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Mel dCP said:
Only the eight injections so far today, 92% in range (4-7mmol), so I count that as a win.

What I’m less impressed with is finding two of my cats shredding (and stuffing their faces with) a pigeon on my stairs, as I came down from filling the chests of drawers I was building last week from the contents of my floordrobe, hanging a mirror and wiring up a new light... the other beastling was patiently waiting for me to open a can of non-pigeon flavoured cat food.

Wine is now happening.

Edit - ten injections.
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Congratulations on getting an early upgrade for the pod next week. You will be lost with doing no jabs everyday.

Woke to a 6.2 this morning. Really happy as had fish and chips last night as well and nearly always miscalculate for them
 
Mel dCP said:
Afternoon all, very late on parade today... took my elderly friend Mad Jean to Ikea and other Cardiffian horror sheds. I also had a nice flat line overnight, so of course had to screenshot it for posterity :)

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Anyway... was chuckling at the robot toys with Mad Jean as she said I’d be one soon when my phone rang, and it was the Diabetes clinic at my local hospital - I’m getting my Omnipod next Thursday! Think I’ll try to find some cuddly moneybag toys to pose with, perhaps the bank will phone to offer me some cash... :p

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congratulations <3

Morning,

Managed 1 of 4 family celebrations without binging on carbs and mostly staying in range.

I have weddings and a birthday party to come...

How do people cope with ‘food pushers’? I have lots of them in my family. They just don’t understand the need for me to pre-bolus.
 
CranberryIce said:
congratulations <3

Morning,

Managed 1 of 4 family celebrations without binging on carbs and mostly staying in range.

I have weddings and a birthday party to come...

How do people cope with ‘food pushers’? I have lots of them in my family. They just don’t understand the need for me to pre-bolus.
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Can be awkward. I have politely said 'No thank you' before and then just had the food item plonked down in front of me anyway.
In these situations I just don't eat it and if an explanation is required I just say ' Sorry, really couldn't eat any more right now.'
 
CranberryIce said:
congratulations <3

Morning,

Managed 1 of 4 family celebrations without binging on carbs and mostly staying in range.

I have weddings and a birthday party to come...

How do people cope with ‘food pushers’? I have lots of them in my family. They just don’t understand the need for me to pre-bolus.
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Sit them all down, explain the pre-bolus situation, hit them with the scariest things that can happen to a T1 and then bring out the nerf gun. Now they know, the next one who food-pushes will get it.
 
Good morning and it's a sunny Saturday. I have a cough this morning and chest feels a little tight, so hoping it will get better as the day goes on. Had some rain about 6pm yesterday, also my friend popped round and bought me a Calla Picasso lily pot and another friend made me a raspberry and lemon posset, but did I pay for it......17.0 last night , miscalculated, but corrected with Novorapid and 10.2 this morning and he also collected my first pack of Tresiba from his local village chemist, result :) ta ta 4 now X
 
Woke with a lovely 5.1 this morning. Came down to fed Cat and let him out to find the freezer door wasn’t properly shut: sticky paw marks, sticky foot prints, ugh! Spent 2 hours chucking things away, cleaning, wiping, mopping, cooking what was cool and usable.
Thank goodness daughter, son-in-law and grandsons are arriving today - buffet prepared, even if it’s a slightly odd selection. Hope they’re hungry.
 
Mel dCP said:
Yeah, about that. I’m not actually a natural purple. So wasn’t out in full plumage today...
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My adult daughter has always had colours in her hair, on Thursday she had a platt with green in it, but it has been all colours and dreadlocks too, loads of piercings and tattoo's too. I don't do any of that, nor does her father, my Ex ! But I do like to see other's with dyed hair, some lovely blues and pinks out there, so expressive:):)
 
slip said:
Feel you pain (if I had the capacity to take more!) when we last moved our buyers threw up a stink that there wasn't a fire escape out of a bedroom window on the second floor because of the conservatory...........by law all second floor rooms should have a safe alternative fire route ie not on to a conservatory glass roof! this 'stink' came from the buyer via their solicitor to our solicitor and then to us - they were adamant we had to put in a fire escape...........I tired to put it as plainly as possible to all so they could all understand the concept that the house had a ground floor and a first floor but NO second floor ! It was a standard downstairs upstairs 3/4 bed semi.........it was embarrassing but not for me!
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Many years ago I recall staying in a Youth Hostel in rural Tasmania. The rooms were on the first floor either side of a long corridor. The fire escape sign pointed towards the far end of the corridor. At the corridor end was a door with a coiled rope on the floor, with the sign, "In case of fire use rope"
 
slip said:
Thanks @alphabeta you posting a number got me thinking about my scores last night and this morning and thinking why am I feeling low as I was 13.3 before breakfast, went to dose for my brekkie and obviously a correction was involved, the bolus calculator suggested 6u for 40g of carbs plus 5u for the correction, 4hrs later I'm 2.7................whats even worse is that 11u dose, because I couldn't be bothered to change the cartridge, ran out at 10u - I was thinking at the time big deal I was only 1u short, its hot today so probably a good idea anyway.........thank god in retrospect!
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Hi @slip, Sometimes, squeezing the finger after the finger prick to get extra blood causes fluid in the tissues to be squeezed out, mix with the blood and dilute it down the sample giving a falsely low BSL result. I always re-check well out of range results for this reason.
 
Morning y'all, I woke to a 7.7 having drifted up to 9 in my sleep, early days but the trends I'm seeing may have me move my basal to the morning but I'm happy enough having changed as I'm getting more consistency than I can recall ever having :)

Whoever suggested trying 'jumbo oats' thank you :) as the blood results after breakfast are more consistent too, which is very pleasing, a 2 course breakfast is nailed on again too.

therower said:
Not sure if he is or was more of a “Green onions “ man:):):)
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I've a photo of me somewhere, around 1991 in Brighton, in a fishtail parker, posing stood where 'Jimmy' stands at the end of the alleyway on the Quadraphenia album cover :p long ride is York- Brighton on a 200cc Vespa :)
 
I am still amazed. About I a week or so ago, I reduced anti-depressants as instructed. After first week BSLs went up, insulin doses (pump basal and bolus) up 30 % and not easy to control.
Keep going for the 4 weeks (was told it takes 3 weeks or so for the effects of dose change to settle out). Pulled the pin at 4 weeks.
One week after restoring the dose to normal, BSLs settled back down and insulin doses back to previous amounts and now 2 weeks after still as good. I cannot credit how an antidepressant dose could make such a difference.
I am still not suggesting we put anti-depressants in the drinking water and I am grateful that I am not getting any appreciable side-effects to the medication like weight gain etc.
I guess if something works without their being a straight-forward answer be grateful.
It would be nice to know how it works though !! Always look on the bright side of life .de dum, de dum, de.....
 
helensaramay said:
It depends whether I want what is being pushed.
If I do, I bolus in front of them and then eat straight away.
It is not always possible to pre-bolus. For example, if I am eating out (or round family and friends), I don’t know how much to bolus until i see the food and there is no way I am going to stare at my food for 30 minutes whilst everyone tucks into theirs.
It is only with the advent of Libre that we have become of the short term spikes from mistimed pre bolus and there are some 50+ years people with diabetes who are still going and they never had today’s technology for the first 30/40 years.
As long as I usually pre-bolus, I don’t stress.

If I don’t want what is being pushed, diabetes makes a good, polite reason to decline.
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I always remember one lad who it not like pumpkin for some reason He would say that he was allergic to it and that stopped the food push straight off !! Also also heard of the term, applied to teenagers, of 'legume anorexia', to do with their dislike of veggies. Perhaps the fancy quasi-medical term might work : No. please I could not possibly, I have pavlova anorexia !!
 
Robinredbreast said:
My adult daughter has always had colours in her hair, on Thursday she had a platt with green in it, but it has been all colours and dreadlocks too, loads of piercings and tattoo's too. I don't do any of that, nor does her father, my Ex ! But I do like to see other's with dyed hair, some lovely blues and pinks out there, so expressive:):)
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I can’t actually dye mine any more due to an acquired allergy to hair dye, but I do have an assortment of wigs and clip in felt dreads that I adorn my otherwise thin, lifeless and mousy brown hair with :) it’s naturally very dull. I do have a fair bit of metalwork in my ears and several tattoos though!
 
Mel dCP said:
Morning all! Steady night but DP has pushed me into the nines. Got a couple of units on board to deal with that. Best bit was being woken up by torrential rain!
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Love the patter of rain on a roof, just not any drips from leaks !! Just wait until you have your pump up and running @Mel dCP.
 
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