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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

6.5 today
Warm weather, nine degrees yesterday and seven today, blue skies too. Of course that makes it an icy mess out back on the trails as we did have a pile of snow. Time to put my spikes on.
Follow up to the high blood glucose guy from the gym. Talked to his wife today, she said everything is going great and they’ve had some great advice from the nutritionist….oh dear…I seriously had to bite my tongue! A cup of pasta is good…just don’t have more than that…I’m so annoyed. He still doesn’t have a definite diagnosis and will find out next week. He is on insulin. I totally suspect type one.
Why on earth can’t the dieticians get updated information! Apparently all she talked about was portion control. It really makes me angry….just take more insulin for those carbs…
 
libre 5.1

Suppossed to have spinal pain relief injection later on today. Waiting patiently on review of ferries as they currently off! Have packed an overnight bag. Ferry been off majority of yesterday so no idea if will get off the isle or indeed if i do be able to get back home weathers to be same as yesterday.

Not allowed to drive 24 hours after, not allowed to use public transport (which ignoring) seriously sod paying taxi 90 mile trip. peeved patient transport didn't call back had tried to arrange that. I do know patient transport didn't take anyone to mainland yesterday due to the adverse weather.

amber wind warning. yellow for rain.

Going to give hospital a call when they open to let know might not be able to make it. Hoping if can't manage doesnt mean another seveal month wait. If is possible to go still will fed up <4 hours sleep a day. usually after proceedure manage to sleep a lot better for a few weeks :) no idea what the hecks going to happen with sugar levels due to steroids except raised hopefully by not too much. last time around was injecting insulin, this time around honeymoon period so unsure correctional dose or not or if should remove a cartridge from the fridge stings like heck when still cold. Hopefully find a relatively cheap hotel if its needed.

even though dislike needles the spinal injection doesn't have as much of effect as blood draws etc getting done actually not too bad with those.
 
Diawara said:
6.5 at 0515 it's dark outside, pouring down with rain and the forecast says "light rain" all day which normally means torrential at times!
Back to bed methinks!
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They make it up as they go along so they dont do a forecast like the one in the 80s that wrecked the UK!
 
6.1 today
Above zero and cloudy. There’s a huge amount of rain coming to the coast (Vancouver area) so who knows what that means for us (south central interior BC). Hope it’s not a lot of snow…it’s so mild right now so maybe rain?
Gym today was the rest of my upper body , a walk and a bike ride. Got a couple of roasting chickens and will have one for Christmas (don’t like Turkey).
Made a keto chocolate pound cake yesterday. It’s pretty good but a wee bit dry….likely my fault, maybe I baked it too long. It’s very low carb and hasn’t affected my blood sugar. I love baking.
 
grantg said:
5.1 bucketing it down with rain, yellow warning for rain for next couple of days.

Amber warning for wind the joys. wonder if it will be possible to goto hospital tomorrow OR indeed if i can go can i GET BACK :O packing overnight bag just incase. chasing up consultant/dsn asked for advice regarding tomorrows steriod based spinal injection still waiting several weeks on. Maybe the weathers being nice forcing potential rescheduling

Come on weather play ball i get seasick at the best of times don't mind the rain so much.
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Winner for the blood results, hug for everything else is going on in your life. Hope you got the best for you.
 
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6.1 this morning. Could have been worse. Heavy day today as its the lunch club Christmas dinner. Me and another person do the cooking at the lunch club, one time I will do the savoury, the next i'll do the dessert. Its my way of being able to cook dessert which I enjoy cooking and not have to eat it, which I cant. We are supposed to alternate, this year I should have been doing the dessert, but no for the 3rd year in a row, I got landed with the main course, all because my OH used to be a butcher so he is tasked with sourcing the meat, so its presumed I will cook it. I don't mind so much but it would be nice if the other person put some effort in. I will be there from about 08:30 she will saunter in about 10:30 if not later. When its her turn to do the savoury, she will saunter in and dump the veg on the bench expecting someone else to prepare them. I get a bit fed up at times. To top it all, this year, the environmental officer may turn up. to grade us. He was supposed to be sending me an email which he has not done, so I don't know..... we shall see, but it all adds to the stress. So I am happy with the 6.1. And finished grumping now. Our clients are looking forward to a starter of Caribbean salad, (OP) no cooking, followed by roast Lamb, (cooked yesterday) with roast potatoes, roast parsnip roast sweet potatoes, sprouts and carrots plus Yorkshire pudding made from scratch. My vegetarian who eats fish will get Salmon with a cheese sauce and the same veg. Dessert - it will be Christmas pud (the microwavable kind,) with brandy sauce.
Wish me luck!
 
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libre: 5.6
managed to get off the isle and home umpteen hours later. left 9.15am home 7:30pm.long day. glad ferry was able to make a few runs. was informed if didn't attend clinic might be another couple of months wait. spinal steriod injection was done. little bit tender this time around after the local anesthic wore off. can take a little bit of time before starts to work.

asked the consultant a few questions whilst there effect on sugars alongside what was actually used. mostly positive responses. just to expect sugars raised but shouldnt be 'by too much' for a couple of weeks. very long half life for dexmethasome (steriod/cortisol prob butchered spelling). 2 jags the main one wasnt too bad after the initital local was done (lidocaine same as what dentists use apparently). This one was different steriod than the last. apparently should work for a little longer. got to sign consent before get it done states a fair few risks.

interesting effect on sugars just prior to having done and for first few hours raised a fair bit prob stress/anxiety adding to it settled down several hours later to a little above my normal. before arrived hosp 4.7! 6.5 before injection upto 11.9 staying put for a couple of hours before starting to come back down, no food til got home. had a half loaf size (400g) wholemeal bread Single Slice 9g carbs with cheese for dinner not the best choice for evening meal but hey ho couldnt be faffed cooking.

eaten a semi decent breakfast sugars currently 9.2 rising. single wheatabix and some scambeld egg alongside usual coffee :)

Ryhia said:
one time I will do the savoury, the next i'll do the dessert. Its my way of being able to cook dessert which I enjoy cooking and not have to eat it, which I cant. We are supposed to alternate, this year I should have been doing the dessert, but no for the 3rd year in a row.

would be nice if the other person put some effort in. I will be there from about 08:30 she will saunter in about 10:30 if not later. When its her turn to do the savoury, she will saunter in and dump the veg on the bench expecting someone else to prepare them. I get a bit fed up at times. To top it all, this year, the environmental officer may turn up. to grade us.

Dessert - it will be Christmas pud (the microwavable kind,) with brandy sauce.
Wish me luck!
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hope all goes well today good luck :)

have done a lot of cooking/baking for various friends alongside coffee mornings etc always put in a fair bit of effort here to ensure that everyones dietry needs are catered for allergies/glutenfree/sugar free etc. would be nice if they like your doing veggie option. hopefully they endeavour to make yourself something fairly lowcarb so included and don't have to perhaps pass on dessert. enjoy ps maybe the env officer not emailing means perhaps wont just be turning up :)

ps i posted a relatively lowcarb cheesecake recipe a wee while back if enjoy baking perhaps thats something your body could handle Very very light and morish filling :)

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Post in thread 'Hit a real low.'

ps if craving something sweetish heres a recipe i posted earlier on another thread.
I've listed the carbs for each ingrediant and totals.
approx 2.3-2.7g carbs per 100g(same as ml more or less) (depends on double/whipping cream) 300ml
approx 3-4g (depends on brand) supermarket own brand cheap soft cheese tub (200g)
keto lemon jelly - made upto 150ml water. (or can use gelatin - 4 leaves. or 10-12g powder)
rind of 2 lemon's juice of 1 (5g carbs)
1.5g low cal sweetner 1 1/2 desert spoon. (~0.5g is a teaspoon)

method:
boil 75g water add jelly/gelatin. finely grate rind off 2 lemons add to...
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https://sugarfreelondoner.com/low-carb-christmas-pudding/ this maybe worth while if like deserts 8g a portion spotted a few keto recipes for xmas pud in the forum.
 
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