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Thanks, It's been a big change but beginning to understand the part Insulin plays in our body.
Big thanks to everyone on here that has helped me understand things I needed to do and also I found watching many of Dr Fung's youtube videos insightful. Insulin being the cause, BG being the symptom.
Good morning folks. It is a beautiful day here a lovely change from yesterday which was full and dreary.
Woke to 3.2 scan oops was 4.0 on the finger phew I had a pre brekkie treat of two glucose tabs (yuk) just to play safe as I can go either up or down when I go for my mornings wee, I never had to think about about things like that pre insulin 🙄 but these few inconveniences are more than worth it.
I let dad have the other twirl yesterday , he thoroughly enjoyed it.
Went to sleep on 5.1, woke up on 7.2, nice straight line lacking probably a single unit of Levemir. Work in progress, that’s the story of diabetes.🙄
Lovely sunny day. One of my news alerts said that there is going to be a heatwave for a fortnight. That was from the Sun, so expect a change in weather before the end of the week.😎
I’ve finished Stephen King’s new book, The Institution. I’ve finished it because I couldn’t stop reading it. Great fun, structured such that it would be easy to film or turn up as a Netflix series. I’m sure that’s no accident.
Anyway, I’ve got another trip into the village today, nothing exciting. The rest of the day is phone calls in and out, shifting money around. None of this money is real, it’s just numbers in a computer. Bit like the National Debt. That’s not real either, because if every nation has a National Debt, to whom do they owe the money?
When you’ve given that a moments thought, have a good day folks🙂
Good morning everyone. I have no idea why it went up to over 16 at 2am but fortunately I didn't correct because I woke up with a 5.9. It would be misbehaving when I've got a HBA1C due any time. Records won't show that my HBA1C was high due to a broken foot.
Good day 10.8 on a beautiful sunny day 23.C at the moment.🙂 Felt a bit out of sorts last night but ok now, I don`t know with keeping my BGL`s high to try too gain my hypo awareness back is really affecting me?
Nice to see you on board @karloc, great figures, (jealous).🙂
What are you like @Michael12420,🙄 you can`t keep it up with those low morning figures. We are all concerned for your long term health, as @Northerner has stated previously and others including myself, speak with your DSN/DR/ HCP. You know what to do you`ve said it yourself, lower your Insulin or eat more carbs or both, please let us know tomorrow morning you have taken action, take care my friend.
Well, me for a start! I have some premium bonds, and buying any sort of government National Savings product is effectively lending money to the government.
Of course, they spent some of the money years ago, and are continuing to borrow, and now have to fund interest payments on it for ever more to the tune of £2000 a year per household currently, I think.( I don’t get anything like that, I hasten to add, just the very occasional £25 'win')
When I have had a cortisone injection I now increase my basal beforehand, as I too end up with a steep rise to high levels. I haven’t been brave enough too Bolus beforehand, but do so as soon as I know how much they are putting in. I have also found I need that big increased basal and Bolus for a couple days after and I then bring it gradually down again over sometimes a couple of weeks. I then am very happy to eventually have a hypo.
Trouble with bolus before is delays, clinics run behind and you never know if xray is required before seeing specialist, with being 6.2 before didn't want to up basal for same reasons.
Still on the 60% basal increase which is keeping things steady, for now anyway. Watching arrows on libre for straight downward symbol, will check during night just to be safe, hand is feeling much better tonight.
Good morning 🙂 4.6 and a bottom-of-the-ocean-hugging flatfish through the night 😱🙂 Off to the eye hospital today to see if they want to burn another hole in my irises, wish me luck! 🙂
Bon matin mes amis, or something like that! First full day of our Continental adventure, 7.2. Have been awake and pottering about since 6, French time, but did BGs so DP at play. In Giverny for four days so off to see Monsieur Monet’s bit of lawn and pond later, first a walk to the local market to stock up the gite. Hope you all have a great day, we will. 😉
Morning everyone and good luck @Northerner
6.9 for me today and off to the hospital for a cystoscopy at 9, what a pleasant way to start the day! Looking for more calcified mesh so let’s hope they don’t find any, already had some removed 7 years ago, c’est la vie.
My brother has just found out he is pre-diabetic so I’m going to try and help him adjust his diet, his cholesterol also high and his PSA, though thankfully not too much higher, and finally but very sadly my friend at work has just passed away from secondary cancer, she was only 58 and incredibly brave. Puts our own lives into perspective.
Have a good day all and stay safe xx
Morning all, 5.0 here. I’ve got my Libre sensor on the arm I seem to sleep on most, so a couple of V shaped dips during the night.
Good luck today, @Northerner and @SueEK, and anyone else with hospital visits.
5.0 on a FP, 5.1 scan so this sensor is doing quite well
No plans for the day, was supposed to be getting the sleeping bag hung out to dry after washing it in the bath over the last 2 days but it's started raining 🙄
@Northerner and @SueEK good luck at the hospital and so sorry to hear about your friend Sue
Good morning 🙂 4.6 and a bottom-of-the-ocean-hugging flatfish through the night 😱🙂 Off to the eye hospital today to see if they want to burn another hole in my irises, wish me luck! 🙂
