Recent Posts
Search the DAFNE Online Forums
15,847 posts found
|
Jun 4, 2015
JamesW
24 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / morning blood sugar rise Hello. From personal experience, I find that I will see a rise by lunchtime if I don't take a small amount of QA if I have not eaten earlier. A 1u dose appears to do the trick for me to maintain the status quo although I have found that this approach is fine in the first part of the week but not, seemingly, in the second half. If it is a Thursday or Friday, I generally don't bother with the dose at all if I haven't eaten when I wake up. Not sure what that could be attributed to but I won't go off topic.Are you confident that your BI dose is as correct as it ever will be? I split my dosage (of Lantus) between breakfast time and evening meal. I believe the theory is that you should be able to go a whole day without eating and not see a change in readings if your BI dose is right but we are all different and therein lies the fun. Hopefully some other people will pipe up with their views too, I wouldn't want to be the lone voice on this for your sake. It'll probably come down to experimenting. Start small, 0.5u if you have that option and ensure you have the hypo-remedy of choice to hand, just in case. |
|
Jun 4, 2015
actLiz207
2 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / morning blood sugar rise hi all. I have my background dose in the morning, my morning ratios are 3:1. if I skip breakfast my BG rises. today it went up from 7 on waking to 12.2 at lunchtime. it doesn't do this if I have breakfast with insulin. should I have some QA insulin in the morning even if I don't eat?Liz |
|
Jun 4, 2015
Caspar Aremi
6 posts
|
Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Backdated entries, diary view and Watch app Hi guys,I use the app on an iPhone 6 Plus. I love the latest updates with the graphs, and having the data go in to the Health app is a great move, I like having it on my health dashboard along with all my other data from other apps - my runs and steps, my calories eaten etc. Over time I think it's going to help build up a really powerful picture of the steps we can take to improve our health. I have a few suggestions - Some days, I don't enter my results as I test (I do try to, but sometimes you're on the go all day and don't have time). I find the date picker to be really fiddly and it's quite a lot of work to put in results for more than one entry. I'm not sure how I'd suggest it gets improved, but I think one of the main suggestions would be to automatically update the 'Type' based on the time you input. If I put in an entry for yesterday at 7am, the Type stays set to whatever time it is I do the adding rather than guessing breakfast, like it does when you first go to add a new entry. Perhaps also when adding one backdated entry, then you go to add another, it could automatically pick the same date as the first one you entered. If you wanted to add a new 'now' entry, I assume most people would do that first so it shouldn't get in the way. My other suggestion is the diary view - could there be an option to have the latest entry at the bottom, and you scroll up to view older ones? I find having the newest in the top to be a bit illogical, and is the reverse of how they're displayed on the site! Finally, I'm a new Apple Watch user, and it would be amazing if there was an app on there, so you could just hit 'New entry' and put in the numbers. I wouldn't want to view past results or anything on there. |
|
Jun 2, 2015
AMcD
38 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Low GI bread Typically a slice of bought brown bread has 15 to 17g of carbohydrate per slice. Or 40g of carbs per 100g of bread. Hope this helps. Andy |
|
Jun 2, 2015
Joan29
3 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Low GI bread Does anybody know how many carbs are in a low GI bread? |
|
Jun 1, 2015
Shafiq
6 posts
|
Topic: Site Development / Import Diary Entries Hi AllI've been pretty complacent with putting my BG readings etc into my DAFNE diary, I've been relying on my meter to calculate and log my insulin doses. I've exported the data from the meter and have converted it into the same format that is seen when you export diary entries from DAFNE online. Is there any way of being able to upload this CSV onto the DAFNE diary? Thanks! |
|
Jun 1, 2015
Warwick
423 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Salted Nuts Yes, nuts will shoot my BGs high too if I don't take QA for them too. |
|
Jun 1, 2015
Warwick
423 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / pearl barley A quarter of a cup is not going to be a lot though. Is that across the whole soup? If yes, and there are 5 or 6 servings of soup, then the carb count will be negligible. If it is per serving, then weighing the amount in one portion it is probably the best for determining the carb content. |
|
Jun 1, 2015
Warwick
423 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / Triathlon Event Hi Adam,I carry a small pack of jelly beans in my swim cap. Other triathletes I know have carried gels in their wet suit sleeve. I've not yet had a hypo during the swim leg of an event, so I don't know how successful either of these are, but I generally never notice the JBs in the swim cap. You might want to get one of the support staff to assist you in opening whatever you use. Wet hands aren't particularly conducive to opening packets of jelly beans or gels. :-) I tend to start high >8 and usually finish in the fives. It does depend on the distance though. I do half ironman events so 2 km swims, but if you are doing shorter events, then you may not need to be so high. Trial and error during training is generally the best way. All the best with it. It is an addictive sport. Warwick. |
|
May 31, 2015
Garry
328 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / Ratio settings Which diary do you want to change them in wim. My Blood Glucose Diary here? Or is it within your iPhone app?Regards Garry |
|
May 28, 2015
adamrea
3 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / Triathlon Event Evening allI was just curious regarding the swim section of the event. During the running and cycling I have a vest/belt for glucose gel though for the swim what do I do in terms of carrying these bits??? This is my first event of this type and am thinking to start with slightly higher levels for the event as I find swimming has the biggest drop on my levels.is this correct? Any advice would be great. Many thanks Adam ,27,London |
|
May 28, 2015
wim
3 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / Ratio settings I wish to change my ratio default settings - can you please help me?If I change them on the day they revert to the old ratio With BI I think it changes automatically once I have changed the doses in one given day. Thank you Wim |
|
May 28, 2015
wim
3 posts
|
Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed
Hi Simon - thank you for your help - that worked for me! Thanks wim |
|
May 28, 2015
Marissa
2 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / pearl barley
Okay thanks 😀😀😀 |
|
May 26, 2015
AC2003
7 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Salted Nuts Thanks Andy. I'll give it a go. |
|
May 25, 2015
AMcD
38 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Salted Nuts I finished DAFNE a few months back and the official line is that salted nuts do not count although the packet does give some small carbs figures. That said I have personally found that it's the one thing that puts my BG sky high if I eat anything more than a small amount. Try it out at zero carbs and see how it goes. Andy |
|
May 25, 2015
AMcD
38 posts
|
You could also consider a pump if it's a real issue for you. A pump can be easily programmed to give BI at various rates throughout the day which is very small amounts of QA insulin. just something to think about. It's always great to get good results so well done. |
|
May 25, 2015
ketostix pla...
25 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / think I cracked dawn phenomenon I been doing dafne for about 4-5 years now and dawn phenomenon has always been issue. I have tried various methods to try to beat (e.g 3am tests, missing evening meal to see if background ok, little quick acting 5am to get insulin in system etc etc) but nothing seemed to work. I have recently (2 weeks) starting having a raw vegetable/fruit/nut smoothie for my evening meal and injecting accordingly and a eating normal lunch and breakfast, and apart from one day my blood test has not exceeded 10 (normally 6- . Which for someone who had morning tests exceeding 16 most days and playing catch up rest of day is a result. I can only guess this is due to the body not working so hard to digest. I know this approach may not be suitable for everybody but seems to be working for me and also dropping some much needed weight also  , thought I would share.
|
|
May 25, 2015
AC2003
7 posts
|
Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Salted Nuts Do we carb count for them? I can't remember! |
|
May 22, 2015
Simon
578 posts
|
Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed You can indeed - go to the settings tab in the app, enter your username and password and set Diary Upload to On, whenever you save an entry it will automatically upload to the site. You can download entries from the site to the app by swiping down in the Diary tab (like you do to check for new emails) |
|
May 22, 2015
wim
3 posts
|
Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Dear SimonI am am a recent (today) dafne graduate. Can I sync my Dafne diary app entries on my iphone with the website so I can print out my diary and graphs? Thanks wim |
|
May 22, 2015
Garry
328 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / QA:CP and QA:BG? BI? Help! If you completed the DAFNE course Tans, you should be able to register as a DAFNE graduate. Talk to your trainers and they will be able to give you the details needed to register. If you are able to do that, you can access the current DAFNE Course Handbook which is available through this website. You may have an original copy of the handbook buried in that drawer at home that never gets opened! QA:CP is the ratio of Quick Acting to Carbohydrate Portion (1 CP is 10 g of Carbohydrate or CHO). If you are lucky, you may be able to use a ratio of 1:1 i.e. 1 unit of QA to 1 CP (10 g CHO). This ratio varies across the day and needs a disciplined approach to get right. Don't recognise the ratio QA:BG but BG is Blood Glucose. BI is the Background Insulin that you probably use. So I use Humalog QA and Lantus BI for instance. Regards Garry |
|
May 22, 2015
Tans
1 post
|
Topic: General Discussion / QA:CP and QA:BG? BI? Help! Hi! I'm new here so be gentle.. 😊Yesterday I had a heck of a shock when minor surgery was cancelled because my hba1c was so high they refused to operate on me. Maybe this is the wake up call I needed after neglecting diabetes for so long. I've started testing my BG again (it's been a year) and remember DAFNE as a concept introduced to me during a diabetes management course a couple of years ago. What I can't figure out is the terminology on the app and website... QA:CP and QA:BG and BI... What do they all stand for? Is there a user guide? Thanks! Tanya x |
|
May 20, 2015
David01
10 posts
|
Topic: General Discussion / SPLITTING LANTUS DOSE Hi ChezI'm also on a single daily dose of Lantus for the last 5 years or so (which I take around 11pm at night) plus Novorapid doses at each mealtime/snack. If I was taking Lantus at the same time as you I'd work out my 6pm dose based on what my blood sugar is at 6am the following morning as compared to my bed time blood sugar and work towards getting it to a level result. If that doesn't work well after a reasonable period, could I suggest talking to a diabetes specialist nurse about changing to a different type of long-acting insulin - maybe Levemir? That sometimes works better for people who have variable levels of physical active on different days of the week, and is often easier to manage. Hope that helps. If you think I'm just talking rubbish then ignore me. Good Luck. Kind Regards Dave |