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Group 7-day waking average?

Well, after waking in the night at 14.6 and correcting, i woke this morning at 10.9 and corrected. Will be sitting a good chunk of the morning so hopefully won't hypo.
Good morning everybody. Have a good day whatever you are planning to do x
 
Morning

Well I tried one of the Milky Way cake bars and OMG they are amazing! I’ll have to eat the 5 caramel ones first though as I forgot to check when they went out of date and threw the outer wrapper in the bin and it isn’t printed on the individual cake bar wrappers like it is the Milky Way ones

Bruce got on fine at the hospital yesterday, x-ray looks good, got some exercises from the physio guy to do so that’s him done at the hospital and he’s taking the splint off today! Woohoo! lol

Anyways a crappy 3.2 for me rising to 4.9 by breakfast after 3 and a half glucose chews

Have a nice day and stay safe my lovelies
xx
 
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I don't believe it!! Two in a row 🙂
Stay safe and well.

Dez
 
Morning all, running late today. Another boring 6.4, think my metre has lost its fives again! One grandchild off to school today, mum sent me a photo, she’s been ready for ages and really excited to go into the juniors and see her friends. One starts tomorrow and the other on Friday, they’re both going into year 9! Blimey! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a wee bit worried but fingers crossed all goes well. No plans in the Eggy household today, rain forecast so indoor pursuits I suspect. Have a great day.🙂
Congratulations @MeeTooTeeTwo on your HS, just showing off now! 😉
 
Anitram said:
My only treat since diagnosis. Not planning to have another one, at least not until we're back here this time next year.
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Very commendable. It’s the one thing I’ve been unable to resist. I either walk it off or do a prick to keep an eye on BG.

Cornwall is a beautiful part of the country. My niece lived in South East London, not far from Heathrow, and her husband got so fed up with friends arriving from South Africa that they moved to Cornwall. They went to a little village near Padstow but are now in Truro. My sister has moved from London to be near her two grandchildren.

I shall have to pluck up the courage to go for a walk in the rain.
 
@Flower haven't seen anything from you for a while, hope all is ok my lovely! xx
 
And it’s a 6.0 for me today
 
5.1 for me today and that was without any Levemir last night. Woohoo!
Unfortunately I made a mistake a bit later when I jabbed 1.5 units NR at the stables because I got a reading of 7.7 with an upward sloping arrow and no breakfast on board. 1.5-2units is what I would previously have jabbed to cover DP so I kind of did it automatically, but an hour and a half later whilst working in the paddock I had to start munching jelly beans and dropped a bit low twice, so wasted that 1.5 units of NR in a pointless exercise. Will be less hasty to use NR tomorrow.
Heading out for my yomp/jog soon, before the rain arrives. Definitely feel that I have lost a bit of fat off my waist as a result of this change of routine. I hit a bit of a brick wall yesterday but feeling much better today.

@MeeTooTeeTwo Well done Dez! Fingers crossed for the elusive hat trick tomorrow. Hope you are successful this time!
 
Had various bloods taken at my GP at lunchtime. It was postponed half an hour before yesterday’s appointment. I’ll get the HbA1c result on Friday from the GP and the other results go to my Heart Failure nurse, who I see on 14 September.
 
Hi all, still no tester but thought I would check in. Well done @MeeTooTeeTwo on the second HS, you’re being greedy now!! @Kaylz good to hear Bruce is on the road to recovery, he must be pleased to get that splint off. Enjoy those choccy bars x
Am feeling rough myself, sore throat has turned into a cold, razors blade throat, runny nose, barking cough and worn out. Not good with Covid around as you get stared at every time you start a racking cough. Thankfully quiet at work which in itself is a rarity. Can’t be bothered to go to the van this week but have to go down Saturday as our friends postponed their birthday ‘do’ as hubby didn’t come down last week.
Hope everyone is well x
 
16:14 BS 8.0 ok with that. Went to bed around 5/6am this morning, had midday meds briefly when alarm went off & woke around 14:45 still feeling a little bit sleepy so, tried going back to sleep but, hungry now & tested. So, with about 90 minutes of DP that 8 is ok? 🙄 I slept until about 16:15 yesterday so, DID get up a bit earlier today.🙄

I’m going to stop tweaking my sleep too much as I’ve come to realise it’s an elastic band too: pull it too much in any direction; it pings back on you & whacks you pretty hard! I have enough of an elastic band problem with the diabetes & keeping BS in reasonable control!🙄

Gosh, in reading back my post yesterday morning, when tired AND wired, I seem quite manic & euphoric! And that pretty much sums up how I felt at the time!😱

I remember watching a programme once some time ago where 4 groups of people’s reflexes & reaction times were tested while driving a car around a virtual obstacle course in a simulator. It was either a QED or Panorama programme on BBC 2 & the 4 groups were:- 1. Normal control group who had a normal night’s sleep & normal amount of coffee, if any, 1 or 2 cups; 2. tired group who hadn’t slept the previous night also, with normal amount of coffee, if any, 1 or 2 cups; 3. wired group who did sleep but, had loads of coffee, 8 to 10 cups plus & 4. tired & wired group who hadn’t slept the previous night & also, had loads of coffee also, 8 to 10 cups plus.

Not surprisingly the group that performed the best were the normal control group! Next were the tired group followed by the wired group & the ones that performed the worst were the tired & wired group!😱o_O That surprised the experimenters as they hadn’t expected the tired group to perform so well & the absolutely APPALLINGLY DANGEROUS performance of the tired & wired group really shocked them!😱

So, they concluded that while driving when tired is not ideal: it’s much better than drinking loads of coffee & then drive tired AND wired; they suggested that if you have to drive long distances when tired, you should open a window or turn on the air vents to have a steady stream of cooler air in your face to keep you alert & have wee breaks than to guzzle down loads of coffee! Caffeine being a stimulant can make you feel overly confident when over stimulated & you can end up making some bad decisions when driving; add tired to that mix & you’ve got slow reactions to contend with the bad decisions as well!😱

That’s with coffee, caffeine, that you manually add in, or not, but, adrenaline, also a stimulant, you don’t get the choice of having it or not: when your body gets to a certain point it‘s automatically released very quickly; then, takes a long time to ebb away!🙄 AND the more exhausted you get; the more is released & it takes even longer to ebb away!😱

There’s no other thing for it but, to go Australian today in wishing you all a G’day Mates & I hope you’d all had a Wonderful Day!:D😉

I off to a delayed breakfast as it took me SO long to type this post!🙄:D😳😉
 
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SueEK said:
@Kaylz good to hear Bruce is on the road to recovery, he must be pleased to get that splint off. Enjoy those choccy bars x
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Thanks, he sure is, looks odd without it now though! Haha, quite dry the skin after having it on 4 weeks but he jumped in the bath this morning (first naked one in a while, you know what I mean!) and its not looking too bad! He just needs to moisturize it so I assume he'll be doing that before he goes to bed, I certainly don't miss the noise of him playing with the velcro and straps! lol xx
 
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