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ickihun said:
My trouble is my personality. I get bored with the same routine, very quickly. I know having to readapt for the toddler is unsettling too so considering I think I do very well.
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Hang in there and keep doing what works for you - you are so supportive of others but perhaps you too also need an additional hug and an extra "well done".

x
 
I have a day ahead I am not looking forward to, well I am in one way as I want to see if HbA1C results have lowered in the 2 months since my diagnosis and obviously find out more re the thyroid.

Work ... (nuf said)

at 6.30 this evening an induction at the gym (HELP !!!! what have I done and where will I get the energy from?)
 
Thanks for the hugs last night. I think it was a day of frustration at the weather that finished me off. Stuck in France and camping in the rain (thankfully not in a tent!) just got tedious. Then I took it out on my diabetes. I know I'm a 'good diabetic', I have good control and need to remember that. FBG 6.1 this morning so that is ok. Maybe @ickihun I am been too strict, I need to relax a bit while away. If 6.7 is the highest I've had its way better than the 10.1 in Germany recently.

I'll stop beating myself up today. Probably need to exercise and the Med has been too brass monkeys for swimming in!
 
ickihun said:
I think I will give low carb less protein one more shot as you know they say "god loves a trier".
My trouble is my personality. I get bored with the same routine, very quickly. I know having to readapt for the toddler is unsettling too so considering I think I do very well.
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Firstly you should know you don't need to apologise here - you've told me off about that before :) Complelty agree you have been doing really well and hope you stick with it. I also know having a toddler can take all your focus! Maybe you need a more varied LCHF routine - (and yes I know finding time to do such things isn't easier) - so you don't get bored. I have to admit I am sometimes 'cheesed out' due to eating some much cheese these days.

Basically though, I'm just offering you a BIG BIG HUG as you have been so so supportive to me during the bad times - keep going :)
 
Yes, you do have great control @PenfoldAPD so pat yourself on the back and remember that you're doing all this for your own good health and you are succeeding, you were just feeling a bit fed up last night because of the weather, hey- you're only human! What's important is 99% of the time you are aceing it my friend. Right, I'll get off my soapbox now :) Get yourself back home :)
 
13lizanne said:
Yes, you do have great control @PenfoldAPD so pat yourself on the back and remember that you're doing all this for your own good health and you are succeeding, you were just feeling a bit fed up last night because of the weather, hey- you're only human! What's important is 99% of the time you are aceing it my friend. Right, I'll get off my soapbox now :) Get yourself back home :)
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Thanks for your continued support @13lizanne much appreciated!
 
ickihun said:
High sugar through the night so I'm awake again but this time my cheeky money woke for a wee too. We are now watching blaze on repeat. :(
I want good sleep and my bed. I guess I'd better turn the heating up. Cold morning and very windy here.
Oh I think I'm losing heart on lchf again. I need to either do it properly or not at all.
I can see great bgs with insulin too but I can honestly say it cannot keep me med free. Maybe because I was eating too much protein that was producing huge amounts of blood glucose too. Obviously not as much as sugar or carbs but still higher than I'd prefer. If I have to inject insulin which covers carbs too why am I struggling to keep to lchf without weight loss?
I think I will give low carb less protein one more shot as you know they say "god loves a trier".
My trouble is my personality. I get bored with the same routine, very quickly. I know having to readapt for the toddler is unsettling too so considering I think I do very well.
I'm just concerned that my fight will be all out by the time I have the time to just concentrate on me.
Hubby seems more settled lately but he can have flare ups when we least expect too.
Maybe I need a deserted island and wifi all to myself. Ha ha
A tired Vicky moaning. Sorry.
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Sending you massive hugs too Vicky, I also didn't get a lot of sleep cos of hot flushes. I think you're amazing being able to cope with everything life throws at you, especially with two little ones! A didn't sleep through the night til he was 6 and I remember those early days when I felt like a zombie! You're an inspiration to all of us on the forum so feel free to moan whenever you need to xx
 
PenfoldAPD said:
Stuck in France due to weather. It's grey and wet. Control has been good but eaten my body weight in cheese :) hoping weather better tomorrow so we can fly home.

Finding diabetes is making me a 'want to be home' person, not me at all and need to work out how to conquer that - been away can be so challenging. All this monitoring etc is so waring - maybe I just have to suck it up as that's my life now. Just feeling a bit sorry for myself I guess. Sorry for being a miserable ****** tonight
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You be as miserable as you like we are all still here for you. We all get the miseries at some time or other.
 
Hi
magsiesss said:
I have a day ahead I am not looking forward to, well I am in one way as I want to see if HbA1C results have lowered in the 2 months since my diagnosis and obviously find out more re the thyroid.

Work ... (nuf said)

at 6.30 this evening an induction at the gym (HELP !!!! what have I done and where will I get the energy from?)
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magsiesss, you will be fine good luck with your HbA1c results, let us all know how you get on. I have had thyroid tablets for years and am fine.
 
@ickihun - Oh Vicky, sorry to hear you have had a disturbed night. As the others have said, you are always first in line to give excellent advice to everybody, so now it's time for you to get some advice. You need to have a "pamper session" and treat/spoil yourself - it will do wonders and raise your spirits. If I could drive and lived closer to you, - I would be there and WE would go out and "pamper-treat-spoil" ourselves. Sending you BIG HUGS. :D William x
 
liam1955 said:
Hey Nuala, That's a brilliant idea. I have a small tin the size of a snuff box that has a picture of sweet peas on it as I take other tablets during the day (Blood Pressure tablets 3 a day) and others. William:)
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I've got a weekly 4 sections per day pill organiser from Sainsbury's in pink!!!! I could have any colour I wanted as long as it was pink
 
At home now for lunch = but turned up at the GP's surgery this morning to find out my appt is next Wednesday!!

However - had a chat with the receptionist and BINGO ... got told that my HbA1C was 59

Very happy with that as I was diagnosed 2 months ago and not the 3 the test covers AND the doc agreed to look at reducing my meds if I was lower than 60 ... and I am

Will sort out the thyroid thing next week ....

/does happy dance
 
Good Afternoon, my friends,

I picked up my dossett box of oral medication from the chemist this morning and went to the doctor's to have my depot injection off of the nurse practitioner which was due. It is for the clinical psychotic depression I have from time to time alongside my Asperger Syndrome which, touch wood, is more or less under control at the moment.

I had had a few cups of tea each with 3 sugars in them, 3 in total, and my blood sugar was 7.5 mmol at 11:35 am but I took the nurse's advice and everyone online's advice about sticking to the sweeteners for hot drinks which I found very helpful and have been hydrating myself with cold tap water ever since that time.

After that, at 12:45 pm, my blood sugar was 5.5 mmol.

I'm not doing too much today just watching kiddies programmes on CBeebies.

Have a lovely day, my lovely friends. It's very chilly here in London with a miserable, overcast sky and a slight nip in the air, but not too bad.

Lots of love,

autisticwonder1970 (Johnny Baker) x X x.
 
YES........YES .........AND THRICE YES!!!!!!!
I just had a post meal blood reading of 7.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAH!!!!
I know it's still high but after a month on LCHF, a tickle of Metformin and hour and hours of Disco Treadmill I am on track!!!! Diagnosed with a ready of 17. something. I am so chuffed.
*chuffed face*
 
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