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Type 1'stars R Us

Morning fellow teabags hope you all had a good night.

After the terrible overnight BG of past week, for past 2 days overnight BG has been just about perfect, in fact actually falling around 1.5 overnight, but fairly flat. Woke to a slight hypo of 3.4 this morning but overall pleased with past few nights.

Which begs the question why the highs prior to that. Still using same insulin and eating same things etc. Yup probably down to wearing red polka dot boxers and lime green socks

Hope you all have a good day
 
@smc4761 definitely a colour/pattern problem leads to a lack of sartorial elegance and madam has a hissy. I was told that hypo level has been redrawn and is now classified as anything under 3.5 instead of 3.9 so it was only a little one... hope you're OK though
 
Hi Sue,curious to know where you heard t the info re level of hypo? NHS and Diabetes UK still give 'below 4'. Thanks
 
Morning all.

Who wants to see an "interesting" graph from a long termer who should know better

Started the day on a 10.9 hhmmmmm not sure why but fine inject, breakfast and out. Just about to go out and something did not feel right.

And Low and behold



Yep guess which, smeg head, twonk, numpty, idiot, foolish idiot, pillock, and all other expletives forgot to inject before eating? and I have a headache which no doubt it caused by said high flying. ~sigh~

Now I'm annoyed with myself for such a school boy error, but goes to show that even seasoned professionals sometimes slip up.

Yes I know by to look of things I will hypo later, that's fine it what I want as I can manage it much more easily from that point. BUT that's just me.
 
7.8 last night, 7.9 this morning (but would have been even happier if it was a lower number).

new barrier spray did not work, Libre fell off leaving a nice red raw Tat - the annoying thing is I don't usually react to other plasters or what not just CGM devices!
 

Mine does the 'predicting hypo' thing too yet I know the Fiasp will run out before it gets there. I don't think you're any of those things Knikki for making a mistake on a monday morning. Guess who forgot to set an expiry on the snooze for warning in xDrip after a late night correction?

 
G'day all
Woke this morning to a nice 4.1 which felt a lot worst! Had my breakfast (Krave....sooooo nice) paying for the Krave now as am 13. Me thinks I mis-calculated. Correction is taking forever to work. Tomorrows Krave will have double the insulin lol
@Knikki we all forget to inject before we eat. Its knowing that you didn't is the winning thing to note there! I have checked my pump a few times this morning to make sure I pressed "deliver bolus".
 
Ar’ernoon all, and good luck with the procedure @SueJB. Hope you’ve got a treat lined up for tonight. Don’t do a knikki . It’s always a slightly sadistic relief to hear that other people sometimes forget to inject too. It’s that nighttime basal one that’s the worst - did I? didn’t I? Shall I risk the high? Or shall I risk the hypo?
Poor cat’s not well so cat and I are off to the vet later. He’s a big boy and I’ve just bought an extra big cat carrier for him. It’s self assembly so fingers in ears.
 

Keep us updated and madam needs to be careful with a quick prick!!!
 

I've been bitten at least once by forgetting I've done a nighttime basal and doing it again. The novopen Echo is good for stopping this.

In other news my dried out meter gave up on Saturday - it can now talk to the computer, but the screen is dead and it doesn't seem to respond to button presses. Back to miaomiao only for the last two days of the sensor, then new meter can start.
 
Cat carrier built, well, assembled, so good to go. Poor cat’s spent the day, and last night, sleeping so hoping he’s giving his immune system all the energy he’s got.
He had a Paris Hilton style tiny dog carrier to begin with, the kind that’s made for Manhattan, but it just wouldn’t be fair to squeeze him into that when he’s poorly-bad
 
hh1 said:
Hi Sue,curious to know where you heard t the info re level of hypo? NHS and Diabetes UK still give 'below 4'. Thanks
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@hh1 is was a couple of weeks ago when I did the Dafne course
 
Thanks @Fairygodmother I arrived at Endoscopy at 9.20 for a 9.30 appointment. Their TV screen advised patience as their procedures sometimes overran. At 11.45 I'd had enough and asked the receptionist if I was going to be seen and when.
The young madam accused me of not having registered at the reception, I had and had also advised them I was diabetic as stipulated. The receptionist who I'd initially given my documents to was there and the two of them had a row. Turned out the 2nd receptionist had decided I hadn't turned up and filed my medical notes and appointment papers instead of giving me priority treatment.
Little madam when off to see the manager and was told to wait!!! WAIT!! I'd waited for 1.45mins for nothing. Manager came, profuse apologises and they would get someone to see me shortly. "Not good enough, I need to be seen immediately or I'm going to have a hypo"
I was in and being seen to 10mins later.
The moral of the story, don't be so patient and don't bother following instructions to tell the NHS you're diabetic
Forgot then to bolus for the food as you did @Knikki , my madam is now raging, too high to print!
 

The adrenaline’s no doubt had a hand in bs too. Hope you deal with it as firmly as you dealt with the incompetent reception-madam!
 
Fairygodmother said:
The adrenaline’s no doubt had a hand in bs too. Hope you deal with it as firmly as you dealt with the incompetent reception-madam!
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Thanks @Fairygodmother I was very firm and controlled my anger. I'm extremely patient but as everyone knows red headed Leos have a formidable temper. Everyone makes mistakes and the incompetent madam made a blinder
 
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