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Sep 27, 2011

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / HYPO - how best to treat & what with

Hi,
Just looking to see how people on here treat their hypos & what with ie biscuits, lucozade...Thanks for any input Very Happy

Gill

Sep 27, 2011

Libby 5 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

Sorry, one more!

When I downloaded the entries I had amended/deleted the amendment downloaded fine into the app, but the deleted entry is still there in my app although it is not in my online diary.

Thanks!

Sep 27, 2011

Libby 5 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

I am totally loving the android app - thank you clever app designer people!

Two quick queries -

1. It is possible to amend entries online, is it possible to do this in the app? And if not could this (and deleting entries) be considered for future development?

2. When I uploaded my entries it said that there weren't any, but it actually uploaded them (unless I misunderstood what it said) - has anyone else come accross this?

Thanks!

Libby

Sep 27, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob!

The digestion of fat shouldn't have an effect directly on your blood sugar, it might mean that carbs mixed with high fat [pizza] may be digested quicker than most.....

I suppose people do digest at different rates, but different types of food can be processed very differently also in different people.........

its a tricky one, corn, beans, nuts are all slowly digested, but not because of high fat content, its more kind of low complex carb I believe, so things like that could still digest slowly even in someone like yourself who can process fat quickly...............its an interesting topic of discussion and one that I would like to find out more about..............

at the moment for me though, I dont count anything over 10grams, or if it falls in the pulses, nuts, protein or fat category........

Sep 27, 2011

Snodger 2 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob!

novorapidboi26 said:
Your 16 BI may well be right............the idea was that the total daily dose of BI being on the low side, so , your 16 to my 70, may contribute to the need to count slower released carbs due to the lack of extra BI insulin to process the carbs from these foods.........

Just a theory though........

Oh I see! that's very interesting.
The other thing I was wondering was whether it's caused by the fact that some people digest at different rates. Eg I'm pretty sure I digest fat quite quickly... I don't get delayed bg spikes after gigantic fish and chip suppers like some people do, and I also find that milk chocolate goes into my system pretty fast.
That would explain the need to count cashew nuts, but doesn't explain the corn on the cob mind you!

Sep 27, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

Beta stage is over Russell,

You can download the first release from the android market, you can still give feedback and report any problems you encounter in the forum............... Cool

Sep 27, 2011

rusty28 3 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

Simon said:
Hi all,

We're in need of some beta testers for the Android app, which works on Android 2.1+ As testers you'd be required to feed back on the following things
Does the app crash (+when)
Is it user friendly
What could be improved

Please also note that as it is a pre-release version, it may be buggy and have the occasional crash, so be prepared for this.

The idea is that we would send you over the beta version, give you a week to play with it, and then ask for your feedback after the week has passed.

If you feel you can help out, and would be willing to provide feedback, drop me an email at [email protected]

Simon

Hi Simon

I would like to help by giving you feedback on the app.

Russell

Sep 27, 2011

rusty28 3 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

John Syer said:
rusty28 said:
Hi I am a DAFNE graduate from last year and until now have used On Track app while waiting for this one. I downloaded it yesterday and it seems to work fine except for a couple of annoying things: cannot find a way to delete a wrong entry if as I did yestterday the decimal point did not register meaning a 63 instead of 6.3, and the keypad on the screen changes from numeris to alfa-numeric when entering BG, CP etc., one last thing is can you email your readings summaries to yourself for printing as you can with On Track where it comes in csv or as a Html with a graph?

Hi Russell,

You can edit (or delete) the entries from the entries icon, a long press on the entry in question will bring up a menu offering you the option to edit or delete.
As far as I know you can't email your information, but you can upload/sync it to the dafneonline.co.uk site (only visible to you). From there you may be able to get the information you are after.

Regards, John

thanks for your help John

Russell

Sep 27, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob!

Your 16 BI may well be right............the idea was that the total daily dose of BI being on the low side, so , your 16 to my 70, may contribute to the need to count slower released carbs due to the lack of extra BI insulin to process the carbs from these foods.........

Just a theory though........

Sep 27, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Do I adjust BI or QA first?

Looks like it.............

I believe everyone goes through the hormone process, its just that for some its more severe and noticeable..................good luck in the fight against it............ Wink

Sep 27, 2011

John Syer 19 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

rusty28 said:
Hi I am a DAFNE graduate from last year and until now have used On Track app while waiting for this one. I downloaded it yesterday and it seems to work fine except for a couple of annoying things: cannot find a way to delete a wrong entry if as I did yestterday the decimal point did not register meaning a 63 instead of 6.3, and the keypad on the screen changes from numeris to alfa-numeric when entering BG, CP etc., one last thing is can you email your readings summaries to yourself for printing as you can with On Track where it comes in csv or as a Html with a graph?

Hi Russell,

You can edit (or delete) the entries from the entries icon, a long press on the entry in question will bring up a menu offering you the option to edit or delete.
As far as I know you can't email your information, but you can upload/sync it to the dafneonline.co.uk site (only visible to you). From there you may be able to get the information you are after.

Regards, John

Sep 26, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

Hi Kerry and Wayne,

I'm really sorry - it seems your email address was translated wrongly when I shared it with Keith, our Android developer so you didn't get the beta test email.

Having said that, you can now download the app from this link

As ever your feedback is most appreciated, and sorry again for the confusion.

Simon

Sep 26, 2011

WayneS 1 post

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

Simon said:
Hi all,

We're in need of some beta testers for the Android app, which works on Android 2.1+ As testers you'd be required to feed back on the following things
Does the app crash (+when)
Is it user friendly
What could be improved

Please also note that as it is a pre-release version, it may be buggy and have the occasional crash, so be prepared for this.

The idea is that we would send you over the beta version, give you a week to play with it, and then ask for your feedback after the week has passed.

If you feel you can help out, and would be willing to provide feedback, drop me an email at [email protected]

Simon

Hi Simon,

I mailed you on 19th August but haven't heard anything, my husband and I are still very happy to be a beta testers for you.

Kerry & Wayne

Sep 26, 2011

Hornet 3 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Android App

Thanks for the info. I dont particularly want to go back to my Blackberry just to use the DAFNE android app, so will carry on accessing DAFNE on-line through the mobile net. The N8 camera beats any blackberry hands down, dont really want an iPhone either, they're too expensive and not robust enough, so can cope without the app for another 18months or so.

Sep 26, 2011

Snodger 2 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob!

hello,
I am very interested in this so please forgive me resurrecting the thread after over a month.
I count corn on the cob, and also count cashew nuts, although no other nuts. Have just done some carb free adjustments so am pretty sure my background is right at the moment (16 BI).

Sep 26, 2011

rusty28 3 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app

Hi I am a DAFNE graduate from last year and until now have used On Track app while waiting for this one. I downloaded it yesterday and it seems to work fine except for a couple of annoying things: cannot find a way to delete a wrong entry if as I did yestterday the decimal point did not register meaning a 63 instead of 6.3, and the keypad on the screen changes from numeris to alfa-numeric when entering BG, CP etc., one last thing is can you email your readings summaries to yourself for printing as you can with On Track where it comes in csv or as a Html with a graph?

Thanks

Russell

Sep 25, 2011

Guy Kramer 12 posts

Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries

Hello,

I am using Glucofacts from Bayer, although it dosen't give you an option to export however I can access the diary database file. So maybe it could just import the database file? I would of thought it uses a MySQL database and the same for the DAFNE diary?

Sep 25, 2011

marke 681 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How can you work out HBA1c by using your BG averages? Is it possible?

Nikki, thats not how HBA1c works. It is a measure of the glucose attached to haemoglobin in the blood. This process occurs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You measure your blood glucose 4 times in 24 hours probably, thus what you see is only a very brief snapshot of what your BG is doing. So basically the two things do different things. The HBA1c is to let your diabetes team see what your BG has been doing on average for the last 3 months, the BG tests are telling you if your insulin intake is correct. Both are important but probably the blood tests are more important because if you are doing them regularly then you should pretty much know your HBA1c is going to be ok even if you don't know exactly what it is. There is also the fact that HBA1c is not 100% accurate and becasue its is an average your BG could have been 10+ half the day and 4- for the rest of the day giving an average in 'range'.
Sorry but life is never that simple Very Happy

Sep 24, 2011

Nikki H-C 23 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How can you work out HBA1c by using your BG averages? Is it possible?

I know this thread is a few months old but I thought it might be the right place to pose this question....

A hypothetical question....
Lets say I started my day with BS of 6
I then eat / drink carbs every 2 or 3 hours through out the day
I know I have the correct ratio's and inject the correct QA for the carbs I've had, so techinally I should come back down to a BS or 6.

Because i've had carbs before my QA has "run out/worn off" i.e. within the 4 / 5 hours it lasts for, will my HBA1c reflect where my levels will end up or where they have actually been through out the day?

Sep 24, 2011

Nikki H-C 23 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Do I adjust BI or QA first?

Just an update for you... I did my non carb dinner so didn't have any QA within 5 hours of bed time. I took my normal BI and went to bed with BS of 7. I woke up 7 hours later with BS of 12.

Whilst I didn't do a middle of the night check, I now believe that i definately have the ol' dawn phenomenon. Ho hum!

Sep 23, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries

An alternative would be if the meter software gives a decent enough export (XML,Csv, json etc) then we might be ale to select file uploads which parse the output and create a bunch of entries. We just need to understand what comes out of the software that Guy mentioned.

Sep 23, 2011

marke 681 posts

Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries

yes, its another 'on the drawing board' feature that hasn't quite been implemented. Earlier in the year there was some prototype software for Lifescan meters and I have a Menarni 'Glucomen Lx Plus' that was very kindly supplied by the manufacturer in a box waiting for me to do something with it. The big issue is if we can get all
manufacturers to tell us how we access the data stored on the meters. Some are happy and helpful to do this, others are very protective and seem to want you to
use their software to manage your Blood Glucose data. In an ideal world we will produce a program that links to the site and allows you to add the 'extra' bit that talks to your meter. Hopefully it will happen one day in the not too distant future, it would be nice to be able to upload direct from your meter to the online diary.

Sep 23, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries

Guy Kramer said:
Hello Simon,

I thought it might be a good idea if we could import/upload an export from PC software although I realize that if this is dome some data could not be populated ie CPs, injection site etc. But would still be helpful

Thanks
Guy

Hi Guy, whats the software, and what format does it use as upload material?

Sep 23, 2011

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Site Development / Searching Dafne Forums

Thank you Simon Very Happy

Sep 23, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Searching Dafne Forums

Search is now fixed, sorry for breaking it!

Sep 27, 2011 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / HYPO - how best to treat & what with Hi, Just looking to see how people on here treat their hypos & what with ie biscuits, lucozade...Thanks for any input Gill

Sep 27, 2011 Libby 5 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app Sorry, one more! When I downloaded the entries I had amended/deleted the amendment downloaded fine into the app, but the deleted entry is still there in my app although it is not in my online diary. Thanks!

Sep 27, 2011 Libby 5 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app I am totally loving the android app - thank you clever app designer people! Two quick queries - 1. It is possible to amend entries online, is it possible to do this in the app? And if not could this (and deleting entries) be considered for future development? 2. When I uploaded my entries it said that there weren't any, but it actually uploaded them (unless I misunderstood what it said) - has anyone else come accross this? Thanks! Libby

Sep 27, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob! The digestion of fat shouldn't have an effect directly on your blood sugar, it might mean that carbs mixed with high fat [pizza] may be digested quicker than most..... I suppose people do digest at different rates, but different types of food can be processed very differently also in different people......... its a tricky one, corn, beans, nuts are all slowly digested, but not because of high fat content, its more kind of low complex carb I believe, so things like that could still digest slowly even in someone like yourself who can process fat quickly...............its an interesting topic of discussion and one that I would like to find out more about.............. at the moment for me though, I dont count anything over 10grams, or if it falls in the pulses, nuts, protein or fat category........

Sep 27, 2011 Snodger 2 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob! novorapidboi26 said: Your 16 BI may well be right............the idea was that the total daily dose of BI being on the low side, so , your 16 to my 70, may contribute to the need to count slower released carbs due to the lack of extra BI insulin to process the carbs from these foods......... Just a theory though........ Oh I see! that's very interesting. The other thing I was wondering was whether it's caused by the fact that some people digest at different rates. Eg I'm pretty sure I digest fat quite quickly... I don't get delayed bg spikes after gigantic fish and chip suppers like some people do, and I also find that milk chocolate goes into my system pretty fast. That would explain the need to count cashew nuts, but doesn't explain the corn on the cob mind you!

Sep 27, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app Beta stage is over Russell, You can download the first release from the android market, you can still give feedback and report any problems you encounter in the forum...............

Sep 27, 2011 rusty28 3 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app Simon said: Hi all, We're in need of some beta testers for the Android app, which works on Android 2.1+ As testers you'd be required to feed back on the following things Does the app crash (+when) Is it user friendly What could be improved Please also note that as it is a pre-release version, it may be buggy and have the occasional crash, so be prepared for this. The idea is that we would send you over the beta version, give you a week to play with it, and then ask for your feedback after the week has passed. If you feel you can help out, and would be willing to provide feedback, drop me an email at [email protected] Simon Hi Simon I would like to help by giving you feedback on the app. Russell

Sep 27, 2011 rusty28 3 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app John Syer said: rusty28 said: Hi I am a DAFNE graduate from last year and until now have used On Track app while waiting for this one. I downloaded it yesterday and it seems to work fine except for a couple of annoying things: cannot find a way to delete a wrong entry if as I did yestterday the decimal point did not register meaning a 63 instead of 6.3, and the keypad on the screen changes from numeris to alfa-numeric when entering BG, CP etc., one last thing is can you email your readings summaries to yourself for printing as you can with On Track where it comes in csv or as a Html with a graph? Hi Russell, You can edit (or delete) the entries from the entries icon, a long press on the entry in question will bring up a menu offering you the option to edit or delete. As far as I know you can't email your information, but you can upload/sync it to the dafneonline.co.uk site (only visible to you). From there you may be able to get the information you are after. Regards, John thanks for your help John Russell

Sep 27, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob! Your 16 BI may well be right............the idea was that the total daily dose of BI being on the low side, so , your 16 to my 70, may contribute to the need to count slower released carbs due to the lack of extra BI insulin to process the carbs from these foods......... Just a theory though........

Sep 27, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Do I adjust BI or QA first? Looks like it............. I believe everyone goes through the hormone process, its just that for some its more severe and noticeable..................good luck in the fight against it............

Sep 27, 2011 John Syer 19 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app rusty28 said: Hi I am a DAFNE graduate from last year and until now have used On Track app while waiting for this one. I downloaded it yesterday and it seems to work fine except for a couple of annoying things: cannot find a way to delete a wrong entry if as I did yestterday the decimal point did not register meaning a 63 instead of 6.3, and the keypad on the screen changes from numeris to alfa-numeric when entering BG, CP etc., one last thing is can you email your readings summaries to yourself for printing as you can with On Track where it comes in csv or as a Html with a graph? Hi Russell, You can edit (or delete) the entries from the entries icon, a long press on the entry in question will bring up a menu offering you the option to edit or delete. As far as I know you can't email your information, but you can upload/sync it to the dafneonline.co.uk site (only visible to you). From there you may be able to get the information you are after. Regards, John

Sep 26, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app Hi Kerry and Wayne, I'm really sorry - it seems your email address was translated wrongly when I shared it with Keith, our Android developer so you didn't get the beta test email. Having said that, you can now download the app from this link As ever your feedback is most appreciated, and sorry again for the confusion. Simon

Sep 26, 2011 WayneS 1 post	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app Simon said: Hi all, We're in need of some beta testers for the Android app, which works on Android 2.1+ As testers you'd be required to feed back on the following things Does the app crash (+when) Is it user friendly What could be improved Please also note that as it is a pre-release version, it may be buggy and have the occasional crash, so be prepared for this. The idea is that we would send you over the beta version, give you a week to play with it, and then ask for your feedback after the week has passed. If you feel you can help out, and would be willing to provide feedback, drop me an email at [email protected] Simon Hi Simon, I mailed you on 19th August but haven't heard anything, my husband and I are still very happy to be a beta testers for you. Kerry & Wayne

Sep 26, 2011 Hornet 3 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Android App Thanks for the info. I dont particularly want to go back to my Blackberry just to use the DAFNE android app, so will carry on accessing DAFNE on-line through the mobile net. The N8 camera beats any blackberry hands down, dont really want an iPhone either, they're too expensive and not robust enough, so can cope without the app for another 18months or so.

Sep 26, 2011 Snodger 2 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Watch out - Corn on the cob! hello, I am very interested in this so please forgive me resurrecting the thread after over a month. I count corn on the cob, and also count cashew nuts, although no other nuts. Have just done some carb free adjustments so am pretty sure my background is right at the moment (16 BI).

Sep 26, 2011 rusty28 3 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app Hi I am a DAFNE graduate from last year and until now have used On Track app while waiting for this one. I downloaded it yesterday and it seems to work fine except for a couple of annoying things: cannot find a way to delete a wrong entry if as I did yestterday the decimal point did not register meaning a 63 instead of 6.3, and the keypad on the screen changes from numeris to alfa-numeric when entering BG, CP etc., one last thing is can you email your readings summaries to yourself for printing as you can with On Track where it comes in csv or as a Html with a graph? Thanks Russell

Sep 25, 2011 Guy Kramer 12 posts	Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries Hello, I am using Glucofacts from Bayer, although it dosen't give you an option to export however I can access the diary database file. So maybe it could just import the database file? I would of thought it uses a MySQL database and the same for the DAFNE diary?

Sep 25, 2011 marke 681 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How can you work out HBA1c by using your BG averages? Is it possible? Nikki, thats not how HBA1c works. It is a measure of the glucose attached to haemoglobin in the blood. This process occurs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You measure your blood glucose 4 times in 24 hours probably, thus what you see is only a very brief snapshot of what your BG is doing. So basically the two things do different things. The HBA1c is to let your diabetes team see what your BG has been doing on average for the last 3 months, the BG tests are telling you if your insulin intake is correct. Both are important but probably the blood tests are more important because if you are doing them regularly then you should pretty much know your HBA1c is going to be ok even if you don't know exactly what it is. There is also the fact that HBA1c is not 100% accurate and becasue its is an average your BG could have been 10+ half the day and 4- for the rest of the day giving an average in 'range'. Sorry but life is never that simple

Sep 24, 2011 Nikki H-C 23 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How can you work out HBA1c by using your BG averages? Is it possible? I know this thread is a few months old but I thought it might be the right place to pose this question.... A hypothetical question.... Lets say I started my day with BS of 6 I then eat / drink carbs every 2 or 3 hours through out the day I know I have the correct ratio's and inject the correct QA for the carbs I've had, so techinally I should come back down to a BS or 6. Because i've had carbs before my QA has "run out/worn off" i.e. within the 4 / 5 hours it lasts for, will my HBA1c reflect where my levels will end up or where they have actually been through out the day?

Sep 24, 2011 Nikki H-C 23 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Do I adjust BI or QA first? Just an update for you... I did my non carb dinner so didn't have any QA within 5 hours of bed time. I took my normal BI and went to bed with BS of 7. I woke up 7 hours later with BS of 12. Whilst I didn't do a middle of the night check, I now believe that i definately have the ol' dawn phenomenon. Ho hum!

Sep 23, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries An alternative would be if the meter software gives a decent enough export (XML,Csv, json etc) then we might be ale to select file uploads which parse the output and create a bunch of entries. We just need to understand what comes out of the software that Guy mentioned.

Sep 23, 2011 marke 681 posts	Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries yes, its another 'on the drawing board' feature that hasn't quite been implemented. Earlier in the year there was some prototype software for Lifescan meters and I have a Menarni 'Glucomen Lx Plus' that was very kindly supplied by the manufacturer in a box waiting for me to do something with it. The big issue is if we can get all manufacturers to tell us how we access the data stored on the meters. Some are happy and helpful to do this, others are very protective and seem to want you to use their software to manage your Blood Glucose data. In an ideal world we will produce a program that links to the site and allows you to add the 'extra' bit that talks to your meter. Hopefully it will happen one day in the not too distant future, it would be nice to be able to upload direct from your meter to the online diary.

Sep 23, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Add Multiple Diary Entries Guy Kramer said: Hello Simon, I thought it might be a good idea if we could import/upload an export from PC software although I realize that if this is dome some data could not be populated ie CPs, injection site etc. But would still be helpful Thanks Guy Hi Guy, whats the software, and what format does it use as upload material?

Sep 23, 2011 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Site Development / Searching Dafne Forums Thank you Simon

Sep 23, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Searching Dafne Forums Search is now fixed, sorry for breaking it!