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Jan 23, 2012
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: Site Development / ONLINE DIARY LINK
damn, that just sucks  Good luck 
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Jan 23, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Site Development / ONLINE DIARY LINK Seems to be a problem at my end, however I have not identified it yet......................
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Jan 23, 2012
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: Site Development / ONLINE DIARY LINK Any luck now Novorapidboi26 as I've been on and updated by diary with no issues? Cheers, Anele. |
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Jan 23, 2012
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Chocolate Muffins
Hello, I remeber from my DAFNE course last year that if you had a snack in between your meals then I was advised not to correct with QA as there will still be QA in your system sunce your previous meal (I am on Novorapid QA whcih lasts for 4-5 hrs) and therefore was advised that provided you had covered your previous meal with the correct amount of QA then there would be no need to correct when eating ther snack so I generally do not correct when eating a snack 1-2 hrs in between my meals to avoid a hypo. Hope this helps Cheers, Anele. |
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Jan 23, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Site Development / ONLINE DIARY LINK When navigating to the online diary.........DAFNE Tools>My Blood Glucose Diary it takes you to the URL http://www.dafneonline.co.uk/diary/index This then produces an error message; "The page you were looking for doesn't exist. You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved. If you clicked on a link and were directed to here then please let us know about the problem via email. Click the back button on your browser to return to the previous page." To gain access I simply remove the word index from the URL in the address bar........ An issue needing fixed none the less......  |
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Jan 23, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dafne & sports nutrition. How does it work? I really dont have the experience to give good advice, however the DAFNE section on exercise would suggest that you reduce your insulin dose.................so this could mean dropping your previous bolus injection with your last meal and/or reducing your basal dose also..............with prolonged activity that I assume your training and participation in a 10k swim would involve, a combination of both of these reduction will help prevent hypos during the event and up to 24 hours later as the muscles replenish their store of glucose...............And with any activity like this you should always have a truck load of hypo resolve just in case...... There is also the website www.runsweet.com that provides a much more detailed explanation of how to manage blood sugars when exercising/playing sports etc........... good luck..........
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Jan 23, 2012
JennyNZ
29 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dafne & sports nutrition. How does it work? Hi folks. Have a question about Dafne and exercise. Have to admit, I kind of gave up training after I started Dafne 'cos I couldn't get my head around all the new ideas regarding exercise and it felt like the ideas were very black and white. Well, it is the middle of summer over here and I've just heard about a ocean swim I'd like to do and I thought I'd like to try and do it well. its a 10km swim and last time it took me 4 hr 20 and my tests weren't great. this was pre dafne. I've found Dafne doesn't talk much about managing CP's while you're training/racing. For those of you who dont know, the general rule of thumb is that you consume the equivilant of your weight , in grams, of CHO so I try and have about 60 gr carbs/hr when i'm either training or racing over 2 hours. What would be the Dafne approach to this and what do others do? If there are any othera who do triathlons or longish swims especially, I'd be really keen to hear from you. |
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Jan 22, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Chocolate Muffins It is a lot, the main point is really acknowledging that there may still be insulin working and that taking the full wack for whatever snack your hving may result in a hypo...........the less carbs in your snack, the more succesful you will be in dosing it in between meals......................
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Jan 22, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Hi peeps iv jsu graduated today :) Hey and welcome................Its great your feeling confident about your control, I feel exactly the same................. So your being considered for a pump? What issue have spurred that on...........? Here in Lanarkshire they wouldnt even give you one if you were dying............... 
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Jan 22, 2012
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Anyone off some advice pls? I would probably agree that your background still needs tweaked..................I dont know anyone that came away from the course with their BI dose right, it just takes more than 5 days to get right.................. So get on to the BI dose checking, overnight, carb free meals etc............ Onced you have some more results, come back and you can discuss them some more........... |
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Jan 21, 2012
mike w
1 post
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Topic: General Discussion / carb free foods try an early diet sheet from diabetic dietician circa 1960 s if they still available lots of food not in carb book have natural sweetness which can greatly affect bg levels cherry tomatoes peas sweet corn to name a few |
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Jan 21, 2012
Billie
5 posts
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Thank you so much for advice. I know my results are not as high as have been in the past which is good. I think your right I def messed up somewhere with 115 cp's lol. My BG was lowered the day I grauduated as I kept having hypos at night, so this is why I had thought change ratio's. But thanks for the pointers and going to do carb free tomorrow hopefully that will help. Will let you all know how it goes. Many thanks Billie |
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Jan 21, 2012
Peter
109 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE Follow-on Training
Jenny, Whilst DUAG is representing graduates from the UK & Ireland, it will be interesting to know what goes on elsewhere in the DAFNE community. One of the questions covers where you were trained, so we can see whether your feedback is any different to graduates over here. |
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Jan 21, 2012
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Entry Sites Thanks Simon! Gill |
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Jan 21, 2012
Peter
109 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / carb free foods
There is no guarantee that because there is not an entry in the DAFNE carb book that there are no CPs. It keeps the costs down to exclude 0 CP items, but does leave this uncertainty on why there isn't an entry. I have raised this with DAFNE team from my own experience and cost was given as the reason for not changing. If you find this a problem then let me know and if there are many who want this changed then I'll raise again with DAFNE, |
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Jan 21, 2012
NinjaGirl
1 post
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Topic: General Discussion / Anyone off some advice pls? Hi Billie, I would suggest the weight gain may be because your BI is not right and therefore you are constantly correcting with QA. I would think that looking at your day time readings you may need to adjust your morning BI by 2 units, but to test the theory before you do. Take your standard BI one morning and have Carb free until dinner, compare the BB and the Before Dinner readings, you should have a similar reading for both. If this is not the case and you should have sufficient evidence to increase your morning BI - if you are on Levemir or Lantas, if you are using somethig other ... check the peak and pattern of your background first... If you have a high reading for lunch even if have no CPs you can do a conservative correction or leave if you are not confident to correct. I hope this helps. I have just graduated from DAFNE Course but been using the prinicples for about 6 mths.... wish you the best and reading in target!
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Jan 21, 2012
Ahmentep
99 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Anyone off some advice pls? Hi Billie,I am not a graduate yet (doing the course next week) but I have been type 1 since 1978, and I've been working to DAFNE principles for nearly two years now. It seems to me that your morning BI may need adjustment, but you should take advice from your HCP on that. Frankly I don't find your glucose levels that bad, despite my best efforts I am usually at the same levels as you are, and often twice as high! I'm hoping that a pump may solve that. I find your 115 cp's on the 18th difficult to believe, that is 1.15Kg of carbohydrate! It must have been some sandwhich. I think you may have made an error there somewhere. Anyway, as you know from the course, the BI must be correct first. You may need to have one or two carb-free meals, with regular blood tests to see if the BI you're taking is keeping your blood glucose steady. If not you may need to adjust the quantity and/or time taken. Only when that is sorted can you think of adjusting the ratios and/or times of your QA. But please talk to your HCP, and don't worry! For a newbie you're doing ok!
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Jan 21, 2012
Ahmentep
99 posts
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Sorry, before I can read your message I have to get rid of this reply box, which came up with your message (twice). I can't delete it so I have to post a message instead. |
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Jan 20, 2012
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Entry Sites
Thanks very much Simon, much appreciated 
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Jan 20, 2012
Billie
5 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Anyone off some advice pls? Hi I'm Billie,I graduated DAFNE last week. I really came away from the course with much more knowledge and understanding. But now as you can see I am continually getting high readings. I know kneed to adjust my ratio's but have got myself confused as I'm not very good with numbers. I have been t1 4 yrs this August and have never had good control and always had high readings. I'm 28 a mum of 2 and find it hard to gain weight due to constant high results. Anyone who can point me in the write direct would be greatly appreciated 
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Jan 20, 2012
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Entry Sites Added to the site for you, will try and gen them added to the apps soon
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Jan 20, 2012
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Pump users and the DAFNE app Hi Chris,Glad you've found the app useful thus far, what would we need to add to keep it useful for you? Simon |