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Morning people!
Heavy rain ~ hailstone showers ~ and gusty gales kept me awake most of the night so logging a whopping 8.5 as a consequence of four bourbon bikkies and skinny lattè at some silly oclock! That'll teach me!

Isn't it amazing how hardy & resilient plants can be. My wallflowers have survived the atrocious weather and have burst into bloom. Lovely fragrance.
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Hope all is well with everyone but for those of you who aren't too good then feel better soon.
Take care.
WL
 
Good grief @Robin! Hope you get a cancellation before May if possible.o_O

Morning from sunny, yes sunny, Sir Benfro.😎 (That’s ‘seer’ Benfro for those of you that don’t speak the language of heaven, tee hee). 4.1 here.

Hope the sun’s shining all over the UK, we deserve it!😛
 
Kaylz said:
unfortunately I think the Libre training course is part of the criteria to get it now, it has nothing similar that is in BERTIE though so the fact you've done that wouldn't matter xx
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Oh, of course, I was thinking of the Daphne course that some clinics insist you’ve been on, before they’ll even consider approving the Libre..and then you have to go on the Libre training course. I don’t have an issue with the Libre course. Although I've been using one I’m completely self taught, and there are some bits of it that I don’t get full benefit from.
 
rebrascora said:
Well it was my consultant appointment today. I was very anxious last night and this morning as I put together a list of reasons why he should let me try Libre. He has been very conservative in the past and I was pretty sure he would palm me off again and just say I was doing well and we would see how I got on next time.
Woke up to a bit of a disappointing 7.9. Gave myself 4 units of NR and headed down to the yard to do morning stables before breakfast. I did also do some squats before I left the house as I am experimenting to see if it will help insulin get going any quicker on a morning. Anyway, I got back for breakfast exactly an hour later to find I had let it go just a little too long and I was 3.4. Ate breakfast and had a shower and got ready for appt. and was 4.8 when I got in the car, so had to wait to come up to 5 to drive with a little help from a dextrose tablet. Was so anxious/stressed when I got to hosp. my BP was 140/95. (it was 120/70 last week at GP surgery)
I saw a new lady doctor (just new to diabetes) and not the consultant. I went through my history with her and started on a few of my bullet points when she decided she needed to "consult" the consultant. I managed to get in to see him with her and he was really great today. We went through a few of my readings and he seemed to understand the problem and ..... drum roll please..... HE SANCTIONED ME GETTING FREESTYLE LIBRE. Can't tell you how absolutely delighted I am! Came out beaming and almost skipping with excitement! He even broached the subject of a pump at some point in the future but I don't feel that is something that interests me just yet. Not sure when it will actually happen as I have to wait for a place on a Libre course, but this has just really made my day/week/year even! Can you tell I'm ecstatic? I fully expected to get turned down. Really hope I find it as beneficial as most of you guys do.
Anyway, sorry for the longwinded post but I just had to share my news with people who I knew would understand.
YIPPEE!!
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Wonderful news @rebrascora really pleased for you.
WL
 
Robin said:
I’m not even lined up for a course yet, this appointment I've yet to get a date for is just to get me in to the hospital system to argue that I qualify for the Libre.(There are also other things I want to raise, that my surgery nurse can’t answer) I don’t know what subsequent hoops there will be. If they then say, OK you qualify, I would then argue that a course would be unneccessary as I’ve done the BERTIE online one.(I brushed up on that in November when I first asked for a referral)
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The course I attended was all about the use of the Libre rather than anything to do with diabetes management - how to put it on (we had to put a sensor on at the venue - mine fell off as soon as I got home, after I'd got a bit warm walking back from the hosptal! 😱 ), how to upload the app (although no-one could get a signal!), what the various arrows and graphs meant, how to upload so your HCP could access the data and you could look at the various extra graphs etc., so practical use of the system 🙂
 
Robin said:
Oh, of course, I was thinking of the Daphne course that some clinics insist you’ve been on, before they’ll even consider approving the Libre..and then you have to go on the Libre training course. I don’t have an issue with the Libre course. Although I've been using one I’m completely self taught, and there are some bits of it that I don’t get full benefit from.
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A carb counting course wasn't necessity up here at least, all I had to do was the Libre academy modules, download or print the certificate and take that along with a paper prescription to the training course but as I say it seems very different up here as we had to book our own position on the training session through Eventbrite xx
 
Good morning 8.1 2 units of NR down to 5.3 2 hours later. 🙂 Suns got its hat on but clouds forming from the west and over the channel, plenty of ships in the bay taking cover from storms.🙄 Plenty to do today although the sun has gone back into its hidey hole and a 5 minute rain heavy shower just passed.🙄

Great news Barbara @rebrascora, another step forward.🙂

Chin up @Grannylorraine gentle {{HUGS}}.

Have a good day folks I have to go to the club today,:(🙂 take care stay safe.🙂
 
Wirralass said:
Hi Stitch. I recall all the trouble and anxiety you suffered in an effort to have your type of diabetes recognised but I have to say your numbers have been very consistent since then. Well done.
WL
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Still don't know 100% what type I am. But I get treated as a type 2. Figures are still higher than I would like though, even though they're more consistent.
 
Good morning . It’s 7.1 this morning.
 
Morning all 7.6 today.
Where’s the white stuff we were warned about?!
Have a good day All
 
Morning all, 6.1 this morning
Indulged in a controlled experiment with a chinese takeaway last night... My wife's Birthday.

Blessings Snowwy
 
Good morning all. A 4.7 for me this morning. Hope everyone is well?

I’m crawling towards the weekend. Starting to get very tired and have been lacking any drive and motivation at work lately. Roll on maternity leave. 5 weeks and 2 days to go!
 
Morning

Dentist in a couple of hours, put your bets forward now for how much work you think will need done, winner gets a shiny gold star! Since becoming diabetic he always asks 'do you use much dextrose tablets etc" well I've never been too bad for hypos and I never used them anyway, yesterday however I had a few, one when I got up to nudge me up a bit and a few after tea, still not sure if my insulin needs are going back down again so was 6.4 at tea time and was like right I'll take 2.5 units and keep a close eye on things, well mum comes wandering through and started on about how she was needing carrots and I'd have to pick them up when I go shopping on sunday night and being the paranoid person I am I always check my echo pen after I've injected and I'd nudged the dial to 3!! First time since diagnosis I've made a mistake like that!

Anyways 5.3 this morning and yet again was replacing my bedroom lightbulb at 6:10am, it only goes at that time and they bulbs are c**p barely lasting anytime so gone back to the brand the local shop used to sell as found them in Savers in the next town

Hope you all have a lovely day and remember to get those predictions in! :D
Xx
 
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