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Sep 16, 2011
PaulineO
2 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / EU Directive - Million Drivers face losing their licence. Hi all, what we all have to remember is that we have to be sensible if we are going to drive. Its often people who take risks that muddy the water for everybody else, so dont give the policy makers the chance to change things unless its positively. Make sure you do a BG before you get in the car then that way if you are stopped for any reason whatsoever, the proof is in the meter that you were fit to drive and you checked first. at the end of the day if you are prone to hypo, and you cannot recognise the signs of your hypo, you shouldnt be driving anyway and if you are driving and feel that you are going into a hypo, you stop and check. If you are, you take the keys out of the ignition to show you are not in control of the car, move over to the passenger side and deal with the hypo and wait at least 45 mins before you start driving again. Your hypo treatments should always be in the car. If the DVLA/LAW is changing then something must have happened to make them look at the law again. If you are managing your diabetes properly, using DAFNE for example, then your bloods should be stable enough without any need to change the QA ratios or BI you have in place because your BI should be maintaining your levels appropriately. |
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Sep 16, 2011
PaulineO
2 posts
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if you were fine on the lower amount, it may be that you are going hypo during the night and the high reading in the morning is a back lash from that as your liver kicks in to fix it if you are not recognising it. I would try doing a BG at 3am and then again perhaps about 5am in the morning. Its a good way of checking what your lantis is doing over night although I know it is a pest. To find a pattern you might have to do that for 3 nights. Also try and take your lantis at the same time each night as your bedtime can change by more than 30 mins each time and that could be enough to put things out of sorts. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Steven
18 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Feedback from Android beta testing Hi,Is this the best place to suggest improvements to the app? If so please could we have BG figures within range highlighted in green, as on the website? Thanks Steven |
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Sep 16, 2011
Lizzie
87 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Can someone please remind me... Injection sites are a good point. I always use my tummy and I know I should rotate. But I am very clumsy and find it impossible to inject anywhere else. I think you are supposed to use the outer side of your thigh but that is really painful for me for some reason. I tried a few times on the inner side but I found out you aren't supposed to inject there so I stopped.My diabetes nurses seem nice people but cannot help me. They are obsessed with obesity and every time I visit them or the doctor they push metformin, statins or stomach stapling on me. I would rather deal with the root issues behind my disordered eating and generally poor diabetes care than amputate my stomach or take a drug to mask the problem but that sort of help is not accessible to me. My blood sugars are getting steadily worse recently so maybe next time they might take notice, probably not, and my next appointment isn't til 2012 anyway. That is why I have approached people here. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Benkaze
2 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Android App
thanks for the info KeithtCl it really help and i have to make sure my next phone can get the app lol |
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Sep 16, 2011
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / BG Results Hi Marke,Thanks for the reply. It's the first time i've entered anything into the forums which is probably why i didn't put any insulin details. I'm on Humalog (QA) before breakfast, lunch & dinner then Lantus (BI) at bedtime. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / too much BI
Thank goodness  Really glad you are ok and everything worked out fine - sounds as though you handled it well - bet you had a sleepless night tho!  Cheers, Anele. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Facebook http://twitter.com/#!/dafneonline - it's also linked from the front page of the site |
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Sep 16, 2011
Bakerboy
9 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / too much BI thanks for your reply everything worked out fine did 2 bg checks during night at 1.30 am bg was 8.2 after taking 100ml lucozade plus 1 milky way before bed at 11.00 pm,checked again at 3.15 am bg 7.7 took some more lucozade ,this morning 7.45 am bg was 6.2 so all was well .Hope i dont do this again .Once again thanks for your concern
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Sep 16, 2011
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / BG Results
Hi, Firstly may i say thank you for your reply. It's the first time i've ever entered into the forums on here hence why i probably only entered my diary results and no other details ie which insulin i'm on. I'm on Humalog (QA) ~ 5 -6u at breakfast, 10u at lunch, 12-14u at dinner then Lantus (BI) 34u at bedtime. Thank you so much for the links to www.bdec-e-learning.com & www.diabetessupport.co.uk both of which i will certainly be using alongside DAFNE. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Can someone please remind me...
Hi Lizzie, What about your injection sites? Are you using the same ones all the time? If so might be an idea to try elsewhere or rotating them? If so, remember using a fresh site may significantly alter your absorption of your insulin so proceed with caution. Can you DSN offer any advice? Thanks, Anele. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Garry
328 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Can someone please remind me... Please remember that most BIs will take 2 or 3 days to show any impact for changed dose. So slowly does it. Regards Garry |
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Sep 16, 2011
Lizzie
87 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Facebook Can someone please tell me what the Twitter account name is? |
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Sep 16, 2011
Lizzie
87 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Can someone please remind me... HiThanks for all the advice so far. I am trying to work out BI but am not having much luck. I am currently on 28u Lantus before bed. But my blood sugars are still highish (12 or 13 or so) in the morning. I don't want to increase it too much, I used to be fine on 24u and I don't understand what has changed. I still eat pretty much the same stuff and have not made any other significant changes I can think of. |
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Sep 16, 2011
Anele46
109 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / too much BI Hi Bakerboy,How did you get on? Sorry but I have never taken too much of my BI before and it isn't something my course covered other than taking too much QA. I guess it depends on which type of BI you are on as some of them have peaks and different onsets and durations. Given that it's now 10 hours since you posted I assume you would be due to take your morning dose soon? Not sure what to advise there, I would contact your DSN. If it was me I guess I would have been checking my blood every hour and try taking slower releasing CARBS (medium to low GI) to try and keep up with the work of the BI but this is just a guess as not something that was covered (that I remember) on my course. Hope you are ok, Thanks, Anele. |
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Sep 15, 2011
Bakerboy
9 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / too much BI hi need some help just taken my bi insulin but have taken my morning dose which is 18 units instead of 8 units that i take at night Any help please as how to compensate for this
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Sep 15, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / BG Results If you go here you will find an on-line course provided by Bournemouth Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, this is the closest thing to DAFNE you will find, but still not exactly DAFNE, which is what you would need to know to come and discuss it here and get the answers you deserve with your blood results........Just from looking at your results it seems you are waking up on the low side a few times, so my first question would be.................is your background insulin right, it may be too much overnight, resulting in lows, but it could be a multitude of other things.............. What insulin are you on............... Also try the diabetes support website here, here you will find other diabetics, both type 1 and 2 with lots of advice and stories to help you on your battle to conquer the diabetes.............. |
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Sep 15, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / weightwatchers
welcome to the forum snowy.... well done for the weight loss........... |
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Sep 15, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Getting partner involved Congrats when the graduation comes..............I am not aware of any information for partners, but the best thing to do is for you to teach your partner, and to get them involved at meal times...............its not the same in all house holds but my wife cooks and makes my lunch, lucky I know............but through this routine and letting time do the work, she knows as much as I do when it comes to counting carbs............ but after 2 years of doing it, I can tell how many carbs are in the food I eat without looking at the packaging............... time will do all the work....... |
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Sep 15, 2011
KeithCl
43 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Android App
From a brief Google the Samsung Wave does not use Android so no this app will not run on that phone. (Android apps are written in Java, iPhone apps in Objective-C and BADA apps in C++ before you even get to the completely different set of APIs.) It may be that to cover most consumers an app will have to be ported to 3 or 4 or more phone operating systems, depending on how the market develops. For an app like the DAFNE app that means finding a volunteer developer for each operating system, as at commercial rates these ports would be many thousands of Euros each. |
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Sep 15, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Android App
from googling it says that handset runs on the BADA operating system, which to me is totally new, so I would assume not at this stage.... |
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Sep 15, 2011
MarkR1962
3 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Getting partner involved I'm nearing the end of my DAFNE course and it's clear to me that one of my big problems was that I was getting my CP estimations wrong but was blundering through because I had a ratio that seemed to work. Now that I'm calculating the correct CP values my ratio is different and I hope to level out my peaks and troughs in BG readings (I'm even getting the terminololgy now).The course is excellent but is targeting the diabetics only, is there any support for their partners (or other family members) to provide them with an understanding of the principles and the CP estimating. For us we're already putting it into practice but it's not as "real" for them. As diabetics the course brings us together and we can share experiences and learn from this, is there an equivalent for our partners? Should there be a 1 day course for partners of diabetics? I've been using the DAFNE iPod/iPhone Application for months now but until I started the course I had no idea why it was structured as it is and am coming across features that support the principles all the time. Imagine how much more difficult DAFNE would be to understand coming to it completely cold. ...Mark R (soon to be DAFNE graduate) |
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Sep 15, 2011
Benkaze
2 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Android App can the app be used on the samsung wave |
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Sep 15, 2011
marke
681 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / BG Results Hi, Sorry but this information is not really going to help anybody. Thats not a criticism of you, its just the idea of DAFNE is you match your insulin intake to the carbs that you eat. Since you haven't provided any insulin details its a bit like watching a film without the sound its not easy to work out what is going on. One of the key things taught on the course is to look for patterns in your readings based on your insulin intake. We also have no idea what insulin regime you are on e.g most of us inject Quick Acting before each meal and take one or two Background Insulin injections. Pre DAFNE I was on an insulin mix twice a day which would not have really worked with DAFNE.So I'm sure lots of people will be happy to give you advice but they will probably need a bit more info to do so. If nothing else regularly recording you BG is a good thing and will help you in the long run. Do you know if there are DAFNE courses in your area ? |