Type 1'stars R Us

[kitedoc]

@SueJB I'm sorry to read of your loss, blood sugars do get messed up at times like that so take care.

I had a lazier day than I planned, fairly stable till 7pm and a rapid Lanus drop (19 hours in) caught me out on as I had a late tea, 3.5 so I injected and ate and levelled off at 7 where I've stayed, but the bolus tail is yet to start so it's 2 Weetabix, bed and hope it doesn't spike.

All power to the Weetbix.

 

[kitedoc]

@SueJB, Loss of a close one is harrowing. My condolences and best wishes.
Humans and other animals like our cousins (my distant relatives) apes and chimps, and dolphins/orcas have complex social systems. We congregate, associate, depend on one another; we argue, agree, fight, resolve things (but please do not touch or eat my Nutella). We like, hate, form relationships, sometimes end them: and through it all we come to know of love, yearning, loss and grief.
Without these things would we still be human? Without hurt would we remember so well.?
And why does grief hit us so hard and yet we usually survive it ? (Nutella thievery aside) !
Why is it that bad, uncomfortable memories fade over time? And that sometimes memories of other experiences worsen?
Of the great minds that influenced us last century and into this one, Einstein wrote that: (the italics are mine):
"Strange is our situation here on Earth. However there is one thing that we do know - that man (all humans) are here for the sake of other men (humans), above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy" My thanks to scriptwriters of "Northern Exposure" for this quote appearing in one of the homilies read out by "Chris in the Morning" on K-Bear radio !!

 

[kitedoc]

Time for bed, and to lie under my ceiling fan at full Chinook helicopter power.

BG is 6.5mmol now, half a unit IOB still, so should level out around mid-fives in the next half hour or so. Thank you all so much for your advice and support during my little experiment today, really means a lot xxx

Sleep well, friends <3

Just repeat as you lay there: This is not "Apochalypse Now"

 

[karen8967]

Good morning everyone

 

[kitedoc]

I have two sewing machines. So what you say, it is a boast, or just a bit of toast?
The ancient industrial Pfaff one has a needle guard, making it most unlikely to have one's fingers drawn in under the needle.
EEwgggh, the thought of having a finger stitched through the nail is horrifying !!
But in a hypo it could happen !
I do thank whoever invented the needle guard and now I have to see whether the old domestic Elna can be fitted with one.
When is it better to not let a lady through a door before a gentleman? When safety should go first.

 

[kitedoc]

Good morning everyone

Thank you @karen8967 for the cheery greeting . I slept until 11 am (Oz time) but do not tell anyone else. They will wish to do the same ! Enjoy your day and what you have learnt about pumps. As I said on another post: Would not a T shirt with "Insulin Pumper" on it be cool ??

 

[kitedoc]

Goodnight sleep well everyone View attachment 27497

Ha ! ha ! Mondayitis is real !

 

[kitedoc]

Why is it hospital wards always seem to be kept at about 300 degrees c! Working on them is hell never mind being a patient trying to get better.

I hope you're starting to feel much better and hope you'll get home asap!

I reckon they need to do surveys measuring ambient ward temperatures between hospitals and seeing if there is any correlation to infection rates (say after surgery) !!

 

[kitedoc]

Hangman time for that? Simple mate - it’s the name of my husband’s cat

And thank you. Not in range much at the moment, but I like a challenge!

The Aussie saying 'Hang ten' is a 'pure expression'. It relates to the surfer's stance on a surf board where all ten toes are gripping the front of the board. It is a rather daunting stance and so the expression is about maintaining one's resolve in the face of real or imagined danger or risk. No pet names at present though !!

i find when im hoovering my levels start to drop quite rapidly its mad isnt it

 

[kitedoc]

The Aussie saying 'Hang ten' is a 'pure expression'. It relates to the surfer's stance on a surf board where all ten toes are gripping the front of the board. It is a rather daunting stance and so the expression is about maintaining one's resolve in the face of real or imagined danger or risk. No pet names at present though !!

It shows that hoovering is real work and should not be dismissed as somehow inferior to " a man's work "!! Dare them to swap any day !!

 

[kitedoc]

Good morning everyone, woke up at 4.8 this morning and very happy with that. Since then the DPs been slowly coming down from a rise to 7.9. 3u so far, twice the usual as it includes breakfast bolus. Waiting for the down arrow.

May the arrow direction always be in your favour !!

 

[kitedoc]

My best car was the engine I'd taken from my old Mk 1 Trooper as I'd run out of chassis to weld to I bought a Vauxhall Frontera with a blown 2.3 engine and put my 2.8 engine in, finished it the day before my youngest was born and it lasted 5 years and did over 33k mikes ( https://www.fronteraowners.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=232 ) I'm willowkevin on that extremely long thread . I never got 'bikes' as in my younger days I rode a Vespa around the country

Well done. Do you happen to renovate old sewing machines too ?

 

[kitedoc]

Goodmorning everyone enjoy whats left of the weekend

yeah. Kite flying !!!

 

[kitedoc]

@kev-w I’m also a “bottom feeder” when it comes to cars, currently rocking a 2002 Ford Focus while the husband is blaring around in a 2001 Nissan Micra. Still miss my ‘72 Land Rover, but it literally disintegrated... My bikes are pretty old too, can’t see the point in a new one!

I think my old industrial sewing machine is circa 1970's. It has done many miles and given the repairs it has done it has probably saving 9 x as many stitches. It allows me to imagine miles of kite flying without moving from home !!
Modesty prevents me from sewing bridal dresses and the like ( as well as the brick bats to follow)!!!

 

[karen8967]

Thank you @karen8967 for the cheery greeting . I slept until 11 am (Oz time) but do not tell anyone else. They will wish to do the same ! Enjoy your day and what you have learnt about pumps. As I said on another post: Would not a T shirt with "Insulin Pumper" on it be cool ??

It certainly would be cool i wish i could lie in but im in work been in since 6.45am i am gonna read up on all the different pumps for my next appointment im determined now

 

[kitedoc]

It certainly would be cool i wish i could lie in but im in work been in since 6.45am i am gonna read up on all the different pumps for my next appointment im determined now

No rest for the wicked and even less for the righteous.!! There have been some good Qs and As on one pump brand vs another on the Pump forum. A rep is likely to skate over the disadvantages of the pump they are promoting where as a pump user will soon let you know what works and what sucks !! Happy comparing !!

 

[Knikki]

I want a pump so I can get better control during “shark week” without having to take fifteen billion injections. It’s a full time job, I would like to automate it! I have a life as well.... if it wasn’t for this particular week, I’d be happy to continue using MDI, tbh. But 25-30% of the time it requires such minute by minute micromanaging that I can’t effectively do anything else. Hopefully all this data will prove that I can a) use the data from my Libre effectively and have invested my own money in a MiaoMiao to get the maximum benefit from it; b) know how to use tiny doses of insulin to nudge my BG levels into line; c) am finally taking control of the flippin’ thing - they’ve already said I’ve got the best control I’ve ever had and can see how hard I’ve had to work to get that. But I can’t keep this up forever using injections. Today’s exercise shows what happens if I don’t constantly correct.

@Knikki - while my personal target is non-d levels, when all this is happening, I can’t even get NHS/NICE levels without stopping myself every thirty minutes!

@Scott-C - I don’t drink beer any more, that would just add another layer of difficulty!

Edit: down to 10.4 and feeling a lot better. Peaked at 17.1...

Arh? Right it see it's shark week that throws you out of control, interesting, well hope all this does get you a pump.

 

[Knikki]

Annoyed and yep this time of the morning.
Out last night had curry, i also have download the carb count details from Bertie online.
So was 6.8 calculated about 80 grams carb so 1 for 10 in goes 8.
Fine.
Hour later up at 12.5, ok expected that, dump another 4 in, Novo Rapid.
10pm dropped to 3.5, did not expect that, so couple of Jaffa cakes and in with the lantus.

This morning.

Etch A Sketch is at 15.9 going up. Gggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 rapid ( don't care if it crashed me that's what i want now) plus the rest of the lantus.

It is baking hot in this room so that might not be helping. Or this carb count last night was seriously wrong, if that's the case why it drop so low last night?

Or this whole carb counting thing from a list is less use than me using Mk1 eye ball, adding how old I am divided by the distance to the moon and adding 5 to get the dose i need.

Sorry for the ******** of this just royally hacked of at the moment.

So bad I've crash my SPV in disgust.

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[kev-w]

Well done. Do you happen to renovate old sewing machines too ?

funnily enough I've tried mending an old singer m/c earlier this year, but unsuccessfully I'm afraid, I bought a Stussy t-shirt from E-bay and it wears like a mini skirt so I was going to take it up, but anyway

Hypo again, 2.8 on the Libre & 3.5 on a finger stick but I'm ok, a little headache waiting to start and a medium porridge waiting to be eaten then my little un to take to school and windows to clean.

Have a good day y'all

 

[kitedoc]

Arh? Right it see it's shark week that throws you out of control, interesting, well hope all this does get you a pump.

The challenge then is getting on the pump list. I leave that to the those in the UK and I think they are some recent threads involving Mel dCP about what 'evidence' helps.
In Oz the two things that helped me to get a pump were: 1) that my HBA1C was above 7.5 % (in old money), 2) on 8 + injections per day plus also 3) suffering from night hypos. And that was/is as a mere male !!