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Group 7-day waking average?

A 6.6 this morning but I did partake of a meat pastie yesterday (can’t call them Cornish now unless they’re from Cornwall of course).
Had my first social distanced, escaped from shielding walk yesterday. Pity it rained but enjoyed it anyway once I’d got used to wearing shoes and proper underwear! 😉 Home is where the bra isn’t (TMI).

Hate Friday lockdowns because I want things to change for the weekends. Still waiting to hear how long they want us clinically vulnerable shielders to remain in captivity.

Enjoy your weekend everyone. I’ve got a shopping delivery today and managed to get Tesco at last.
 
😱 the beauty! Lol, WOOHOO! xx
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It is less than two weeks until the end of shielding date in England, and still none of us knows what is happening. Yesterday Matt Hancock said there would be letters sent "very soon" even though Boris Johnson had said there would be an announcement this week.

There is good reason to believe the Health Service Journal leaks about a final extension to July 31st are correct, because yesterday the Northern Ireland government announced the same measures. But a disability group on Twitter thinks the British government will just end shielding on June 30th rather than extend it, based on what their members had been told. Sadly the government's behaviour gives good reason to believe that too.

Amongst all the other problems, not knowing what will happen also makes it very difficult to plan healthcare.

This morning I was 11.8, which is not traditionally in the 9s.
 
Good morning 4.4 and the rains a coming,:( decorator got me up this morning with about six residents waiting in earnest
to see if I answered the door. If I`m not up and about at a certain time the ambulance, helicopter, fire brigade, police and coastguard turn up, after last years comatose experience.😳🙄

One of my neighbours made me a chicken & mushroom pie yesterday with a very slim covering of pastry, there was
so much chicken in it cooked superbly, it must have been a four legged one, covered in Insulin also.😱:D

Thanks @rebrascora (Barbara) getting there eventually.🙂

So glad Mr @eggyg feels better @eggyg.🙂

@ColinUK I do the jokes I`m cheesed off now.:D

Glad everything worked out @Michael12421.🙂

Everything crossed @Kaylz. 🙂

Enjoy your day folks, take care stay safe.🙂
 
4.2 for me this morning. Thought Libre had a downward slanted arrow, so I quickly chucked half a dozen jelly beans into my mouth from the bedside table to try to prevent another hypo red mark on my Libre graph.... then looked at it again and realised that it was an horizontal arrow and just my eyes that were slanted and that DP would be kicking in very soon, so promptly spat the remains of the chewed jelly beans back out (Sorry TMI) Shot myself 1.5 units of NR to cover DP plus my Levemir, reduced by another half unit and currently up at 8.7 with an horizontal arrow so hopefully I just kept it in range and it will start dropping again soon. Just as well I didn't swallow those jelly beans!
Omelette and salad for breakfast which may need a little NR later for the protein. I have adopted a routine of eating breakfast and evening meal one day and late lunch the next, so 2 meals every other day and just one in between and that seems to be enough for me and usually just one of those meals contains carbs. Can't decide if this is why my basal requirement have dropped so dramatically or if it is the weather or both but nice not to have to think about those extra meals.

@Michael12421 No wonder you woke up so low after that trauma and no doubt significantly more exercise than normal looking for her. Hope she is OK and you are feeling better now. So relieved it was resolved happily, but sorry you had so much stress. What a worry animals can be!
 
Good Morning everyone🙂

I've not been around much of late, been rather busy with this and that. Woke up today on 5.6, reasonably straight line overnight, so very boring. Finally getting my basal insulin sorted.

Anyway, this 'ere lockdown is getting to be fun. I've had a few emails from Blackburn Rovers, and despite my techy ignorance as a season ticket holder, I've now got an app on the computer that lets me stream matches live. First one tomorrow, kick off at 3. it's free for season ticket holders, a tenner if you aren't. Can't imagine any casual viewers clogging up the internet, mind.

Still on the techy stuff, I've got a neuro appointment at The Walton Centre in Liverpool on June 25, but I don't have to go there, it's a video appointment, so my full HD camera and microphone can come into play. I've been instructed to be in the virtual waiting room 15 minutes before appointment time. I love the instruction "As this is a video consultation please ensure you are dressed appropriately and bear in mind what can be seen behind you". So no sneaky tricks like a shirt and tie and no breeks.😉

It shouldn't be any problem, the consultant has all the test results and the examination she did last time I was there, so it's just a follow up appointment to see if I'm dead yet, which would change the diagnosis. And I can have a vape in the virtual waiting room, which is a vicarious bit of fun.🙂

This is the future - it saves me using hospital transport, and using up most of a day. I hope it continues after lockdown. The appointment is at 4.30, which I would have had to change in the real world because of the hours that hospital transport works. Don't much fancy overnighting in Fazakerly, no views. Not like the good old days on the Isle of Mull, when I stayed in the Hilton Garden Inn for Glasgow appointments, wonderful views of the Clyde and right next door to the Finnieston Crane, a reminder of of what that part of the river was like 80 years ago, with that crane loading steam engines on to ships bound for the outer reaches of the Empire.

Have a good day everyone🙂 Like Amigo, I'm expecting a Tesco delivery around 4.00pm. That's a priority slot - you can only book a vague time (2-10) but they always ring first thing to tell you when they expect to deliver, bless 'em.🙂
 
Morning all. No bg as four pricks is enough for anyone. I must have blood like sludge and I've not even eaten a MaccyDees.

Some lol posts on this thread. That washing machine is fandabidoze Kaylz, are you going to sit and watch the first wash? That's what we did with our first washing machine we ever got, it was such a novelty, no more bagwash. :D

Good grief Michael never let that dog off the lead again! So glad all's well that ends well. 🙂

I feel all nostalgic now for steam engines.
 
@Amigo glad you got out for a walk and sorry you had to endure the over the shoulders boulder holders! I’m “ blessed” in the bosom area and mine are always firmly incased, broken knees and black eyes ain’t a good look! 😛 @mikeyB that made me laugh about them reminding you to be dressed appropriately etc. I FaceTime a friend every Saturday and she sits in her bedroom for a bit of peace from hubby, daughter and cat. Last week her hubby wandered in topless oblivious of me being able to see him, it could have been worse, he could have been bottomless too! 😱
 
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Kaylz said:
Morning

So today is the day, checking the progress and estimate is still 8:20-12:20, driver is on stop 1 and we are stop 4!

Anyways it's a 6.4 for me this morning

Have a nice day and stay safe folks
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Fingers crossed, and everything else for you x
 
@Ditto lol no I wont be watching the first wash, it has to have a cycle done without a load before you use it but cant do a load until tomorrow as no drying space as Bruce will be bringing up a wet load tonight, he'll also need to help us as with my hands the mess they are in from over washing and mum with arthritis in hers we cant get the transit bolts off

@Bloden I wish it could make my coffee! Funnily enough our current kettle came from Curry's too but was RM delivery so no issues there!
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The shielding announcement for England has gone from being "next week," to "very soon," to the "coming weeks." I think I am just going to have to find a way to explain the things I need to discuss with my G.P. regardless of the situation, as waiting on the government is unsustainable.

I made a graph with my levels from when I started Sitagliptin. It is a bit crazy (in the evening) and discounting peaks seems to be trending the wrong way in general (in the morning).

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The gaps are because on two days I forgot to take a reading, and only realized after eating.

Something in the way the shielding question was [not] answered today makes me think they are going to change the criteria, so that it will only be extended for some people whilst it will end for others.
 
05:03 BS 6.6 🙂 Yesterday’s after eating readings were all a bit higher with less insulin at the 90 minutes mark but, came down pretty sharply after 2/3 hours so, I did a LOT of testing as the effect of the AB’s kicked in! Hopping on toes emoji! & a 🙂 But I also snoozed a lot too!🙄 That reading is after eating & was the best one so far as it's in target range: woke just after midnight alarm had my Levemir & stayed awake; 00:35 BS 8.1 was the real waking figure! I ate breakfast & tested before 03:38 BS 8.7 not much DP as I never got up from my bed & lowered my insulin again: breakfast dose now 34 units Novorapid; I may still need to keep a close eye in case I drop too low!o_O

A very early Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉
 
Felt awful all day yesterday. Felt weak and really rather light headed. Fluid intake was good and I wasn’t hungry but just didn’t feel right so not a huge shock to see BG levels up quite a bit from the high 4s I’ve become used to to 7.4 this morning.
Also weight is up a touch from yesterday from 14st 11 to 14st 12. Not sure what’s going on but I still don’t feel right. Woozy head, feel a little nauseas and generally a bit “delicate” so I’m obviously fighting something off. Hopefully it’s nothing serious and it buggers off quickly so I can get back to normal.

On a plus point, for those of you with Amazon Prime anyway, last night I watched 7500 - it’s remarkable. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has taken a few years out to raise his kids and this marks his return to film. He plays a pilot in the middle of a hijacking and it’s intimate and powerful. It’s not an action movie but more a character study. Very theatrical as it’s mainly a two hander in a very confined space but what’s really interesting is the way the director worked with no marks for the actors to hit and allowing the cameras to run for ages whilst the actors improvised scenes. This allows them to become fully realised characters and to really tap into the emotions of the moment. It works. And the costar’s great too. I’m going to watch out again either later today or tomorrow because there’s more to appreciate in the performances than I gleaned from the first watch I’m sure.
Anyway... I’m off to take a couple of paracetamol and ibuprofen and go back to bed I think. Catch you all later x
 
Northerner said:
How about for a bit of fun if people who test in the mornings post their waking levels? I think it would be interesting to see what the average works out at after a week 🙂

I'll start with mine - I was 6.0 when I woke up this morning 🙂

(please don't let me be the only person to enter one! 😉)
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At work about to go home, 5.9 this morning.
 
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