Thanks that's really good to know @helensaramay My fitngers are getting quite bruised with all the extra testingOnce your body has got over the stress of your steroid injection, your insulin sensitivity will return to normal.
When that happens could be days or weeks away (my steroid impact lasted 2 weeks others have said a few days). That is one reason for the extra testing: so you can catch the return as soon as possible and return your insulin dose to normal.
Normality will resume.
@helensaramay that's fine for the reminder. Funnily enough, when first diagnosed I was told not to use my thumb or the finger next to it, don't know why, possibly something to do with doing buttons up with.Apologies if I trying to teach you to suck eggs but you should be able to finger prick without getting major bruising.
- warm your hands first so the blood flows easily and you do not need to squeeze your finger. Shaking your hands helps. But remember to do that before pricking (as I learnt from experience when wearing a white shirt).
- adjust prick depth (no sniggering boys) to the minimum needed to get some blood
- prick the side of your finger. Not the pad.
- change the lancet at least every other time but preferably each prick.
- rotate your fingers. If one finger starts to hurt miss it out. Don't forget thumbs.
In other news....
Planing a "naked" lamb burger & salad tonight & a quiet night in listening to euro metal..
Just found this well produced gem.. A sort of "I will survive" for the head bangers out there..
Enjoy!
I think I spent the whole night in the 4's. It's not something I aim for, as a bit too close to hypo territory for comfort but I still love it when it happens. Finger prick said 4.9 upon waking, Libre said 3.9 with an almost perfectly straight line between 3.1 and 3.9 (all in annoying red of course) so I suppose I've been hovering between 4 and 5.
Wish I knew how I pulled that trick off though. If I knew I would repeat it every night but just the slightest bit higher
The walk yesterday morning may have helped but I don't think it's very likely as it hasn't happened before on days with about the same intensity of exercise. Had a late and quite carby dinner and I was kind of annoyed with myself for eating so late that my after dinner numbers had only about settled when I went to sleep, so food isn't a likely cause of the flat line either.
Back to the color of my underwear I guess (haven't worn socks for weeks so we can rule that out).
I'm afraid I'll never be sure, but I'll scan my sensor a bit more often than usual today, only to admire that pretty line on the screen again
I've heard through the grapevine that DAFNE is being updated to include a module called "Diabetes and Decadence - how to relax in a lovely hot bath without your cgm sensor falling off."
The initial drafts are advocating reclining in the bath with the sensor arm hanging loosely over the side of the bath in a louche, rakish fashion so as to (a) keep the sensor out of the water, and (b) hold a glass of champagne.
Luckily just a scratch.Sorry to hear that.. You have my commiserations.
Is it more a scratch, or have the panel/s been creased?
I love Archenemy! I saw them at Wembley Arena a couple of years ago and they were brilliantShe really does sing like that - it's not dubbed or anything.
Oh, I've just cut a small rectangle and placed it over the sensor. It said on for two weeks in just baths.@ert I tried using kinesiology tape for swimming but abandoned it as I couldn't find a way to wrap it round my own arm and keep it on. If you've got someone to help, should be fine. I abandoned it as I already use transparent plaster (originally Tegaderm, now Hydrofilm - I get mine from the diabetes nurse at my GP's surgery so I take whatever they're allowed to give out. I know some people on here don't have helpful surgeries and buy Tegaderm from a pharmacy). That on its own worked fine for me; getrs a bit tatty after a week or so and then I trim it and bung another one on top. I guess it may also depend on how long you stay in the water; usually about half an hour for me.
Brilliant, thank you so much. I'll give it a go because although I know I need to vary the fingers, i forget what the last one I used wasI was only told to avoid the pad so have been using 8 or 10 digits for 15 years with no trouble.
Actually, I split my day into 4, separated by meals and sleep and allocate a finger per time slot. My little finger is breakfast to lunch, ring finger is lunch to evening meal... pointy finger is bedtime and through the night. Then my thumb is backup in case of finger injury.
And I nearly alternate hands. Left hand for odd dates (yesterday - the 3rd) and right hand today. It results in a slight left hand bias on months with odd numbers of days but it is easy to remember.
Luckily just a scratch.
Lady in the next road over may have solved the mystery for me. Just chatting and she mentioned our road being blocked off last week to a removal van that was “struggling to get into a space.”
Luckily just a scratch.
Lady in the next road over may have solved the mystery for me. Just chatting and she mentioned our road being blocked off last week to a removal van that was “struggling to get into a space.”
All you have to do now is find out who remembers which company the van was from. They'll have logs of which vehicle went where when, so that could be very helpful!
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