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Oct 30, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Some more of my diary

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Overnight basal testing has been done on 21/10 - 22/10 & 29/10 - 30/10 - don't know if I should have done the one on 29/10 becasue I was higher than my bedtime target

Using Accu-Chek Avia Expert meter
- current targets:
for everything 4 - 7 - this corrects me to about 5.5
bedtime 8 - 12 - this corrects me to 10

Oct 30, 2014

BeccyB 50 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Mine's on it's way! Am really excited about the potential (and the excuse to build a fantastic spreadsheet to analyse all my results, but I'll be in the minority there I know Laughing

)

I normally get Â£100 from grandparents for xmas so that's another couple of sensors, I never thought I'd be wanting to spend xmas money on glucose testing kit! Shocked

Only thing I'm concerned about is getting obsessed with the numbers and resisting the temptation to keep giving tiny correction jabs - may have to consider a pump if that starts!!

Will let you all know how it goes....

Oct 30, 2014

NilesCrane 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

I like the idea of the patch pumps and the Omnipod seems popular I was wondering if anyone has the Cellnovo pump and if so how does it rate?

Oct 29, 2014

stephenbrowne 37 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Hi, I have really appreciated all the helpful contributions and information on this forum. I'm in the early days of learning about this newsystem.
My consultant thought I might find this system helpful as I need to do about 10 blood test a day on my pump. I've been on the system for 48 hours now and have found it very helpful in showing trends especially with exercise. I can scan through a shirt, cardigan and even winter coat. When I first started injectons 47 years ago I was advised to use industrial spirit to sterilise the skin before injections but abandoned this practice quickly as it caused thickening of the skin. I have always used aqueous disinfectants to clean the skin e.g. for inserting pump cannula - Boots anti viral foam hand cleanser is great. However when I applied the first Frestyle libre sensor I didn't use the spirit swab but an antiseptic wet wipe. This was a mistake as it was very difficult to remove the applicator without the sensor coming adrift. I managed to get the sensor to stick with Bostic adhesive in the end! I'll use the spirit swab next time.
I'm seeing my diabetes nurse next week to discuss the system further. One can record one's insulin bolus doses down to 1 unit and a health worker witht the secret code can enable you to record down to 0.5units but as my pump does doses down to 0.1 unit increments I'm able only to record to the nearest 1 unit at present..

Oct 29, 2014

Vickyp 137 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies

Oh the tropical flavour are my favourite dextro energy too Neville COL!

Oct 29, 2014

Vickyp 137 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

I haven't gone through security. But as far as aware no issues with it, it's safe to go through the walk-through scanners but you can say you have an insulin pump and don't want to go through that and they will manually scan you

Oct 29, 2014

NilesCrane 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Vickyp said:
I love the omnipod...waterproof, tubeless, can be placed in lots of different areas. Cons: if don't use the minimum insulin required in the 3 days then it is wasted, PDM is difficult to read in bright sunlight.

Thanks Vicky. have you had any problem going thru security at the airport?

Oct 29, 2014

Vickyp 137 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

I love the omnipod...waterproof, tubeless, can be placed in lots of different areas. Cons: if don't use the minimum insulin required in the 3 days then it is wasted, PDM is difficult to read in bright sunlight.

Oct 29, 2014

NilesCrane 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Hi everyone
I'm considering going on to a pump and the Omnipod seems a good option could anyone provide some pros and cons of this device.

Oct 29, 2014

Neville COL 23 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies

I m a major consumer of Dextro Energy tablets personally(especially tropical flavour ones!): bit easier to transport than jelly babies, and easy to work out how many if a bit low. For those really low moments (rare, but they do happen) I m a fan of Lucozade Sport: all v old school but I know where I am with em! Never been keen on jelly babies as a sweet any way...! Very Happy

Oct 28, 2014

sarahg 29 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Hi I have started my kit yesterday, with out a huge amount of success. First sensor appeared to be faulty, as it continually read low, for the first 6 hours. I then contacted abbots who advised to wait a few more hours for the sensor to settle down,and if it did not start to function correctly, wait a total of 24 hours, before speaking to them again, which I have done and was then told that the sensor did appear to be faulty. Thankfully abbots have said they will replace this sensor, and requested me to return this sensor back to them. Getting the sensor off because it had only been for round 25 hours, was a bit of a pain, as the sticker part was still very sticky, hopefully the new one will be easier to remove if it lasts the 14 days . This one does appear to be giving similar results of my normal blood machine which is cool.

Oct 28, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Accu-chek Aviva Expert Meter & Corrections

For anybody who uses the accu-chek aviva expert meter. How do you remember your correction doses so that you can add the corrections separately in the BG diary?

Oct 28, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Hi NRB,

Thanks for your reply & help.

The 5 units of am lantus taken at 1439 on Thursday was because I had forgotten it earlier so becasue it was taken nearly 4 hours late I reduced it by 2 units.

I did one overnight basal test on 21/10 - 22/10 at 0301 it was 10.5 as seen in my diary. I was going to test again on 22/10 but had a hypo as you can see at bedtime so had to abandon it grrrrr!

Oct 28, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Hi Vickyp,

Thanks for your reply.

The 6u would be 3u for food then the other 3 units would be correction dose. I use the accu-chek aviva expert meter & correction doses are built in ie it does show the correction dose seperate but then on the final screen where you confirm the dose it's all built in which makes it difficult to remember when you come to make enteries in the bg diary. Like you say it maybe the cause of the hypo at 1436. My correction is 1 unit drops me by 3mmol.

Yes agree to some more basal testing.

Re why I took QA after a hypo at my hypo check it's because I was agreeing with what my meter advised me to take. Like you say because I was below my bedtime target I needn't have confirmed it with my meter - that had crossed my mind

Oct 28, 2014

Alan 49 284 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies

I've bought a couple of bags of Bassett's jelly babies and they're really nice - a treat as well as a treatment!

Oct 28, 2014

Alan 49 284 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

I think this device will be really useful for holidaying abroad - when you're in a different environment, eating different foods and doing different things. As I understand it, swimming in a pool won't affect the sensor either.

Oct 28, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Site Development / A bug?

Chrome Version 38.0.2125.104

Oct 28, 2014

marke 681 posts

Topic: Site Development / A bug?

still does it for me ! What browser are you using and what version is it. It could be a bug with the broswer compatibility. I will need to check how it does it since we wrote it about 4 years
ago and it has never intentionally been changed :-)

Oct 28, 2014

marke 681 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Hi, I think the check-up idea is what most of us will do who can't afford the running costs. I had to bite my tongue (yes I know, hard to believe) when I met up with the Abbott Rep and DSN last week to report to them on my experiences with the device. The DSN after saying that the NHS won't pay for it was trying to say that it sounds a lot but people spend more on their mobile phones etc each month. This is true but I have also paid into the NHS via taxes for more years than I care to mention so asking me to pay on top for a new device seemed a bit rich :-(
I pointed out that when other companies release similiar devices which they are bound to do, the price will get pushed down. I understand that Abbott and any company need to recoupe their costs for development etc, but eventually the price of the sensors must come down. In the meantime we will jsut have to use them intermittently.

Oct 28, 2014

BeccyB 50 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Thanks for starting this thread marke, it's great to have a detailed, honest review of the new technologies.

I'm definitely going to check it out as I'd love to know what goes on during the night.
I'm thinking I might just do a 14 day 'check up' every couple of months to see if my trends are the same, rather than wear it continuously - would hopefully give a lot of the benefit but without so much of the costs! Or use it for eg. holidays and illness where routine is out the window and the extra info useful.

If I go ahead I'll report back!

Oct 28, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Site Development / A bug?

When entering the main 'Forums' page each of the forum sub groups, General Discussion, Carb Counting etc, used to light up green when there were new posts.........

This doesn't happen anymore.........

Once you enter the sub group each new post is highlighted though.......

Was this an intended change..........?

Oct 28, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

AM Lantus at 5 on Friday.............was that because you took it later.....?

there's not much to say really.........

still having highs in the morning, which could be down to basal, trying to see a clear picture at the weekend for anyone is hard at the best of times with take aways and alcohol.....

there is a 50-50 split between on target and off target blood sugars, so not bad.......

its still worth trying to get 2 days, at least, of overnight basal testing with a 3 am test.......so far you haven't managed that due to a hypo on Wednesday night....

Oct 27, 2014

Mike_p 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / QA ratios on the weekend

ok thanks all for some very useful feedback and comments, I will go away and firstly try upping my BI rate over next weekend, and see what happens!
its also nice to hear back from people who have experienced similar things.
cheers
Mike

Oct 27, 2014

Vickyp 137 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

On 24th you took 6u at 1023 but for 20g at 1.5:1 ratio it should be 3....possible cause for hypo at 1436?
Also try testing around 3am as it is possible for a hypo through the night to be missed and these can cause a high sugar on waking...weird I know but always worth a test!
I also wonder why you would take QA after a hypo, as seen on 22nd when you did the hypo check, especially as you were below bedtime target. I don't always agree with what meters etc say..personally in that situation I wouldn't take the QA but still have the snack.

Oct 27, 2014

landylara 14 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Kit bags

I have a DIA-PAK Classic that holds my diary, insulin pens, needles, strips, finger pricker and spare lancets. It also comes with an ice pack that you can use if going away or on long journey to keep your insulin cool, Its handy as everything I need is kept in one place.

Oct 30, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary) Some more of my diary Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated. Overnight basal testing has been done on 21/10 - 22/10 & 29/10 - 30/10 - don't know if I should have done the one on 29/10 becasue I was higher than my bedtime target Using Accu-Chek Avia Expert meter - current targets: for everything 4 - 7 - this corrects me to about 5.5 bedtime 8 - 12 - this corrects me to 10

Oct 30, 2014 BeccyB 50 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Mine's on it's way! Am really excited about the potential (and the excuse to build a fantastic spreadsheet to analyse all my results, but I'll be in the minority there I know ) I normally get Â£100 from grandparents for xmas so that's another couple of sensors, I never thought I'd be wanting to spend xmas money on glucose testing kit! Only thing I'm concerned about is getting obsessed with the numbers and resisting the temptation to keep giving tiny correction jabs - may have to consider a pump if that starts!! Will let you all know how it goes....

Oct 30, 2014 NilesCrane 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps I like the idea of the patch pumps and the Omnipod seems popular I was wondering if anyone has the Cellnovo pump and if so how does it rate?

Oct 29, 2014 stephenbrowne 37 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Hi, I have really appreciated all the helpful contributions and information on this forum. I'm in the early days of learning about this newsystem. My consultant thought I might find this system helpful as I need to do about 10 blood test a day on my pump. I've been on the system for 48 hours now and have found it very helpful in showing trends especially with exercise. I can scan through a shirt, cardigan and even winter coat. When I first started injectons 47 years ago I was advised to use industrial spirit to sterilise the skin before injections but abandoned this practice quickly as it caused thickening of the skin. I have always used aqueous disinfectants to clean the skin e.g. for inserting pump cannula - Boots anti viral foam hand cleanser is great. However when I applied the first Frestyle libre sensor I didn't use the spirit swab but an antiseptic wet wipe. This was a mistake as it was very difficult to remove the applicator without the sensor coming adrift. I managed to get the sensor to stick with Bostic adhesive in the end! I'll use the spirit swab next time. I'm seeing my diabetes nurse next week to discuss the system further. One can record one's insulin bolus doses down to 1 unit and a health worker witht the secret code can enable you to record down to 0.5units but as my pump does doses down to 0.1 unit increments I'm able only to record to the nearest 1 unit at present..

Oct 29, 2014 Vickyp 137 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies Oh the tropical flavour are my favourite dextro energy too Neville COL!

Oct 29, 2014 Vickyp 137 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps I haven't gone through security. But as far as aware no issues with it, it's safe to go through the walk-through scanners but you can say you have an insulin pump and don't want to go through that and they will manually scan you

Oct 29, 2014 NilesCrane 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Vickyp said: I love the omnipod...waterproof, tubeless, can be placed in lots of different areas. Cons: if don't use the minimum insulin required in the 3 days then it is wasted, PDM is difficult to read in bright sunlight. Thanks Vicky. have you had any problem going thru security at the airport?

Oct 29, 2014 Vickyp 137 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps I love the omnipod...waterproof, tubeless, can be placed in lots of different areas. Cons: if don't use the minimum insulin required in the 3 days then it is wasted, PDM is difficult to read in bright sunlight.

Oct 29, 2014 NilesCrane 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Hi everyone I'm considering going on to a pump and the Omnipod seems a good option could anyone provide some pros and cons of this device.

Oct 29, 2014 Neville COL 23 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies I m a major consumer of Dextro Energy tablets personally(especially tropical flavour ones!): bit easier to transport than jelly babies, and easy to work out how many if a bit low. For those really low moments (rare, but they do happen) I m a fan of Lucozade Sport: all v old school but I know where I am with em! Never been keen on jelly babies as a sweet any way...!

Oct 28, 2014 sarahg 29 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Hi I have started my kit yesterday, with out a huge amount of success. First sensor appeared to be faulty, as it continually read low, for the first 6 hours. I then contacted abbots who advised to wait a few more hours for the sensor to settle down,and if it did not start to function correctly, wait a total of 24 hours, before speaking to them again, which I have done and was then told that the sensor did appear to be faulty. Thankfully abbots have said they will replace this sensor, and requested me to return this sensor back to them. Getting the sensor off because it had only been for round 25 hours, was a bit of a pain, as the sticker part was still very sticky, hopefully the new one will be easier to remove if it lasts the 14 days . This one does appear to be giving similar results of my normal blood machine which is cool.

Oct 28, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Accu-chek Aviva Expert Meter & Corrections For anybody who uses the accu-chek aviva expert meter. How do you remember your correction doses so that you can add the corrections separately in the BG diary?

Oct 28, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary) Hi NRB, Thanks for your reply & help. The 5 units of am lantus taken at 1439 on Thursday was because I had forgotten it earlier so becasue it was taken nearly 4 hours late I reduced it by 2 units. I did one overnight basal test on 21/10 - 22/10 at 0301 it was 10.5 as seen in my diary. I was going to test again on 22/10 but had a hypo as you can see at bedtime so had to abandon it grrrrr!

Oct 28, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary) Hi Vickyp, Thanks for your reply. The 6u would be 3u for food then the other 3 units would be correction dose. I use the accu-chek aviva expert meter & correction doses are built in ie it does show the correction dose seperate but then on the final screen where you confirm the dose it's all built in which makes it difficult to remember when you come to make enteries in the bg diary. Like you say it maybe the cause of the hypo at 1436. My correction is 1 unit drops me by 3mmol. Yes agree to some more basal testing. Re why I took QA after a hypo at my hypo check it's because I was agreeing with what my meter advised me to take. Like you say because I was below my bedtime target I needn't have confirmed it with my meter - that had crossed my mind

Oct 28, 2014 Alan 49 284 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies I've bought a couple of bags of Bassett's jelly babies and they're really nice - a treat as well as a treatment!

Oct 28, 2014 Alan 49 284 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) I think this device will be really useful for holidaying abroad - when you're in a different environment, eating different foods and doing different things. As I understand it, swimming in a pool won't affect the sensor either.

Oct 28, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Site Development / A bug? Chrome Version 38.0.2125.104

Oct 28, 2014 marke 681 posts	Topic: Site Development / A bug? still does it for me ! What browser are you using and what version is it. It could be a bug with the broswer compatibility. I will need to check how it does it since we wrote it about 4 years ago and it has never intentionally been changed :-)

Oct 28, 2014 marke 681 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Hi, I think the check-up idea is what most of us will do who can't afford the running costs. I had to bite my tongue (yes I know, hard to believe) when I met up with the Abbott Rep and DSN last week to report to them on my experiences with the device. The DSN after saying that the NHS won't pay for it was trying to say that it sounds a lot but people spend more on their mobile phones etc each month. This is true but I have also paid into the NHS via taxes for more years than I care to mention so asking me to pay on top for a new device seemed a bit rich :-( I pointed out that when other companies release similiar devices which they are bound to do, the price will get pushed down. I understand that Abbott and any company need to recoupe their costs for development etc, but eventually the price of the sensors must come down. In the meantime we will jsut have to use them intermittently.

Oct 28, 2014 BeccyB 50 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Thanks for starting this thread marke, it's great to have a detailed, honest review of the new technologies. I'm definitely going to check it out as I'd love to know what goes on during the night. I'm thinking I might just do a 14 day 'check up' every couple of months to see if my trends are the same, rather than wear it continuously - would hopefully give a lot of the benefit but without so much of the costs! Or use it for eg. holidays and illness where routine is out the window and the extra info useful. If I go ahead I'll report back!

Oct 28, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Site Development / A bug? When entering the main 'Forums' page each of the forum sub groups, General Discussion, Carb Counting etc, used to light up green when there were new posts......... This doesn't happen anymore......... Once you enter the sub group each new post is highlighted though....... Was this an intended change..........?

Oct 28, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary) AM Lantus at 5 on Friday.............was that because you took it later.....? there's not much to say really......... still having highs in the morning, which could be down to basal, trying to see a clear picture at the weekend for anyone is hard at the best of times with take aways and alcohol..... there is a 50-50 split between on target and off target blood sugars, so not bad....... its still worth trying to get 2 days, at least, of overnight basal testing with a 3 am test.......so far you haven't managed that due to a hypo on Wednesday night....

Oct 27, 2014 Mike_p 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / QA ratios on the weekend ok thanks all for some very useful feedback and comments, I will go away and firstly try upping my BI rate over next weekend, and see what happens! its also nice to hear back from people who have experienced similar things. cheers Mike

Oct 27, 2014 Vickyp 137 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary) On 24th you took 6u at 1023 but for 20g at 1.5:1 ratio it should be 3....possible cause for hypo at 1436? Also try testing around 3am as it is possible for a hypo through the night to be missed and these can cause a high sugar on waking...weird I know but always worth a test! I also wonder why you would take QA after a hypo, as seen on 22nd when you did the hypo check, especially as you were below bedtime target. I don't always agree with what meters etc say..personally in that situation I wouldn't take the QA but still have the snack.

Oct 27, 2014 landylara 14 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Kit bags I have a DIA-PAK Classic that holds my diary, insulin pens, needles, strips, finger pricker and spare lancets. It also comes with an ice pack that you can use if going away or on long journey to keep your insulin cool, Its handy as everything I need is kept in one place.