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Jul 23, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Do you mean a mouth ulcer or stomach ulcer?
Regards
Garry

Jul 22, 2013

Kittycat789 10 posts

Can anyone help please been having high blood sugar readings past two days although taken correction doses with every meal, would an ulcer cause this?

Jul 22, 2013

marke 646 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can you download to a Blackberry

sorry there will not be an app for the blackberry, its a niche market that gets smaller and smaller with each phone they release. Android based phones are 60% of the market, apple are 30-35% and then there are the rest. We really don't have the resources to develop an app for a platform that in all probability won't be there any more in a couple of years. If someone volunteers to produce one we would be happy to work with them, however unless that happens there will not be one produced. Sorry but we are just a bunch of graduates not a professional company with a lot of people to do the work.

Jul 22, 2013

PNThompson 57 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can you download to a Blackberry

I have been a little disappointed that nobody has developed a Blackberry version for the App and with my current Android contract running out this year I was hoping to go back to a Blackberry as I found Blackberry better for emails.

I have been checking the forum in a hope that somebody would have created an App for the Blackberry but nothing so far.

With changing the phone later this year I may just have to stop storing my readings on the phone and may just use the website to look at the forums, but I would prefer to be able to load the readings onto a phone.

Jul 22, 2013

NuMo 28 posts

Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek

I have never had to change batteries on any of my Optium meters. My latest is well over a year old.

The Accu Chek mobile I was given on my Dafne course. I thought it was a brilliant idea and immediately shelved my Optium. However, as I said above it proved to be bulky and heavy and difficult to use one-handed with small hands. I found the lancing device difficult to span with my hand making lancing awkward and very painful. The meter proved to have a very restricted temperature range and stopped working well within the range of other meters, so it couldn't be left in the car. It didn't like sunshine either. If too much blood was applied to the tape, it thought it hadn't received enough. I couldn't find a way to reset it without switching the meter off and on again. By which time the process had become very messy in the restricted space behind a steering wheel. Hence I abandoned my Accu-Chek Mobile and went for a lighter meter more suitable for a woman's build and lifestyle.

Jul 22, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek

Abbott - manufacturers of the Optium Xceed, will send you out a replacement battery, here in the UK, usually within 2 days. I am very pleased with my 2 meters. One is in everyday use and the other a spare which only gets used for the occasional overnight test.
Current battery has been in daily service for 10 months.
Odd use meter battery must be 14 or 15 months old now.
Regards
Garry

Jul 21, 2013

Warwick 430 posts

Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek

I haven't had any trouble with the Accu Chek Mobile, but my Accu Chek Expert needs new batteries (3 x AAA) every 2-3 months. The Optium Exceed lasts around a year for me. Optium Freestyle Lite also seems to last about a year, but I think the amount of time they spend in the cold affects battery life too.

Jul 21, 2013

legscrane 2 posts

Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek

Interesting to read your comments on the accu chek. I've just changed my meter to an accu chek mobile. Anyone had any bad experiences with it?

Jul 21, 2013

NuMo 28 posts

Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek

I gave up on my Accu-Chek meter as I found it bulky, heavy and temperamental. My Bayer meter is rechargable, so no batteries at all. My Optium Freestyle Lite I have been using now for well over a year and have never needed to change batteries. Interesting to hear different experiences with different meters. So often a meter can seem like a good design but turn out to be disappointing in practise.

Jul 21, 2013

Stew B 123 posts

Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek

Interesting that Aviva will provide batteries. One Touch used to do this, but when I contacted them recently to request batteries for my One Touch Ultra they told me they no longer provide free batteries. Not sure how I feel about this - I assumed that providing free batteries was an incentive to encourage us to stay loyal to their meters. I must say that if Aviva are still providing them I'll have to have a think...

Jul 21, 2013

Stew B 123 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat

Like Jacqueline, my levels have been all over the shop during the hot spell, but mainly on the high side (9 - 11). Because of this I have usually had to correct at bedtime when I take my BI, but the last couple of nights I've managed to engineer a target reading at bedtime and have done a couple of overnight tests, which seem to suggest that my BI isn't affected. Also, I normally use a 2 - 3 correction ratio (i.e. 2 units of Novorapid to reduce levels by 3), but this seems too much in the hot weather, which has led to a few hypos when correcting. Having said all that, I'm loving the hot weather!

Stew

Jul 19, 2013

Jacqueline 1 post

Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat

Evening all. The heat is seriously affecting my blood glucose levels. I am having the opposite to everyone else, my readings are averaging 15-17. I usually wake up with a reading of 6 or 7 and now its 15-17. At bedtime I am usually 7-9 and now it's 17. I am taking more insulin also. I usually have 8 units fast acting at breakfast. and after breakfast it goes up to about 9-10 then starts dropping back to 8-9. then before lunch I inject 8 -10 units and late afternoon I am about 7-9. I usually inject 6 -12 units at evening before dinner and at bedtime I am usually about 7-8. Now I am injecting almost twice as much as normal to try and keep my sugars lower. Also before bed last night I had an extra 6 units of fast acting which would normally bring me into a hypo, but I remained at 15 before bed and 15.2 when I woke up. This is NOT Normal!!! Now its either the weather or the insulin we are all using does NOT work so well in extreme temperatures. It could be one of both of these things. I would suggest trying to cool the insulin down where possible, but not always feasible in work hours etc... Diabetes UK sent out an info update last week about the insulin causing hypos or highs during hot weather. It could be we may have to work on "Sick Day" rules but if DAFNE don't know then we are stuffed!!

Jul 19, 2013

Jenny Spollen 13 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat

The extreme heat makes your insulin more effective so will result in more hypos/lows. The same way that if you load yourself full of insulin and soon after hop into a hot shower you are more prone to lows. The same is true of extreme cold. I was told from an early age that this happened but I had noticed the same tendency with the cold so queried it at the DAFNE course and was told that extremes of temperature, both hot and cold, will cause lower blood sugars (it was in the HCPs course ringbinder - they looked it up). The drop in the cold I was putting down to alot more energy being used to just keep yourself warm.

Jul 19, 2013

JayBee 582 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat

I've never been sure about the claim that heat affects your levels directly since being told on the first day of my DAFNE course that it doesn't.

I haven't noticed anything like that and I've been boiling... Perhaps you're exercising more than you realise? Being low a lot generally suggests a dose needs dropping somewhere too.

Take care y'all.

Jul 19, 2013

Vickyp 135 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat

I am having the same issue, my BGs are under tight control so run quite low normally but they are dropping even more now...can only assume its the heat causing it!

Jul 18, 2013

Gari 17 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat

Can this extreme heat we are experiencing at the moment cause my blood sugars to drop regularly. I seem to be going low quite a lot throughout the day. I am obviously sweating a lot so i assume that this is the reason my levels keep dropping. Any help would be great.

Jul 17, 2013

youone 102 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone app redesign

Simon said:
Hi Youone,

It sounds like you work in app/web design? If you'd like to help out then we're always open to offers ;) Good idea though, I'd already thought about changing the home tab to have more information on. Regarding the calculation - the app already does this (see auto-calc in the settings) - is this what you mean or have I interpreted it wrongly?

SimonC/Garry - thanks for the feedback, some good ideas. I'll also take a look at the graphs on the site and see what we can do to make printing easier.

Simon

Hi Simon
I would like to help the site, I'll pm you to give my details regards game design and my graphics experience, hope I can help
Brian
Type1 42 yrs

Jul 17, 2013

youone 102 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / colonscopys

Hi HelenP
Thanks for your comments.
I've been on a. Test run today I've had no Cp or QA since 10.30am that's a good 12 hours, my BG has been constant .
The worry is a part,
I couldn't find any reason that you can't take QA, but again if your a Dafne graduate and your BI is set at the correct level going without shouldn't be an issue.
Brian
Type1 42 yrs

Jul 17, 2013

Kittycat789 10 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Lantus - times

23 units at 9pm it works for me i tested this with a carb free day :-)

Jul 17, 2013

HelenP 218 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / colonscopys

Hi Brian... I have had one and the thinking about it i found worse than the actual event. If you are not eating would you normally take QA? I can not remember the insulin being an issue but I did find it difficult to get the goop down. I do not take QA if I am not eating. I think in these situations you manage it as best you can (and you have a lot of experience) and ask for help if you need it. The anaesthetist can check your BGs. Good luck. Helen

Jul 17, 2013

youone 102 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / colonscopys

I'm having a colonscopys next week. Just having a test run on the no QA from 1pm lunch to 6am the next day.
Seems OK so far with my BG been constant.
I've asked my Dafne nurse what's the reason you can't take QA, which she's looking into.
Has anyone else being through this procedure who has gained experience and knowledge which I could use to make this experience run smoothly
Thanks in advance
Brian
Type1 42 yrs

Jul 17, 2013

youone 102 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Lantus - times

30u @ 5am, but depending on shift

Jul 17, 2013

JamesW 24 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cycling and exercise

There is also a (UK) domestic cycling team based along similar principles, Team Diabetes UK. I think they only started up this year and their online presence is not massive but they have twitter and facebook pages that will turn up via the search engine of your choice.

Jul 16, 2013

BMuffs 6 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / How to upload diary from app to website

Hi,

I have just downloaded the Dafne app onto my smartphone. Can someone please tell me how to delete an entry as there doesn't appear to be a 'delete entry' option? Also, how do I upload my entries onto my online diary.? I have clicked for automatic upload in my settings but it still isn't uploading.

Jul 23, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / ulcers Do you mean a mouth ulcer or stomach ulcer? Regards Garry

Jul 22, 2013 Kittycat789 10 posts	Topic: General Discussion / ulcers Can anyone help please been having high blood sugar readings past two days although taken correction doses with every meal, would an ulcer cause this?

Jul 22, 2013 marke 646 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can you download to a Blackberry sorry there will not be an app for the blackberry, its a niche market that gets smaller and smaller with each phone they release. Android based phones are 60% of the market, apple are 30-35% and then there are the rest. We really don't have the resources to develop an app for a platform that in all probability won't be there any more in a couple of years. If someone volunteers to produce one we would be happy to work with them, however unless that happens there will not be one produced. Sorry but we are just a bunch of graduates not a professional company with a lot of people to do the work.

Jul 22, 2013 PNThompson 57 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can you download to a Blackberry I have been a little disappointed that nobody has developed a Blackberry version for the App and with my current Android contract running out this year I was hoping to go back to a Blackberry as I found Blackberry better for emails. I have been checking the forum in a hope that somebody would have created an App for the Blackberry but nothing so far. With changing the phone later this year I may just have to stop storing my readings on the phone and may just use the website to look at the forums, but I would prefer to be able to load the readings onto a phone.

Jul 22, 2013 NuMo 28 posts	Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek I have never had to change batteries on any of my Optium meters. My latest is well over a year old. The Accu Chek mobile I was given on my Dafne course. I thought it was a brilliant idea and immediately shelved my Optium. However, as I said above it proved to be bulky and heavy and difficult to use one-handed with small hands. I found the lancing device difficult to span with my hand making lancing awkward and very painful. The meter proved to have a very restricted temperature range and stopped working well within the range of other meters, so it couldn't be left in the car. It didn't like sunshine either. If too much blood was applied to the tape, it thought it hadn't received enough. I couldn't find a way to reset it without switching the meter off and on again. By which time the process had become very messy in the restricted space behind a steering wheel. Hence I abandoned my Accu-Chek Mobile and went for a lighter meter more suitable for a woman's build and lifestyle.

Jul 22, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek Abbott - manufacturers of the Optium Xceed, will send you out a replacement battery, here in the UK, usually within 2 days. I am very pleased with my 2 meters. One is in everyday use and the other a spare which only gets used for the occasional overnight test. Current battery has been in daily service for 10 months. Odd use meter battery must be 14 or 15 months old now. Regards Garry

Jul 21, 2013 Warwick 430 posts	Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek I haven't had any trouble with the Accu Chek Mobile, but my Accu Chek Expert needs new batteries (3 x AAA) every 2-3 months. The Optium Exceed lasts around a year for me. Optium Freestyle Lite also seems to last about a year, but I think the amount of time they spend in the cold affects battery life too.

Jul 21, 2013 legscrane 2 posts	Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek Interesting to read your comments on the accu chek. I've just changed my meter to an accu chek mobile. Anyone had any bad experiences with it?

Jul 21, 2013 NuMo 28 posts	Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek I gave up on my Accu-Chek meter as I found it bulky, heavy and temperamental. My Bayer meter is rechargable, so no batteries at all. My Optium Freestyle Lite I have been using now for well over a year and have never needed to change batteries. Interesting to hear different experiences with different meters. So often a meter can seem like a good design but turn out to be disappointing in practise.

Jul 21, 2013 Stew B 123 posts	Topic: General Discussion / batteries for the accu-chek Interesting that Aviva will provide batteries. One Touch used to do this, but when I contacted them recently to request batteries for my One Touch Ultra they told me they no longer provide free batteries. Not sure how I feel about this - I assumed that providing free batteries was an incentive to encourage us to stay loyal to their meters. I must say that if Aviva are still providing them I'll have to have a think...

Jul 21, 2013 Stew B 123 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat Like Jacqueline, my levels have been all over the shop during the hot spell, but mainly on the high side (9 - 11). Because of this I have usually had to correct at bedtime when I take my BI, but the last couple of nights I've managed to engineer a target reading at bedtime and have done a couple of overnight tests, which seem to suggest that my BI isn't affected. Also, I normally use a 2 - 3 correction ratio (i.e. 2 units of Novorapid to reduce levels by 3), but this seems too much in the hot weather, which has led to a few hypos when correcting. Having said all that, I'm loving the hot weather! Stew

Jul 19, 2013 Jacqueline 1 post	Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat Evening all. The heat is seriously affecting my blood glucose levels. I am having the opposite to everyone else, my readings are averaging 15-17. I usually wake up with a reading of 6 or 7 and now its 15-17. At bedtime I am usually 7-9 and now it's 17. I am taking more insulin also. I usually have 8 units fast acting at breakfast. and after breakfast it goes up to about 9-10 then starts dropping back to 8-9. then before lunch I inject 8 -10 units and late afternoon I am about 7-9. I usually inject 6 -12 units at evening before dinner and at bedtime I am usually about 7-8. Now I am injecting almost twice as much as normal to try and keep my sugars lower. Also before bed last night I had an extra 6 units of fast acting which would normally bring me into a hypo, but I remained at 15 before bed and 15.2 when I woke up. This is NOT Normal!!! Now its either the weather or the insulin we are all using does NOT work so well in extreme temperatures. It could be one of both of these things. I would suggest trying to cool the insulin down where possible, but not always feasible in work hours etc... Diabetes UK sent out an info update last week about the insulin causing hypos or highs during hot weather. It could be we may have to work on "Sick Day" rules but if DAFNE don't know then we are stuffed!!

Jul 19, 2013 Jenny Spollen 13 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat The extreme heat makes your insulin more effective so will result in more hypos/lows. The same way that if you load yourself full of insulin and soon after hop into a hot shower you are more prone to lows. The same is true of extreme cold. I was told from an early age that this happened but I had noticed the same tendency with the cold so queried it at the DAFNE course and was told that extremes of temperature, both hot and cold, will cause lower blood sugars (it was in the HCPs course ringbinder - they looked it up). The drop in the cold I was putting down to alot more energy being used to just keep yourself warm.

Jul 19, 2013 JayBee 582 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat I've never been sure about the claim that heat affects your levels directly since being told on the first day of my DAFNE course that it doesn't. I haven't noticed anything like that and I've been boiling... Perhaps you're exercising more than you realise? Being low a lot generally suggests a dose needs dropping somewhere too. Take care y'all.

Jul 19, 2013 Vickyp 135 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat I am having the same issue, my BGs are under tight control so run quite low normally but they are dropping even more now...can only assume its the heat causing it!

Jul 18, 2013 Gari 17 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Extreme heat Can this extreme heat we are experiencing at the moment cause my blood sugars to drop regularly. I seem to be going low quite a lot throughout the day. I am obviously sweating a lot so i assume that this is the reason my levels keep dropping. Any help would be great.

Jul 17, 2013 youone 102 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone app redesign Simon said: Hi Youone, It sounds like you work in app/web design? If you'd like to help out then we're always open to offers ;) Good idea though, I'd already thought about changing the home tab to have more information on. Regarding the calculation - the app already does this (see auto-calc in the settings) - is this what you mean or have I interpreted it wrongly? SimonC/Garry - thanks for the feedback, some good ideas. I'll also take a look at the graphs on the site and see what we can do to make printing easier. Simon Hi Simon I would like to help the site, I'll pm you to give my details regards game design and my graphics experience, hope I can help Brian Type1 42 yrs

Jul 17, 2013 youone 102 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / colonscopys Hi HelenP Thanks for your comments. I've been on a. Test run today I've had no Cp or QA since 10.30am that's a good 12 hours, my BG has been constant . The worry is a part, I couldn't find any reason that you can't take QA, but again if your a Dafne graduate and your BI is set at the correct level going without shouldn't be an issue. Brian Type1 42 yrs

Jul 17, 2013 Kittycat789 10 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Lantus - times 23 units at 9pm it works for me i tested this with a carb free day :-)

Jul 17, 2013 HelenP 218 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / colonscopys Hi Brian... I have had one and the thinking about it i found worse than the actual event. If you are not eating would you normally take QA? I can not remember the insulin being an issue but I did find it difficult to get the goop down. I do not take QA if I am not eating. I think in these situations you manage it as best you can (and you have a lot of experience) and ask for help if you need it. The anaesthetist can check your BGs. Good luck. Helen

Jul 17, 2013 youone 102 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / colonscopys I'm having a colonscopys next week. Just having a test run on the no QA from 1pm lunch to 6am the next day. Seems OK so far with my BG been constant. I've asked my Dafne nurse what's the reason you can't take QA, which she's looking into. Has anyone else being through this procedure who has gained experience and knowledge which I could use to make this experience run smoothly Thanks in advance Brian Type1 42 yrs

Jul 17, 2013 youone 102 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Lantus - times 30u @ 5am, but depending on shift

Jul 17, 2013 JamesW 24 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cycling and exercise There is also a (UK) domestic cycling team based along similar principles, Team Diabetes UK. I think they only started up this year and their online presence is not massive but they have twitter and facebook pages that will turn up via the search engine of your choice.

Jul 16, 2013 BMuffs 6 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / How to upload diary from app to website Hi, I have just downloaded the Dafne app onto my smartphone. Can someone please tell me how to delete an entry as there doesn't appear to be a 'delete entry' option? Also, how do I upload my entries onto my online diary.? I have clicked for automatic upload in my settings but it still isn't uploading.