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128 Had my yearly echo-treadmill stress test yesterday. Everything went fine. Doctor will review it today.

Steel welcome to the forum. As usual I woke up at 3 AM (not by choice) and looked at the news to see who won the elections. I took a reading and it was 135! Rolled and went back to sleep. Woke up again at 7 AM and took another reading and now it is 103.

Just returned from the endo visit. They were pretty happy with all of my blood work results. A1c was down to 7 from 7.3 last visit. He said to shoot for 6.7 next time (6 months).

102 if you are in the USA time to VOTE!

144

A lousy 125.

Checking in at 83.

This morning 112 was my reading

123 Rainy here all night. Leftovers from that hurricane that blew through central America. Supposed to be a gorgeous weekend though. It's the Georgia/Florida game and the Blue Angels airshow this weekend. Good times. I hated college my first year because I was 23, had never lived anywhere but my hometown and was used to living on my own and now was in a dorm with a bunch of 18 year olds. But the next 3 years were the most fun I've ever had in my life. Memories.

A 74 (4.39) on the Bayer Contour meter, and a 90 (5.0) on the Bayer Contour Next EZ meter. It's amusing to me to read that people are turning on their heat, while I'm sitting here, the temperature outside is 54 degrees F (12.2 degrees C), and I have the window A/C unit running here in my computer room. A friend asked me why I don't just open a window, but the only window in this room has the A/C unit in it.

101 today, temps in the 60’s last night. Had to turn the heat on for a bit. Back to mid 70’s today.☂️

90 this morning.

96 today

93. I've declared today "National I don't feel like doing squat day" and I'm celebrating accordingly. Have a great weekend guys.

87 today.

79 this morning.

Thank you guys for the warm welcome!! FBS this morning: 6 (phew!)

6.6 Hi Steel, glad you found your way down the corridor to this room. Its my No3 room each morning..bathroom > kitchen > DF's FBG

7 @ 5am on the dawn of a soon to be hot day. It's a beautiful time of the day, with the only sounds of a few early birds & the whirring of the fans Oh & a snoring dog. Yay FunDad.. that is good news indeed.

99 today. Great news Fundad

87 today. Yes, vote. The price of apathy is to be ruled by evil men. ~ Plato

Good Morning...6.7 to start my day.

88 today. Happy Sunday!

I woke up at 2 AM (EST) instead of waking up at 3 AM so I got an extra hour not to sleep. My reading this morning was 108.

6.6 and it wouldnt surprise me if there was another 6 hiding there. That night was hot. The dog woke me at 2am panting, so i got up & sponged him down with a wet towel & gave him cold water. He slept on the floor in front of a fan. I left the doors & windows open all night , so the house is cool this morning. Hugs @Ahnanimus ...your a treasure & your friend is lucky to have you.

149 (ice cream) Thin mint cookies kept in the freezer are da' bomb! No trick or treaters last night as I'm not in an apartment complex. For the last 16 years in our old neighborhood we would always had hundreds of kids.

111 for 🎃 day. Halloween is a big deal in my neighborhood. Trick or Treaters in the hundreds.

115 again. Nice fall day here. It should hit mid 70’s.

123 Nice and cool out. I think a motorcycle ride is order before watching the big game.

7.2 walked extra yesterday & ate well.. its a cruel world that gives me a high reading this morning

120 Not bad considering I fell asleep without taking any meds or Tresiba.

Meanwhile, I am in the Succeed study at UofM for treating diabetes with low carb diet (20 net carbs daily). http://www.succeedstudy.org/ I saw some of the push back on low carb and asked my study Dr about it. let me share her response: Here are discussions of some of the major issues with the latest, flawed study (e.g. arbitrary definition of “low carb”, poor measure of dietary intake): https://anhinternational.org/2018/08/22/scientific-attack-on-low-carb-diets/ https://chriskresser.com/will-a-low-carb-diet-shorten-your-life/ https://www.dietdoctor.com/all-over-media-low-carb-diets-could-shorten-life (by a Swedish MD) https://cluelessdoctors.com/2018/08/17/when-bad-science-can-harm-you/ https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/diet-study-low-high-carb-best-healthiest-nhs-doctor/ (by a UK cardiologist) https://isupportgary.com/articles/fakenews-headlines-low-carb-diets-arent-dangerous https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/901910#vp_1 What we know from many clinical trials with people with type 2 diabetes is that carbohydrate restriction can improve insulin resistance, improve glucose control, lower inflammation, improve GERD, and lower liver fat, all healthy changes. For example, last month I attended this conference about very low-carb diets: https://u.osu.edu/ketodiet/ The audience was more than half physicians, and the talks were serious discussions of all of the biological changes that occur with ketosis (which happens when we eat a very low-carb diet), including positive effects for inflammation, insulin resistance, cancer, recovery from exercise, epilepsy, and preliminarily Alzheimer's. If you'd like to see some of what was discussed, it's on twitter! https://twitter.com/hashtag/lowcarbOSU?src=hash They'll also eventually post all the talks. And, I'm on the American Diabetes Association's Nutrition Review Committee this year. I reviewed all of the research evidence for what people with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes should eat. (It took a long time!) Based on our read of the evidence, there was no more effective eating pattern for type 2 diabetes than a very low-carb diet. ********************** So, the ADA may be beginning to listen!

114 Better than yesterday.

125 I had pizza last night, but that wasn't what did me in... It was the raiding of the refrigerator and eating the last slice at 11

109 The same as my cubicle number at work and the same number as the house I grew up in.

I awoke this morning at 4:30 with a cramp in my big toe! My reading this morning was 119.

Imagine all the wildlife they will see. Bears, deer, moose, beaver. In the summer they could take a trip to the coast and see polar bears. The Northern Lights. I could see that being a grand adventure.

A 79 (4.38) on the Bayer Contour meter, and a 95 (5.27) on the Bayer Contour Next EZ meter.

93 this morning.

117 this morning

6.8 I had to put a fan on yesterday. I also had to buy 2 new fans as I was sure I'd be in my new aircond home by now, so threw my fans out.

113 Really windy overnight and in some spots it went below freezing for the first time this season.

@FunDad62 Can we pretend your birthday is today? Happy Birthday FunDad I'll blame foggy brain from high BG's & its still 7.3 today

110 today

84 today.

116

85 this morning.

7.3 Diana, your Nor'easter is the opposite to ours. They are my favourite Summer breeze as they deliver cool air from the ocean dispersing the hot Summers air.

94 yay for Friday

7 for a Sunday A local paper has run a photo comp & the keen eye of this photographer reminded me of you Diana. Its of the back of an echidna. The photographers name wasnt submitted but wow I love their work. I also love the echidna & delighted to know that its my families totem. Ive always likened myself to an echidna..a loner & spiky