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Nov 5, 2013
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

7.7 - 22:33pm - bedtime
- no snacking during the evening
- 2.8 - 03:10am - the hypo woke me up - then 5.4 - 03:26am
5.8 - 7:24am - fasting - then 3.4 - 8:50am - then 6.3 - 9:06

lantus decreases:
Tue 29.10 from 24u to 22u
Sat 02.10 from 22u to 20u
 
Nov 5, 2013
Mike87 10 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Suggestions

Thanks everyone for the advice, ketones were a massive issue but it's finally back in track now. Much appreciated
 
Nov 5, 2013
jae0212 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Exercise & BG levels

Hi Hannah - i think your liver is putting out glycogen so that means you could perhaps take more CPs before your run or your liver will keep pumpimg out the stuff.How are your BG's over the other parts of the day ? It's a good idea to look @ a whole day rather than a little slice. Wich reminds me I best ready myself for dinner !Good luck Hanna
 
Nov 5, 2013
jae0212 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Suggestions

Whoops I meant to send reply to Mike87 Sorry
 
Nov 5, 2013
jae0212 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Suggestions

Warwick, Hope you are ok now. As long as you follow the SICK DAYS Rules you should manage well. :
 
Nov 4, 2013
Louise1988 69 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

It doesn't have to be dead on 3am, it could be 2.30-3.30 for example. I think it's worth doing, as you'll be able to see if your bg levels go up, before plummeting in the morning.
 
Nov 4, 2013
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Whiskysmum - WEEKLY DIARY

All comments/help welcomed
 
Nov 4, 2013
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Whiskysmum - WEEKLY DIARY

All comments/help welcomed
 
Nov 4, 2013
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

Louise1988 said:
wow, whiskysmum, you have a lot of hypos. Have you tried any 3am tests, to see if your background insulin is too high?



Hi Louise,
Yes a very of hypos! I've had other people from another forum saying my lantus is too high. Re the 3am basal tests is it ok to do it around that time or does it have to be on the exact 3:00am mark?
 
Nov 4, 2013
Louise1988 69 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

wow, whiskysmum, you have a lot of hypos. Have you tried any 3am tests, to see if your background insulin is too high?
 
Nov 4, 2013
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

Sun 27.10
10.5 - bedtime
4.4 - fasting/breaKfast

Mon 28.10
18.0 - bedtime
3.7 - fasting/hypo

Tue 29.10
6.8 - bedtime
2.9 fasting/hypo

Wed 30.10
6.5 - bedtime
10.7 - fasting

Thu 31.10
12.9 - bedtime
10.3 - fasting

Fri 01.11
4.7 - bedtime
3.1 - fasting/hypo

Sat 02.11
7.4 - bedtime
2.5 - fasting/hypo
 
Nov 4, 2013
Rafa 99 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Think my Novorapid is too slow!

Had a chinese meal last night. I was 10.1 so matched up the carbs with the qa plus the +1 correction. Exactly four hours later my reading was 5.9. Happy out with that and went to bed. Up at 6am and my blood read 16.6, totally frustrated to say the least. Had my breakfast and corrected and fine now. Still myself and chinese food don't seem to like each other any time we meet.
 
Nov 2, 2013
Krystal H 1 post

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Cooling Wallet?

I have one as well, really super.. just a little tip- amazon is cheaper for frio wallet rather than frio website itself Very Happy
 
Nov 2, 2013
John H 20 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Accu-Chek Aviva Expert Meters

Louise you can up load data from your expert only by using AccuCheks box of tricks. These can be bought via accuchek apparently but you would benefit by calling customer services who may send you 1 FOC like they did for me. Dont expect too much from them as they still have my expert meter after it went wrong 18 months ago...... the adaptor for pc is not bluetooth or wired to the expert.. no it is infra red, not too advanced in this day and age me thinks....
 
Nov 2, 2013
John H 20 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pens.

Just to advise anybody with poor eye sight and using NovoPen Demi pens, My Dafne educator has changed my pen for the NovoPen 4. This pen is great well designed and the indicator dial window has a magnified benefit. Works smoothly and measures up perfectly for me. I hope this may be of some help to you out there.
 
Oct 31, 2013
JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

Update:

Wow, I've been unsuspended. :/ I was expecting it to take 2 weeks!
Sent my volunteering form! Very Happy
 
Oct 31, 2013
JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

Heya Alan. Smile

A "hangout" is the term used by the Google Plus network for video calls. They also have text chat with the hangout so a microphone isn't necessarily a requirement but it can make it a lot easier to join in the discussion. Having a camera installed isn't required, it'll just show your profile avatar instead.

Diabetes UK's next one is 5th November if I remember correctly. I forget the topic... sorry. Sad (Looked it up; How do you feel about needles and injections is the topic!)

Edit: here's Google's intro page about them: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
 
Oct 31, 2013
Alan 49 284 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

Can someone please tell me what a 'hangout' is?
 
Oct 31, 2013
JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

I'll still keep an eye out for the G+ hangouts and get my volunteering form sent off in the meantime. I really don't get what I've done wrong on Twitter, but I will think about what I will now do with the account later today. My hubby wants me to not close it because the interactions have been a good thing for me to do but I do feel torn since I'm not sure what their beef is really.

Edit: http://blog.justunfollow.com/the-rundown-on-why-twitter-accounts-are-suspended/

Appears there is no rhyme or reason to what they consider bad behaviour. This isn't a convincing case for me to bother keeping the account.
 
Oct 31, 2013
Louise1988 69 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

That's rubbish Sad We'll just have to bring the online community over to here (only if they've done DAFNE of course Razz)
 
Oct 30, 2013
JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

Looks like I won't be on twitter much. My account has been suspended twice today on spam grounds for having discussions with the D-community and friends. Feel really unwelcome now. Never had anything like this for my old ex-account and the DAFNEOnline ex-account. Very disappointed. Twitter has changed.
 
Oct 30, 2013
Googum 15 posts

Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average

my bed BG 6.8 MMOL my morning 4.9MMOL
 
Oct 30, 2013
Louise1988 69 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

I'm getting a lot of support from the guys at Diabetes UK, so I don't feel like I'm doing this on my own, think I'd have a mental breakdown if I was!
 
Oct 30, 2013
JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

I'm @T1Buta . You came up during the G+ hangout saying you were involved with the twitter chat this evening so I'm already following you. Smile

I look forward to helping out again (just advocating on your own isn't the same - I hope this'll be a more balanced and enjoyable experience from what I've done before)!
 
Oct 30, 2013
Louise1988 69 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Peer Support for People with Diabetes

JayBee, that's really great news! What's your twitter name? I was hosting last night's Twitter chat.

I really love the fact that I can volunteer, even though I work full time, too.