MeiChanski
Well-Known Member
With the fitness test, I'm sure I can do it. I remember I couldn't do it when I was 14 and over weight. I stopped at lap 2 and my class started laughing at me. I'm sure I can beat 2 laps.
Still very close! I’m in Canterbury. Lots of trippers here too, prefer to avoid the town centre these days.
I’ve knocked my sensor off on day 2. Hopping mad! That and I have a bad back, which over a week has got progressively worse. (Old injury comes and goes) Things are not going welland September is a crazily busy month. Can see lots of cancellations coming on, as struggling to even get on and off the loo! Sorry for the whinging feeling sorry for myself.
We’ve got the painters coming this week to paint the outside of the bungalow. We’ve got a busy (ish) day with hubby having an INR blood test first thing, then breakfast at the local diner followed by a visit to Tynesfield House which is a NT property about 15 miles away.Good morning diabuddies, gosh it's Monday again and awoke on single figurestoday I'm spending the day redecorating feature wall in lounge
Have a great start to the week
We’ve got the painters coming this week to paint the outside of the bungalow. We’ve got a busy (ish) day with hubby having an INR blood test first thing, then breakfast at the local diner followed by a visit to Tynesfield House which is a NT property about 15 miles away.
I agree Fiasp can turn to water but take care if you are doing set changes with insulin direct from the fridge - cold insulin is much more prone to getting air bubbles and more likely to hurt when first injecting.
I don't know what your back up strategy is for your pump. Mine is the vial of insulin and a syringe which is with me most of the time. So, I can't keep my insulin in the fridge unless my backup is my pens ... which will be out of the fridge.
Your Fiasp strategy was certainly something I considered and tried for a few days when I was working from home but I realised it was unworkable for me.
It seems to last 15 days out of the fridge, provided I keep it out of direct sunlight.
Sorry @Dabootie I've nevefr done shift work and I don't envy anyone who has to try to adjust to that with T1. I'm sure it's doable, I've just never encountered it. Good luck!Afternoon all, late rising for me today. Had a gig in Milton Keynes last night and start my week of night shifts tonight. I find the shift work doesn’t really do me any favours BG wise...any tips?
The first 24 hours of a change are the worst...once you’ve got that out of the way it’s not too bad....until you get to the end of nights. I tend to finish at 06:30 and in bed by 09:00, sleep until @13:00 then get up and go out and do something so I can eat/sleep at a ‘normal’ time.Sorry @Dabootie I've nevefr done shift work and I don't envy anyone who has to try to adjust to that with T1. I'm sure it's doable, I've just never encountered it. Good luck!
Thanks Helen, my DSN is trying to get me a consultant appointment as she feels Libre will be good for me, maybe I’ll bring up the subject of a pump when that comes about. I’m going to be working nights every 6 weeks from now on and apart from the messing about with your body clock find the night shift fairly relaxing....although I have to do all my team reviews this week.....@Dabootie thankfully I have never worked shifts but I understand that some people find a pump makes it easier as you can adjust your basal profile.
Slow acting insulins such as Lantus assume you need the same amount of insulin all day but this is rarely the case as many see with Dawn Phenomenon. A pump allows you to set different basal rates for different times of the day. This is called a basal profile (or basal pattern depending on the pump manufacturer).
With a pump you can set up a day shift profile and a night shift profile (as well as a lazy day profile, a "shark week" profile, an exercise day profile, ...). I think @Mel dCP has tried this.
If you often work night shifts, it could be worthwhile talking to your diabetes team about whether you could have a pump. You may need to prepare your argument with some night shift BG readings to compare with day shift to prove what a pain it is.
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