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Jun 1, 2013

john m 15 posts

Topic: General Discussion / high and lows

i increased my lantus to 10 had a hypo at 3am on the 2nd night so decreased it to 9 but my diabetes is still rising when i wake up due to dawn phenomenon it plays by its own rules it dont rise by the same each morning also having problems in the afternoon when iam at work with hypos did a carb free lunch still had a hypo so decreased my am lantus to 8 leave it at that for a couple of days while the old dose washes out of my system any tips Confused

Jun 1, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI)

Garry said:
Would you consider using the online Diary. I thought everyone had access to use the online diary. It would make your posts so much faster as no extra typing involved!
Agree. My DAFNE consultant used to say make BI changes of 20%...so you are sure of the outcome. But agree that steady progress should be the way forward.
Regards
Garry

Hi Garry,
I do have a recent topic "My BG (Trending) Diary - All Comments Welcomed" using the online diary

May 31, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI)

Would you consider using the online Diary. I thought everyone had access to use the online diary. It would make your posts so much faster as no extra typing involved!
Agree. My DAFNE consultant used to say make BI changes of 20%...so you are sure of the outcome. But agree that steady progress should be the way forward.
Regards
Garry

May 31, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone app redesign

Personally an iPad version would be helpful to me as another means of data entry.
Guess plenty of work is involved in the graphical aspect as suppose it would need be stand alone version, specific to apple viewers, to get away from Flash...which the rest of us would like to retain!
Regards
Garry

May 31, 2013

Simon 574 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone app redesign

With the imminent announcement of iOS 7 within the next few weeks this is a great opportunity to apply some improvements to the iPhone app. I thought I'd create this post to capture what people want in a central location. My thoughts so far are:

1. Change the home screen so that is more useful - what kind of information would people want to see at first glance? I was thinking of previous BG reading, averages, but would like suggestions.
2. iPad version of the app
3. Incorporate charts into the app for better analysis

As always I'm open to suggestions so if there's something you'd really like to get in to the app then let us know.

May 31, 2013

Glyn1967 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI)

hi, again agree with both to split bi & that the bi needs increasing - also do your morning readings still rise on a carb free day ?

May 31, 2013

Warwick 434 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI)

It really depends how sensitive you are to insulin. DAFNE recommends a 10-15% change in BI, and given it is your overnight that you want to change, I'd just go with a 2 unit change. We want to avoid any night time hypos, so slow and gradual is probably the best way to go.

As novorapidboy26 says, you probably just want to increase the evening dose at this stage.

May 31, 2013

novorapidboi26 1,818 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI)

The beauty of a split dose is you can adjust the AM and PM doses independently, so you would be looking to increase your evening dose.....in order to see a reduction of your waking numbers......

remember to wait 2-3 days to see an accurate effect......

May 31, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI)

Increasing Lantus (BI)

31/05/2013
6.2 - bedtime
11.1 - this morning for me

30/05/2013
7.7 - bedtime
18.2 - this morning for me

29/05/2013
no test - bedtime
14.5 - this morning for me

28/05/2013
9.7 - bedtime
10.5 - this morning for me

So looking back at the last 3 days I'm thinking my BI needs increasing. I'm currently taking 20u split - 10u am & 10u pm & am undecided whether to increase by 2u (11u am & 11u pm) or 4u (12u am & 12u pm).

What does anyone think please?

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal

Good news. I'm pleased that they have helped. Post from them only seems to take 3 days, so meter should be with you soon.
Hope you are feeling better.
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks

Right...got you now! Different types of diet drinks.
I'll try to go into the nearest Morrison's here and let you know what's on the chiller shelves here...and then I hope you can beat them up with that info. Bit out of the way but I'll see if I can get there in the next few days.
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: Site Development / Javascript must be enabled

I know I only suggested Ctrl/PrtSc as a temporary fix but you can of course use it on an ongoing basis.
Select your graph dates needed and Ctrl/PrtSc with paste into word or any document type
Change graph dates and Ctrl/PrtSc + paste again...to your hearts content...or to your GPs satisfaction.
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

Alan 49 280 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal

After illness, when my blood sugars were running high and I was concerned about ketones, I contacted Abbot to ask if the ketone test-strips are still available for my old Optium Xceed meter. They informed me that the new strips would not work and they are sending me a new meter. Top marks for customer service.

May 30, 2013

SA2010 69 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Should Beetroot be counted?

Sorry - just found some web site saying it has a very low GL (Glycemic Load)

http://www.desang.net/2013/03/making-carbs-count-beetroot/

Quote: Beetroot is virtually fat free and low in calories. Although it has a â€˜mediumâ€™ GI (Glycaemic Index) of 64, It has an extremely low GL (Glycaemic Load) of 2.9 which means itâ€™s converted into sugars very slowly

May 30, 2013

SA2010 69 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Should Beetroot be counted?

Could not find any reference to Beetroot on the forum search but it is a high sugar content vegetable. I was just wondering if I should count it, The Carbs are about 10%.

DAFNE Online Forums Search does not return any posts. Google search does (DAFNE Online Beetroot) but when clicking on the returned page cannot find reference to beetroot !

Any advice in next 20 minutes would be appreciated. Might just go with half counting it ie 5% CHO ratio,

Simon

May 30, 2013

SA2010 69 posts

Topic: Site Development / Regular email with synopsis of all changes: posts, news, handbook updates etc...

Thanks Simon for putting the "My Subscribed Topics" feature so quickly !

I am just thinking that may be this area could be explored further. We receive so much stuff from web sites that we subscribe to, most of it is really junk but for DAFNE Online I can say that everything on the forums is very relevant and I would love to read it all. At the moment I only see new posts and new topics when I go to DAFNE Online and like some other members I sometimes have a few months break before coming back to DAFNE online.

I personally would not mind subscribing to everything on DAFNE Online and I mean everything - but I would not want to receive hundreds of emails every week.

Something for you to think about. Perhaps an automated weekly facility emailing those that want it everything that has been added or changed on the web site - posts, news, CP List additions and changes, DAFNE Handbook changes. Everything is relevant to us,

Simon

May 30, 2013

Anele46 108 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal

Garry said:
I have praised them in the past on here as personally I have always found them very helpful and accommodating.
Have to agree with you Anele...the black and white finger lancer supplied is wicked. Still have one with my spare meter which I occasionally use during the night and I hate using it as even on the lowest setting should be renamed the Bengal lancer!
Regards
Garry

I very much agree - the standard device is evil!!! Evil or Very Mad

May 30, 2013

JamesW 24 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks

I know what you mean. I generally resign myself to being faced with a poor selection if in a supermarket and looking for a cold 500ml drink. I much prefer newsagents for their greater range, in most cases.

I see that you are aligned to the NNUH so if you find yourself in the city centre I can recommend the newsagents on Surrey Street for their wide range of diet drinks - ginger beer, Rio(?), irn bru (a personal fave) as well as Dr Pepper, Lilt etc.

May 30, 2013

victorri 12 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks

I do mean diet coke there always that but There is never any other diet option ie fanta zero lilt zero etc i don't always fancy coke some times I want a fruit fizzy. Is it just me that finds this a issue

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks

'they only ever have diet coke in the chiller cabinet.'
Do you mean they only ever have regular coke in the chiller cabinet?
Probably means your supermarket has no idea what stock has moved off the chiller cabinet shelf...maybe by the time you get there, whatever limited stock of diet coke has already been taken...or there is less profit margin in diet so they don't put it out??
Keep at them though. Up to them to satisfy your needs.
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

Warwick 434 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Subscribing to a Topic

Beautiful. I like this a lot!

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / NHS Medication Changes: Are you affected?

Please let us know how things go Alan.
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal

I have praised them in the past on here as personally I have always found them very helpful and accommodating.
Have to agree with you Anele...the black and white finger lancer supplied is wicked. Still have one with my spare meter which I occasionally use during the night and I hate using it as even on the lowest setting should be renamed the Bengal lancer!
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

Garry 328 posts

Topic: Questions ? / insulin pump

How pleasant to hear about a consultant who listens to patient needs. There are plenty of them out there...not driven by fiscal constraint...but by patient need.
I hope the pump solves all your issues. Good luck.
Regards
Garry

May 30, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / My BG (Trending) Diary - All Comments Welcomed

Sat 25/05 - Mon 27/05

Can anybody see if there are any trends in this block I am missing?

Ditto to what I posted on May 26, 2013 3:27pm re entering carbs correctly

I feel as though I'm stuck in a rut at the moment ie even though I'm testing when I should ie fasting, before meals and before bed also watching BG levels I'm not making any adjustments. Not really checking for any 3 day trends.

Jun 1, 2013 john m 15 posts	Topic: General Discussion / high and lows i increased my lantus to 10 had a hypo at 3am on the 2nd night so decreased it to 9 but my diabetes is still rising when i wake up due to dawn phenomenon it plays by its own rules it dont rise by the same each morning also having problems in the afternoon when iam at work with hypos did a carb free lunch still had a hypo so decreased my am lantus to 8 leave it at that for a couple of days while the old dose washes out of my system any tips

Jun 1, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI) Garry said: Would you consider using the online Diary. I thought everyone had access to use the online diary. It would make your posts so much faster as no extra typing involved! Agree. My DAFNE consultant used to say make BI changes of 20%...so you are sure of the outcome. But agree that steady progress should be the way forward. Regards Garry Hi Garry, I do have a recent topic "My BG (Trending) Diary - All Comments Welcomed" using the online diary

May 31, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI) Would you consider using the online Diary. I thought everyone had access to use the online diary. It would make your posts so much faster as no extra typing involved! Agree. My DAFNE consultant used to say make BI changes of 20%...so you are sure of the outcome. But agree that steady progress should be the way forward. Regards Garry

May 31, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone app redesign Personally an iPad version would be helpful to me as another means of data entry. Guess plenty of work is involved in the graphical aspect as suppose it would need be stand alone version, specific to apple viewers, to get away from Flash...which the rest of us would like to retain! Regards Garry

May 31, 2013 Simon 574 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / iPhone app redesign With the imminent announcement of iOS 7 within the next few weeks this is a great opportunity to apply some improvements to the iPhone app. I thought I'd create this post to capture what people want in a central location. My thoughts so far are: 1. Change the home screen so that is more useful - what kind of information would people want to see at first glance? I was thinking of previous BG reading, averages, but would like suggestions. 2. iPad version of the app 3. Incorporate charts into the app for better analysis As always I'm open to suggestions so if there's something you'd really like to get in to the app then let us know.

May 31, 2013 Glyn1967 3 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI) hi, again agree with both to split bi & that the bi needs increasing - also do your morning readings still rise on a carb free day ?

May 31, 2013 Warwick 434 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI) It really depends how sensitive you are to insulin. DAFNE recommends a 10-15% change in BI, and given it is your overnight that you want to change, I'd just go with a 2 unit change. We want to avoid any night time hypos, so slow and gradual is probably the best way to go. As novorapidboy26 says, you probably just want to increase the evening dose at this stage.

May 31, 2013 novorapidboi26 1,818 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI) The beauty of a split dose is you can adjust the AM and PM doses independently, so you would be looking to increase your evening dose.....in order to see a reduction of your waking numbers...... remember to wait 2-3 days to see an accurate effect......

May 31, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Increasing Lantus (BI) Increasing Lantus (BI) 31/05/2013 6.2 - bedtime 11.1 - this morning for me 30/05/2013 7.7 - bedtime 18.2 - this morning for me 29/05/2013 no test - bedtime 14.5 - this morning for me 28/05/2013 9.7 - bedtime 10.5 - this morning for me So looking back at the last 3 days I'm thinking my BI needs increasing. I'm currently taking 20u split - 10u am & 10u pm & am undecided whether to increase by 2u (11u am & 11u pm) or 4u (12u am & 12u pm). What does anyone think please?

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal Good news. I'm pleased that they have helped. Post from them only seems to take 3 days, so meter should be with you soon. Hope you are feeling better. Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks Right...got you now! Different types of diet drinks. I'll try to go into the nearest Morrison's here and let you know what's on the chiller shelves here...and then I hope you can beat them up with that info. Bit out of the way but I'll see if I can get there in the next few days. Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: Site Development / Javascript must be enabled I know I only suggested Ctrl/PrtSc as a temporary fix but you can of course use it on an ongoing basis. Select your graph dates needed and Ctrl/PrtSc with paste into word or any document type Change graph dates and Ctrl/PrtSc + paste again...to your hearts content...or to your GPs satisfaction. Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 Alan 49 280 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal After illness, when my blood sugars were running high and I was concerned about ketones, I contacted Abbot to ask if the ketone test-strips are still available for my old Optium Xceed meter. They informed me that the new strips would not work and they are sending me a new meter. Top marks for customer service.

May 30, 2013 SA2010 69 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Should Beetroot be counted? Sorry - just found some web site saying it has a very low GL (Glycemic Load) http://www.desang.net/2013/03/making-carbs-count-beetroot/ Quote: Beetroot is virtually fat free and low in calories. Although it has a â€˜mediumâ€™ GI (Glycaemic Index) of 64, It has an extremely low GL (Glycaemic Load) of 2.9 which means itâ€™s converted into sugars very slowly

May 30, 2013 SA2010 69 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Should Beetroot be counted? Could not find any reference to Beetroot on the forum search but it is a high sugar content vegetable. I was just wondering if I should count it, The Carbs are about 10%. DAFNE Online Forums Search does not return any posts. Google search does (DAFNE Online Beetroot) but when clicking on the returned page cannot find reference to beetroot ! Any advice in next 20 minutes would be appreciated. Might just go with half counting it ie 5% CHO ratio, Simon

May 30, 2013 SA2010 69 posts	Topic: Site Development / Regular email with synopsis of all changes: posts, news, handbook updates etc... Thanks Simon for putting the "My Subscribed Topics" feature so quickly ! I am just thinking that may be this area could be explored further. We receive so much stuff from web sites that we subscribe to, most of it is really junk but for DAFNE Online I can say that everything on the forums is very relevant and I would love to read it all. At the moment I only see new posts and new topics when I go to DAFNE Online and like some other members I sometimes have a few months break before coming back to DAFNE online. I personally would not mind subscribing to everything on DAFNE Online and I mean everything - but I would not want to receive hundreds of emails every week. Something for you to think about. Perhaps an automated weekly facility emailing those that want it everything that has been added or changed on the web site - posts, news, CP List additions and changes, DAFNE Handbook changes. Everything is relevant to us, Simon

May 30, 2013 Anele46 108 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal Garry said: I have praised them in the past on here as personally I have always found them very helpful and accommodating. Have to agree with you Anele...the black and white finger lancer supplied is wicked. Still have one with my spare meter which I occasionally use during the night and I hate using it as even on the lowest setting should be renamed the Bengal lancer! Regards Garry I very much agree - the standard device is evil!!!

May 30, 2013 JamesW 24 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks I know what you mean. I generally resign myself to being faced with a poor selection if in a supermarket and looking for a cold 500ml drink. I much prefer newsagents for their greater range, in most cases. I see that you are aligned to the NNUH so if you find yourself in the city centre I can recommend the newsagents on Surrey Street for their wide range of diet drinks - ginger beer, Rio(?), irn bru (a personal fave) as well as Dr Pepper, Lilt etc.

May 30, 2013 victorri 12 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks I do mean diet coke there always that but There is never any other diet option ie fanta zero lilt zero etc i don't always fancy coke some times I want a fruit fizzy. Is it just me that finds this a issue

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diet cold drinks 'they only ever have diet coke in the chiller cabinet.' Do you mean they only ever have regular coke in the chiller cabinet? Probably means your supermarket has no idea what stock has moved off the chiller cabinet shelf...maybe by the time you get there, whatever limited stock of diet coke has already been taken...or there is less profit margin in diet so they don't put it out?? Keep at them though. Up to them to satisfy your needs. Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 Warwick 434 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Subscribing to a Topic Beautiful. I like this a lot!

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / NHS Medication Changes: Are you affected? Please let us know how things go Alan. Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Optium Xceed meter renewal I have praised them in the past on here as personally I have always found them very helpful and accommodating. Have to agree with you Anele...the black and white finger lancer supplied is wicked. Still have one with my spare meter which I occasionally use during the night and I hate using it as even on the lowest setting should be renamed the Bengal lancer! Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 Garry 328 posts	Topic: Questions ? / insulin pump How pleasant to hear about a consultant who listens to patient needs. There are plenty of them out there...not driven by fiscal constraint...but by patient need. I hope the pump solves all your issues. Good luck. Regards Garry

May 30, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / My BG (Trending) Diary - All Comments Welcomed Sat 25/05 - Mon 27/05 Can anybody see if there are any trends in this block I am missing? Ditto to what I posted on May 26, 2013 3:27pm re entering carbs correctly I feel as though I'm stuck in a rut at the moment ie even though I'm testing when I should ie fasting, before meals and before bed also watching BG levels I'm not making any adjustments. Not really checking for any 3 day trends.