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Type 1'stars R Us

helensaramay said:
Morning Reindeer Makers, Bulb Planters, Kite Doctors, Fairy God Mothers, Rowers, Jewellers, Uncle Tom Cobbly and all,

My BG had a fun night. I slightly misjudged dinner so had to give myself a correction when I went to bed to bring myself down from 12. Then I woke 5 hours later with a BG of 2.8. Come on!

Noe today's diabetes task (in addition to finger pricking, carb counting and insulin dosing) is to get an appointment for my sharps bin to be collected.
Since pumping, I have been using 5 litre sharps bins (I didn't have any sharps bins before pumping but that's a different story). After about a year of having them collected every 2 or 3 months, I was concerned they were getting filled with plastic cannula inserters which can be recycled rather than sharp things. So, I decided to pull the sharp point out of the cannula inserter to reduce the sharps bin collection frequency and increase my recycling box levels. Eighteen months later and the first non-plastic filled sharps bin is nearly ready to collect. Unfortunately, in that time, the council has forgotten who I am and I have to go back to square one to register that I have diabetes, collect sharps, and want to get rid of them.
I don't think I'll bother telling them the bin also contains safety razors from my partner. I have no idea what he would do with them if I didn't have my yellow bins.
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I put sewing machine needles and craft related scalpel blades in mine...
 
Can you stroke his tummy Mel? He’s a rare cat if he allows that - claws in the Sharp’s bin?
 
Just waiting for the dose to kick in before breakfast after a night on levelish 5-7s, the first for ages, woohoo! I put the night time Levemir up to the pre-experiment level again and will see how it goes. Fiasp had arrived at the pharmacy yesterday so I’m seeing how that goes too and the new sensor seems fairly good so far so I’m only finger pricking for confirmations. Happy.
 
Fairygodmother said:
Can you stroke his tummy Mel? He’s a rare cat if he allows that - claws in the Sharp’s bin?
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We can, he and our other boy cat Fidel love having their tummies stroked. They gently murder your arm while you’re doing it, it’s all a lovely game. They’re like big floppy kittens. Our newest addition, a little girl cat who looks like Hitler, isn’t quite so easy going, but she’s mellowed an awful lot in the six months she’s been living with us.
 
G'day all.
Woke to a nice 6 this morning and the line has stayed on the horizontal path ever since.. Currently on a 6.6. Not going to say any more on that :)
Mels cat does look like a giant softy lol. We have a cat who loves his belly rubbed....you gotta be quick taking your hand away as that's when the claws come out to keep you scratching him lol
 
@Mel dCP @Tony337 - I just love those reindeer, they’re so expressive! I love seeing what you all make. My thing is silver jewellery engraved with handwriting :)[/QUOTE]

Thank you and yes we all have a passion for something.
I've tried other log based things but nothing is as popular as the reindeer.
I'm a caretaker in a primary school and I get called "the reindeer man" this time of year and I love it.

I too love seeing what others make can you post some of your jewellery?

Thanks again

Tony
 
Knikki said:
Morning fellow disciples at the glorious temple of 'My Pancreas Just Can't Be Ar*ed'

Out last night with the gang, great night but totally misjudged the carbs :rolleyes: so shoved some in last thing, which glad I did, woke up to a 14.8 :***::confused: ~sigh~

Never mind.

So 20 units of Aspidistra then another 3 after breakfast, and now sat here at 7.5 and level, which is a surprise was expecting a downward trend, but no. Best keep an eye on it :shifty:

@karen8967 That shot of the poppies was it in the Anglian Cathedral or a more local one? Still fab.

@Tony337 Cracking job on those reindeer.
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not sure were it was taken knikki just seen it and it just moved me, i thought it summed up rememberance day perfectly .by liverpool town hall they have every persons name in lights acrooss the floor went to see grandads name although wasnt in alphabetical order so stood round for about an hour :)
 
Tony337 said:
@Mel dCP @Tony337 - I just love those reindeer, they’re so expressive! I love seeing what you all make. My thing is silver jewellery engraved with handwriting :)
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Thank you and yes we all have a passion for something.
I've tried other log based things but nothing is as popular as the reindeer.
I'm a caretaker in a primary school and I get called "the reindeer man" this time of year and I love it.

I too love seeing what others make can you post some of your jewellery?

Thanks again

Tony[/QUOTE]

Here’s my website gallery :) https://seirian.me/gallery/
 
And................while we're on the subject of talents, @kitedoc has never shown us a photo of one of his kites, other than the picture in his profile, we've seen no kite photos.

Go on Kitedoc, you know you want to.
 
Mel dCP said:
Thank you and yes we all have a passion for something.
I've tried other log based things but nothing is as popular as the reindeer.
I'm a caretaker in a primary school and I get called "the reindeer man" this time of year and I love it.

I too love seeing what others make can you post some of your jewellery?

Thanks again

Tony
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Here’s my website gallery :) https://seirian.me/gallery/[/QUOTE]
wow they are fab mel :happy:
 
Where is everybody???
Not literally, just wondered why it appears so quiet on the thread at the moment.

Just been out for our fortnightly meal out with the relatives. Pre bolused on leaving home, always fun just shooting in a random amount of bolus:). Got to the pub/ restaurant and decided to top up on the bolus again once I’d decided what I was having. ( chicken and bacon pie, chips and peas ). Seems I just about got it right. A nice drop to 4.5 about half hour after eating and now a steady rise upto the 7 mark. If it levels off and stays there I’ll be happy.

Not had time to read all today’s posts, but pastimes and hobbies seem to be popular. Some extremely talented people lurking around this forum:):):)

Have to admit to not being very good at small, delicate or intricate. Pick axe, shovel and sledge hammers is my forte. Holes are usually my creations.....AND .....no, I’m not posting any images:):):).
 
I was a bit more vocal here last week when I wasn't at work and not doing my usual amount of walking. This week, order has been restored (more or less) on Planet Japes after some disruption to my usual routines. Nearly done all the laundry and moving back of furniture.

Also, order has been more or less restored on the blood sugars front. As much as they can be, you all understand! Three weeks of eating what someone else has cooked, lovely as that was, along with a few more treats than I've been allowing myself, as well a lot less walking had created mayhem. This has confirmed I've found a food and exercise routine which works for me, for now, and I'm happy sticking to that. Until it all changes again.
 
kitedoc said:
Does he live in all multiverses or just those with mice ??
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He’s rubbish at hunting. He actually goes to the chip shop four doors away and comes home with a nice hot leg of breaded chicken. Whereas one of my other cats was once spotted climbing in through the window with a whole, feathered, very alive chicken he’d pinched off a nearby allotment...
 
helensaramay said:
Morning Reindeer Makers, Bulb Planters, Kite Doctors, Fairy God Mothers, Rowers, Jewellers, Uncle Tom Cobbly and all,

My BG had a fun night. I slightly misjudged dinner so had to give myself a correction when I went to bed to bring myself down from 12. Then I woke 5 hours later with a BG of 2.8. Come on!

Noe today's diabetes task (in addition to finger pricking, carb counting and insulin dosing) is to get an appointment for my sharps bin to be collected.
Since pumping, I have been using 5 litre sharps bins (I didn't have any sharps bins before pumping but that's a different story). After about a year of having them collected every 2 or 3 months, I was concerned they were getting filled with plastic cannula inserters which can be recycled rather than sharp things. So, I decided to pull the sharp point out of the cannula inserter to reduce the sharps bin collection frequency and increase my recycling box levels. Eighteen months later and the first non-plastic filled sharps bin is nearly ready to collect. Unfortunately, in that time, the council has forgotten who I am and I have to go back to square one to register that I have diabetes, collect sharps, and want to get rid of them.
I don't think I'll bother telling them the bin also contains safety razors from my partner. I have no idea what he would do with them if I didn't have my yellow bins.
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Well done @helensaramay, rock climber extraordinaire!! A small pair of pliers is a wonderful addition to one's kit for extracting the residual needle out of the used cannula inserter. Whenever someone criticises diabetics for using needles and how, with absolutely no proof, they say this adds to needles on the beach, i ask them what happens to razor blades!!
Our Diabetes Association has local branches where one can 'donate' one's full sharps bin and purchase another.
 
Mel dCP said:
He’s rubbish at hunting. He actually goes to the chip shop four doors away and comes home with a nice hot leg of breaded chicken. Whereas one of my other cats was once spotted climbing in through the window with a whole, feathered, very alive chicken he’d pinched off a nearby allotment...
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So domestication has paid off well for him. And I hope the other has learned to tidy up after consuming the uncooked chicken!!
 
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