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Jan 15, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / My Recent BGs - comments wanted please

Hi,

Before I pay a visit to my diabetic drop in centre I'm looking for some comments on my recent BGs.

Dates - what's been going on lately

A while before Wed 11.12 bedtime BGs were much higher then fasting BGs where there was a huge drop so for several weeks I slowly decreased BI (lantus)

Then ALL BGs went higher ie mostly in the teens

Wed 11.12 - started with headcold

got a bit better in between

Fri 27.12 - ear infection - antibiotics for 1 week

Mon 30.12 - put meter on +10% for illness & use this for every QA injection

Wed 01.01 - put meter on +12% for illness & use this for every QA injection - has this just become a habit now to be doing this?

Most BGs are in the teens

Mon 06.01 - increased BI from 12u to 14u

The odd single figure BG is now creeping in

Jan 15, 2014

mkennerley 6 posts

Topic: Site Development / Ios app not syncing diary

Hi, Thanks for the reply.

Yes I am still having trouble. My iPhone app now reports "Connection Failed. Could not connect to DAFNE Online. Please check your internet connection" every time I go into the app. The spinning wheel icon next to the wireless network icon is always spinning. Other internet enabled apps iPlayer, Safari etc work fine.

I enter a new entry everytime I do a blood test, so usually about 4 times a day. It hasn't updated the website since 9th December.

Thanks,

Mark

Jan 15, 2014

Simon 574 posts

Topic: Site Development / Ios app not syncing diary

Hi there,

Sorry for the late reply - are you still having this problem? Have you tried adding a new entry - this should trigger the sync to the site for all previous entries. If it's still not working can you let us know around what time you're trying to do the upload so we can check our logs?

Thanks,

Simon

Jan 15, 2014

mda 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Snacks

I totally agree with the ocd thing which I seem to have been affected by!!! Nice to know I'm not alone.

novorapidboi26 said:
I think snack items and hypo resolve have to be identified as different things.

When treating hypos it should always be quick acting carbs, between 15 and 20g. I actually prefer the isotnic sports drinks, just ASDA's own, half of the bottle [500ml] does the job quickly.

Snacking though is different, snacking implies a small food item in between a main meal......

Something low carb and low GI would be best or even carb free...... ........I try not to snack though as it just means I wont be on target for the next meal, which I like to see more often than not...kinda OCD thing going on.....

Jan 15, 2014

Rafa 99 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / rice and pasta

Just wondering has anyone any experience of black wild rice please?

Jan 15, 2014

Rafa 99 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Snacks

I always have jelly babies with me and in my bedside locker or one of the small cans of coke (150ML). I find one cp is enough to bring me back up. Anymore and i go the opposite way. As regards snacking i love my grub so find it hard not to so am trying to snack on foods that contain no carbs.

Jan 14, 2014

marke 646 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading

Hi, the following entry looks a bit strange:

2014-1-11 at 19:26 diary_entry_type= Before Dinner, ratio=2.5:1, bg="", cps="5.5", qa="13.8", bi=""
There is no BG but the QA is 13.8 which looks odd. Should this be in the BG field ??
This may explain the error you are getting, can you change it and see what happens ?

Jan 14, 2014

Ariane 14 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading

Hi Marke,
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I assumed that since the app had a designer it was checked by the 'Keith Clarke' that created it or that said person would know how to rectify the problem.
I left a message on here over a year ago asking if we could have an update of the android app so it did the same things the iphone app did e.g adding your own food entries.

And the iphone threads tend to be a bit more frequently dealt with, the app itself being slightly better, hence Android frustration.

I am very greatful for it so thank-you, it's just very frustrating when you come to rely on something and come up against the same errors and nothing can be done to change whats is otherwise a brilliant app.
I wish the government or someone would give you the funding necessary because it is by far the best thing out there for DAFNE users, especially as it is free.
SO
The message that comes up is 'Unexpected error: Uploading failed BG is not a number.'
I try to upload results from my old HTC and it will only upload to a certain point (only after 5 or 6 continuous attempts) and then displays the message above.
I tried several times between Sat 11th and Monday 13th January 2013 from around 5 or 6 pm.
Eventually as I said , it did upload part of the results but for some reason there are wholes in what it uploads,
e.g when uploading the last year, it completely disregards Oct and November and skips from September to Decemeber readings, despite them clearly being present on my old phone.

So when I look on my new HTC there are two months of readings missing, it's a bit baffling.
I suspect the error message has something to do with it.
I have even checked those results to make sure i haven't written BG in a box mistake or something, but no such luck.

Voila, thank-you for your time. Very Happy

Jan 14, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,816 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Snacks

I think snack items and hypo resolve have to be identified as different things.

When treating hypos it should always be quick acting carbs, between 15 and 20g. I actually prefer the isotnic sports drinks, just ASDA's own, half of the bottle [500ml] does the job quickly.

Snacking though is different, snacking implies a small food item in between a main meal...... Very Happy

Something low carb and low GI would be best or even carb free...... Wink

........I try not to snack though as it just means I wont be on target for the next meal, which I like to see more often than not...kinda OCD thing going on.....

Jan 14, 2014

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems

Thanks marke for looking at it.
I always keep my results in my paper DAFNE diary anyway to upload later using multiple entry format. The automatic date entry seems to stop things on multiple entry and we get presented with the red border cells to input a date. Have tried pasting in dates throughout that input...but I'm afraid once it has gone awry...you get the problem warning window.
Have been able to upload my results from the last few days this morning by using single entries. So maybe multiple result entries time out on the server as it is exceptionally slow.
Regards
Garry

Jan 13, 2014

marke 646 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading

Hi, there is NO app design team. In fact there is no android developer at all at the moment. This site is run on a voluntary basis by DAFNE Graduates in their spare time. The apps were developed by people kind enough to give their time. This is why questions are not being answered at the moment. In addition there is an issue in the diary part of the site that 'may' be related to this. Can you please provide details of what the errors are and the date and time they appear, this will help is investigate the issue and hopefully provide a solution.

Jan 13, 2014

marke 646 posts

Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems

Hi, Yes we have not resolved the issues at the moment. We are still trying to work out what the problem is, it works fine in our test setup but not on the live site for some reason. I WILL post on this thread as soon as there are any developments.

Jan 13, 2014

john m 15 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Snacks

cant beat jelly babies no need to mesure or weigh just take 3-4 of em never go anywhere without mine Very Happy

Jan 13, 2014

kawaii 6 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / help pls

thanks for the reply my BG has gone back to its normal range and im back to my 1:1 ratio Very Happy

panic over

Jan 13, 2014

Vickyp 135 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / help pls

BGs can vary during your period...its to do with the hormones! True about Lantus, so prob best not to change, you're doing the right thing though checking for ketones and a small increase in ratios.
Suppose this is one of the advantages of the pump as you can set a temp basal for exactly this reason!

Jan 12, 2014

HelenH 9 posts

Topic: General Discussion / hypo on sundays

Relaxed state on Sundays & after Yoga midweek always reduce my BG levels!

Jan 12, 2014

HelenH 9 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Snacks

Jelly Babies everywhere Laughing

Jan 12, 2014

kawaii 6 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / help pls

i dont know if its normal but im on my period and my blood sugar seems to be higher than normal - two days in a row now i can increase my background insulin because its lantus and by the time its takes effect my period will be over - i have checked for ketones and ive got none and ive increased my ratio by 1/2 but its still high

Jan 12, 2014

Kittycat789 10 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Snacks

I like to have a bottle of lucozade by my bed and in my handbag and car i carry mini packets of jelly babies

Jan 12, 2014

Ariane 14 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading

I also got an error message and have just changed phones the message says , BG is not a number!!!
Uploading and downloading are not working correctly on my new or old HTC phones.
I have a year worth of records on my phone which are not uploading because of this error message and my new phone will not download and display anything!!!!

Android support is an ongoing issue for a lot of users can someone from the app design team please fix this and answer android users questions!!!???
Thanks

Jan 12, 2014

HelenP 218 posts

Topic: General Discussion / laser eye treatment

Hi, I had my first laser treatment about 23 years ago after a small retinal bleed. Since then I have had four addition sessions (two on each eye) with a total of five sessions. My current ophthalmologist says that he is very happy with the status of my eyes and that the laser treatment was obviously done well. My vision is such that I drive without glasses but need glasses for reading. I think my colour vision has been marginally affected though. I was also diagnosed with bilateral cataracts about 20 years ago but have been advised that they are very slow growing and that I may not see any real improvement in my vision. So we wait.

I found the laser sessions stressful and after one session developed a black eye. I found that the ophthalmic surgeon was pushed for time and it is a bit like a assembly line and you are only allocated so much time. I actually called a halt at the last session and said I could not do it any longer. I was abruptly told to go home and to ring up and make an appointment to have it done under a general anaesthetic. I returned to my ophthalmologist (not the surgeon) and he advised me to wait and he now thinks that I do not need any additional laser. It is not something I recommend but the outcome for me has been great. They are getting better at it all the time.

Pepsi's description is fairly accurate.You sit there with every instinct in your body telling you to shut your eyes. Best wishes, Helen

Jan 11, 2014

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems

Maybe I'll start keeping a paper copy also incase of online problems.

Diary seems to be working today but still doesn't open up as quick as the other Dafne tools also when doing either multiple entries & updating entries it's very slow.

Jan 10, 2014

Vickyp 135 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Cholestrol

As my levels were so high I was referred to a lipids consultant, and it was him that said no statins etc until I decide my family is complete, regardless of how long that may be!! I was with the consultant for a year before he discharged me and now my diabetes consultant monitors it..he agrees no statins so they happy for me to tick along with slightly higher levels as I have brought them down probably as far as I can on diet only.
I would go back to your GP and explain about thinking of starting family and the risk of statin use...remember GPs won't know all the information, hence the need for specialists!

Jan 10, 2014

Jade_ellen 2 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Cholestrol

Thanks so much for replying and giving me that information it is very useful to me and now i understand a bit more as my gp did not really explain anything to me just told me i am on them for the rest of my life and thats it. I was just worried as i am only 21 years old and thought i was way too young to go on them but for some reason in the last 5 months my ldl has risen from a perfect 1.3 to 3.2 which is why they put me on them. And i was expecting the gp to say they would give me some time to lower it myself but i did not get that chance and yes I am hoping to start my own family with my boyfriend. I read that the statins are not to be taken when you are trying or pregnant

Jan 15, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / My Recent BGs - comments wanted please Hi, Before I pay a visit to my diabetic drop in centre I'm looking for some comments on my recent BGs. Dates - what's been going on lately A while before Wed 11.12 bedtime BGs were much higher then fasting BGs where there was a huge drop so for several weeks I slowly decreased BI (lantus) Then ALL BGs went higher ie mostly in the teens Wed 11.12 - started with headcold got a bit better in between Fri 27.12 - ear infection - antibiotics for 1 week Mon 30.12 - put meter on +10% for illness & use this for every QA injection Wed 01.01 - put meter on +12% for illness & use this for every QA injection - has this just become a habit now to be doing this? Most BGs are in the teens Mon 06.01 - increased BI from 12u to 14u The odd single figure BG is now creeping in

Jan 15, 2014 mkennerley 6 posts	Topic: Site Development / Ios app not syncing diary Hi, Thanks for the reply. Yes I am still having trouble. My iPhone app now reports "Connection Failed. Could not connect to DAFNE Online. Please check your internet connection" every time I go into the app. The spinning wheel icon next to the wireless network icon is always spinning. Other internet enabled apps iPlayer, Safari etc work fine. I enter a new entry everytime I do a blood test, so usually about 4 times a day. It hasn't updated the website since 9th December. Thanks, Mark

Jan 15, 2014 Simon 574 posts	Topic: Site Development / Ios app not syncing diary Hi there, Sorry for the late reply - are you still having this problem? Have you tried adding a new entry - this should trigger the sync to the site for all previous entries. If it's still not working can you let us know around what time you're trying to do the upload so we can check our logs? Thanks, Simon

Jan 15, 2014 mda 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Snacks I totally agree with the ocd thing which I seem to have been affected by!!! Nice to know I'm not alone. novorapidboi26 said: I think snack items and hypo resolve have to be identified as different things. When treating hypos it should always be quick acting carbs, between 15 and 20g. I actually prefer the isotnic sports drinks, just ASDA's own, half of the bottle [500ml] does the job quickly. Snacking though is different, snacking implies a small food item in between a main meal...... Something low carb and low GI would be best or even carb free...... ........I try not to snack though as it just means I wont be on target for the next meal, which I like to see more often than not...kinda OCD thing going on.....

Jan 15, 2014 Rafa 99 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / rice and pasta Just wondering has anyone any experience of black wild rice please?

Jan 15, 2014 Rafa 99 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Snacks I always have jelly babies with me and in my bedside locker or one of the small cans of coke (150ML). I find one cp is enough to bring me back up. Anymore and i go the opposite way. As regards snacking i love my grub so find it hard not to so am trying to snack on foods that contain no carbs.

Jan 14, 2014 marke 646 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading Hi, the following entry looks a bit strange: 2014-1-11 at 19:26 diary_entry_type= Before Dinner, ratio=2.5:1, bg="", cps="5.5", qa="13.8", bi="" There is no BG but the QA is 13.8 which looks odd. Should this be in the BG field ?? This may explain the error you are getting, can you change it and see what happens ?

Jan 14, 2014 Ariane 14 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading Hi Marke, Thanks for taking the time to reply. I assumed that since the app had a designer it was checked by the 'Keith Clarke' that created it or that said person would know how to rectify the problem. I left a message on here over a year ago asking if we could have an update of the android app so it did the same things the iphone app did e.g adding your own food entries. And the iphone threads tend to be a bit more frequently dealt with, the app itself being slightly better, hence Android frustration. I am very greatful for it so thank-you, it's just very frustrating when you come to rely on something and come up against the same errors and nothing can be done to change whats is otherwise a brilliant app. I wish the government or someone would give you the funding necessary because it is by far the best thing out there for DAFNE users, especially as it is free. SO The message that comes up is 'Unexpected error: Uploading failed BG is not a number.' I try to upload results from my old HTC and it will only upload to a certain point (only after 5 or 6 continuous attempts) and then displays the message above. I tried several times between Sat 11th and Monday 13th January 2013 from around 5 or 6 pm. Eventually as I said , it did upload part of the results but for some reason there are wholes in what it uploads, e.g when uploading the last year, it completely disregards Oct and November and skips from September to Decemeber readings, despite them clearly being present on my old phone. So when I look on my new HTC there are two months of readings missing, it's a bit baffling. I suspect the error message has something to do with it. I have even checked those results to make sure i haven't written BG in a box mistake or something, but no such luck. Voila, thank-you for your time.

Jan 14, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,816 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Snacks I think snack items and hypo resolve have to be identified as different things. When treating hypos it should always be quick acting carbs, between 15 and 20g. I actually prefer the isotnic sports drinks, just ASDA's own, half of the bottle [500ml] does the job quickly. Snacking though is different, snacking implies a small food item in between a main meal...... Something low carb and low GI would be best or even carb free...... ........I try not to snack though as it just means I wont be on target for the next meal, which I like to see more often than not...kinda OCD thing going on.....

Jan 14, 2014 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems Thanks marke for looking at it. I always keep my results in my paper DAFNE diary anyway to upload later using multiple entry format. The automatic date entry seems to stop things on multiple entry and we get presented with the red border cells to input a date. Have tried pasting in dates throughout that input...but I'm afraid once it has gone awry...you get the problem warning window. Have been able to upload my results from the last few days this morning by using single entries. So maybe multiple result entries time out on the server as it is exceptionally slow. Regards Garry

Jan 13, 2014 marke 646 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading Hi, there is NO app design team. In fact there is no android developer at all at the moment. This site is run on a voluntary basis by DAFNE Graduates in their spare time. The apps were developed by people kind enough to give their time. This is why questions are not being answered at the moment. In addition there is an issue in the diary part of the site that 'may' be related to this. Can you please provide details of what the errors are and the date and time they appear, this will help is investigate the issue and hopefully provide a solution.

Jan 13, 2014 marke 646 posts	Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems Hi, Yes we have not resolved the issues at the moment. We are still trying to work out what the problem is, it works fine in our test setup but not on the live site for some reason. I WILL post on this thread as soon as there are any developments.

Jan 13, 2014 john m 15 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Snacks cant beat jelly babies no need to mesure or weigh just take 3-4 of em never go anywhere without mine

Jan 13, 2014 kawaii 6 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / help pls thanks for the reply my BG has gone back to its normal range and im back to my 1:1 ratio panic over

Jan 13, 2014 Vickyp 135 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / help pls BGs can vary during your period...its to do with the hormones! True about Lantus, so prob best not to change, you're doing the right thing though checking for ketones and a small increase in ratios. Suppose this is one of the advantages of the pump as you can set a temp basal for exactly this reason!

Jan 12, 2014 HelenH 9 posts	Topic: General Discussion / hypo on sundays Relaxed state on Sundays & after Yoga midweek always reduce my BG levels!

Jan 12, 2014 HelenH 9 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Snacks Jelly Babies everywhere

Jan 12, 2014 kawaii 6 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / help pls i dont know if its normal but im on my period and my blood sugar seems to be higher than normal - two days in a row now i can increase my background insulin because its lantus and by the time its takes effect my period will be over - i have checked for ketones and ive got none and ive increased my ratio by 1/2 but its still high

Jan 12, 2014 Kittycat789 10 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Snacks I like to have a bottle of lucozade by my bed and in my handbag and car i carry mini packets of jelly babies

Jan 12, 2014 Ariane 14 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Problems uploading I also got an error message and have just changed phones the message says , BG is not a number!!! Uploading and downloading are not working correctly on my new or old HTC phones. I have a year worth of records on my phone which are not uploading because of this error message and my new phone will not download and display anything!!!! Android support is an ongoing issue for a lot of users can someone from the app design team please fix this and answer android users questions!!!??? Thanks

Jan 12, 2014 HelenP 218 posts	Topic: General Discussion / laser eye treatment Hi, I had my first laser treatment about 23 years ago after a small retinal bleed. Since then I have had four addition sessions (two on each eye) with a total of five sessions. My current ophthalmologist says that he is very happy with the status of my eyes and that the laser treatment was obviously done well. My vision is such that I drive without glasses but need glasses for reading. I think my colour vision has been marginally affected though. I was also diagnosed with bilateral cataracts about 20 years ago but have been advised that they are very slow growing and that I may not see any real improvement in my vision. So we wait. I found the laser sessions stressful and after one session developed a black eye. I found that the ophthalmic surgeon was pushed for time and it is a bit like a assembly line and you are only allocated so much time. I actually called a halt at the last session and said I could not do it any longer. I was abruptly told to go home and to ring up and make an appointment to have it done under a general anaesthetic. I returned to my ophthalmologist (not the surgeon) and he advised me to wait and he now thinks that I do not need any additional laser. It is not something I recommend but the outcome for me has been great. They are getting better at it all the time. Pepsi's description is fairly accurate.You sit there with every instinct in your body telling you to shut your eyes. Best wishes, Helen

Jan 11, 2014 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems Maybe I'll start keeping a paper copy also incase of online problems. Diary seems to be working today but still doesn't open up as quick as the other Dafne tools also when doing either multiple entries & updating entries it's very slow.

Jan 10, 2014 Vickyp 135 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Cholestrol As my levels were so high I was referred to a lipids consultant, and it was him that said no statins etc until I decide my family is complete, regardless of how long that may be!! I was with the consultant for a year before he discharged me and now my diabetes consultant monitors it..he agrees no statins so they happy for me to tick along with slightly higher levels as I have brought them down probably as far as I can on diet only. I would go back to your GP and explain about thinking of starting family and the risk of statin use...remember GPs won't know all the information, hence the need for specialists!

Jan 10, 2014 Jade_ellen 2 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Cholestrol Thanks so much for replying and giving me that information it is very useful to me and now i understand a bit more as my gp did not really explain anything to me just told me i am on them for the rest of my life and thats it. I was just worried as i am only 21 years old and thought i was way too young to go on them but for some reason in the last 5 months my ldl has risen from a perfect 1.3 to 3.2 which is why they put me on them. And i was expecting the gp to say they would give me some time to lower it myself but i did not get that chance and yes I am hoping to start my own family with my boyfriend. I read that the statins are not to be taken when you are trying or pregnant