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Apr 2, 2012
HelenP
218 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue If I reduce the carbs even further I get very hungry (and angry). Most people I have talked to say (simply!) lose weight....and I haven't tried! I believe it is largely the demon insulin resistance/insulin sensitivity!I believe all cartridges here in Oz are 200mL. At the moment I have gone back to just using the pump (after 3 weeks of trying to time changers to breakfast every third day) and changing when ever necessary. Next one due between 23:00 and 01:00....depends what I have for dinner. I am going to Montezumas to celebrate my g'son's birthday. Eat carbs and change at 20:00!!!!! Thanks, Helen |
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Background Insulin Seems to good to be true................ What have your basal tests shown? |
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Apr 2, 2012
thebatoutofhull
60 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Background Insulin Good luck with it. If it works for you then brilliant. |
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Apr 2, 2012
derekh1965
95 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Background Insulin Hi,Don't know if this is any good to anyone, but when I was diagnosed in 1995 I was put on a Humilin Soluble and Isophane mix for a year. Then in 1996 when Humalog was available in the UK I was put on it and was told only to take my long acting (BI) at dinnertime as the humalog would cover me during the day. I have followed that routine up until a year ago when I done the dafne course and was told to take the BI to cover 24 hrs, split dose. I gained 4 kilos within 4 months, lost it now through extra exercise. I am struggling to lose weight the way I used to in the past. Used to be fairly easy. My BS has never been a problem in the past during the day, I only high sugars at breakfast time, but I blame the Humilin I for that as they are perfect with Levermir. I thought I don't need to have BI during the day and put my theory to the test yesterday where my BS was perfect, same ratios, 3:1 breakfast and 2:1 all other times and before bed at 12 my BS was 6.5. I am going to see if this will help me lose the weight better. Obviously this is just my experience and not meant to be copied. Best regards Derek |
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Spikes They results are really good to be honest, yeah you were above target after 5 hours, but not much, and considering you started off higher (7.5), the 8.2 is within most blood monitoring meters error margin. An important fact to note though is that because you considered the timing of your dose, the spike you got was significantly reduced. This is good considering damage to the micro vascular system, which is increased with up and down [yoyoing] results..............So we want good numbers as well as minor fluctuations to those numbers........... If your confident with you carb count the majority of the time and you still get inconsistencies, then you could consider doing some basal testing, by the hour if your up for it, as with the pump the basal dose can be tweaked by the hour, so in theory, 24 basal rates programmed in............ Keep up the good work....... 
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue Its not a lot of carbs to be honest, if you could reduce them further it would be good, but not necessarily required........the only other way that I know to reduce insulin is exercise.................so even just working some muscles slightly will get your sensitivity down.......... Is the reservoir size on your pump similar across all available models...............? |
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Apr 2, 2012
HelenP
218 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue It is unbelievably inconvenient.Usually I have 40g CHO for breakfast 25g rolled oats, 100mL milk, golf ball size apple (90g) and 8 almonds. A cappuccino at about 10:00am (15g CHO). Sandwich (30g CHO in bread) with salad fillings. For dinner a salad with protein and 30gCHO So it is a total of between 110-120g CHO most days. If I eat more than this I put on weight! Snacks include cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and the occasional piece of cheese! and very occasionally some raw nuts. |
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / new to DAFNE Its a shame you have not been offered help, are your team aware of the extent of your phobia..............If you can get help, and have the time, I am confident things will improve............. And as I say, if you make your team aware, you will probably go right up the list for a pump. Would that be something that interests you.........? |
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue I would imagine your predicament to be quite the nuisance..............How many carbs are you eating in a day? |
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / raised blood sugar after hypo. I would imagine trying hard to not treat the hypo with quick acting sugar...............there have been several occasions where I have hypoed and my pancreas had done its job as its supposed to..............not ideal or safe though as we cant guarantee that the livers stores of energy will be sufficient after instruction from the pancreas......I think the bigger picture would be to try and avoid quick and fairly low numbers, with preference to slower onset 3-4mmol/l hypos.... |
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Apr 2, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Big Fat Fasco thanks for the info mate............will take a look........
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Apr 1, 2012
derekh1965
95 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Big Fat Fasco Hi,Don;t know if anyone's interested but I just watched a video on youtube called Big Fat Fiasco by Tom Naughton who produced a Film called Fat Head. It is a talk about how insulin causes weight gain, although there's more to it than that, among other really interesting stuff. It is an hour long in 5 parts. If you use firefox there is an addon called video download helper https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/, that allows you to save youtube videos to your pc if you don't want to sit on youtube. Then if you wanted to you could join all the files using a free program called Easy Video Joiner http://www.doeasier.org/joiner/ or Boilsoft Video joiner.. Hope it is of interest to someone else. Derek |
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Apr 1, 2012
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / uploading results from iphone to PC? Hi there,If you turn 'Diary Upload' on in the settings page, and then save a diary entry that entry should be uploaded to the site - is this not the case? Thanks, Simon |
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Apr 1, 2012
thebatoutofhull
60 posts
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Can anyone tell me how to lower my BG after a hypo? When I go down to under 2mmol/l my body gives me glycogen. How do I pre-empt the resulting BG high which follows? |
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Apr 1, 2012
Faulty Headl...
18 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / uploading results from iphone to PC? I have no bother downloading my results from my DAFNE account on my PC to my iphone but can't get it to upload the results from my iphone ap to my PC?Anyone else have this problem? or am I doing something wrong. 
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Apr 1, 2012
thebatoutofhull
60 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue Hi could you give more info on the weight reduction course please. Is it pump specific? type 1 specific? hospital lead? or something you took up on your own? |
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Apr 1, 2012
HelenP
218 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue Thanks. How on earth did you lose the weight and how did you top up the cartridge?My cartridge is 2mL (200u) but after priming you lose about 15u. Your strategy would preserve the integrity of the data! Helen |
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Apr 1, 2012
mcdonald9754
1 post
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue Helen I'm an old DAFNE Grad. 2002 and went on a pump September 2011. My 3ml Reservoir fitted near enough the three day Infusion set life but on occasion I used a little more so I used to top-up the Reseivoir to give a little space. Now, i've been on a weight reduction course and using quite a bit less Insulin so I now change the infusion set but keep the part used reservoir with a new set. I dont get hypo signs very often down to beloe 1.1 on the meter but I'm quite happy. Hay Ho hopethis helps Ian.
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Mar 31, 2012
HelenP
218 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Pump cartridge issue I am on largish doses of insulin (about 70u a day, down from 90+ a day pre pump) and am trying to work out a system of "changes" that impacts less on my day to day life.I have tried: 1) 1 hours exercise (drops the insulin requirement about 5-6u over the day) 2) 1 carb free meal a day (drops the insulin 6-8u a day) but is a bit haphazard. 3) using a pen for some breakfasts. This seems to work the best I can then easily stretch the cartridge out to 3 days changing at breakfast every third day. (Much more convenient than having it walk back by about three-four hours over the three days.) However, this does interesting things to the data from the pump! I have read on an American site that some top up their cartridge (they apparently have smaller cartridges {100u} and do it as a cost saving strategy, but I have not gone down that road. The cartridge I use (after priming) has about 185-190u but over a three day period I need about 210u. My reason for wanting to regulate the times is more for convenience that anything else. The cost saving is a bonus. I am also reluctant to change it every two days and throw out about 50u of insulin or only partially fill the cartridge. Anyone else in this boat? Helen |
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Mar 31, 2012
Rupert
7 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Levemir thanks for all your help guys, i'll see what i can do
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