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Group 7-day waking average?

Should have made the change MUCH earlier: bunged up sinuses are more of a problem since taking blood pressure meds; can’t take decongestant of any kind not even Vicks nose inhaler! Can only take an allergy pill that sometimes just doesn’t seem enough! I once forgot shortly after being put on BP meds & used a Vicks nose inhaler: my heart rate was high all day & my chest felt uncomfortably tight; thank goodness I didn’t take Sudafed! 😱 I then, chucked out all of my Vicks & never used any again: a few years ago now!🙄 I just got into a routine of taking ALL my meds at the same time but, have had to take the metaformin normal release tablets separately now anyway twice a day so, what’s one more little change?🙄😉 I need to try my best to keep my sinuses as clear as I can starting from when I get up!o_O
 
Morning all. A sort of average 6.7. A bit later today as got distracted by a greenfinch and his baby feeding just outside my patio doors. Green finches aren’t regular to us but this one has been visiting for a few days but from a distance. Hopefully got some good shots of him through the window. Then Mr Eggy’s phone rang at 8am! Car insurance company, we have a claim in as we have a massive crack on the glass roof. Don’t know how it’s happened. Stone chip or jealous passerby ( it is a rather nice car) but needs sorted before the whole lot caves in. Then it was time for brekkie and there you go. Well done @Michael12421 on a HS, phew @Lanny dont know who I worry about more, you or @KARNAK. Good luck with your quest @Robin. We’re going for a walk into town to stare wistfully into my hairdressers window! 😉
 
Morning all 3.7 today.

I hope your clinic appointment is useful @Robin and enables you to get a Libre prescription.

Lovely HS work @Michael12421🙂 Good to hear you’re feeling a bit better @Lanny

Cloudy here today, hamster wheel walk day 70 something!

Hope you’re all doing ok out there🙂
 
Oops! Forgot to post my 5.3 reading before going out for my early morning walkout (definitely not workout) 🙂.
Must be getting old. 😱
Beautiful sunny skies after all that wind.
REAL TASTY and spread only love and kindness.

Dez
 
Good morning all🙂

I woke up on 4.8, which is just an excuse for a biccie while I type this. I’ve got a diabetes consultant appointment at 10.00, though that’s a phone appointment. Like Robin, I intended this appointment to be a plea, but not for sensors, for a pump. Trouble is, I can’t turn on my doe eyed helpless charm on over the phone. Mind you, I haven’t tried that tactic since before I got married🙄

I could actually afford to self fund, but I don’t see why I should. I won’t tell that to the consultant, mind. I may be getting old, but I’m not daft. Or not completely, just yet.

I watched Cummings yesterday. I thought before he spoke he was either going to resign, or, if not, at least apologise and show a bit of contrition. He didn’t. Definitely not a gentleman. He even said they drove to Castle Barnard so he could check whether his eyesight was good enough for the long drive home. That gives the lie to everything he said. I used to be a magistrate, so I’ve heard one or two far fetched excuses in my time, but nothing quite as unbelievable as that. 🙄

Speaking of gentlemen, they say you can spot one because they wear braces rather than use a belt. True enough, I do. Nearly caught out yesterday, mind, I under Creonned a curry on Sunday night, so I was a tad squitty yesterday. Braces are not ideal if you need to whip off the breeks ASAP, so there were a couple of close calls, especially for the Libre sensor. Haven’t needed to whip off off the breeks that quick since before I was married, either.

Have a good day folks, I’ll let you know how I get on with this lady diabetologist. Should be fun.😉
 
Happy diaversary @Northerner

Congrats on HS @Michael12421

How did you get on @mikeyB ?

@Kaylz have you any way of puting a thin piece of hardboard / chipboard under mattress to give it a bit of extra support and make it more comfortable? We did that with a futon once worked quite well.

Hope everyone else is having a good day, lovely weather - I’m a ‘red head’ and burn super easy so I’m watching the husband finish his garden project from the patio windows!!!! I provide water and a snack every now and again🙂......and instructions !!!!

6.1 for me this morning.
 
Just an addendum to this morning's post. The phone consultation went well, it was on speakerphone at the other end so the DSN could join in. The consultant insisted I stopped using using needles several times, so is letting the surgery know that I use MyLife Penfine needles, amd has to prescribe them. I know from experience they don't want to, which is why I buy them. She also insisted I get my sensors on prescription, which is a pain, I normally order 6 at a time and save NHS money because I can easily afford to.

Discussing my current situation she hadn't heard of PLS, which is hardly surprising, but i explained how it affected my diabetic control. Because any exertion makes me wrecked the next day, I often sleep for long hours - my record is waking at 12.45, so my morning Levemir is ultra late. And when I take it, it means my next injection should be 12 hours later. I did say this would be sorted if I had a pump, and rather to my surprise she agreed, but that will have to wait for the next appointment in four months, hoping that that would be face to face. How likely that is is up in the air at the moment, with Boris threatening to allow shops to reopen shops, car showrooms and such when the virus is still wending its way around the country. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland won't be doing that, even though the per capita death rate in Scotland is less than a third of England's. They are guided by the science, not by the liar who guides Boris.
 
I`m so sorry @mikeyB I was one of the idiots that voted Boris in, a true blue and always have been. My parents where red from day one and most of the family, but me being a rebel decided ******** this I want to make money and did and still do. Can`t go with Boris on this issue and can`t go with Matt Hancock or Dominic I hope he gets his up and Cummings

So It was a was a well deserved 9.8 this morning with🙂 a 4.4 after a correction dose. I think it was a correction but dose definitely,😱o_O had to go to Dr`s this afternoon apparently I have a stone in my right saliva duct, more tablets AB`s and some treatment for getting the dry mouth wetter.

Well done @Michael12421 see it does work sometimes, thank Barbara and the rest of the forum.🙂

Thanks to @eggyg and everyone else who cares, sorry @Lanny your going through so much grief at the moment, {{{HUGS}}}.

No I haven`t forgotten Alans Diaversary @Northerner deserves our respect.🙂

Got a few other posts to make but you are all in my thoughts, take care stay safe.🙂
 
Bexlee said:
@Kaylz have you any way of puting a thin piece of hardboard / chipboard under mattress to give it a bit of extra support and make it more comfortable? We did that with a futon once worked quite well.
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It's a weird one, I've a sofa bed kind of thing but it was too low for my liking so shoved the old futon mattress on top of it, I really wish I could just afford a proper bed as it isn't comfortable at all and been sleeping on it for years which they aren't really made for, only occasional use but I'll just have to put up with it unfortunately
xx
 
Logged a 7.1 this morning. And the peak for today post eating has been.... 7.3!
 
I know this is the seven day waking BG average thread, but all my readings, April average was 9.76, May is 6.55.

This has been achieved by increasing my insulin to 16 units on May 3rd, eating significantly less carbs, tips from this forum and 276 miles on my bicycle.

thanks to you for helping.
 
Morning all,
Glorious outside and gearing up for my 5k run.
A 5.8 for me today and then a bit of creative craft making a stained glass insert for the summerhouse window... whatever next!

Blessings Snowwy
 
I haven't been taking waking readings because I've been low on test strips but I've had a new tub so I thought I'd give it a go this week. In the past I tend to have a highish morning reading which goes down after eating breakfast and looks like nothing's changed there.

This morning - 7.2
 
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