reaching out to you x
 
So so sorry MM, thinking of you and sending hugs.

6.4 this morning, mostly in the 6s this week. I am just off to the xpert diabetes class, last one, I don't feel any more xpert to be honest, but I can try 🙂 😉 x
 
I really hoped and prayed that it would work out this time as I just don’t have the strength to go through this again. The first time shattered my heart. But twice??
 
@merrymunky I am so very sorry to hear that. I can't begin to imagine how devastated you must be! Sending you hugs! I hope it is some small consolation that you gave it your very best shot and your BG readings were really great, so it was perhaps just not meant to be on this occasion.
 
rebrascora said:
10.1 for me today, so looks like I may be notching the Levemir up another couple of units. Disappointing, but BGs seem reasonably stable, just too high, so it makes sense to increase basal again.
@Lanny Please start using your Clenil regularly. Asthma is too serious to play Russian Roulette with in the middle of the night. Especially when it can also trigger Diabetes issues too. Please look after yourself and hope your breathing is back to normal soon.

@Grannylorraine Sorry to hear you are feeling unwell again too. It only seems a couple of days ago that you were baking a birthday cake for another grandchild..... how many do you have?? or is it just that they all have birthdays in the summer? Hope you are feeling better soon and the cake is a spectacular success! Do you make special shapes and designs? My sister in law had made some pretty impressive ones and there are so many clever ideas for novel themes these days. Maybe you could post a photo of it when it is finished. If we can't eat cake it is still nice to drool over one.... virtually of course!.
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Hi Rebrascora, I have 5 grandchildren, birthdays fall July, August, September, October and December. (really need one in November as well just to keep the months consecutive). I will put a picture in the off subject thread when it is completed.
 
Anitram said:
In other words a typical Wales morning.

Which part of Swansea, Bloden? I lived in West Cross for a while, then Oystermouth before emigrating to England.

Martin (Llanelli born and bred)
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Mumbles girl, me. I'm enjoying the misty mornings in N Spain at the mo tho. In fact today is a four seasons in one day job - heavy rain followed by blasts of sunshine, cloudy then blue skies, a hot wind and plenty of humidity! 😎😛
 
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