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Aug 22, 2011
melpessoa
7 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / EU Directive - Million Drivers face losing their licence. This is why whenever I get a job I never tell anyone I am diabetic and take insulin. They say there is no prejudice but I do not believe it.I work hard first and afterwards I say that in fact, I am diabetic and I take insulin. There is much more value. |
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Aug 22, 2011
Tom Holt
2 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Diary Excel Export Hi All,If you want to produce your own graphs from the excel (ok, CSV) export then you have a tough task ahead of you. The 'non-standard' date format format makes it very tricky. Well, I was bored for a few minutes so decided to write the to-datetime conversion. To use it, do the following: 1. Export diary as CSV. 2. Open in Excel. 3. Create an extra column (mine is right after the TIME column). 4. Paste this formula into the top-most data cell (should be row 2). =(DATEVALUE(CONCATENATE(MID(B2,(FIND(" ",B2)+1),((FIND(",",B2)-(FIND(" ",B2)+1))))," ",(LEFT(B2,(FIND(" ",B2)))),(MID(B2,(FIND(",",B2)+2),4)))))+(TIMEVALUE(RIGHT(B2,5))) Nice huh? 5. Point yer mouse to the bottom-right corner of that cell to find the little black drag square (not sure what the proper name is) and drag the formula all the way down the page. 6. You should now see some crazy numbers there (e.g. 40770.29167), that is just how excel stores its dates in the background. To make some sense of these numbers you can convert to dates or times by formatting the cells appropriately. In any case, the values should work as either dates or times as you wish. 7. Oh, one more thing; Make sure you save your document as a excel workbook because retaining the csv format is likely to lose your formula. Enjoy, Tom. |
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Aug 22, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / EU Directive - Million Drivers face losing their licence. I have heard this from other sources also, but a significant point to note is the DVLAs definition of hypo, and in this case the hypo they are referring to are ones that require the assistance of someone else..........Not a lot of people will actually let the DVLA know if they are having hypos, even though, if you do have a bad one, the right thing to do is to let them know...... As type 1 diabetics we will always have hypos, its just part of life........ |
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Aug 21, 2011
Alan 49
284 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / EU Directive - Million Drivers face losing their licence. I'm always a bit dubious about things that appear in the Daily Mail, but they seem to have got this right. I found this on the DUK website:http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/Our_Views/Consultations/Past_responses/DVLA--Consultation-on-amending-medical--driving-licence-standards/ I agree with grybek - this could be very serious indeed. |
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Aug 20, 2011
grybek
2 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / EU Directive - Million Drivers face losing their licence. Published in the Daily Mail today: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2028152/Million-drivers-face-losing-licence-EU-diabetes-diktat.html'Under a new definition of the rules to meet an EU directive, a diabetic who has two hypos in a year – even while in bed – will end up banned from driving.' This will have a serious negative impact on all type 1 diabetics if true. No driver will keep a Diary as this could be used to ban you from driving. As could a Blood Glucose monitor with a memory. It will also not be long before insurance companies use this as a get out clause. No-one will admit to a hypo. And I suspect a fair few will no longer aim for a good target and tend to keep their levels high. Be warned ! |
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Aug 19, 2011
sarahg
29 posts
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Hi guys a big thankyou for every one help with this phoned the GP today explained my concerns and hopefully for the time being I can stay with what I have already and test the amounts of times I need to . I was just so surprised to get a letter like that from a GP. |
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Aug 19, 2011
Sandy Doran
1 post
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Topic: General Discussion / Shortage of test strips Do have a look at this site http://www.diabetes.co.uk/promotions/bayer-meters.htmlI've never had a problem with getting the strips for the contour and have received a free meter from this site in the past. Many manufacturers will provide you with a meter for free if you call them direct because it's in their interest for you to use the strips and for your PCT to fund the prescription. There's also a lot of research to show that testing more frequently improves control so i would look that up. I think that it's always worth being informed as possible and making sure that you're health professionals are too!! ;-) Good luck and best diabetic wishes xx |
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Aug 19, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Half marathon with a pump Some good advice by Helen there, you could use that information on a couple of test runs to fine tune for the big day.......I would be taking on carbs and reducing the basal for sure though, but it seems to me like a difficult task to get right, however I dont pump currently, so am not familiar with the ins and outs........ Good luck and enjoy when the time comes......... 
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Aug 19, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Shortage of test strips I just normally pay a visit to my DSN at the hospital who has many a meter in stock.............I assume the test strips are being discontinued by the manufacturer as opposed to your doctor saying that his practice has to stop issuing them? As a type 1 diabetic, you should never have to buy a test meter, your GP should prescribe the one he has recommended, or as I say, your hospital clinic will have, or should have several different brands..... You shouldn't feel your test strip prescription amount is at risk either.........your GP should have been informed from your DAFNE educators that you will be requiring more strips than that of someone not using the DAFNE principals........ So in theory when you go for your meeting, you should be confident that you can show him/her ,why your testing when you do, and how those blood results are being used effectively......... I am just assuming you have a hospital clinic, but if you dont, I recommend taking your care to the nearest clinic as GPs dont really know much in comparison to an educated DAFNE graduate in my opinion.... 
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Aug 18, 2011
HelenP
218 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Half marathon with a pump Lee,No experience but: The "Walsh" book (Pumping Insulin) has a section on this. Info from a table on page 254 says for intense exercise (120 mins) you need an extra 110g CHO, lower your bolus by 70% and lower your basal by 30%. This carb amount is per 100lbs of body weight. There is also a bold print stating these are only estimates and must be individually adjusted through testing. A further warning said that if you have not trained you may need substantially more carbs but once you are trained you may need substantially less. Suggest you get hold of the book. Mine came from England! Pumping Insulin by John Walsh and Ruth Roberts (4th edition) Everything you need for Success on a Smart Insulin Pump. Good luck. Helen |
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Aug 18, 2011
Alan 49
284 posts
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If your GP is specifying a meter which you haven't got, I feel your GP should supply the meter. I would go to the GP and demand one. I'm not sure how things work now, with all the changes to the NHS, but it sounds as if your GP has made some sort of arrangement with Omni - 'You supply the meters and I'll prescribe the strips'. There could be meters at the surgery waiting to be claimed, after all the bulk of the profit from Blood Sugar meters is gained from the strips, not the meters. If this is so, your GP should have told you about it. |
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Aug 18, 2011
sarahg
29 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Shortage of test strips i just had letter from the GP today saying that they will no longer support my make of blood strips, i need to get an Omni test 3 meter before my i need to re order my blood sticks. can they do this? and also does any one use this machine if so where to did get this from as have just had a really quick look on line with out finding where i can order one? i know i do test my blood a lot as i do sports ( 4 times a week ) and drive so do use around 4 boxes a month iam very worried that the GP will want to reduce this as the letter also states that they want me to go into see them about learning how to get the most benefit from testing my blood. iam really not happy
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Aug 18, 2011
kid127
25 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Half marathon with a pump Hi,Has anyone had experience of running a half marathon with an insulin pump? I was told that I should only leave my pump off for an hour at most when exercising so I will need to wear it for the 2 hours I plan to be running for but i'm not sure what to do with my doses. I was thinking of a very small trickle of insulin so there is some in my system but not enough to drop me low I will do a couple of long distance practise runs with the pump to test but I wondered if anyone had experience or pointers to help out? Thanks Lee |
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Aug 17, 2011
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Android app 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
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 |
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Aug 17, 2011
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Daphne online will not load on my iphone Hi Ian,The app should be working with your version of the iPhone operating system - it should have generated some crash reports which I'd be grateful if you could share them with me. Here's how to get them: http://www.ondemandworld.com/how-to-find-crash-logs/ If you could send me all of the DAFNE Online***.crash ones to [email protected] I'll try and figure out the problem. Thanks, Simon |
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Aug 16, 2011
derekh1965
90 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Metabolic Rate Calculator Glad to help |
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Aug 16, 2011
Ian Taylor
5 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Daphne online will not load on my iphone Cheers lets hope Simon can shed some light ! |
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Aug 16, 2011
chrisinbrum
41 posts
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Are there any DAFNE dieticians/nutritionists that can shed any light on this theory? If it's true it would presumably apply to other foods DAFNE suggests you don't need to use QA for like pulses and nuts (both of which I have to inject for)... |
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Aug 16, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / weightwatchers Thats why for me my exercise needs to be at the same time, when I have insulin on board to deal with the extra glucose..............Do you find yourself ever going high after it? When do you exercise.....? |
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Aug 16, 2011
Sam
64 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / weightwatchers if I have a BG of around 6-7 I would eat extra carbs and take a swig of lucozade, I tend to find by the time I finish (1hour later) I have dropped again. If I have a high BG of around 13 then I do my workout and find I drop an hour later.Sometimes I can go to bed with a reading of 14 I don't take extra CPs but climb overnight so my morning BG would be around 19, othertimes I take a correction does and can be in target or hypo. It's never the same but I need to be in a routine for it to average out and it's playing the game which can be very annoying especially when trying to have tight control!!
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