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karen8967 said:
cumbs im sick of clearing mine we have a big tree right in front of our house its massive and still got loads of leaves on it i go brush them up ive no sooner put lid down on garden bin and fronts full again logic tells me wait till all leaves have fell but i dont listen to myself .....come to think of it no one else does in this house :)
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Karen I’ve just watched the pile of leaves double today fassen rassen
 
Oh heck... the words "Oh, my mum has diabetes, I know ALL about it, plus I'm diabetes-trained, and I can inject you if you need it...." induced a most terrible attack of the internal hee-bee-jee-bees when an over-enthusiastic new colleague spotted my lunchtime check with student reading the number for me for his number reading practise for the day! In my world, we use anything to get education happening...

I pointed out all that was needful for anyone in my team to know was where the emergency cans of full-sugar Coke were, get Main Colleague if need be, (who I do trust in a crisis - and at the moment trusting other people is not easy) and if I were a medical emergency phone 999 - oh, and if it wasn't on me, ask a student where my meds bag was for paramedics information

Other colleagues assured new colleague there was no need to worry..., There may have to be more information imparted later, but I wasn't up to explaining the complexities of a LADA diagnosis on a 4.2 which was probably dropping.
 
Japes said:
Oh heck... the words "Oh, my mum has diabetes, I know ALL about it, plus I'm diabetes-trained, and I can inject you if you need it...." induced a most terrible attack of the internal hee-bee-jee-bees when an over-enthusiastic new colleague spotted my lunchtime check with student reading the number for me for his number reading practise for the day! In my world, we use anything to get education happening...

I pointed out all that was needful for anyone in my team to know was where the emergency cans of full-sugar Coke were, get Main Colleague if need be, (who I do trust in a crisis - and at the moment trusting other people is not easy) and if I were a medical emergency phone 999 - oh, and if it wasn't on me, ask a student where my meds bag was for paramedics information

Other colleagues assured new colleague there was no need to worry..., There may have to be more information imparted later, but I wasn't up to explaining the complexities of a LADA diagnosis on a 4.2 which was probably dropping.
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I think we have all encountered the over-helpful person who means well. And I recall a term about education called "the teachable moment". Opportunity, improvisation and creativity appears to be the key to education which 'sticks' with the pupil, whether it is intentional or accidental. When I was on MDI I can recall letting medical students practice giving subcut, insulin injections to me. They get little practice in this as nurses do most of subcut. or intra-muscular injections.
 
Visit to DNE and specialist yesterday. Tonto, my Tandem T-slim x2 pump is going well and BSLs not too bad. HBA1C 6.6.(43)
It has varied up and down a point or two over the past 6 years.
The downside is a 20 to 35 drop in systolic BP between lying down and standing (5 minutes in each position before measurement). So autonomic neuropathy may be rearing its ugly head!!
Apparently the drop in BP is more noticeable at about 3 hours after meals.? reason
My options: halve the Ramipril 2.5 to 1.25 mg (prescribed to protect the kidneys) or stop it altogether; add pseudoephedrine (which is restricted due to its dependency potential); consider raising the head of the bed 5 degrees as this resets the laying down BP setting and increases tolerance to effects of standing on BP; dividing up meals int smaller more frequent ones; add in medication (mineralocorticoid, which helps to retain more salt); use mineralocorticoid plus ephedrine.
Life is never dull!!!
 
@Mel dCP Great news well done.

@Japes OOOOO helpful people, sometimes well meaning but you wouldn't let them near you :)

Good morning my sexy, hunky, funky pancreatically (is that a word?) friends :woot:

Last night it was takeaway curry night :joyful: so thought "lets see how many carbs are in this?" I did the Goggle Shuffle and came across "MyFitnessPal" and lo an behold a Balti Chicken Saag has no carbs in it according to the site anyway (lots of fats and calories but that is just a :joyful: and bonus) Pilau Rice 24g per 50 gram serving and a free popadom 4g and some mango chutney, anyone's guess.

Rough guess 60g of carbs, bit of a rise towards the end of the night a couple of corrections BUT nothing over 9.5 and a 2.5 blat of insulin for good luck before bed.

And Etch A Sketch?

In the green all night around the 6 and 7's woke up with a 7.5 which I count as a :woot::cool:

Plus still have half left for another day :smug:
 
Good morning you lot from a not so sunny Pontypool
Got home at half 3 last night and had a cuppa and read the mountain of mail, put my MM on charge (really like a big kid at Xmas now)....there will probably be a thread about Xdrip and the pebble time ...
And woke to a Lo....it's the excitement lol. Jelly babies for breakfast again
 
smc4761 said:
Looks like a few of us are having issues with highs and lows over the past few days. In one sense that is good, it proves that no matter how long we have had had this horrible thing, no matter how experienced we are at calculating insulin to carb ratios, we are all human and make either small miscalculations or our bodies tell us its the body that is in control not us:facepalm::facepalm:

On a personal level it makes me feel a little better knowing I am not alone. the only person who gets these swings for no apparent reason. You guys are always there to help support me and others through.

God if all of us experienced diabetics still have highs and lows, I wonder how newly diagnosed people feel
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Totally agree and I've only been T1 a year and still get freaked
 
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