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Robin
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Morning all, 6.4 here, must be the sponge cake my daughter made. Met her for a socially distanced walk followed by tea and cake in her back garden, and she sent me home with a couple of extra slices which OH and I had for pudding later.
Kaylz
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Morning
Well Bruce succeeded in obtaining the few items on my list lol, had a prawn and mozzarella omelette last night and it was delish! He even bought a couple more packs of surface wipes to keep at his, his mum is keeping the stuff she picks up today until Bruce will be in as he’s storing my things at his with me having no room and my dad will be through tonight with a few bits too
Rather angry yesterday to discover when “she” was kitchen raiding the other night she helped herself to a few of my digestive biscuits, she knows I NEED them should I be low at bedtime and don’t have another pack in the house and she’s left me without before but of course would be worse this time round as the shop is still reduced opening hours, she’ll be getting told today she cant keep helping herself whenever she pleases and she’ll have to start buying her own, I don’t see anything of what she buys so what makes it fine to help herself to EVERYTHING I pay for myself!
Anyways its a 5.4 this morning
Stay safe and well and have a nice day folks
xx
Well Bruce succeeded in obtaining the few items on my list lol, had a prawn and mozzarella omelette last night and it was delish! He even bought a couple more packs of surface wipes to keep at his, his mum is keeping the stuff she picks up today until Bruce will be in as he’s storing my things at his with me having no room and my dad will be through tonight with a few bits too
Rather angry yesterday to discover when “she” was kitchen raiding the other night she helped herself to a few of my digestive biscuits, she knows I NEED them should I be low at bedtime and don’t have another pack in the house and she’s left me without before but of course would be worse this time round as the shop is still reduced opening hours, she’ll be getting told today she cant keep helping herself whenever she pleases and she’ll have to start buying her own, I don’t see anything of what she buys so what makes it fine to help herself to EVERYTHING I pay for myself!
Anyways its a 5.4 this morning
Stay safe and well and have a nice day folks
xx
Thank you everyone for your warm welcome to this thread.
So happy this morning, our daughter has chosen us as her bubble, she's coming round for Sunday dinner
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Lovely day yesterday sun till evening then cloudy. Today woke up to cloudy.
9.9 today.
So happy this morning, our daughter has chosen us as her bubble, she's coming round for Sunday dinner
.Lovely day yesterday sun till evening then cloudy. Today woke up to cloudy.
9.9 today.
stephknits
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5.8 for me today . Am going to finish removing the wallpaper from our bedroom walls.
Lanny
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11:18 BS 8.6 with a bit of DP? Woke just after 09:00 for a call of nature & tried to go back to sleep: did eventually but, don’t know how long it took?
Made a discovery last night when midnight alarm went off & Levemir was going in: was groggy, as usual, & bunged it in then, since I hit a blood vessel on my stomach & it bled quite a bit, I used it to test & was surprised to see BS 4.3 on the meter; startled me awake a bit & made sure with a fingertip test, 4.6! So, had half an oatcake then, thought is that enough & had another half? I had a half broken already & had to break the other half one too & annoyingly can never break them evenly: always one side bigger than the other; have to break a wee corner off the bigger side & eat that with the smaller side!🙄
This tells me why my last few morning readings have been that bit higher & have a bit of a headache when I wake that soon goes as I get up: gone too low in my sleep! I really DO need to test, like I have usually been doing while ill, when midnight Levemir goes in: firstly it was to correct higher BS so, the morning readings weren’t too high; now it maybe too low & have oatcakes also, to stop readings being too high!🙄 The fine checks & balances of diabetes is rather like an elastic band: pull it too much in either direction; it pings back on you with a big backlash!😱 I also, think I’d better dial back my dinner dose of Novorapid a bit as well?🙄
A very late morning greeting but, JUST about morning being 11:46 as I typed it, A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉 Have a lazy, easy Sunday!😛😎😉
Woke just after 09:00 for a call of nature & tried to go back to sleep: did eventually but, don’t know how long it took?Made a discovery last night when midnight alarm went off & Levemir was going in: was groggy, as usual, & bunged it in then, since I hit a blood vessel on my stomach & it bled quite a bit, I used it to test & was surprised to see BS 4.3 on the meter; startled me awake a bit & made sure with a fingertip test, 4.6! So, had half an oatcake then, thought is that enough & had another half? I had a half broken already & had to break the other half one too & annoyingly can never break them evenly: always one side bigger than the other; have to break a wee corner off the bigger side & eat that with the smaller side!🙄
This tells me why my last few morning readings have been that bit higher & have a bit of a headache when I wake that soon goes as I get up: gone too low in my sleep!
I really DO need to test, like I have usually been doing while ill, when midnight Levemir goes in: firstly it was to correct higher BS so, the morning readings weren’t too high; now it maybe too low & have oatcakes also, to stop readings being too high!🙄 The fine checks & balances of diabetes is rather like an elastic band: pull it too much in either direction; it pings back on you with a big backlash!😱 I also, think I’d better dial back my dinner dose of Novorapid a bit as well?🙄A very late morning greeting but, JUST about morning being 11:46 as I typed it, A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉 Have a lazy, easy Sunday!😛😎
😉The supermarkets handle how they offer priority access for shielding people differently. Today I am expecting an order from Tesco, and their method is large delivery windows with a fixed fee of £2. On the day they contact you with the hour in which they will arrive. Although a little inflexible, it is not as though I am going anywhere.
As my slot was for 8am – 4pm it means having to be up, washed and dressed for 8am. Although I have had orders come early, so for safely that needs to be 7:30am. Although when they contacted me today, it was to say that my delivery will be in the 2pm hour, which is kind-of annoying.
Though I set my alarm to get me up early, I was awake anyway. I had a really awful night, constantly waking up from light sleep with a general feeling of poorlyness. Which spell check says is not a word, even though you all understand it. I felt sure my blood levels must be really high.
When I could not get back to sleep, I read a bit before actually getting up to get myself ready in case the shopping arrived. It was only afterwards, at 8am, I saw their message. Then I went to test my blood. I said yesterday about acceptance and understanding about my reading being so high, I was expecting the worst and yet was still upset about it being 16.3. Around twelve hours since I last ate anything.
Still not feeling too good, tired, and nearly six hours until the shopping could arrive I went for a lie-down and did get a little more sleep. When I awoke I experienced a strong metallic smell, which is probably good news. That is a kidney damage symptom and not a diabetic one. Yay! I experienced that regularly on a previous medication, before the good G.P. noticed it was damaging my kidneys. It is bad the hospital did not notice as it was shown on their blood tests, but it was good that attending every to weeks to have blood tested did some good.
That symptom is not happening regularly now to make me think it is happening again. But it probably means my high glucose level today could instead be my body having to deal with something else. Maybe a consequence of the bad sleep rather than the cause. It is why diagnoses are made on the HbA1c rather than spot readings.
And testing again, two and half hours after the first one, I was down to 12.5. Which is not exactly a good reading in isolation, but much better than where it was.
But that is enough about me. Unfortunately I cannot tell you how Morrisons handle their priority customers, as they have not deemed me worthy enough.
As my slot was for 8am – 4pm it means having to be up, washed and dressed for 8am. Although I have had orders come early, so for safely that needs to be 7:30am. Although when they contacted me today, it was to say that my delivery will be in the 2pm hour, which is kind-of annoying.
Though I set my alarm to get me up early, I was awake anyway. I had a really awful night, constantly waking up from light sleep with a general feeling of poorlyness. Which spell check says is not a word, even though you all understand it. I felt sure my blood levels must be really high.
When I could not get back to sleep, I read a bit before actually getting up to get myself ready in case the shopping arrived. It was only afterwards, at 8am, I saw their message. Then I went to test my blood. I said yesterday about acceptance and understanding about my reading being so high, I was expecting the worst and yet was still upset about it being 16.3. Around twelve hours since I last ate anything.
Still not feeling too good, tired, and nearly six hours until the shopping could arrive I went for a lie-down and did get a little more sleep. When I awoke I experienced a strong metallic smell, which is probably good news. That is a kidney damage symptom and not a diabetic one. Yay! I experienced that regularly on a previous medication, before the good G.P. noticed it was damaging my kidneys. It is bad the hospital did not notice as it was shown on their blood tests, but it was good that attending every to weeks to have blood tested did some good.
That symptom is not happening regularly now to make me think it is happening again. But it probably means my high glucose level today could instead be my body having to deal with something else. Maybe a consequence of the bad sleep rather than the cause. It is why diagnoses are made on the HbA1c rather than spot readings.
And testing again, two and half hours after the first one, I was down to 12.5. Which is not exactly a good reading in isolation, but much better than where it was.
But that is enough about me. Unfortunately I cannot tell you how Morrisons handle their priority customers, as they have not deemed me worthy enough.
KARNAK
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Good day 4.6 not a bad day plenty of cloud about but the sun is trying its best to get out, 22.C.🙂
Got another confession folks, don`t know if I should tell you, but I will.
Went Lidl`s yesterday and walking back through the park, rumbling in the tummy and working its way down.😱
Hoping the breakfast Creon is still working carried on through the park but no good had to pass wind, looked around to make sure nobody was about and passed wind.😱😱 With that a women says how rude? can`t turn my neck a lot so missed her behind me😳 mind you she was nearly wearing my pumps.🙄
I apologised to her and explained I am a T1D with problems, works with most people. She said oh I am so sorry is there anything I can help you with? I said have you been in Lidl`s? she said yes, I smiled at her and said you haven`t got any toilet paper have you.?😱😱
Well done @Baz congratulations on the HS.🙂
Happy birthday @Hazel xx🙂.
Have a good day folks? all change tomorrow🙄, won`t need a mask on the bus won`t be able to tell the difference, take care stay safe.🙂
Got another confession folks,
don`t know if I should tell you, but I will.Went Lidl`s yesterday and walking back through the park, rumbling in the tummy and working its way down.😱
Hoping the breakfast Creon is still working
carried on through the park but no good had to pass wind, looked around to make sure nobody was about and passed wind.😱😱 With that a women says how rude? can`t turn my neck a lot so missed her behind me😳 mind you she was nearly wearing my pumps.🙄I apologised to her and explained I am a T1D with problems, works with most people.
She said oh I am so sorry is there anything I can help you with? I said have you been in Lidl`s? she said yes, I smiled at her and said you haven`t got any toilet paper have you.?😱😱Well done @Baz congratulations on the HS.🙂
Happy birthday @Hazel xx🙂.
Have a good day folks? all change tomorrow🙄, won`t need a mask on the bus won`t be able to tell the difference, take care stay safe.🙂
Lanny
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VERY cheeky, Ted @KARNAK 😉 YOU can be SO naughty!😱 You make me think of the “Just William” stories by Richard Crompton!I apologised to her and explained I am a T1D with problems, works with most people.
😉
KARNAK
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Very worried about you @Becka don`t be afraid to contact 111 or phone 999 now, your not well and need treatment.
By no means am I a medical person but I have learned so much since being on the forum and diagnosed and feel I and probably others know your symptoms because most of us have been through the same.
Your HbA1c is very high and me from a knowledgeable T1D and still learning, I think you need to take action and soon please do. Take care.
By no means am I a medical person but I have learned so much since being on the forum and diagnosed and feel I and probably others know your symptoms because most of us have been through the same.
Your HbA1c is very high and me from a knowledgeable T1D and still learning, I think you need to take action and soon please do. Take care.
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Well a disappointing but at least consistent 3.4 for me this morning on my Libre with an horizontal arrow, but I had woken an hour and a half earlier and it was 4.7 with an horizontal arrow so I had a single jelly bean and went back to sleep. My Levemir seems to give me a little extra kick of activity at that 8hr point after injection. I had actually cut it back by one unit last night and went to bed on a slightly lower than normal reading of 5.4 with an horizontal arrow expecting to go high in the night, but it still drifted slowly downwards, so will try going to bed on a higher reading tonight with the same 7 units. I did have a cheeky half glass of red with a chunk of cheese at bedtime, so that may have been partly responsible.
Libre this morning seems to be reading 1 whole unit below finger prick... have checked a few times and it has been consistently that bit low even with stable levels so maybe I wasn't really quite hypo this morning after all! I have drank plenty of fluids so don't think that is it. Hope it doesn't get any further out of kilter. I knew yesterday's amazing accuracy was just too good to be true!.... Still loving it though!
@Baz Congratulations on your House Special.
Libre this morning seems to be reading 1 whole unit below finger prick... have checked a few times and it has been consistently that bit low even with stable levels so maybe I wasn't really quite hypo this morning after all! I have drank plenty of fluids so don't think that is it. Hope it doesn't get any further out of kilter. I knew yesterday's amazing accuracy was just too good to be true!.... Still loving it though!
@Baz Congratulations on your House Special.
Thank you, @KARNAK. I assure you nothing is as bad as it may sound. As much as I have lost any confidence in the surgery, I still think if they felt my glucose levels needed urgent attention they would have done so. I was originally diagnosed from blood tests to see why I was suddenly suffering joint pain, and I was upset with how they were treating diabetes as an urgent issue, when I had no symptoms, when my concern was the cause of the pain. So it seems to be a condition they take seriously.
In the end it took eight months for my arthritis to be diagnosed, as I had to wait on rheumatology referrals then go though their tests. And now I am on my sixth immunosuppressant (if you include a time on steroids) so I am used to the various symptoms to watch out for. I have read about Stevens-Johnson Syndrome on patient information leaflets so often I can watch out for that one by name. (It is a rare skin disorder)
Once the shielding situation is announced next week, so I know what is happening, I will be writing a formal letter to the surgery anyway, as there are also a couple of other areas I need help with for which I need a reply.
In the end it took eight months for my arthritis to be diagnosed, as I had to wait on rheumatology referrals then go though their tests. And now I am on my sixth immunosuppressant (if you include a time on steroids) so I am used to the various symptoms to watch out for. I have read about Stevens-Johnson Syndrome on patient information leaflets so often I can watch out for that one by name. (It is a rare skin disorder)
Once the shielding situation is announced next week, so I know what is happening, I will be writing a formal letter to the surgery anyway, as there are also a couple of other areas I need help with for which I need a reply.
MeeTooTeeTo
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5.1 this morning. 🙂
Stay safe and well.
Dez
Stay safe and well.
Dez
Snowwy
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Ah ha, Hazel I am looking to make some this week yum!
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Good morning, and happy Monday. I am 6.4 this morning.