Morning from that London and some eye wateringly high levels after takeaway two nights running. I’ve obviously got to hone my carb counting skills for random plastic boxes of spicy food... I hit 13 on Friday night and 16 last night. Ouch. A 2.45u rage bolus this morning will probably have me through the floor later, but let’s see. And I feel hideous, I’ve not hit double figures in MONTHS. The march was amazing yesterday, I’ve seen my blue wig and 5m flagpole combo of a Welsh windsock and Celtic Nations flag plus 8’ EU job on the front of many of the online newspapers, including the Guardian, Times and BBC. Unofficial polices estimates are that two million people were on the streets. Was a lovely carnival atmosphere, I saw hardly any police. Met up with old school friends and my son’s godfather too.
Back to reality and the day job of teaching physics tomorrow. At least my food will be back to normal, and hopefully my sugars. But first brunch in my favourite Turkish restaurant here in lovely Wood Green. I can deal with my usual meal of menemen there! A gentle stroll around the market to buy some interesting vegetables and proper halloumi, and it’s home to the Rhondda, collecting teenager en route. HideousSmallDiesel has proved itself very comfortable and pleasant to drive on a long journey in heavy traffic, much to my annoyance. And it does over sixty to the gallon. I almost don’t mind it
Good morning lovely people. Awoke on a 7.8. before bed 5,8, i had a few hypo's yesterday afternoon, but treated them withwhich they so rightly deserve
Had a fantastic time at Brooklands yesterday, didn't see all of it though, but it was fantastic, especially on board Concorde and the Barnes Wallace bouncing bomb was enormousloved it all
Dinner was all ready when we got back and we enjoy the sausage casserole and fresh fruit with crème fraîche. Took lots of photo's, so I will have to fathom a way of making them smaller to upload on here, without them being too small
Take care and Happy Sunday x
Good morning everyone im back off to bed been up all night coughing soon as my head hits the pillow it starts but is much worse through the night so will try for a few hours now enjoy whats left of the weekend lovely an sunny here in liverpool but a bit chilly
Morning all
Yesterday was gym followed by eating: hummus and falafel wraps, carrot cake, pizza, chocolates. Bf tends to crave carbs when he's ill and his snottiness is still sniffing. It would be unsupportive not to join him. Bg a tad high this morning but correction has bought it down. I just need to get my body to the gym so I can continue to be supportive today.
Unrelated to food, I may try to resist the temptation to wind up other forum members. Oops.
@Fairygodmother isn’t Libre’s at dawn banter?
Wind ups lack the fun satirical/daft/sappy reply.
Morning from that London and some eye wateringly high levels after takeaway two nights running. I’ve obviously got to hone my carb counting skills for random plastic boxes of spicy food... I hit 13 on Friday night and 16 last night. Ouch. A 2.45u rage bolus this morning will probably have me through the floor later, but let’s see. And I feel hideous, I’ve not hit double figures in MONTHS.
I’m afraid it wasn’t a misprint, it really was just 2.45 units. And I went quite hypo three hours later... down to 3.1mmol - I probably would have been ok with just half that amount! I rarely take more than a unit at a time, because I don’t eat carbs (well, I try to limit myself to <30g a day from vegetables), so my doses are very small. Took 12g dextrose and 60 minutes with my pump suspended to bring me back up, which isn’t a lot for many people, but again I work with very small quantities. I’ve been thinking about that on the drive home from London, actually. The healthy human body typically has just five grams of glucose circulating in the blood. So it shouldn’t take a great deal to fix a hypo UNLESS we have too much (artificial) insulin circulating in the first place that needs “mopping up”. I suspect once the basal is dialled in just right, highs and lows can be corrected with smaller amounts of either insulin or glucose. Wish I had all the answers but as I see it, basal testing is key. Once the foundation is right, we can build something stable on it.Oh Mel. Although you have my commiserations for "feeling hideous"... your hideous is my dream.
Went to bed at 5.2. Woke up at 15 !
Even though i tried to eat very little today and kept on bashing insulin into myself i STILL went up to 23. Is it a miss-print when you said that you had a Rage Bolus of 2.45?
My Rage Bolus, after lunch today, was 25 units of Novarapid (there is no missing decimal point there).
That finally pushed it down below 10 but even though xDrip originally said i would go into Hypo after 1 hour, it actually bottomed-out at 6 after 3 hours. (I just don't understand my condition some days)
But honestly, i am not complaining. Before my MiaoMiao and xDrip i rarely went below 10, except when i went blasting straight through it on the way to a Hypo. Since getting my MiaoMiao and using xDrip i can at least see what is going on, although I still don't understand WHY things happen. What works one day (95% Time in Target Wednesday) simply doesn't the next (21% Time in Target Thursday) - same food, same insulin, same work.
Hope you have a FLAT day tomorrow.
Live Long and Prosper.
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