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Sitting out a hypo and hoping half of my dinner doesn't wither or burn in the oven while the other half doesn't get cooked because I'm sitting out the hypo. Don't you love diabetes?
DCUKMod said:
Honestly, though. Don't be overly brave with it
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Should have listened to you. Will go back to dental surgeon monday first thing. No fever, no difference in bg so it shouldn't be too bad. It shouldn't hurt this much still either, though.
Was doing a dinner full of carbs for a change (hey, I'm on insulin, so I should be able to manage), but it looks like it's going to be something other than planned as I don't think the oven part will still be edible.
 
Antje77 said:
Sitting out a hypo and hoping half of my dinner doesn't wither or burn in the oven while the other half doesn't get cooked because I'm sitting out the hypo. Don't you love diabetes?

Should have listened to you. Will go back to dental surgeon monday first thing. No fever, no difference in bg so it shouldn't be too bad. It shouldn't hurt this much still either, though.
Was doing a dinner full of carbs for a change (hey, I'm on insulin, so I should be able to manage), but it looks like it's going to be something other than planned as I don't think the oven part will still be edible.
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Oh dear. Sorry to hear this. We always seem think it'll be better tomorrow/later or whenever.

If you do have a dry socket, you'll probably need a course of antibiotics to make sure there are no lurking bugs. Nasty business.

In the meantime, you could try gentle rinsing of you mouth with salted warm water, but don't swallow it, or you'll be sick!
 
I have come to the conclusion, after much research, that some of you are totally Bonkers. Good night all, sleep well.
 
Another bit of free advice before turning off the light .
No matter how badly you need to know what happens next in your book, keep at least half an eye on the pen-needle cover when trying to screw it back on after injecting. If you don't ,you might
A: shout and scare the dogs out of bed so you have to try to coax them back in. Never mind the cats, they won't be coming back until morning.
B: produce enough finger-tip blood for 3 days worth of testing, which won't do you any good as it doesn't keep.
C: splatter the screen of your e-reader, preventing you to know what happens next and causing you to get out of bed to clean it and becoming so much awake that you'll postpone turning off the light for another half hour.

Why don't they teach you this stuff on diagnosis ?
 
Antje77 said:
Another bit of free advice before turning off the light .
No matter how badly you need to know what happens next in your book, keep at least half an eye on the pen-needle cover when trying to screw it back on after injecting. If you don't ,you might
A: shout and scare the dogs out of bed so you have to try to coax them back in. Never mind the cats, they won't be coming back until morning.
B: produce enough finger-tip blood for 3 days worth of testing, which won't do you any good as it doesn't keep.
C: splatter the screen of your e-reader, preventing you to know what happens next and causing you to get out of bed to clean it and becoming so much awake that you'll postpone turning off the light for another half hour.

Why don't they teach you this stuff on diagnosis ?
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Ouch I guess it’s because there are some things that we can only learn from our mistakes and own experiences. Perhaps someone should start a ‘Learning from experience’ thread!!
Hope tooth, or lack of, is feeling better this morning
 
Cyberswitch said:
I couldn’t agree more, T1’s &2’s should be able to communicate together.
I am a T2, and am currently trying to get my sugar levels back into the ‘normal’ range.
It’s nice to be able to see how others are coping and learning from past mistakes.
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Hello and welcome.
 
Afternoon all

Had a bad night - up feeling ill for a while but eventually got back to sleep and felt better when I got up.
Taken the motorhome to fill with fuel ready for our next jaunt through the tunnel on Friday, done a bit of shopping, done a bit of ironing and now relaxing in front of the tele :D

Off to the son & DIL's later for tea :D

Enjoy the rest of your day.

H :)
 
Hello @Cyberswitch and welcome to this thread! Might this be a renewed welcome to the forum as well or have you been reading posts all the time? I see this is your first message on here in 4 years, so just to make sure I'll tag @daisy1 for you. I think no-one on here will mind seeing her excellent info-sheet pop up on this thread.
Well-done on working on your diabetes, and please don't wait another 4 years before posting again :)
 
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