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Nov 30, 2021

Warwick 423 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Dawn Phenomenon

Hello Joan,

What I have found helpful with dawn phenomenon is to add a third insulin to my QA and BI. I use Humalin NPH. Its action kind of sits between QA and BI with a peak around 6-8 hours after injection. I find if I inject it around 9 pm, then it covers the DP period of 3-5 am without inducing too many highs or lows and is largely finished by the time I wake around 7 am.

It sounds like you are on quite low amounts of insulin, so with this, you'd probably only need to inject 1 or 2 units of NPH to go with your injection of 4 units of Lantus at night.

What does the rest of your insulin regime look like?

From what you have said it sounds like you are taking a split dose of Lantus - once in the morning and once in the evening? If so, it may be that your morning basal insulin is running out (for some people, Lantus only lasts around 18 hours), in which case you could consider slowly adjusting your basal insulin injections so that you inject a little less in the morning and the equivalent amount extra in the evening.

If you are comfortable sharing your diary with this thread, then we can probably offer more tailored advice.

Thanks,
Warwick.

Nov 27, 2021

joan013 1 post

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Dawn Phenomenon

Hi, I'm being driven crazy with Dawn Phenomenon and trying to stop it or at least ease it. I have tried reducing my night-time dose of Lantus by 1 unit to 4 but find my bloods really high in the morning, and yet when I take 5 units of Lantus I am prone to go low over night. I can spend the following morning chasing the high with my correction and it's driving me crazy! Anyone been able to crack the phenomenon???

Oct 31, 2021

Warwick 423 posts

Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates

I've only been using this a day and it's putting a big smile on my face. It is now so much easier than selecting the date and time from drop down boxes. Now all I need to do is hit refresh, and the date and time are automatically accurate.

Again, thank you.

Warwick.

Oct 31, 2021

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates

No problem! Let me know if anything else needs fixing.

Oct 31, 2021

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database

Hi Charles,

As Warwick says it’s likely due to the updates we made to better support time zones. Can you share your diary with me (click my username and then there should be a link to share your diary with me) and also send a screenshot of the problem to [email protected]

Thanks

Simon

Oct 31, 2021

Charles R 3 posts

Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database

Thank you, Warwick. I’ll wait awhile to see whether these entries get corrected. 🤞

Charles

Oct 30, 2021

Warwick 423 posts

Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database

Take a look at the Forum Topic "Time zones". I suspect that the issue you are seeing is related and that it will all be good in a week or two. Apologies, it's happening because of a request that made for this site to be time zone aware. Embarassed

Thanks,
Warwick.

Oct 30, 2021

Warwick 423 posts

Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates

Thanks heaps Simon.

That is so much better. I really appreciate that.

Thanks for all the work you do on this site.

Warwick.

Oct 29, 2021

Charles R 3 posts

Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database

Is anyone else experiencing a problem with the database entries of their DAFNE Online Blood Glucose Diary? I enter results manually, and many of my Before Bed results have slipped, with approximately one in eight over the last 12 months now showing in the following day’s results.

Oct 28, 2021

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates

Hi Warwick - I've made the first change needed to support time zones and you can update your profile now. You can read more about it in this forum post

Oct 28, 2021

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Upload problems

This has now been fixed in version 2.7.2 of the iOS app.


Nov 30, 2021 Warwick 423 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Dawn Phenomenon Hello Joan, What I have found helpful with dawn phenomenon is to add a third insulin to my QA and BI. I use Humalin NPH. Its action kind of sits between QA and BI with a peak around 6-8 hours after injection. I find if I inject it around 9 pm, then it covers the DP period of 3-5 am without inducing too many highs or lows and is largely finished by the time I wake around 7 am. It sounds like you are on quite low amounts of insulin, so with this, you'd probably only need to inject 1 or 2 units of NPH to go with your injection of 4 units of Lantus at night. What does the rest of your insulin regime look like? From what you have said it sounds like you are taking a split dose of Lantus - once in the morning and once in the evening? If so, it may be that your morning basal insulin is running out (for some people, Lantus only lasts around 18 hours), in which case you could consider slowly adjusting your basal insulin injections so that you inject a little less in the morning and the equivalent amount extra in the evening. If you are comfortable sharing your diary with this thread, then we can probably offer more tailored advice. Thanks, Warwick.

Nov 27, 2021 joan013 1 post	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Dawn Phenomenon Hi, I'm being driven crazy with Dawn Phenomenon and trying to stop it or at least ease it. I have tried reducing my night-time dose of Lantus by 1 unit to 4 but find my bloods really high in the morning, and yet when I take 5 units of Lantus I am prone to go low over night. I can spend the following morning chasing the high with my correction and it's driving me crazy! Anyone been able to crack the phenomenon???

Oct 31, 2021 Warwick 423 posts	Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates I've only been using this a day and it's putting a big smile on my face. It is now so much easier than selecting the date and time from drop down boxes. Now all I need to do is hit refresh, and the date and time are automatically accurate. Again, thank you. Warwick.

Oct 31, 2021 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates No problem! Let me know if anything else needs fixing.

Oct 31, 2021 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database Hi Charles, As Warwick says it’s likely due to the updates we made to better support time zones. Can you share your diary with me (click my username and then there should be a link to share your diary with me) and also send a screenshot of the problem to [email protected] Thanks Simon

Oct 31, 2021 Charles R 3 posts	Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database Thank you, Warwick. I’ll wait awhile to see whether these entries get corrected. 🤞 Charles

Oct 30, 2021 Warwick 423 posts	Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database Take a look at the Forum Topic "Time zones". I suspect that the issue you are seeing is related and that it will all be good in a week or two. Apologies, it's happening because of a request that made for this site to be time zone aware. Thanks, Warwick.

Oct 30, 2021 Warwick 423 posts	Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates Thanks heaps Simon. That is so much better. I really appreciate that. Thanks for all the work you do on this site. Warwick.

Oct 29, 2021 Charles R 3 posts	Topic: Site Development / Errors in DAFNE database Is anyone else experiencing a problem with the database entries of their DAFNE Online Blood Glucose Diary? I enter results manually, and many of my Before Bed results have slipped, with approximately one in eight over the last 12 months now showing in the following day’s results.

Oct 28, 2021 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / My Blood Glucose Diary default dates Hi Warwick - I've made the first change needed to support time zones and you can update your profile now. You can read more about it in this forum post

Oct 28, 2021 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Upload problems This has now been fixed in version 2.7.2 of the iOS app.