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Feb 4, 2012

Mairead 10 posts

Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today

I also had my last day on the DAFNE course yesterday, in a different centre and have written a post in its forum. I found the course and the tutors to be very helpful and informative. By the end of the week my tests were pretty normal and I was very happy with that.

This morning my BG iwas high. I had worked late last night, writing, got a hypo of 3.3 and had eaten too many carbs to correct it. had also woken up late, a change from 5am to 10am so that threw the balance out too with the BI. I was shocked at how high it was, nonetheless. But I will try much harder not to let it happen again. Being back at home full-time where I had developed the bad habits, the course was helping me overcome, is a bit daunting - I know where the temptations lie. I should not have taken so many carbs for the mild hypo [had unerestimated the carb ratio at the time] or slept in so late. I will wait a couple of days before making considering making any changes to my BI, and have corrected the high BG with QA.

Thank God for DAFNE! In my 30 years of a diabetic I have never seen such an excellent and positive intervention in patient care. It is up to me now, and that is where I have to be self-disciplined about tests and ratios. Bought kitchen weighing scales, it arrived today, and am looking forward to be able to look at my diary without such high or low tests again Despite my bad result this morning - I do not feel as helpless and have more confidence in getting it back on track. I am also glad that this site is here. Don't have my centre code to show I am a graduate.

I hope it and the DAFNE course will be around and evolving for many years for the benefit of so many diabetics. I look forward to the day when the numbers of people with different kinds of diabetes is reversed. I think that DAFNE can and is making a big difference to the lives of Type 1 Diabetics and I aim to be one of them Very Happy

Mairead

Feb 4, 2012

Alan Jock Ni... 19 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Download entries from site?

Download entries from site not downloading to iPhone (the little circle continues to go round)

iPhone 3gs
OS - 5.01

The iPhone app is really great for when I'am out and about as it's always in my pocket and preferred over a paper diary. When I am at home/work I prefer to fill in the online diary as usually there is a PC in front of me and the iPhone could be on the docking station charging or playing music. I don't want to be filling in the diary entries twice so I would love to use the Download entries from site but nothing is happening, am I missing a setting somewhere?

Thank you.

Alan

Feb 4, 2012

Ahmentep 99 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos

Hi Laney,

Just to clarify what I said earlier about panic being a psychological state. I too occasionaly shake almost uncontrollably when having a hypo, but this is not panic. This is a physical condition brought about by there being insufficient glucose in the system to enable the brain to give fine tuning instructions to the muscles and and to enable the muscles to move in a controlled fashion.

All the best,

Roger

Feb 4, 2012

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today

Congratulations, and welcome to the forum.....

Sound advice from Roger there. I am constantly learning new things about my diabetic control, however still dont have perfect control.....................

Levemir is much more felxible, and although everyone is different, I believe everyone should be on it...............[Levemire Lover.... Very Happy

].....

I felt the same as you after the course, I just couldnt believe how I was just letting life pass by with no clue about my diabetes, it will never be the same after DAFNE.............and its a shame funding cuts are cutting people out of getting the basic education they deserve...........

I look forward to hearing from you.............. Wink

Feb 4, 2012

JennyNZ 29 posts

Topic: General Discussion / diarrhoea

are you drinking enough g and t's!!???

Feb 4, 2012

Ahmentep 99 posts

Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today

Congratulations! Very Happy

Don't be in a rush to get things perfect, they probably never will be. Just keep looking for patterns and making adjustments (one at a time, with two days minimum in between) and the improvement you have noticed will continue, and get better. Well done, and the best of luck.

Roger

Feb 3, 2012

samshine 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today

Hi, i had the last day of the DAFNE course today and am so pleased i went. After many years of abusing my diabetes its time to start again and control my diabetes.
Cant believe i can eat anything now (with the right insulin) I thought the course was great, got new needles, have been taken off of lantus and put onto levemir twice a day which seems to be doing the job, although ive had quite a few hypos (which i hate). Hopefully things will settle down and i will be in control for the first time in nearly 30 years. Shocked

Feb 3, 2012

LaneyH82 6 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I have had diabetes since i was 13 and i am now 29. I have just recently started experiencing panic attacks when i am hypoing.Its frustrating as i have never experienced anything like this before. I thought it would have been a good question to ask as i don't know anyone else with type 1 and its good to get oter peoples views that have diabetes.i completed the dafne course today and hoping that my hypos are very minimum now.

Smile

Feb 3, 2012

thebatoutofhull 60 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

Digging a hole for myself now. When we were kids my mum used to make us veggi stock for bonfire night. She'd kid us it was soup. A small stock cube is not the same but only 0.9 carbs is not too bad and you get a couple of cups out of it. other ideas, fruit teas nettle tea or a dry mulled wine. Ok hole definitely deeper.

Feb 3, 2012

MARIER 42 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

Thanx All !!! Veggi Stock ?????????????? sounds intreging but cant have sugar as it has Carbs in it

Feb 3, 2012

thebatoutofhull 60 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

ah. no probs, I should try to be clearer. Keep postin' I've not been on here long but learned an awful lot from you.

Feb 3, 2012

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

lol, sorry, i misunderstood you............ Laughing

Feb 3, 2012

thebatoutofhull 60 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

To novorapidboi26.

I don't put sugar in my home made stock. However I have no idea why there is sugar in a stock cube. All the ones I have have it in. Confused

Feb 3, 2012

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos

Hi Elaine,

Its perfectly normal to get panicky when having a hypo..............

I suppose it all depends on how new you are and your experience with having them, how well your control is and the nature of the hypo [slow onset and expected, with better control, quickly and unexpected with less controlled], and obviously your surroundings and whether you have quick acting sugar to hand...........

I never carried hypo resolve with me before DAFNE, I never needed to, I was always high...............Now I will never leave the house alone without it.......

I have certainly had a few panicky times when I have had an alcohol induced hypo, as it came really quickly, which usually comes with more extreme symptoms, like blurred vision and dizziness............. Shocked

Feb 3, 2012

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

thebatoutofhull said:
I sometimes make up a veggi stock - can use a cube but a touch of sugar in this.

Really?, this sounds interesting, why would you put sugar in vegetable stock?

Feb 3, 2012

Pammie 7 posts

Topic: General Discussion / diarrhoea

JennyNZ said:
you haven't started a new sugar free drink or sweets have you? sweetners can definately give you the runs.

Nope! Only the usual tonic with the gin Smile

Feb 3, 2012

thebatoutofhull 60 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

1/Tea and coffee with a little cream instead of milk. 2/ I sometimes make up a veggi stock - can use a cube but a touch of sugar in this. 3/ Robinsons special R

Feb 3, 2012

thebatoutofhull 60 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos

Hi, Always feel panicky when having hypo. I use it as one of my warning signals. Do a BM test and then 1 line/10g fast Carbs.

Just an aside. Do you shake when you are hypo and panicky? I do and couldn't get the bloomin test strip in the Blood monitor. I now use a cassette based monitor with no strips as such.

All the best!

Feb 3, 2012

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks

I think with diluted cordials, if they sugar free the carbs are negligible if exist at all................

But best to check as Roger says.............. Cool

Feb 3, 2012

JennyNZ 29 posts

Topic: General Discussion / diarrhoea

you haven't started a new sugar free drink or sweets have you? sweetners can definately give you the runs.


Feb 4, 2012 Mairead 10 posts	Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today I also had my last day on the DAFNE course yesterday, in a different centre and have written a post in its forum. I found the course and the tutors to be very helpful and informative. By the end of the week my tests were pretty normal and I was very happy with that. This morning my BG iwas high. I had worked late last night, writing, got a hypo of 3.3 and had eaten too many carbs to correct it. had also woken up late, a change from 5am to 10am so that threw the balance out too with the BI. I was shocked at how high it was, nonetheless. But I will try much harder not to let it happen again. Being back at home full-time where I had developed the bad habits, the course was helping me overcome, is a bit daunting - I know where the temptations lie. I should not have taken so many carbs for the mild hypo [had unerestimated the carb ratio at the time] or slept in so late. I will wait a couple of days before making considering making any changes to my BI, and have corrected the high BG with QA. Thank God for DAFNE! In my 30 years of a diabetic I have never seen such an excellent and positive intervention in patient care. It is up to me now, and that is where I have to be self-disciplined about tests and ratios. Bought kitchen weighing scales, it arrived today, and am looking forward to be able to look at my diary without such high or low tests again Despite my bad result this morning - I do not feel as helpless and have more confidence in getting it back on track. I am also glad that this site is here. Don't have my centre code to show I am a graduate. I hope it and the DAFNE course will be around and evolving for many years for the benefit of so many diabetics. I look forward to the day when the numbers of people with different kinds of diabetes is reversed. I think that DAFNE can and is making a big difference to the lives of Type 1 Diabetics and I aim to be one of them Mairead

Feb 4, 2012 Alan Jock Ni... 19 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Download entries from site? Download entries from site not downloading to iPhone (the little circle continues to go round) iPhone 3gs OS - 5.01 The iPhone app is really great for when I'am out and about as it's always in my pocket and preferred over a paper diary. When I am at home/work I prefer to fill in the online diary as usually there is a PC in front of me and the iPhone could be on the docking station charging or playing music. I don't want to be filling in the diary entries twice so I would love to use the Download entries from site but nothing is happening, am I missing a setting somewhere? Thank you. Alan

Feb 4, 2012 Ahmentep 99 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos Hi Laney, Just to clarify what I said earlier about panic being a psychological state. I too occasionaly shake almost uncontrollably when having a hypo, but this is not panic. This is a physical condition brought about by there being insufficient glucose in the system to enable the brain to give fine tuning instructions to the muscles and and to enable the muscles to move in a controlled fashion. All the best, Roger

Feb 4, 2012 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today Congratulations, and welcome to the forum..... Sound advice from Roger there. I am constantly learning new things about my diabetic control, however still dont have perfect control..................... Levemir is much more felxible, and although everyone is different, I believe everyone should be on it...............[Levemire Lover.... ]..... I felt the same as you after the course, I just couldnt believe how I was just letting life pass by with no clue about my diabetes, it will never be the same after DAFNE.............and its a shame funding cuts are cutting people out of getting the basic education they deserve........... I look forward to hearing from you..............

Feb 4, 2012 JennyNZ 29 posts	Topic: General Discussion / diarrhoea are you drinking enough g and t's!!???

Feb 4, 2012 Ahmentep 99 posts	Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today Congratulations! Don't be in a rush to get things perfect, they probably never will be. Just keep looking for patterns and making adjustments (one at a time, with two days minimum in between) and the improvement you have noticed will continue, and get better. Well done, and the best of luck. Roger

Feb 3, 2012 samshine 3 posts	Topic: General Discussion / new graduate today Hi, i had the last day of the DAFNE course today and am so pleased i went. After many years of abusing my diabetes its time to start again and control my diabetes. Cant believe i can eat anything now (with the right insulin) I thought the course was great, got new needles, have been taken off of lantus and put onto levemir twice a day which seems to be doing the job, although ive had quite a few hypos (which i hate). Hopefully things will settle down and i will be in control for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Feb 3, 2012 LaneyH82 6 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos Thanks everyone for the feedback. I have had diabetes since i was 13 and i am now 29. I have just recently started experiencing panic attacks when i am hypoing.Its frustrating as i have never experienced anything like this before. I thought it would have been a good question to ask as i don't know anyone else with type 1 and its good to get oter peoples views that have diabetes.i completed the dafne course today and hoping that my hypos are very minimum now.

Feb 3, 2012 thebatoutofhull 60 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks Digging a hole for myself now. When we were kids my mum used to make us veggi stock for bonfire night. She'd kid us it was soup. A small stock cube is not the same but only 0.9 carbs is not too bad and you get a couple of cups out of it. other ideas, fruit teas nettle tea or a dry mulled wine. Ok hole definitely deeper.

Feb 3, 2012 MARIER 42 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks Thanx All !!! Veggi Stock ?????????????? sounds intreging but cant have sugar as it has Carbs in it

Feb 3, 2012 thebatoutofhull 60 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks ah. no probs, I should try to be clearer. Keep postin' I've not been on here long but learned an awful lot from you.

Feb 3, 2012 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks lol, sorry, i misunderstood you............

Feb 3, 2012 thebatoutofhull 60 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks To novorapidboi26. I don't put sugar in my home made stock. However I have no idea why there is sugar in a stock cube. All the ones I have have it in.

Feb 3, 2012 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos Hi Elaine, Its perfectly normal to get panicky when having a hypo.............. I suppose it all depends on how new you are and your experience with having them, how well your control is and the nature of the hypo [slow onset and expected, with better control, quickly and unexpected with less controlled], and obviously your surroundings and whether you have quick acting sugar to hand........... I never carried hypo resolve with me before DAFNE, I never needed to, I was always high...............Now I will never leave the house alone without it....... I have certainly had a few panicky times when I have had an alcohol induced hypo, as it came really quickly, which usually comes with more extreme symptoms, like blurred vision and dizziness.............

Feb 3, 2012 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks thebatoutofhull said: I sometimes make up a veggi stock - can use a cube but a touch of sugar in this. Really?, this sounds interesting, why would you put sugar in vegetable stock?

Feb 3, 2012 Pammie 7 posts	Topic: General Discussion / diarrhoea JennyNZ said: you haven't started a new sugar free drink or sweets have you? sweetners can definately give you the runs. Nope! Only the usual tonic with the gin

Feb 3, 2012 thebatoutofhull 60 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks 1/Tea and coffee with a little cream instead of milk. 2/ I sometimes make up a veggi stock - can use a cube but a touch of sugar in this. 3/ Robinsons special R

Feb 3, 2012 thebatoutofhull 60 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Panicking When Taking Hypos Hi, Always feel panicky when having hypo. I use it as one of my warning signals. Do a BM test and then 1 line/10g fast Carbs. Just an aside. Do you shake when you are hypo and panicky? I do and couldn't get the bloomin test strip in the Blood monitor. I now use a cassette based monitor with no strips as such. All the best!

Feb 3, 2012 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / no carb/sugar free drinks I think with diluted cordials, if they sugar free the carbs are negligible if exist at all................ But best to check as Roger says..............

Feb 3, 2012 JennyNZ 29 posts	Topic: General Discussion / diarrhoea you haven't started a new sugar free drink or sweets have you? sweetners can definately give you the runs.