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Group 7-day waking average?

My thumb’s on the way there. I can’t decide if I want it to get stuck straight or bent! 🙄
I had my left thumb done 7 years ago. The rolled up a bit of tendon to fill the gap to stop it shortening and I have full mobility with no pain at all. It took about 6 months to get there but it was worth it. I am hoping this one goes just as well.

4.8 this morning. More sunshine so a bit more gardening, and perhaps some lying around doing a bit of nothing.

Have a good day all.
 
can’t face walking around the usual block again so I’m going off piste today and heading in the other direction -unchartered territory
How did you cope with the change of direction?
Such big decisions to make each day.

Edit: I should have read your post of today first!
 
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Was 9.8 this morning but im ok with that, anything in single digits I'll take at the moment as still taking baby steps.
Well done on getting into single figures so soon.

Have a good day.
 
Hi all. Was at 7.8 this morning. Been outside setting up ready for this afternoons street party.
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A 6.2 for me after a pretty bad night.

I had a call from a NHS volunteer saying she’d been told by my GP surgery that I needed help. She actually seemed irked that I didn’t. It comes to something when you feel guilty about not needing bread and milk! 😳
I felt like asking her if she cut hair....now that is something I do need!!
 
A 6.2 for me after a pretty bad night.

I had a call from a NHS volunteer saying she’d been told by my GP surgery that I needed help. She actually seemed irked that I didn’t. It comes to something when you feel guilty about not needing bread and milk! 😳
I felt like asking her if she cut hair....now that is something I do need!!
From all accounts a lot of the volunteers have been left very frustrated by lack of stuff to do! 😱 Better than being overwhelmed though 🙂

I'm ready for a haircut soon as well, I think, it's starting to look a bit straggly 😱 :D

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12:25 BS 7.4. Well that’s what I get for sleeping in SO long today! 😳

Already had my midday Levemir, a bit late, eventually after midday alarm woke me, my meds except metaformin, half breakfast dose Novorapid & half an oatcake.🙂

Was qualifying for another golf tournament last night: usually 1 every 2 weeks but, occasionally there’s a 9 Hole Cup in a week between the normal tournaments that are only 9 Holes instead of 18; I got the result, set the alarm at 8am this morning, & qualified in 1st. Place after I got -11 but, WHAT a dramatic -11!o_O A TERRIBLE par, 0, on the 1st. Hole, Birdies are the minimum required if you want to qualify & dropping one is a DISASTER, HORRID way to start but, wiped the slate clean with my first Eagle, -2, on 3rd. Hole: no fireworks thereafter but also no mistakes & got to the last 9th. Hole; needed at least an Eagle as a mediocre -9 won’t do it & BOOM I get a VERY rare Albatross, -3!!!😱:D😛😎😱 & a jumping up & down duracell bunny in excitement emoji! Albatross are EVEN rarer than Hole In Ones: HIO usually on par 3’s so, count as Eagles on the card, -2; Albatross usually on par 5’s but, the rarest of all is an Albatross HIO on a par 4, which I’ve never gotten, both count as a -3 on the card!😱 A -10 would have qualified but, I leap frogged to 1st. Place with -11 because of that Albatross: ties in score are broken by outstanding scores in order from Albatross, Eagles & Birdies; there are always quite a lot of ties so, that Albatross REALLY made a difference!:D😛😎

I was SO excited after THAT it took a very long time for me to get to sleep: usually play around 22:00 as 9 Holes take me about an hour to finish; in good time for midnight Levemir & bed after. I finally slept around 6/7am: birdie chorus at 5am wasn’t appreciated, I’m afraid😳 ; SO sluggish when 8am alarm went off when I checked the official results & straight off to sleep after! Snoozing emoji!

Anyways, an extremely LATE Good Day, it’s officially past midday & no longer morning, to you all! Hey! I’ve gone Australian: just to change it slightly; G’day, mate!:D😛😎 Have Super Bank Holiday & VE celebrations! AND, as always, carry the Sunshine on the inside & the greyish weather, where I am anyway, won’t matter so much: be Sunny on the Inside!😉:D😛😎

PS:- WOW!😱 That took me a VERY long time to compose & type that: it was the golf commentary; I’ve FINALLY stopped talking now! Phew! Wiping brow emoji!:D😉
 
Albatross are EVEN rarer than Hole In Ones: HIO usually on par 3’s so, count as Eagles on the card, -2; Albatross usually on par 5’s but, the rarest of all is an Albatross HIO on a par 4, which I’ve never gotten, both count as a -3 on the card!😱
I've learned something new, thank you! 🙂 And well done! 🙂
 
Happy VE Day all. A little odd as it’s so quiet.

A 5.5 this morning. I’ve rewarded myself with a day off as it’s bank holiday ..... and after my good news earlier in the week of a little promotion at work from September 🙂

Hope everyone is having a nice day

@Kaylz if you’re braving sensor without tagerderm o_O If it’s starts to get a little loose towards the end you could put a little bit of micropore tape around the sticky pad bit / the very edge of sensor. I sometimes do that but to be fair when it comes to taking the sensor off it’s still stuck firm - it’s just the worry of it may fall off! I know.
 
A 5.5 this morning. I’ve rewarded myself with a day off as it’s bank holiday ..... and after my good news earlier in the week of a little promotion at work from September
Congratulations. Enjoy your rewards now and in September.
 
A 6.2 for me after a pretty bad night.

I had a call from a NHS volunteer saying she’d been told by my GP surgery that I needed help. She actually seemed irked that I didn’t. It comes to something when you feel guilty about not needing bread and milk! 😳
I felt like asking her if she cut hair....now that is something I do need!!
Glad things settled down by the morning Amigo.
I hope that you have a good day.
 
then braving a sensor without a Tegaderm, wish me luck
I find that without any support it starts to lift on the underside of my arm now that I am not using tegaderm at home. I have resorted to an Elastoplast for the last few days before, but have now started to move my sensor a bit further up ‘the wing’ to avoid catching on any clothes in the underside. So far so good.
I hope it works for you Kaylz
 
Well, it was a 4.9 for me this morning but only after treating a 2.9 hypo a couple of hours earlier. I really could do with a half unit pen on my Levemir at the moment. 6 units at night is just too little and 7 has a tendency to drop me too low at the moment. I am guessing it was because I just had a very light low carb evening meal of prawn and avocado salad. Must remember to factor in the effect of my evening meal to my Levemir guestimate along with day's exercise and any alcohol. I was 6.9 an hour before bed when I took Levemir and 7.0 when I went to bed, so nice and steady then but at 6.30am I wake up sweating and feeling restless and headachy and I'm 2.9.

@AJLang Congratulations Amanda on your House Special.

@Michael12421 Looks like we both overcooked the basal insulin last night. Hope you are feeling better now

@Lanny WOOHOO!!! An albatross and a competition win! How absolutely fantastic! Surprised you waited until this afternoon to tell us. Many congratulations.
 
Get yourself a Novopen Echo 🙂

I have one for my Fiasp but I was thinking I could do with another because if my current one broke I would have no means of injecting QA insulin until I got a replacement. Having one for Levemir as well would mean I could potentially change cartridges between injections if one broke until I got a replacement. I appreciate that they are pretty robust but I am guessing breakage/failure is still possible.
 
I'm ready for a haircut soon as well, I think, it's starting to look a bit straggly 😱 :D

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Lawnmower? 😉🙂
 
Lawnmower? 😉🙂

It's blue! Surely the lawnmower would only work if it was green.... maybe dye it first and then use the lawnmower.
 
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