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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2696330" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>Yet another neighbour to save the day yesterday!</p><p></p><p>This time the one nextdoor. I had a very tightly planned day: First picture taking for my new passport; then the GP appontment on contraception; work on a ship in the city of Franeker; an appointment to request my new passport, also in Franeker; picking up neighbour Tale and neighbour Niels in Harlingen, where they had brought the other ship I worked on this week, leaving their cars in Leeuwarden. </p><p>It all perfectly fit, except my car wouldn't start...</p><p></p><p>I went to the neighbour nextdoor, and she was perfectly happy for me to use her car all day! </p><p></p><p>One of the problems with the contraceptive pill is not forgetting to take it every day at around the same time, I never forget to take my basal insulin (knocks wood), but I can't be trusted at all with daily tablets. So it would have to be the injected variety or the thing in your arm, which means no more periods and not knowing when you've reached menopause.</p><p>Not sure why, but I really dislike this idea, and I'd be worried about my diabetes behaving differently due to the hormones. Also, being old, fat, a smoker and diabetic means 4 different reasons why higher doses of hormones aren't recommended.</p><p></p><p>The chat with the GP was very nice! I had her laugh right away, when she asked what my question was and I bluntly replied: "My neighbour and I drunkenly ended up in bed together a while back and liked it, so we kept it up but we definitely do not want to get a child. So what do we do about it?" </p><p>She talked me through all the options and we decided on a copper IUD to be placed on tuesday. She told me it works even when put in up to 5 days after taking risks, "so enjoy yourselves during the weekend!" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite39" alt=":hilarious:" title="Hilarious :hilarious:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":hilarious:" /> </p><p></p><p>Not one to ignore sound medical advice, I took the same precaution with eating crisps before bed to prevent hypos, which worked perfectly last week and the week before, but not this time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p>My sensor had lost connection at some point during the night so no alarms, and I only felt the hypo when I woke up. Judging from the Libre graph I must have spent over 3 hours in the mid to lower 3's.</p><p>I had hoped the trick with the crisps would work well enough to not adjust my basal, because it has been spot on for weeks, except for one night every weekend. But I see no other option now than to start dialling back the Tresiba to make room for topping up with Levemir during the week and skipping the Levemir on nights with my neighbour.</p><p></p><p>It really is the oddest thing I've ever needed to adjust my doses for! Well worth it though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite37" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":happy:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2696330, member: 372207"] Yet another neighbour to save the day yesterday! This time the one nextdoor. I had a very tightly planned day: First picture taking for my new passport; then the GP appontment on contraception; work on a ship in the city of Franeker; an appointment to request my new passport, also in Franeker; picking up neighbour Tale and neighbour Niels in Harlingen, where they had brought the other ship I worked on this week, leaving their cars in Leeuwarden. It all perfectly fit, except my car wouldn't start... I went to the neighbour nextdoor, and she was perfectly happy for me to use her car all day! One of the problems with the contraceptive pill is not forgetting to take it every day at around the same time, I never forget to take my basal insulin (knocks wood), but I can't be trusted at all with daily tablets. So it would have to be the injected variety or the thing in your arm, which means no more periods and not knowing when you've reached menopause. Not sure why, but I really dislike this idea, and I'd be worried about my diabetes behaving differently due to the hormones. Also, being old, fat, a smoker and diabetic means 4 different reasons why higher doses of hormones aren't recommended. The chat with the GP was very nice! I had her laugh right away, when she asked what my question was and I bluntly replied: "My neighbour and I drunkenly ended up in bed together a while back and liked it, so we kept it up but we definitely do not want to get a child. So what do we do about it?" She talked me through all the options and we decided on a copper IUD to be placed on tuesday. She told me it works even when put in up to 5 days after taking risks, "so enjoy yourselves during the weekend!" :hilarious: Not one to ignore sound medical advice, I took the same precaution with eating crisps before bed to prevent hypos, which worked perfectly last week and the week before, but not this time. :( My sensor had lost connection at some point during the night so no alarms, and I only felt the hypo when I woke up. Judging from the Libre graph I must have spent over 3 hours in the mid to lower 3's. I had hoped the trick with the crisps would work well enough to not adjust my basal, because it has been spot on for weeks, except for one night every weekend. But I see no other option now than to start dialling back the Tresiba to make room for topping up with Levemir during the week and skipping the Levemir on nights with my neighbour. It really is the oddest thing I've ever needed to adjust my doses for! Well worth it though. :happy: [/QUOTE]
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