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@Mel dCP Well in and the best of luck with it!

Morning y'all 10.1 late waking and a slow drop from my fast acting so am surgery bound to politely demand a new Humalog script post haste, or I am once I've finally eaten my food, he says with his finger tapping the table, grrrr.

2 mornings running I've slept thru the alarm.
 
I slept badly, so sweaty I changed the sheets. Too much info??? Checked Madam BG and she was running a bit high = 6.8.
Back to sleep and Madam had decided on a bit of peace at 4.2
I don't think I'd want a meter to tell me which way Madam is going, I'd panic in either direction
Well done @Mel dCP
 

My MiaoMiao has now died

Can't see it on any Bluetooth and even using the reset button it only stays visible for about 5 minutes.

Anyway pinged an email off to Brilliant but they will have knocked off by now so guess it will be tomorrow before I hear anything.

Pain but have managed to survive for this long with out it so should be OK
 
Aargh. Heard that the customer service is pretty good for 90% of their customers. Fingers crossed. How do you add things on Xdrip?? Ie bolus and carbs???
 
With a blood of 10.4 and rising I'm having a food free lunch, I took .5u as a correction but it's very slow, I've a script to pick up this aft so I'm not sulking much.

The usual thoughts flying around my head "is it the fast acting? have I got a bug? is it the temperature? is it 'cos I missed a swim? Has the ex cast a spell as I told her to hop back on her broomstick as a seasonal greeting the other day? Is it aliens?
 
Afternoon all, and thanks for all the good wishes. Just filled in the occupational health form, so let’s see if my diabetes will “Mel’s cat” things up.

This chest infection thing has my BG levels all over the shop. Ugh. It’s time to go to my quilting groups, but my levels have decided to plummet just as I need to drive Had to cry off last week because of the same thing, am distinctly unimpressed. Will be having a close look at my pump settings, but it only happens on a Tuesday!

I have two black cats and a pointy hat, @helensaramay And I have cauldrons as plant pots all around my garden... also, @slip - could I have my broomstick back now?
 

Hi and thanks Kev, I have been very up and down and finding life and my job difficult, stress levels rocket at times, I don't want to take tablets, but life after July, has changed me, trying to do a little Yoga, but I have no get up and go and tend to withdraw. BS has been through the roof as well.
But in a weeks time ( 16th) it will be darling daughter's 18th birthday, so something to celebrate.
Hope you are doing okay Kev.
 
Bit or a 'mare post 11a, today woke up with a 5.5 then 4.5 at about 10:30 had usual protien (7g carbs 15g 20gp) bar snack and it's up to 12, had lunch and now it's showing 12.2 and rising so did a blood and it's actually 10.1
 
Quick question for the Xdrip+ users. I just calibrated using a BG test, reading was 4.8. Entered it into Xdrip and a few minutes later had the double up arrow and my the reading from the Libre to Xdrip was 7.8. I thought it calibrated to show a more precise Libre reading compared to BG reading???
 
slip said:
Thats fantastic news @Mel dCP

@Japes I love your teaching technique - next you'll be getting your students to work out your dosages etc.
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I did today! (Lunch is pretty predictable and I do have a 1:10 ratio and a student who's just started learning about them!)
 
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xDrip will sometimes calibrate to what your BSL reading is but if Drip is saying 4.0 and then you enter a BSL reading of 7.0 then it will double arrow up until it sorts itself out.

It is "more" precise but I find it is rarely the same as a BSL and don't forget it is still reading the Libre which is still in the same place so will still lag behind bloods (if that make sense)
 
Hot pants @Knikki, I remember them well, known as cold knickers from time to time - I leave you all to fill in the cold knicker situations.
Went for a surgery check up today that left me fuming: if Santorini were T1 etc. etc.
Nurse: HbA1c - 46, wow.
Me: Yes, but I’ve had a few hypos. And I get DP. The 0.5 dose is too much sometimes. I’d like a pump.
Nurse: well, the CCG only gives them to the worst cases.
Me: I’m 49 years into a life sentence.
Nurse: ignores comment.
Me: I want to stay between 5 & 8, it feels bad when I’m higher and I still have hypo awareness.
Nurse: have you got a logbook?
Me: hands over libre reader opened at logbook.
Nurse: yes, there are lots of hypos.
Me: It’s set at 5 to 8.
Nurse: I think you need to run higher. I’ve a recommendation to make.
Me: oh?
Nurse: I want to discuss it with . . . (Other DSN) first.
Me: But what are you thinking would be a fix.
Nurse: No, I’ll discuss it first.
Me, getting mildly irritated: It’s my body, and the NHS doesn’t own me, please tell me your thoughts.
Nurse: No, I’ll discuss it first.

Then she took my blood pressure!

Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!
 
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