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Jan 13, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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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! |
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Jan 12, 2014
HelenH
9 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / hypo on sundays Relaxed state on Sundays & after Yoga midweek always reduce my BG levels! |
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Jan 12, 2014
HelenH
9 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Snacks Jelly Babies everywhere
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Jan 12, 2014
kawaii
6 posts
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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 |
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Jan 12, 2014
Kittycat789
10 posts
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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 |
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Jan 12, 2014
Ariane
14 posts
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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 |
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Jan 12, 2014
HelenP
218 posts
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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 |
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Jan 11, 2014
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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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. |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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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! |
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Jan 10, 2014
Jade_ellen
2 posts
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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 |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / My Blood Glucose Diary - problems I always write mine down, even tho am on pump! |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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Thanks youone, hopefully they will figure out what's going on! |
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Jan 10, 2014
youone
102 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings
Hi vickyp glad to see your having them tests, hope there help with them dips, Vickyp is right I'm on the Pod 2 slightly smaller and some improvements over the 1st generation omnipod, your description of the new thinking of BG testing sounds interesting , just hope there can make the carrier more robust and less dependent on the conditions around it. |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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My GP happily prescribes the ketone strips...never had an issue in almost 12 months of having the optium meter! |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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The omnipod has relatively recently been updated...with the new smaller pod! |
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Jan 10, 2014
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings I think there have been some attempts at non invasive blood glucose measurement.I think currently the blood meters use light/laser at the moment, its passes through the sample and then the light that returns is measured/analysed, and its that which gives the result. I think that's how they do it... And I think recently they have been experimenting with similar technology where you shine light of longer wavelengths through your finger and that will give a reading, so I think we may be on the right track. I still believe that an insulin pump is a pretty simple device though, in comparison to blood meters. Its just a tiny motor hooked up to a microchip which is programmed. Have there been different models of omnipod, like a 2nd generation etc, upgrades, if not, they may have scope to refine any technology it currently uses like the built in meter.... 
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Jan 10, 2014
IanDarcy
1 post
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Optium do testers which test blood glucose but at a cost of about £20 for 10 test strips GPs are not usually keen to prescribe the strips |
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Jan 10, 2014
youone
102 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings
the omnipod has a built in meter, which works along side the PDM, yes your correct the success of the pump is down to how the user uses it, I've adapted very quickly and use all the omnipod options to control my condition over a very varying day. with good results. the question I asked was the pump technology out of sync with present BG testing, since the omnipod can survive and work to a very accurate level in a very demanding real world. I understand what many say about dirty hands and other elements that send readings out of spec, I don't want to argue over points that I Recognize people on here know and have a better understanding. The omnipod has given me freedom to do things that I couldn't do before so it 's put me in situations where although the pod can handle it with ease the meter or the present way of testing for your BG is out of sync ( ie its off putting), so where you gained freedom to do things with the pump your held back with the present setup for BG testing. I like you re test if I aren't happy with a reading I said that in the original question, in this case I used a 2nd meter which gave a different reading by far, I re tested on the omnipod with a similar result, both the omnipod PDM and the strips where replaced in a space of days. I found both companies very understanding and helpful, I may be asking for to much but unless we ask things don't happen or change, its time in my opinion the a better method was used to test BG levels In a very demanding world we type 1's are always put under stress to cope with normal day life, I expect many of us have seen the expression on Dafne students when the nurse askes them to test 4 to 6 times a day. you know its a body blow to them, the 1 thing that can help you control your condition is the most off putting, hence weather its faulty strips or dirty hands a better friendly way of testing is needed. |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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insulin sensitivity, and the fact am trying for a family and they prefer pregnant/preconceptive females to be on the pump! |
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Jan 10, 2014
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings So the pump is down to your insulin sensitivity........?I thought that maybe you could have given yourself a few units of long acting insulin for the day, but I could see how that would be unsuitable..... You really are very special eh...? (I vaguely remember your story now..).... 
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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I also went straight on insulin die to cholesterol and triglyceride levels (18 and 39 respectively at diagnosis!!) |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings im sure I explained it somewhere. I am on the pump as need insulin in such small amounts and am insulin sensitive. On MDI I was having major hypos (1.7 etc) and that was with tiny ratios and a half-unit pen. I now average 4 units of insulin a day! They think I may produce small amount of insulin over night but as they day wears on I need more and more insulin from the pump!Endo also mentioned glygogen/glucagon and possibly also reactive hypoglycaemia...I am weird! But also one of the best controlled he has..HBA1c currently at 42 ( was 54 last year!) They class it as secondary diabetes, post-parandial diabetes has also been mentioned but then my BGs should go up in the mornings not down!! |
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Jan 10, 2014
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings So you cant be a normal type 1, you must be MODY maybe, still producing your own insulin...?And if so, why the pump...... I realize you may have explained this before on here, but I cant remember if you have.... |
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Jan 10, 2014
Vickyp
137 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings Novorapidboi....I am heading into hospital next week for tests as I have no basal from midnight until 5pm and still dip! I dip everyday between 10am and 11am, and usually between 4pm and 5pm regardless of what have had for breakfast or lunch. I do bolus at lunch, with another recent increase of ratio to 60g:1U, which has helped a bit, but take no bolus at anytime before midday!!!I have to temp basal the pump of off for 17hours a day. My endo cant explain either, hence the tests...possibly to do with the chronic pancreatitis?! |
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Jan 10, 2014
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / reliable metre readings so your eating carbs with no bolus yet your still dropping.......?that would suggest basal issues.....no? you could maybe try temp basals to avoid the carbs.....
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