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Group 7-day waking average?

5.6 seems to be popular today. Same for me this morning. 🙂
There was a lot more blood this morning than I was expecting. 😱
Had a supermarket delivery late yesterday (beggars can't be choosers), so I wanted to get my batch cooking started early.
Only went and lacerated my right thumb on the lid of a tin of tomatoes. Thought the blighter would never stop bleeding until I remembered to stick my hand in the air for a few minutes. 😳
I think I'll live. I've got a great wodge of cotton wool wrapped with microporous tape on my thumb. My mouse has those buttons on the side that allow you to skip forward and backwards and it took me about 20 attempts to post this in the right place. 😡

Stay safe and well and stay away from jagged tinned tomato lids.

Dez
 
Good Morning everyone.
9.7 for me. Totally agree with ColinUK I am so missing going to the theatre, I have been to local am dram through to West End and Minack.:( Liz should NOT have gone.😡
Wood delivery today OH making a pantry under the stairs. Always wanted a pantry! 🙂
Sending best wishes especially to Mr Eggyg
 
ColinUK said:
Sue I’m kind of dreading the first meal with the folks. Mum, although she understands the necessity for me to get (and keep) my BG under control, attaches love to food. So because she loves someone she wants them to eat. If they refuse then it’s as if it’s somehow a slight against her or a rejection of her love. Even on the phone she’s saying things like “I’ve baked a cheesecake. It’s turned out so well I’d say it’s the best one I’ve ever made and I’ve been making them for 56 years. It’s shame you won’t want any......... Although you could just have a small piece”

I’ve been consistent in saying that I’m addicted to sugar and can’t have any. I’ve explained that sugar isn’t only the granulated stuff but it’s also carbs etc “I understand that but surely a little wouldn’t do you any harm”
“Mum try thinking of it as an alcoholic or a heroin addict. Would you ever say just have a little glass to toast this or that, or just have this little bit of heroin to pick you up? No you wouldn’t.”
“You’re not taking drugs are you?”

We’ll get there I know, but my God she tests my strength at times!
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I have the same problem with my mum , feeding a way of showing love .
 
Hi all a 4.8 this morning for me, but a 5.2 for Alice! I agree re Matt, despite him being 'mine'. My daughter's and I divided up the contestants, taking turns to pick after watching the first programme. Luckily though, we have each ended up with one in the final. There are cash prizes of £1 each time your contestant gets garment of the week and £5 for third, £10 for second and £20 for the winner!
Also agree re musicians theatres as well as other cultural venues like art galleries and museums (as I work in one!).
 
Good morning 3.7 on another cloudy, muggy day,🙄 decorator was due to finish today but he`s gone down with a bug.
I told him to stay away from me and give him 6 bottles of Creon that`ll sort his upset stomach out.:D

Congratulations @Baz on your HS.🙂 Also @stephknits Alice.🙂

Sore finger @MeeTooTeeTwo that's why I only get tins with ring pulls on them, got 50 cans and 50 ring pulls
laying next to them, I`m starving.:D

Hope Mr @eggyg feels better soon @eggyg.

Take care folks enjoy your day if you can? most of all stay safe.🙂
 
My camera lens finally arrived this morning and I was not even dressed yet! At least because of shielding I can only ask people to leave things inside the front door anyway, so wait to leave my flat when I am ready. Physically it seems okay, but the sun has disappeared so it is too dark indoors to properly test it.

A 9.9 this morning, so that still counts as being in the 9s.
 
Gruers said:
It was 4.3 before bed last night, is that a bit low
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many would be happy with that as long as they weren't on hypo causing medication, if worried though a small biscuit, cracker or oatcake would nudge it up xx
 
Kaylz said:
many would be happy with that as long as they weren't on hypo causing medication, if worried though a small biscuit, cracker or oatcake would nudge it up xx
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Thank you, is a thirst and headaches a sign of a hypo?
 
Gruers said:
Thank you, is a thirst and headaches a sign of a hypo?
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I've not experienced it personally and not many report a thirst, headaches generally occur after hypos known as the hypo hangover, more common hypo symptoms are blurred vision, shaking, hunger, sweating etc xx
 
Hello all. Beeb news says all theatres closing till this time next year and everybody laid off or something like that. :( Not good for the really little places, they showed a bijou theatre in Norfolk I think it was. Shame. :( Wuhan on the news too, virus spiking again there. Agh.
 
7.6 for me this morning. Went to bed on 7.7 but rose to 11.6 through the night.... still better than having a hypo and I had deliberately dialled my night time Levemir back to 4 units because I had hypo after hypo yesterday. For some reason my basal requirements have significantly reduced over the last few days. I was taking 7 or 8 units overnight and 16 through the day and everything has been pretty steady for months up until the last few days. Tried 15 yesterday which was still too much but since I finished my final disposable pen this morning and have now started my Novopen Echo for my Levemir I gave myself 14.5 this morning and will try 4.5 tonight.

Really thought we would get rain last night but it didn't happen so I had to water plants this morning. Overcast and muggy here, but don't think it will break today. My 8 little lavender bantam chicks and their mother are all doing really well so far and I now have another 2 broody hens. I have given one of them 14 eggs and she is managing to cover all of them. They are due to hatch in 2 weeks. My favourite and oldest hen Tasha went broody yesterday and I am still trying to decide which eggs to give her... probably a couple of her own just because I love her (but she lays small cream coloured eggs, so nothing special in that respect) and some of Cruella's eggs because she is a really good layer and then a mixture of coloured eggs from the others after that. I love having a mixed flock more than I enjoy having specific breeds. The variety of colour of eggs and birds with all sorts of different feather patterns and tufts and crests and personality traits makes for an interesting and individual barnyard flock.

Congratulations to @Baz....2 House Specials in a week is fab! (I am green with envy!) and @stephknits 's Alice.... don't you hate it when newbies get it right so quickly but some of us battle on for months, if not years, and struggle to get one! 😉

@Kaylz Really keeping my fingers crossed for your delivery tomorrow.

@eggyg Please let us know how Mr Eggyg is doing later. He clearly has a good nurse looking after him.

@KARNAK Hope you are feeling better now Ted and your readings are back in range.
 
😳 Oops! Little Miss Forgetful TOTALLY forgot to check in at all today! 😱

At 09:05 BS was 6.0🙂

I think Matt should have gone in sewing bee too & loved Liz’s flapper dress!:(

@MeeTooTeeTwo , there’s a blade-less type of can opener that leaves no sharp edge at all made by Kuhn Rikon that simply undoes the joint between the two edges & reverses the canning process. I used to cut myself quite a bit too, even on the ring pulls, & got tired of it so, bought this & it was SO good that I bought another one. It IS more expensive than your average can opener but, SO worth it! Just one thing to note though, if you DO get one: depending on how full the can is, the suction can be quite strong so, you may think it’s not opened; may need to give it quite a strong pull to break that suction or a twist while pulling! There are no sharp edges at all!
 
Woken up at 4am by the cat demanding I come and inspect his food bowl and explain why it wasn’t empty and had enough in it to last him at least two days. Or maybe he was just checking I was still alive and confirming that no he couldn’t eat me. Gave him a cuddle and then he toddled off to fall asleep on his favourite chair. I dozed off again.
Woke up a few minutes ago to the fluffball nibbling my toes so perhaps he’s not convinced I’m alive. I am. And this morning my BG is 4.8 🙂

Had a Zoom funeral yesterday which was quite amusing because lots of attendees were old and kept unmuting their mics and sharing their screens which did make me laugh a bit. And talking of laughs how did the cheesemaker paint his wife?
He Double Gloucester.
 
Morning all,
A 5.8 this morning, meter seems to be behaving now!
Success, managed to get an Iceland delivery for tomorrow yay!
I hope things improve for you @Michael12421 ...

Blessings Snowwy
 
ColinUK said:
Woken up at 4am by the cat demanding I come and inspect his food bowl and explain why it wasn’t empty and had enough in it to last him at least two days. Or maybe he was just checking I was still alive and confirming that no he couldn’t eat me. Gave him a cuddle and then he toddled off to fall asleep on his favourite chair. I dozed off again.
Woke up a few minutes ago to the fluffball nibbling my toes so perhaps he’s not convinced I’m alive. I am. And this morning my BG is 4.8 🙂

Had a Zoom funeral yesterday which was quite amusing because lots of attendees were old and kept unmuting their mics and sharing their screens which did make me laugh a bit. And talking of laughs how did the cheesemaker paint his wife?
He Double Gloucester.
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Haha @ColinUK we used to have two cats that would pounce on us early, very vociferous they were too...
A Zoom funeral, that's a new one!
As for the joke, I thought he might have used 'Red Leicester ' 🙂
 
Snowwy said:
Haha @ColinUK we used to have two cats that would pounce on us early, very vociferous they were too...
A Zoom funeral, that's a new one!
As for the joke, I thought he might have used 'Red Leicester ' 🙂
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Unfortunately I’m used to Zoom funerals. I think this may have been the tenth or eleventh I’ve attended.

When I had two cats they’d sleep curled up against each other but since Jasper (officially named Jesper Aleksander Nicolai Adlinco) ventured over the rainbow bridge Peluche has remained a little more vocal. And being a Birman his meowing has the exact same pitch as a baby’s cry so it’s very hard to ignore.

I killed a lot of cheese once just by shooting the breeze.
 
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