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Aug 16, 2012
Jayno
3 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. So far so good! Woke up with BG of 3.6 but doesn't lantus take 24 hrs to kick in so I'm guessing from 6pm onwards today I'll get the problems?I have the timeinsliun pen top which I was using and then I got moved to lantus and they don't do one of that make! |
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Aug 16, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. How did it go?Not the only one. I messed up once before, I gave 20 unit of QA instead of Background, plenty of snacks that day  If you often forget (I often have to think hard) there is a lid called Timesulin (http://timesulin.com) that remembers the time you last injected so you can check. Novo have also done the same with the new NovoPen 5 which even tells you how much. Hope this helps and not too many hypos. Phil |
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Aug 16, 2012
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. Initially I would be extra aware of potential hypos... perhaps set an alarm every hour or something to monitor yourself and eat as and when you think it's best to.Considering the timing of the original post, I hope everything worked out okay. 
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Aug 15, 2012
Jayno
3 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dose mistake. Has anyone double dosed on their BI?I was sure I'd forgotten to inject earlier and just gave myself a full dose(22 of lantus) at 11pm then my daughter informs me I already did it earlier at 6pm and I Must have forgotten! can anyone help as to what I should do! |
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Aug 15, 2012
Guy Kramer
12 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Data Analysis Hi Phil,Yeah is being used for all for monitoring earthquakes and equipment on commercial airplanes to deep packet inspection or a bridge head to have multiple platforms / applications / sources. I was thinking combining DAFNE and Glucofacts, maybe then using some script to upload the entries from Glucofacts to DAFNE. I wonder if ther is already a Python script to upload and download with DAFNE? I guess I find the tables / graphs / sparkllines etc makes more sense to me. Sorry, what do you mean CGM data? I will let you know and get screenshots etc Cheers Guy |
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Aug 15, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Data Analysis Guy,I've looked at Splunk, looks cool from a techy point of view to analyse website traffic from log files or live data from a car engine or something. I don't see how putting your DAFNE results into it will give you much more than the graph section of the website? Not sure unless you blood test loads there will be enough data unless you had CGM data, this might help then Fun to play with though, let us know how it goes and if you find it useful, possibly some screen shots? Phil |
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Aug 14, 2012
Guy Kramer
12 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Port mobile app to desktop? and may be able to one day import data from meters directly in to our DAFNE accounts
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Aug 14, 2012
Guy Kramer
12 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Data Analysis Hi Marke,Thanks for the reply, I will send an email now. Thanks Guy |
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Aug 14, 2012
Guy Kramer
12 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Port mobile app to desktop? Simon,I guess at least to be able to add new and view entries, don't really need CP guides etc. Offline would be an advantage. Sometimes its just easier opening something from the system tray and quickly and entering you BG and however many units taken, then loging in to a website etc |
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Aug 14, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Auto calculate QA from BG - let's get it right
Nice idea, never thought of that 
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Aug 14, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Pasta! Thanks for feedback, like the idea of testing (eating more )Shame pasta also needs a nice glass of white which would scupper testing 
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Aug 14, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Pasta! I would also recommend splitting the dose to accommodate for slower/delayed digestion............you will need to test though, a bit of trial and error to see what kinds of pasta dishes do what...
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Aug 14, 2012
Annette Bell
72 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Pasta! I have a similar problem when I eat curry & rice. I have half the necessary QA before I eat, & then the other half at bedtime, even if my BG is slightly low, and this seems to work so far! Hope this helps. (Haven't noticed a problem with pasta though!) |
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Aug 14, 2012
Annette Bell
72 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Auto calculate QA from BG - let's get it right
I have my before driving target set to between 7 & 10 so that it doesn't suggest corrections (unless I'm outside of this range obviously!) 
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Aug 14, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Pasta! Hi,Apologies if this has already been asked before, what do people do about QA with low GI, but high carb foods like pasta? I normally guestimate my carbs in pasta and then run high all evening, but last night I used the carbs app on iphone and calc'd based on 30g of pasta (cooked) for 1CP, I had 150g of pasta so should have injected for 5CP, this seemed too much on previous knowledge so injected for 4CP. Had a hypo that lasted all night, ended up having about a litre of juice and snacks, kept testing, I would go up for a bit while eating snacks then plummet again, way overdid QA with pasta. I know I probably need this much QA as pasta is high carb, but being low GI I hypo before the pasta kicks in, the alternative is to underestimate and run high later. Neither solution is nice! How do other people cope with low GI/ high Carb? Thanks in advance. Phil |
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Aug 14, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Auto calculate QA from BG - let's get it right Hi,With the new calculations, everything works fine, but an enhancement for me would be to have settings such as Hypo or Background with no ratio set, if it sees this it doesn't try to correct. DAFNE states between meals we shouldn't keep correcting so if I do a Before driving BG and am 10ish is suggests to correct, but I then have to clear this. Just an idea, hopes its an easy win, just allow null in ratios and check not null before calc, pseudo coding is soo easy Phil |
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Aug 14, 2012
susieq
19 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / New Graduate, questions Thanks Keith!!! This morning I am 5.5 !!!!!!! WAHOOOOOOO lol Makes you feel good when a plan comes together eh ?Positive thinking today. keeping ratio's as they are and tweaking the QA. 
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Aug 13, 2012
Keith
3 posts
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Yes very much so, my ratios when not at work are 1.5:1 BF &Lunch then 2:1 for dinner reducing to 1:1 BF & Lunch when working still 2:1 for dinner. If you know you will be exercising say after BF reduce the BF QA by 20-30 %, and if spontaneous take extra CHO on board. Good luck and think positive! Keith. |
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Aug 13, 2012
susieq
19 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / New Graduate, questions Thanks Keith. I think I will go back to the ratio's recommended to me last week, and just have less bolus if I am doing something physical. it's not work as such, but mowing the lawn, washing the car etc... and sometimes it's just spontaneous.I will stick with it, I have to.! It's getting used to it all isn't it? |
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Aug 13, 2012
Keith
3 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / New Graduate, questions Hi susieq, you say you did a lot of activity over weekend, did you reduce your QA before the activity? If not that would explain hypos. If the BG of 17 was after the hypos then that would be normal if you took extra sugar to sort hypos, it takes sometimes 12 to 24 hours for BG to return to reasonable figures after hypos.You have had a week of intensive training and have had to absorb a lot of new info, it's very scary being on your own, remember you can always contact your DAFNE educators for some support. I was in the same position just over two years ago and was ready to give it all up, but with help and support I stayed with it and am very glad I did, you should also have a review meeting soon, so stick with it, it will get easier. I use different ratios for when I'm working and when not. Regards keith. |
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Aug 13, 2012
susieq
19 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / New Graduate, questions Hi, I've just completed my course and was well on the way to understanding how to do correction doses and ratios etc. Over the weekend I did a lot of physical activity and thus got quite a few hypos - I corrected and got my bg's up to a decent level. Because I am home and am more active than I was in the course room, I decided that I may need to reduce my ratio back to 1:1 from 1.5 : 1 , But now at dinner time 6pm I find that I am 17 !!! I had nothing over the top for lunch, roll,salad,ham and strawberries/cream I calculated 4cp's for that.How had it gone so wrong? or was it the hypo's that have altered my bg's by compensating? I get so mad when I go high, I hate being up in those sort of numbers. |
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Aug 13, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Correction dose At my DAFNE course I was told that 1 unit of insulin will drop your blood sugar level by 2-3mmol/l, so 2.5mmol/l.So you would work out how many mmols you need to come down by to get on your desired target, and then divide by 2.5. However it also states in the handbook that if your blood sugar is above 11mmol/l then the above rule that 1 unit drops by 2.5mmol wont may not work. After testing extensively, this theory has evolved into four different correction factors, you could call it, for me personally. But I realize that you haven't completed the DAFNE course so would not know any of this, so I hope I haven't overwhelmed you...... The main point to take form this is 1 unit [quick acting analogue, novorapid etc...] drops your BG by 2.5mmol/l, give or take.... |
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Aug 13, 2012
bennettpl
3 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Quorn and vegetarian substitutes That's a great idea! Thanks, Marke! |