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Apr 29, 2012
Alan 49
284 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Verucca - treatment I would go to my GP for treatment and emphasise that you are a diabetic and have to take special care of your feet. |
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Apr 29, 2012
meltow
78 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Verucca - treatment I have a small verucca, & not wanting to trouble the doctor I have bought one of the branded treatment gels available at any pharmacy/supermarket.Reading the information leaflet it states "do not use the gel if you are diabetic or suffer from poor blood circulation to your hands or feet". I don't have any problems with the feelings in my feet or circulation. Should I use it? What would you do? 
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Apr 27, 2012
Man Plant 1
1 post
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE and Employers I finished my course today. It's been an absolute nightmare getting time off with pay, even though copies of the explanation letter from the DAFNE educators were sent to my manager AND the HR department 15 months ago and again a few weeks ago. My employer has a policy that would have enabled time off with pay, but allows discretion to the manager who dislikes others, such as the diabetes health professionals in this instance, suggesting something that affects her control over the team. Through this issue, it has become apparent what a control freak she is. The matter is not resolved yet.  In the end, because I began to make my disappointment known to others, she said I could go "and I'll decide the type of absence it is when you get back!". Thankfully the course educators and course participants have restored my faith in human nature this week!
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Apr 27, 2012
Chard
2 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters HelloI'm new on here and only just finished the DAFNE course literally today! Anyway i've been using the iBG*Star and really like it. It's not quite as good as my diary but you can see trend charts and a visual graph is really quite neat. There are however other 'gimmicks that have a USB stick on one end and test strip in the other. Again this uploads all your results and you can see them on your computer. Contour USB look at www.bayerdiabetes.co.uk. hope it helps. Rich |
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Apr 27, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters Hi all,Thanks for the feedback, I've gone for the Accu-Chek Mobile mostly for the lack of strips to mess with and normal AAA batteries. It's at home waiting for me to play... how can I be looking forward to testing??? I've put a new prescription in for cartridge and lancets, does anyone know how many come in the box to get started? The iPhone idea looks good, but I feel its a gimmick at the moment, what might be nice in the future is for a meter that has bluetooth so you could transfer to many different types of device? Phil |
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Apr 27, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Dawn Phenomenon possibility? My results are crap today.........my peak is too high in my opinion, all because a colleague got chatting to me and I had my lunch immediately after injecting......
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Apr 27, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Dawn Phenomenon possibility? I see on the 25th you had a carb free lunch, but went high for dinner..............! As you can see its not that much of a rise, some may even say its acceptable if you take in the error margin of the meter. So it would suggest that your 11 BI is pretty much there......the next day is full of snacking so cant really give any useful information...... good result at lunch today.....whats your result NOW? Should be peaking about now!! |
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Apr 27, 2012
JayBee
587 posts
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A general overlook. |
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Apr 27, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters I suppose it would be possible for the meters to offer some advice, for example if you are going low before dinner for more than 3 days, its could let you know and then mention a possible ratio change.........Anything from a meter should only be used as guidance on top of your own judgement. Changing ratios can be simple as long as its down on paper. I still log everything on paper as well as online and in my meter as it allows me to spot the patterns and highlight them with pen/pencil...........I suspect this will never change, even as technology advances..... 
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Apr 27, 2012
thebatoutofhull
60 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters One thing I would find useful in a metre, if they are going all high tech (not that they aren't anyway) is an ability to advise on ratios and correction ratios after analysing previous data. Don't say it ! I know - diabetes is multi-factoral and this idea is a pipe dream. For me trusting my own judgement can be an issue in itself, and ratio changes are approached tentatively. |
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Apr 26, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters Check this out.............iBGSTar Review - Every Day Ups and Downs - A Diabetic Blog Mike, who you can find over at diabetessupport.co.uk, done a review on that gadget, wasn't all negative, but neither positive...... I use the Freestyle InsulinX, it calculates your dose, you program in your insulin/carb ratios, correction ratios etc. It also takes into account insulin on board in case you snack in between injection times. You can upload your own pictures to display when testing your blood, and is touch screen, lots of silly things really, but is a really good meter. |
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Apr 26, 2012
thebatoutofhull
60 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters
I totally agree. The Accu check mobile is by far the best. A doddle to use, carry around and no faff! I wonder if I will get a commission?
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Apr 26, 2012
Ahmentep
99 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Injection Site List Hi Simon,To save a lot of retyping, could you look at the topic with the above title on the Site Development forum and treat it as though it was here please. Kind regards, Roger |
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Apr 25, 2012
Macka
7 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dawn Phenomenon i have DP also, i would get up to over 10 every morning and i get up at 5am, no matter what my bg was before i went to bed i would get up high, i recently went on the pump and with a bit of tinkering it seems to have made a big difference on my DP, i know a pump is not readily available to everybody but i thought you would like a bit of extra input. thanks, Paul x |
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Apr 25, 2012
Simon
578 posts
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Hi Neil, which device are you using? This kind of data is available on both the iOS and android apps for DAFNE online. |
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Apr 25, 2012
Neil Brown
28 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile Feature Requests i would like to see averages for each meal if possible as a quick reckoner of when issues arisethanks |
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Apr 25, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Snack Ideas - under 10g of carbs
Careful with sugar free jelly though, years ago I found as a child about 11 that it was free of carbs and therefore had loads at a party, its sugar free, but also a laxative  Might be different now that was more years ago than I care to work out  Phil |
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Apr 25, 2012
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Dawn Phenomenon possibility? Is this really happening?Carb free lunch today. |
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Apr 25, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters Hi mfrancis,Thanks for the info, the more I look at the iBGStar the more I think its a gimmick. Phil |
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Apr 25, 2012
mfrancis
4 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters Hi PhilI use the accu-check mobile and it is by far the best and easiest meter I have used. The cassettes you get contain 50 tests which move on automatically after testing, no more stips which is a definite plus. The lancets as well are so easy to use, you just pop in the pre loaded lancet holder which contains six lancets all you do is move the counter on one place to the next lancet, once you have used all six just pop in a new holder and away you go again the counter resets back to six and counts down to one. The meter also tells you your 7, 14 and 30 day averages. I got mine issued free when I did the dafne course Feb 11. |
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Apr 25, 2012
Phil Maskell
194 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Blood Testing Meters Hi,I've been a member of this site for some time, but only really started posting on the forums in the last few days (making a conscious effort with my control at the moment) so forgive me if this question has been discussed before (I would guess it probably has). I currently have a One Touch UltraEasy which works fine, but being a gadget freak I am looking at a couple of new meters and wanted peoples opinions and reviews if they'd used them. First is the iBGStar -- http://www.bgstar.com/web/ibgstar I have an iPhone and like gadgets, my concern is it will record results on the phone, but not in DAFNE Online  and I am just looking at it as its a shiny new toy (new toy may help make testing and control more interesting, had best control ever for first few months of iPhone DAFNE Online app)Second is the Accu-Chek Mobile -- https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/metersystems/mobile.html I like the idea of no strips and it mentions 6 preloaded lancets, does anyone know how this works? I am terrible at changing my lancets I also like the idea of alternative site testing due to my fingers being a mess, but never really got this to work with any of the One Touch meters I've used, can never seem to get enough blood from other sites Any other meters I should consider? Ideas / opinions? Any meter I choose needs to have strips etc available on prescription in UK as buying them at their price is out of the question (that's why many companies now give the meters away!)Thanks in advance Phil |
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Apr 24, 2012
marke
686 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Graduate Group (DGG) / Neuropothy -advice please Hi, can I ask you to post this in the 'ask the HCPs' forum since you are more likely to get a response. There are some very good experts that read that forum and with a bit of luck Simon H might respond. There is very little he doesn't know about Diabetes if anything and he likes a challenge thanks |
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Apr 24, 2012
Stew B
125 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / upload error 503 Phew! Thanks Simon.Stew |