So much for getting a good night's sleep! I just can't seem to relax properly in a strange place. My backs of my hands are a bit rough and itchy. I've been using hand sanitiser as well as washing them so that's probably done it. I'm gong to put some bio-oil on them instead.
Nothing untoward happened in the evening. After my hypo (low blood sugar) in the afternoon the nurse asked me to keep tabs on it. It shot up to around 14 after dinner and then 18, and then it was back to 6 when I was having a last coffee at around 11pm (I think). I had the cake with it and expected it to shoot up again. Got ready for bed and I was in by midnight, but not feeling tired enough to sleep so watched QI and Buzzcocks, and then Bargain Hunt. That worked!
At 1.30 sugars were 3.9 so I had some more dextrosol and went to sleep.
I woke up again at about 4.00 needing the loo (Was I dreaming the alarm or has one of the other isolation patients made a break for it?) Checked my blood again and it was 3.8. Had a banana.
Tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. I was a bit fuzzy-headed but I thought I ought to tell someone about my sugars, so I buzzed.
And now I have a coffee, a plate of biscuits and another banana. I was down to my last, so now I'll definitely have enough for breakfast.
I found out why there's only butter on the ward. It's because a lot of the patients are underweight. It makes sense but it's not very good for people permanently on a special diet and I still think there's a better way than feeding them saturated fat. But that's just my own personal opinion.
If it didn't take so long to check in to the ward I'd suggest bringing vegetable spread to put on your longlife bread substitute, after all there's a fridge in the room. Maybe one of those little cooler bags for cans with a freezer block inside...
In the old days that's how I used to transport my insulin when I was travelling any distance.
I found out why the wi-fi keeps going off between midday and 3pm. That's when all the staff go on their lunch breaks and they overload it. I hope they're not playing candy crush or any of the other "sagas", or I will have to write a "strongly worded letter" about the ethical reputation of King Games. (Joke - about sending the letter, not King.)
I think my blood sugars are see-sawing because the food is so different to home and I'm not able to adjust my insulin quickly enough. I'm probably having a bit too much. No worries. I'll find out later on today if I'm going home. If not it'll certainly be tomorrow.
4.50
My feet are going numb so I need to put my slippers on, wiggle my toes and walk about for a bit. Then I'm going to watch the end of that Doctors episode I missed earlier on i-player. There's nothing much on TV now except news, infomercials and what might have been a teenage vampire thing – I didn't stay long enough to find out!
If I am going home today I'm not sure I'll have time to write much later. So my next entry may be from the sofa at home.
My only slight worry now is getting all the stuff I want to take home with me home – especially this little laptop that's been my lifeline while I've been here. If they keep it in I'll be on my ancient clunky old PC instead!
Appearing now in scrubs - the clothes, not the TV series. 
