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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

My Libre reader has started giving me error messages and telling me if I get the message again, I should contact Customer Services. I assume that is Abbot. But then it goes back to working again. I still have 9 days to go on this sensor, so am not going to send it away while there's still life left in the sensor. It says 7.7 at the moment and I assume it's there or thereabouts.

The pomegranate juice really hurt my stomach and made me feel pretty sick, so I had a couple of ginger biscuits to settle that and make sure that BG rose. It did - to 7.9. Not going to take my pill today. Start again tomorrow with 43 u of the Tresibo. And I'll make sure to have a bigger breakfast.
Sorry you've felt rotten! As for eating a bigger breakfast, if they increase your dosage of semaglutide, you may find you appetite decreases big-time! I know mine has - hence the weight loss!
 
Obviously a day for people to remember this day 25 years ago. Especially relevant here surrounded by US service people and families.
We were in New York 25 years ago visiting Mr K's uncle. So many brave firemen died trying to save others.

Mr K's uncle lived in Riverdale and so many of the firemen who died lived in that district. We went to a beautiful church service there in remembrance of those firemen.
 
5.9 this morning. Mr K not still quite sore after the incident with the ladder but the bruising is going down.
My husband fell off a ladder almost exactly a year ago; broke his nose and was very badly bruised and shocked. Poor man. At the time, I was convalescing from a fairly serious eye operation, and couldn't really look after him. We had been due to go down to my then 97-year-old mother's to keep her company while my sister (her primary carer) was away; in the end, it was she who had to look after us! Today, we went down to our church as we wanted to hang a picture we'd bought for the new community room, and that involved his going up a ladder, which I don't want him to do any more, but it was a (very rickety) stepladder and I held on to it while he was on the top step, so all was well. But not pleasant!
 
Sorry you've felt rotten! As for eating a bigger breakfast, if they increase your dosage of semaglutide, you may find you appetite decreases big-time! I know mine has - hence the weight loss!
My appetite has already reduced even with the small dose I am on. I can see how it will help to lose weight. DIL has been on the medication for a few months now and is up to 8mg a day. She reports a very much reduced appetite and 31/2 stone lost. She also has much more energy than she used to have and using a lot less insulin. I'm hopeful that it affects me in the same way. DIL doesn't seem to have suffered much in the way of stomach problems (except heartburn sometimes) but a friend on injections certainly did. However, she thinks it's worth working through that for the advantages.
 
Blood sugars were 7.9 this morning.

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those like Mrs J and me, me’s and myself had a very late get out bed this morning, in fact it’s past 11:00am and I’m still in my sleeping attire, lazy is the order of today :-)
I feel a late morning nap approaching.
 
Morning all. 4.6 here on the date when in 1916 Ben P died in France. I guess from what we know he had in his almost 3 decades never been far outside the Hurstingstone Hundred of old Huntingdonshire before WW1. I have the letter to his mother from the King and his medal. Moving on, hugs for Mr K and Mr Redboots - belated for Mr R but yesterday must have brought back memories. Falls from ladders are not nice. I can't do ladders due to a combination of issues but I used to be volunteered by my Grandfather to tackle the highest plum trees - he knew where the 50 rung ladder was: of course he did he planted the tree and left the ladder there. He called them keeper trees and they were at the edge of the orchards. I think they were called Prince of Wales. Mr father returned home early from work one day and mum asked what was wrong. He said nothing really, I just fell down a ladder - from the top of a local rectory he was repairing :arghh: Peace be with you all.
 
Yesterday's post - Must have forgotten to press the 'Post' button:

7.7 at 03.30 today.
Smaller dose of basal insulin. Down to 43 today. No bolus with breakfast. Still in the 6's/7's.

That lasted all day until evening, when it dropped into the 3's and I had to take action (2 digestive biscuits). If this is gout in my hands, I'll have to give up on the digestives as an emergency remedy - oatmeal apparently is a No-No for gout. Not that I eat oatmeal anyway - its only use for me is to push BG up into safe levels after a hypo.

So - today: 3.7 as I got up - Libre tells me. By the time I got through to the kitchen it was 4.2 and safe enough to take painkillers and tea. However, just as I was dressing, Libre started again - 3.7! Had my 'overnight emergency' can of espresso and it is back into the 4's.

Even though tiny, these pills are very effective in reducing BG. Not really sure how quickly I should reduce the basal dose of insulin. I've gone from 49u a week ago, in 2u steps to 43u and it's still too much, I think. 41u tomorrow and I'll try to get hold of the diabetes nurse at the Practice - if she'll take any interest in me, since she referred me back to the hospital. She's a nice lass though, so she probably will take time to think about it.
 
5.2 yesterday. 5.9 today.
A relaxing day today. Mr K is improving after overdoing it and ending up in a lot of pain. He felt really bad about me taking on his jobs while I am so busy. Have persuaded him that it is the most sensible way forward and he will recover much quicker if he is sensible.

Actually @alf_Josiah I wondered if Mrs AJ would be willing to come here and enforce the rules :)
 
My husband fell off a ladder almost exactly a year ago; broke his nose and was very badly bruised and shocked. Poor man. At the time, I was convalescing from a fairly serious eye operation, and couldn't really look after him. We had been due to go down to my then 97-year-old mother's to keep her company while my sister (her primary carer) was away; in the end, it was she who had to look after us! Today, we went down to our church as we wanted to hang a picture we'd bought for the new community room, and that involved his going up a ladder, which I don't want him to do any more, but it was a (very rickety) stepladder and I held on to it while he was on the top step, so all was well. But not pleasant!
That must have been so difficult for both of you. Good that you have both recovered.
I totally agree with you about ladders. I don't want him to go anywhere near a ladder unless I am there.
 
Morning all. 4.6 here on the date when in 1916 Ben P died in France. I guess from what we know he had in his almost 3 decades never been far outside the Hurstingstone Hundred of old Huntingdonshire before WW1. I have the letter to his mother from the King and his medal. Moving on, hugs for Mr K and Mr Redboots - belated for Mr R but yesterday must have brought back memories. Falls from ladders are not nice. I can't do ladders due to a combination of issues but I used to be volunteered by my Grandfather to tackle the highest plum trees - he knew where the 50 rung ladder was: of course he did he planted the tree and left the ladder there. He called them keeper trees and they were at the edge of the orchards. I think they were called Prince of Wales. Mr father returned home early from work one day and mum asked what was wrong. He said nothing really, I just fell down a ladder - from the top of a local rectory he was repairing :arghh: Peace be with you all.
yes @ianpspurs ladders are very dangerous. For your father to be able to walk after falling from the top of a ladder is really amazing
 
4.9 here today and probably 4.3 yesterday. I say probably as I have my doubts about the accuracy of this sensor. It seems to be accurate for some frequently eaten meals/foods but does seem to drop into the 3s when that seems unlikely. I'm very sceptical over the two hour 5.5 for 2 slices of Jason's protein sourdough with peanut butter - around 28 gms carb. I know my body does react like that to a hot cross bun or slice of Pannettone so that may be accurate but a more usual level would be higher. Anyhow, more work is needed on courgette chips /zuccihini fritti/fritters and adapting JKP's Hello Fresh menu. Balsamic glaze is a no no - rocket/arugula doesn't need that anyhow. More First World problems. Peace be with you this Holy Cross Day. We have basil - in a normal pot not the one Keats/Boccaccio wrote about.
 
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