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kitedoc said:
Hi @kev-w, The bad diabetes gremlin worked overtime at your place it seems. Do you ned to put a sign on the front door -" No gremlins allowed - but will make exception for the good diabetes gremlin in 3 days" - to allow for clean up and mental relaxation !! It could be worse. I put my breakfast in the coffee cup with a raw egg, dropped the cup and slipped on the mess !!! Deadlier than banana skins !!
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I'd just go for the 'it could be worse' and move on, best foot forward, I can't undo what's done but can influence what's to come so work within those parameters as it were.
 
Thank you guys- I always do a blood test as well as libre before I drive. ****** was that I had insulin on board.

Didn’t take long for my levels to start rising. I did have to call my boss and tell her I will be in when it’s safe for me to drive.

An hour or so later I could see I was rising rapidly (double arrow up on MM and arrow up on Libre). As I had no IOB on board and felt peckish I gave insulin for my snack + a small correction to knock me back into range. Ended up hypo again.

Id be happy with low 4’s too @MeldCp but worrying when I am at work with IOB and trending drop.

Same problem at lunch- carb counted accurately (usual lunch so confident). Pre-bolused and looks like I am dropping again.

Struggling to keep them
up today- could it be the weather?! I am feeling cold! No other real changes.
 
The driving balancing act is a git some days and one of the things I most struggled with with T1. It was enough for me to change my target range to between 5-8 from the more standard 4-7. DVLA changes would be appreciated but remember that F/CGM devices aren't very widespread so far. I also wonder how they can account for sensors which 'drift off' over time from the actual values. I caught a blood test at 5.2 last week - which was fine to drive had I not had a double arrow down on xDrip. So I was able to scoff some Starburst to sort it out in time - yet that test would have been valid.

Weather has certainly dropped in temperature in the morning over the last week - pretty chilly until later in the morning. Happy enough with that, the summer heatwave didn't agree with me.

Averaging too high today - one of those mornings where I woke up higher than I went to sleep (9.7->12.2) and then struggled to get it back down all morning despite skipping breakfast and correcting. Euch.
 
Just a random thought here....and no basis for reasoning ....but just wondered if the ‘five to drive’ was specifically chosen for its rhyming and hence easy for people to remember...
......’four to drive’ just doesn’t have the same impact....as I say...just a thought as not diabetic myself and looking from an outsiders point of view.....
 
Molly56 said:
Just a random thought here....and no basis for reasoning ....but just wondered if the ‘five to drive’ was specifically chosen for its rhyming and hence easy for people to remember...
......’four to drive’ just doesn’t have the same impact....as I say...just a thought as not diabetic myself and looking from an outsiders point of view.....
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more than likely.............four or five to drive, 3.9 or lower ready to crash and burn........doesn't have quite the same ring :playful:
 
@Mel dCP Cameras? Depending on the mood I will use either 35mm, 120 or digital.

Still keep toying with the idea of getting a 6x17 which would be so much fun to use :)
 
CranberryIce said:
@Mel dCP - I have switched to decaf as caffeine messes up my levels. Well done for your 36hour unicorn ️ x

Can’t wait for DVLA changes
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Decaf just isn’t an option! But I don’t think it’s the coffee, because I’ve just had three mugs and there’s no change. And it’s not every day, either. Weird. Glad you got your levels up, it’s a right PITA when that happens.

Knikki said:
@Mel dCP Cameras? Depending on the mood I will use either 35mm, 120 or digital.

Still keep toying with the idea of getting a 6x17 which would be so much fun to use :)
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I had a lovely old Bronica for a while, but it weighed a ton. Got a few ancient cameras I get out now and then, but I mostly use my 5D.
 
Alison54321 said:
How? you're not living up to your name are you?
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I'd get told off my my friends who keep bunnies if I was being that evil :-) The truth is the rather more mundane reading wikipedia - I wanted to learn what one unit was, and it told me that's what they worked it out with back in the 20s.
 
evilclive said:
I'd get told off my my friends who keep bunnies if I was being that evil :) The truth is the rather more mundane reading wikipedia - I wanted to learn what one unit was, and it told me that's what they worked it out with back in the 20s.
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That's ok then.
 
A 10-mL bottle of U100 insulin contains 1000 units of insulin, or so says the interweb :) I have a flamingo rabbit, Harry he's called, after Harry Style from No Direction.... He was left here when the ex left and is still going strong, with him getting all my veg trimmings with his pellets the standing joke is he's well fed, he nearly died from a fur ball the other year and needed hand feeding pineapple juice thru a syringe and mushed food, little un doesn't bother as mum got her a floppy eared one, Harrys a Netherlands dwarf but he's a big lad :)

When he goes to rabbit heaven it's chickens next....
 
kev-w said:
A 10-mL bottle of U100 insulin contains 1000 units of insulin, or so says the interweb :) I have a flamingo rabbit, Harry he's called, after Harry Style from No Direction.... He was left here when the ex left and is still going strong, with him getting all my veg trimmings with his pellets the standing joke is he's well fed, he nearly died from a fur ball the other year and needed hand feeding pineapple juice thru a syringe and mushed food, little un doesn't bother as mum got her a floppy eared one, Harrys a Netherlands dwarf but he's a big lad :)

When he goes to rabbit heaven it's chickens next....
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Chickens? for eggs, for eating, or both?
 
Alison54321 said:
Chickens? for eggs, for eating, or both?
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For eggs, and because they're funny to watch :)

I was given some dead but unplucked pheasants once over, and to be honest it was a bit of a nightmare preparing them for the oven , I mean I'm a carnivore, I've shouted "horseradish sauce" at random cows whilst cycling in the country even but wouldn't fancy growing my own chickens to eat.

:p
 
kev-w said:
For eggs, and because they're funny to watch :)

I was given some dead but unplucked pheasants once over, and to be honest it was a bit of a nightmare preparing them for the oven , I mean I'm a carnivore, I've shouted "horseradish sauce" at random cows whilst cycling in the country even but wouldn't fancy growing my own chickens to eat.

:p
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Yeah, I'd be a bit squeamish about killing, and eating, my own chickens. Keeping them for eggs sounds like a nice idea, obviously we don't want Harry to die too soon, but it sounds like an interesting project.
 
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