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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning - newly diagnosed and only got my meter yesterday.

My reading said 16.2 . I really don’t understand much, but I know that’s not good. My meal last night was salmon and veggies and brown rice. And 2 hours after it my meter said I was 14. It’s a huge learning curve and I’m yet to see a diabetic nurse so I am rollercoastering through emotions at the moment.

Maybe I’ve had this for a long time, I don’t know, but since diagnosis I have cut out all breads and starchy veg and done what I thought was right.

Hey ho, learning curve starts now with my Codefree meter. (Sorry for the ramble)
 
TiredOldGal said:
Morning - newly diagnosed and only got my meter yesterday.

My reading said 16.2 . I really don’t understand much, but I know that’s not good. My meal last night was salmon and veggies and brown rice. And 2 hours after it my meter said I was 14. It’s a huge learning curve and I’m yet to see a diabetic nurse so I am rollercoastering through emotions at the moment.

Maybe I’ve had this for a long time, I don’t know, but since diagnosis I have cut out all breads and starchy veg and done what I thought was right.

Hey ho, learning curve starts now with my Codefree meter. (Sorry for the ramble)
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I currently have an infection, and just started antibiotics- this was the reason I went to the docs in the first place and the diabetes came up in my bloods.
 
Morning Folks

Reporting a reading of 9.1 this morning

Off to golf club for Saturday competition
 
@KARNAK . It’s good to see you back. Please look after yourself
 
@TiredOldGal . You will soon get the hang of things.
Infections, in fact any illness, injury or stress can and does affect our blood glucose levels, so once you are fully over the infection your levels may well be a tad lower.
Some of us on here test before we get up as our levels start to rise when we get up.

Also our waking levels are usually the last ones to start coming down , most of us have been at this game for years, so please don’t get disheartened when you keep seeing us repotting single figures, you will get them too !!
 
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Good morning folks It’s a g 6.4 finger bodge 5.7 scan with a nice overnight flatfish .
This sensor is showing every sign of being a gun un , I hope I haven’t tempted fate there.

Hope you all have a good day.
 
Ljc said:
@TiredOldGal . You will soon get the hang of things.
Infections, in fact any illness, injury or stress can and does affect our blood glucose levels, so once you are fully over the infection your levels may well be a tad lower.
Some of us on here test before we get up as our levels start to rise when we get up.

Also our waking levels are usually the last ones to start coming down , most of us have been at this game for years, so please don’t get disheartened when you keep seeing us repotting single figures, you will get them too !!
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Ljc, thank you so much for that - I've got a lovely book and since Tuesday I am writing everything down (old fashioned style lol) I'm focused to do this. This forum is wonderful and I'm hoping to spend lots of time reading up on things, as I'm a complete novice. Thank you 🙂
 
Good morning 🙂

Well mum seems to like her presents so that's good, shame Bruce has a memory like a sieve and bought her the same chocolates 🙄

5.0 for me today

Have a great Saturday folks :D
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Good morning all. A very pleasing 5.2 this morning for me. My first ever house special!

The little bedtime insulin dose finally seems to be working a treat. I’m currently on 9 units per day in addition to my usual metformin.
 
Morning all early Saturday risers. It’s 9 o’clock in Italy but been awake since 7. A not so good 8.4. Was 3.9 at bedtime, hadn’t taken into consideration the strenuous hike we had had up into the Chianti hills ( no mossie bites, yeah!) when I bolused for my evening meal. I had some bread and cheese at 10 o’clock which I didn’t really want but obviously was too much. Ah well, another day of fun in the life of D! Going for another walk this morning into the local town, down hill all the way there but of course we have to come back up! Luckily a bit cooler and cloudier today. We saw wild boar last night just behind the farmhouse, four of the beasts. Fascinating. Apparently there’s deer too but no sightings yet. Lots of lizards and we had a snake slither right in front of us yesterday in the forest. Probably just a common adder. I’m in my element, although the birds are shy. Can hear them but haven’t spotted anything yet. Have a great day. Arrivederci! 🙂
 
TiredOldGal said:
Ljc, thank you so much for that - I've got a lovely book and since Tuesday I am writing everything down (old fashioned style lol) I'm focused to do this. This forum is wonderful and I'm hoping to spend lots of time reading up on things, as I'm a complete novice. Thank you 🙂
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Good for you @TiredOldGal. 🙂 I did loads of reading when I was first diagnosed and it helped no end. And there’s plenty of knowledgeable types here on the forum, so ask lots of questions.:D

Morning folks.🙂 9.1 here. Looks like I need to up my Tresiba while my toe recovers from its ordeal LOL.😛
 
merrymunky said:
Good morning all. A very pleasing 5.2 this morning for me. My first ever house special!

The little bedtime insulin dose finally seems to be working a treat. I’m currently on 9 units per day in addition to my usual metformin.
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Congratulations on your first HS May there be many more of them.
 
Good morning everyone. 7.0 after 50g carbs between 4-5am plus reducing my basal by 30% for four hours. Luckily I didn’t fall below 3.4. I’d done everything right carb counting, bolusing etc, I think it’s just a gastroparesis “thing”.
 
Good morning 8.3 on a dull day, rugby is being recorded so that I can catch up with the forum.🙂 Changing my broadband supplier, my present supplier has let me down 6 times this year, not impressed.😡 A bit of good news my PSA (prostrate) came back as normal on the second test compared to a raised level two months ago.🙂

Congratulations @merrymunky on HS.🙂

Has anyone heard from Lanny or Hobie?

Hope you feel better AJ, I was going to say its a pain in the arse, but I don`t think that's appropriate.🙄🙂

Have a great day folks, stay safe.🙂
 
Good morning troops🙂 And a happy International Teachers Day to all our teachers🙂

I woke up on 7.0, which was a dead straight line after correction of a LO on the reader (2.2). Accidentally had one too many Dextro tabs, as you do in the middle of night. Brain in power save mode🙄

I had a good idea yesterday. BoJo has 1.1m followers on Twitter. Nicola Sturgeon has 1m. So theoretically, she would be the ideal caretaker Prime Minister. These Lib Dems should be ignored, the SNP have three times as many MPs in the UK Parliament. (Not that you’d notice if you watch BBC news and current affairs programmes). Not a good idea, then. A good dream🙂

Have good day folks before it starts raining again, do your shopping this morning🙂
 
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