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Argh- 18.4 on waking! Feel awful. Not particularly feeling unwell. 0.9 on the ketones - not sure what its meant to be? Will test again in two hours.

I know I was worked up yesterday but went to bed much more relaxed as I had done lots of prep.

I did have a low in the evening which I treated. Maybe over-treated?

No idea why the alarms on my MM didn’t go off!

Hmm off to guzzle some water to see if I can bring this down.
 
Morning all.
Steady night to report. Bed on an 8 , up on a 5. That’s good enough for me.
Just picked up wife from her night shift at hospital.
A bit drizzly here, got to try and find something to do with out making to much noise:):):).
Gym for starters then play the rest by ear.
Y’all stay safe now.
 
CranberryIce said:
Argh- 18.4 on waking! Feel awful. Not particularly feeling unwell. 0.9 on the ketones - not sure what its meant to be? Will test again in two hours.

I know I was worked up yesterday but went to bed much more relaxed as I had done lots of prep.

I did have a low in the evening which I treated. Maybe over-treated?

No idea why the alarms on my MM didn’t go off!

Hmm off to guzzle some water to see if I can bring this down.
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What a pants start to the day. Plenty of water is a good start. Maybe a 20 min walk around the block if at all possible. It’s always been something that drops my sugars like a brick without a parachute especially 1 st thing of a morning before any breakfast.
Good luck and hope you get back in range soon.
 
Good morning and wishing you all a Happy Sunday. I actually had good readings all day yesterday, didn't do a lot really and awoke to another good un, 5.6 :happy:so that was a really nice. I made spag bol for dinner last night and afterwards, a couple of gluten free chocolate digestives, so yummy :hungry:
Work today........nuf said :bigtears::rolleyes:
 
CranberryIce said:
Argh- 18.4 on waking! Feel awful. Not particularly feeling unwell. 0.9 on the ketones - not sure what its meant to be? Will test again in two hours.

I know I was worked up yesterday but went to bed much more relaxed as I had done lots of prep.

I did have a low in the evening which I treated. Maybe over-treated?

No idea why the alarms on my MM didn’t go off!

Hmm off to guzzle some water to see if I can bring this down.
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Hopefully you can get that sorted out soon, not nice, but not the end of the world.

I'm the last person to give anyone any advice on handling stress, I am extremely bad at it, but are you creating a feedback loop? Where not only do you get stressed, but you get stressed about getting stressed, an then getting stressed about getting stressed, about getting stressed.

If you recognise that it might be worth trying to step outside the loop, and just not get stressed about getting stressed.
 
therower said:
What a pants start to the day. Plenty of water is a good start. Maybe a 20 min walk around the block if at all possible. It’s always been something that drops my sugars like a brick without a parachute especially 1 st thing of a morning before any breakfast.
Good luck and hope you get back in range soon.
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Thank you- will try a walk now.
 
Alison54321 said:
Hopefully you can get that sorted out soon, not nice, but not the end of the world.

I'm the last person to give anyone any advice on handling stress, I am extremely bad at it, but are you creating a feedback loop? Where not only do you get stressed, but you get stressed about getting stressed, an then getting stressed about getting stressed, about getting stressed.

If you recognise that it might be worth trying to step outside the loop, and just not get stressed about getting stressed.
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Yes I do... I was feeling fine this morning until I saw that high reading. I find highs SO much more frustrating than lows as they linger for longer.

I have planned a few breaks/enjoyable activities to do in-between work prep- which should help and take my mind off it.

16.7 now and dropping.
 
CranberryIce said:
Yes I do... I was feeling fine this morning until I saw that high reading. I find highs SO much more frustrating than lows as they linger for longer.

I have planned a few breaks/enjoyable activities to do in-between work prep- which should help and take my mind off it.

16.7 now and dropping.
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Good to see it dropping, and you are, of course, a very capable person, @CranberryIce who can handle a bit of stress.
 
Morning y'all and Mels cat to the 20.1 I woke at 6 with :(

At this moment in time I see a return to Lantus on the horizon as although my HBa1C is showing at 47 I'm 'bouncing' too much for my liking, I was 6.4 at bed time and only had a 90g carbs tea and no supper.
My lunchtime swim's looking very precarious right now...
 
helensaramay said:
Morning fellow sieves.
I got up early today. At least early for a Sunday. I have baked two small sourdough loaves and waiting for the oven to get back to temperature for the next two. They will all be frozen. I usually have a bread stash in the freezer but I took the last loaf out yesterday. So might do some rolls or pittas later.
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Make sure you have plenty of jam and marmalade in and that the toaster is good and ready because me an @porl69 will be round for lunch ;):hilarious::hilarious:
 
kev-w said:
Morning y'all and Mels cat to the 20.1 I woke at 6 with :(

At this moment in time I see a return to Lantus on the horizon as although my HBa1C is showing at 47 I'm 'bouncing' too much for my liking, I was 6.4 at bed time and only had a 90g carbs tea and no supper.
My lunchtime swim's looking very precarious right now...
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20.1 :arghh::eek: yikes hate things like such a pain to correct.

Thought you had changed you Tresiba regime and injected in the morning time?

Would it be worth retrying injecting last thing at night?

I moved mine to the morning and at the moment all things are working OK, I do then to drop really low at lunch time but thats OK I can handle that.

@CranberryIce Good to see things heading back down :)
 
kev-w said:
Morning y'all and Mels cat to the 20.1 I woke at 6 with :(

At this moment in time I see a return to Lantus on the horizon as although my HBa1C is showing at 47 I'm 'bouncing' too much for my liking, I was 6.4 at bed time and only had a 90g carbs tea and no supper.
My lunchtime swim's looking very precarious right now...
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It does seem to be a bit unpredictable. It's a shame, but no point in carrying on with Tresiba if it isn't working for you.
 
Wow. Everyone having highs this morning. Sending (((HUGS))) to you all.
Went out yesterday with the better half to watch the rugby. Lots of drinking and lush food. AND 10 correction doses in 12 hours. Kept my BGs in single figures thou, thank you MM....
Currently on a 6.5, so am pleased with myself this weekend, apart from doing as many jabs as Mel used to do
 
helensaramay said:
The conversation about stress at work has got me thinking. Regardless of any medical conditions, we all cope with stress differently. Some of us excell under stress but i think we all reach a level where stress becomes a problem and we don’t perform as well.
Managing diabetes under stress adds another level of ... umm.. stress. But does that mean those of us with diabetes should be able to quote DDA and avoid stressful situations?
I don’t think so. There are few jobs where it is even possible. I believe our employers should give all of us the tools to minimise stress but a teacher with diabetes can’t avoid having a kid playing up in class, for example as much as Theresa May can’t ask Barnier to be gentle in Brexit negotiations because she has diabetes.
There are things in my job which stress me out but I have never felt the need to ask my employer not to make me present at a conference or to be able to pass a complaining customer to a colleague or to avoid tight deadlines because of my diabetes. They are things I have to do in my job.
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I agree and have said that I didn’t feel comfortable using my diabetes as an excuse- part and parcel of my job is to be observed (sometimes at short notice).

However, I know what I am feeling many of my colleagues are feeling too. It is effecting us all. My workplace is ‘complicated’ at the moment but in a nutshell communication from management isn’t very clear and support isn’t always there and the goal posts keep changing.

That does need communicating to them.

I think if work/work-related stress gets to a point where it is having a huge impact on your blood sugars, then I think it should be something you discuss with your employer. I have not had to ever do that yet- but I would if I was in a situation where I really struggled.
 
And the winner!!!! is Kev with a 20.1. I will run him close with a 19.4 yesterday, which I am blaming on dreaded lurgy. No matter what I did yesterday extra correction doses all the time it did not make the difference that it should have and hovvered around 12 most of day

Maybe all the corrections finally caught up as at 10pm last night it was 7.8, overnight down to 5.1 before reaching 7.1 when I got up.

You would think with all the knowledge and experience we have between us we could at least avoid highs and lows, obviously our bodies know different
 
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