Recent Posts - DAFNE Online

Sep 29, 2014

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed

Hi Linda,

It sounds like you haven't updated your iPhone for a while, and the app requires some of the latest apple updates to run. You can update to the latest version of iOS by following the instructions here https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623

Thanks,

Simon

Sep 28, 2014

mdadds 1 post

Topic: General Discussion / IBG STAR - reliable readings??

Hi, yes I had a big problem with the BG Star, I also thought this meter would be easier to one less thing to carry, I called the makers of this meter and was told that the meter was the most accurate meter on the market. I explained that there was a difference of 2 to 4 of a difference and they said my one touch meter was way out, so I told them if I used there meter I would not take enough or to much insulin they said that wouldn't happen, what a laugh. That was the end of BGStar.
Regards
Mdadds

Sep 28, 2014

Linda flash 13 posts

Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed

Simon said:
Hi Linda,

Which iPhone or iPad do you have?

Hi Simon I have the iphone 4s

Sep 28, 2014

James270377 1 post

Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed

Hi all,

I am using the dafne app which transfers to the diary on here but for some reason my breakfast one doesn't, all other entries work fine, is there a reason or something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

James

Sep 27, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hypos - All Over The Place

Wondering whether I'm better reducing lantus again or even changing to levemir

Sep 27, 2014

Simon 578 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6

Ah - the default view in the settings app isn't ysed any more so you should see all of your entries as you add them to the app

Sep 27, 2014

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed

Hi Linda,

Which iPhone or iPad do you have?

Sep 26, 2014

gessie 2 posts

Topic: General Discussion / IBG STAR - reliable readings??

Hi Everyone,
After finishing the DAFNE course earlier this year (2014) I wanted to switch to the iBG STAR BG monitoring system because it worked with my iPhone and meant there was one less thing to always carry around - since I could get rid of my old OneTouch BG metre.
I tried it for about 14 days. Since I was changing meters, I kept track of the readings on the iBG STAR by cross-correlating with my old One Touch machine - taking two readings each time I checked my BG. The BG results as shown by the two machines differed significantly - the iBG STAR always giving higher values with the differential increasing as the BG values rose higher - say a difference of 2 units at normal BG measurements rising to 4 or more units difference at high BG values.
Since my overall balance wasn't bad with the One Touch system - which gave readings that I knew and was used to ('trusted' isn't quite the word! - but I had an idea how many units of QA were needed to counteract a particularly high BG - just from experience) I stopped using the BG STAR and returned to carrying all the clobber - a phone PLUS a BG meter - around with me again.
I was wondering if anyone else has any experiences with the BG STAR being either a system that gives good results (for them) OR like me found the machines to be a bit unreliable. I'd still like to park the old One Touch BG meter - which I'm using again - even if just for efficiency's sake - but I can't trust the iBG STAR system's readings.
Cheers.

Sep 26, 2014

Linda flash 13 posts

Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed

Hi
I tried dowloading the iphone dafne app but it tells me the application requires ios 7.0 or later,
How do I do this please?

Linda

Sep 26, 2014

carrie26 1 post

Topic: General Discussion / Green Day.

well done, also a long time since I was on this site, and I have also had (almost) a complete day of testing in the normal ranges. Don't be discouraged by the hypos, I often find when I'm trying to be 'good' and strictly record everything I have more hypos than normal. A few hypos better than constantly running high!

Sep 26, 2014

vic demain 87 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Green Day.

Followed by 3 hypos!!!!!!!!

Sep 25, 2014

stephenbrowne 37 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Online version of DAFNE?

Hi Andrewarts,
I sympathise with your situation. I was sceptical of the value of DAFNE since I had been carbohydrate counting and making my own adjustments since 1967. However after retiring in 2012 I finally felt I could afford the time to attend the course. I certainly found it helpful to meet others who were managing type 1 diabetes and despite my own personal knowlege and knowlege from books and medical journals I learned much from the course. One thing which impressed me was how different we all are and that something which works for one person will not necessarily be guaranteed to work for someone else. I found discussions of how to adjust for exercise particularly helpful. I do hope you are able to find a suitable solution to enable you to benefit from DAFNE. Best wishes !

Sep 25, 2014

vic demain 87 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Green Day.

Hi, a long time since I was last here. Some four years since graduating from the course, I achieved my first ever complete day of testing within the target ranges Laughing

Think it may be a long time until the next!!

Sep 25, 2014

wigworld 19 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BEER AFTER DINNER

I find my BG goes up with a beer, but then drops a two or three hours later. So my routine is:

QA, then beer, followed by a kebab at the end of the drinking session. Very Happy

Sep 25, 2014

JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Online version of DAFNE?

Tough call, though I'm wondering why you've not got the option of paid holiday?
It's very worth doing IMO as well. I hope something can be worked out. Sad

All the best.

Sep 25, 2014

wigworld 19 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Online version of DAFNE?

I've been diabetic for 40 years (since I was 4 years old), have been self-adjusting for 25+ years, and I'm also a pharmacist so have always been quite confident that I've been managing my Diabetes as well as possible.
I did a DAFNE course a couple of months ago, and it has completely revolutionised how I manage and think about my Diabetes. I've lost weight, feel better, and have lower blood glucose, even though I'm injecting less insulin!
I can't recommend DAFNE highly enough. I was sceptical that I could learn anything new, but it's the best thing I ever did. Wish I'd done it years ago.

Sep 24, 2014

Ryder 6 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Moods and blood sugars

I seem to have an issue with my blood sugars falling low when I'm particularly stressed. I'm 13 weeks pregnant at the moment and try to not let stress affect me but there have been a few issues with work/some family members recently which can turn me from super cool one minute to breaking point the next. Any tips (apart from trading some people in-which I'm considering! Lol)

Sep 24, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hypos - All Over The Place

I seem to be hypoing all over the place at the moment, I could have shares with jelly babies lol.

I have been slowly reducing my lantus by 2u at a time then giving it 3+ days for it to settle & 3+ to see any effects. The last time I reduced was Sat 20/09.

I'm wondering whether a time change of lantus ie taking it in a morning rather than evening (10:30pm ish) would help - I know of somebody whos dsn suggested this why I don't really know & I know we're all different.

Can anyone see any trends

Any help in identifying trends and/or advice on how to improve my control would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

Sep 23, 2014

AUSTEN74 4 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6

Hi Yes I downloaded a new version of the app and set the default view to all before entering a new BM entry and refreshing the history. I think it downloaded about 11 days of entries.

Sep 23, 2014

Simon 578 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6

Hi Austen,

Did you download a new copy of the app on your new phone, or restore it from a backup of a previous iphone? If it's a new copy of the app then when we do the download it only gets the last 14 days worth of entries so you will only see them. Note when you add new entries to the app the ones you've already downloaded will still be visible as the app lists all entries it has stored.

Hope this makes sense?

Simon

Sep 22, 2014

marke 681 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online pump diaries

Hi, not at the moment because we are currently not allowed access to any of the pump course materials. If and when we are we will of course try to adapt them for the site

Sep 22, 2014

marke 681 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6

I will highlight this to Simon, he usually has app updates for ios ready in advance so I will check if he knows about this.

Sep 22, 2014

AUSTEN74 4 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6

Ok cheers for that!


Sep 29, 2014 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Hi Linda, It sounds like you haven't updated your iPhone for a while, and the app requires some of the latest apple updates to run. You can update to the latest version of iOS by following the instructions here https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623 Thanks, Simon

Sep 28, 2014 mdadds 1 post	Topic: General Discussion / IBG STAR - reliable readings?? Hi, yes I had a big problem with the BG Star, I also thought this meter would be easier to one less thing to carry, I called the makers of this meter and was told that the meter was the most accurate meter on the market. I explained that there was a difference of 2 to 4 of a difference and they said my one touch meter was way out, so I told them if I used there meter I would not take enough or to much insulin they said that wouldn't happen, what a laugh. That was the end of BGStar. Regards Mdadds

Sep 28, 2014 Linda flash 13 posts	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Simon said: Hi Linda, Which iPhone or iPad do you have? Hi Simon I have the iphone 4s

Sep 28, 2014 James270377 1 post	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Hi all, I am using the dafne app which transfers to the diary on here but for some reason my breakfast one doesn't, all other entries work fine, is there a reason or something I'm doing wrong? Thanks James

Sep 27, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hypos - All Over The Place Wondering whether I'm better reducing lantus again or even changing to levemir

Sep 27, 2014 Simon 578 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6 Ah - the default view in the settings app isn't ysed any more so you should see all of your entries as you add them to the app

Sep 27, 2014 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Hi Linda, Which iPhone or iPad do you have?

Sep 26, 2014 gessie 2 posts	Topic: General Discussion / IBG STAR - reliable readings?? Hi Everyone, After finishing the DAFNE course earlier this year (2014) I wanted to switch to the iBG STAR BG monitoring system because it worked with my iPhone and meant there was one less thing to always carry around - since I could get rid of my old OneTouch BG metre. I tried it for about 14 days. Since I was changing meters, I kept track of the readings on the iBG STAR by cross-correlating with my old One Touch machine - taking two readings each time I checked my BG. The BG results as shown by the two machines differed significantly - the iBG STAR always giving higher values with the differential increasing as the BG values rose higher - say a difference of 2 units at normal BG measurements rising to 4 or more units difference at high BG values. Since my overall balance wasn't bad with the One Touch system - which gave readings that I knew and was used to ('trusted' isn't quite the word! - but I had an idea how many units of QA were needed to counteract a particularly high BG - just from experience) I stopped using the BG STAR and returned to carrying all the clobber - a phone PLUS a BG meter - around with me again. I was wondering if anyone else has any experiences with the BG STAR being either a system that gives good results (for them) OR like me found the machines to be a bit unreliable. I'd still like to park the old One Touch BG meter - which I'm using again - even if just for efficiency's sake - but I can't trust the iBG STAR system's readings. Cheers.

Sep 26, 2014 Linda flash 13 posts	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Hi I tried dowloading the iphone dafne app but it tells me the application requires ios 7.0 or later, How do I do this please? Linda

Sep 26, 2014 carrie26 1 post	Topic: General Discussion / Green Day. well done, also a long time since I was on this site, and I have also had (almost) a complete day of testing in the normal ranges. Don't be discouraged by the hypos, I often find when I'm trying to be 'good' and strictly record everything I have more hypos than normal. A few hypos better than constantly running high!

Sep 26, 2014 vic demain 87 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Green Day. Followed by 3 hypos!!!!!!!!

Sep 25, 2014 stephenbrowne 37 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Online version of DAFNE? Hi Andrewarts, I sympathise with your situation. I was sceptical of the value of DAFNE since I had been carbohydrate counting and making my own adjustments since 1967. However after retiring in 2012 I finally felt I could afford the time to attend the course. I certainly found it helpful to meet others who were managing type 1 diabetes and despite my own personal knowlege and knowlege from books and medical journals I learned much from the course. One thing which impressed me was how different we all are and that something which works for one person will not necessarily be guaranteed to work for someone else. I found discussions of how to adjust for exercise particularly helpful. I do hope you are able to find a suitable solution to enable you to benefit from DAFNE. Best wishes !

Sep 25, 2014 vic demain 87 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Green Day. Hi, a long time since I was last here. Some four years since graduating from the course, I achieved my first ever complete day of testing within the target ranges Think it may be a long time until the next!!

Sep 25, 2014 wigworld 19 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BEER AFTER DINNER I find my BG goes up with a beer, but then drops a two or three hours later. So my routine is: QA, then beer, followed by a kebab at the end of the drinking session.

Sep 25, 2014 JayBee 587 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Online version of DAFNE? Tough call, though I'm wondering why you've not got the option of paid holiday? It's very worth doing IMO as well. I hope something can be worked out. All the best.

Sep 25, 2014 wigworld 19 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Online version of DAFNE? I've been diabetic for 40 years (since I was 4 years old), have been self-adjusting for 25+ years, and I'm also a pharmacist so have always been quite confident that I've been managing my Diabetes as well as possible. I did a DAFNE course a couple of months ago, and it has completely revolutionised how I manage and think about my Diabetes. I've lost weight, feel better, and have lower blood glucose, even though I'm injecting less insulin! I can't recommend DAFNE highly enough. I was sceptical that I could learn anything new, but it's the best thing I ever did. Wish I'd done it years ago.

Sep 24, 2014 Ryder 6 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Moods and blood sugars I seem to have an issue with my blood sugars falling low when I'm particularly stressed. I'm 13 weeks pregnant at the moment and try to not let stress affect me but there have been a few issues with work/some family members recently which can turn me from super cool one minute to breaking point the next. Any tips (apart from trading some people in-which I'm considering! Lol)

Sep 24, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hypos - All Over The Place I seem to be hypoing all over the place at the moment, I could have shares with jelly babies lol. I have been slowly reducing my lantus by 2u at a time then giving it 3+ days for it to settle & 3+ to see any effects. The last time I reduced was Sat 20/09. I'm wondering whether a time change of lantus ie taking it in a morning rather than evening (10:30pm ish) would help - I know of somebody whos dsn suggested this why I don't really know & I know we're all different. Can anyone see any trends Any help in identifying trends and/or advice on how to improve my control would be greatly appreciated Thank you

Sep 23, 2014 AUSTEN74 4 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6 Hi Yes I downloaded a new version of the app and set the default view to all before entering a new BM entry and refreshing the history. I think it downloaded about 11 days of entries.

Sep 23, 2014 Simon 578 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6 Hi Austen, Did you download a new copy of the app on your new phone, or restore it from a backup of a previous iphone? If it's a new copy of the app then when we do the download it only gets the last 14 days worth of entries so you will only see them. Note when you add new entries to the app the ones you've already downloaded will still be visible as the app lists all entries it has stored. Hope this makes sense? Simon

Sep 22, 2014 marke 681 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online pump diaries Hi, not at the moment because we are currently not allowed access to any of the pump course materials. If and when we are we will of course try to adapt them for the site

Sep 22, 2014 marke 681 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6 I will highlight this to Simon, he usually has app updates for ios ready in advance so I will check if he knows about this.

Sep 22, 2014 AUSTEN74 4 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone 6 Ok cheers for that!