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Hello... just to say sorry I've not been around much - the left eye's been bleeding again (well, more than normal :() & what with the usual family faff & politics over Christmas, being pushed from pillar to post by the good ole nhs (eye casualty declining to even look at the eye, as we turned up seconds after closing time!) & going back to work, I've been feeling a bit dispirited, harrashed, pushed for time, etc etc... it's been frantically busy too! Now I have a 'laser of doom' appt coming up in a couple of weeks (oh crumbs...!) and various other stuff on the horizon to keep me whizzing around at mach 9...

...just wanted to say I'm really sorry I've not been on here but that I am thinking of everyone...especially Gail1 & Ellowyne (hope your son's doing ok).
Hope everyone's doing ok, and 2011 is a good, healthy year for us all. Other than that, I just want January to be over! 🙄

Best wishes to all,
Twitchy xxx
 
Hi Twitchy, nice to hear from you. I hope that, once January is over with, you get a lovely peaceful February! 🙂 Hope things go well with the eye hospital.
 
Hi everyone, just to say that although dont post very often atall, I still read through everything most days. I seem to be in a better place emotionally, coping better with sons D, and Im sure a lot of that has got to do with this forum and all the help I received when I joined. So although I dont have much to say, still very interested in everyone on here.
Hope everyone had a happy and healthy Christmas!
 
Hi Carol! Thanks for the update, great to hear that you and your son are doing well 🙂 Good to hear that you are still reading and finding the forum a useful and interesting place to visit 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Marc! Where have you been? Hope all is well with you my friend! 🙂
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Here, there and nowhere! :D

Been OK generally. Although I have developed a knack for having two hypos in a night. Go me! 😎
 
MarcLister said:
Here, there and nowhere! :D

Been OK generally. Although I have developed a knack for having two hypos in a night. Go me! 😎
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Hey Marc, great to hear from you! Sounds like your basal might need some tweaking - two hypos a night is a bit of a problem to have. If we can help, let us know 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Hey Marc, great to hear from you! Sounds like your basal might need some tweaking - two hypos a night is a bit of a problem to have. If we can help, let us know 🙂
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I doubt it. I was 8.9 last night so I took just a single unit of Novorapid. 2 hours later I felt a bit weird and was 3.7. I had a party can of coke and 2 biscuits. 90 minutes or so later and I felt weird again, was 3.6 this time. Took another party can of coke and some more biscuits. Was 8.7 this morning and my monthly average for January is already slipping below 80%.

Anyway I might make a new thread on this later. 🙂
 
MarcLister said:
I doubt it. I was 8.9 last night so I took just a single unit of Novorapid. 2 hours later I felt a bit weird and was 3.7. I had a party can of coke and 2 biscuits. 90 minutes or so later and I felt weird again, was 3.6 this time. Took another party can of coke and some more biscuits. Was 8.7 this morning and my monthly average for January is already slipping below 80%.

Anyway I might make a new thread on this later. 🙂
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I don't think I would have corrected below double figures before bed, especially. Good that you are aware of the hypos though! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I don't think I would have corrected below double figures before bed, especially. Good that you are aware of the hypos though! 🙂
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I won't be doing so any more. I did it last night because I've often been above 8 at night and left it and then been 9+ in the morning so I thought it worth the risk. I think from now on only take insulin if 10+. Even then I've taken 1-2 units if I'm 10-12 and gone crashing down to 2.8-3.8 within hours. Other times I take 2-3 units if I'm between 10-12 and I'm 8-11 in the morning. Can't win sometimes. 😛
 
Morning twitchy, carol and mark nice to see you all popping in.... t/c
 
Anybody know how Adrienne is doing? Bev?? do you keep in touch still.
 
Checking in...

Sorry haven't been here for a while - still two-timing you with the Tenerife Forum.. Trying to spend as much time as I can in Tenerife - probably playing havoc with my numbers (I would know if I was testing but I ain't so I don't..) but the heat and sunshine does a fab job of drying up my lungs!! Guess it would be a good idea to get my flu jabs sometime soon.. :(

Karina
:D:D:D
 
I am alive and kicking.
Last HBA1c 6.7 in Oct 10.

I pop in from time to time, had to search for my password.
LOL

Oh and Happy New Year to you all
 
OlaIsm said:
I am alive and kicking.
Last HBA1c 6.7 in Oct 10.

I pop in from time to time, had to search for my password.
LOL

Oh and Happy New Year to you all
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Hey there nice to see you popping in, well done on your hbA

Happy new year
Dont be a stranger.
 
OlaIsm said:
I am alive and kicking.
Last HBA1c 6.7 in Oct 10.

I pop in from time to time, had to search for my password.
LOL

Oh and Happy New Year to you all
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Nice to hear from you - great HbA1c! Happy New Year - hope it's started well for you 🙂
 
I'm still around but have been in the wars a bit, I've had a stomach bug and went to the loo in the night blacked out and had a nasty fall on my back.

I ended up in A & E with wiplash to my neck a bump on the back of my head and a gashed shoulder, but the worst was the damage to my back. I got severe bruising to the base of my spine and have been dosed up on strong pain killers and was off work for over a week because I have been unable to sit down.

I am back at work now but have to sit on a cushion because my back is still painful and I am unable to bend. I have an appointment with my osteopath tomorrow to check out my back.
 
PhilT said:
I'm still around but have been in the wars a bit, I've had a stomach bug and went to the loo in the night blacked out and had a nasty fall on my back.

I ended up in A & E with wiplash to my neck a bump on the back of my head and a gashed shoulder, but the worst was the damage to my back. I got severe bruising to the base of my spine and have been dosed up on strong pain killers and was off work for over a week because I have been unable to sit down.

I am back at work now but have to sit on a cushion because my back is still painful and I am unable to bend. I have an appointment with my osteopath tomorrow to check out my back.
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Hi Phil nice to hear from you , so sorry to hear what happened to you.....hope the appt goes ok tomorrow, take care of yourself x
 
Hope you're all better soon Phil xx
 
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