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Apr 7, 2011
RobT
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Bug with iPhone app (& site diary) What you say works, but in the app it takes account of corrective entries and gives you stats on them. If you do not use CORR as the entry type, by doing what you say, then that part of the stats are not correct or indeed available. The only time corrective entries are supposed to be given is at mealtimes (or bed time) and the entries are allocated for meals because they have CPs associated with them! This is a bug, until it is documented, whereupon it will become a feature. Eventually it may be fixed ... |
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Apr 7, 2011
Karl
83 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Bug with iPhone app (& site diary) Dont you just entry as per the written diary ie 8+4 ? |
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Apr 7, 2011
RobT
7 posts
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Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Bug with iPhone app (& site diary) Just to say, first, love what you are doing. Great stuff!Second :- Trying to add two contemporaneous entries in the diary on the app (and also on the site, btw) as I want to separate CORRECTION entries from BOLUS(Food/CP) entries. E.G. at 17h30 I had dinner which has 8u for 8 CP but also I am adding +4 for CORR. It is useful to have two entries at the same time and date but marked differently as you do not offer a type that shows "FOOD+CORR". The same will be true for me at 07h30 when I have breakfast and my BI ... I have tried moving the time by 1 minute intervals and it accepts it when I am 15 mins ... this, of course, does not reflect reality! It is a workaround but not really satisfactory.  Thirdly :- I am on the last day (tomorrow) of my DAFNE course.  I am a professional analyst/programmer with nearly thirty years experience, only 15 years diabetic! My skills encompass, but not limited to, LAMP, MAMP, WIMP, Python, Perl, C (all variants), Java, Pascal, Unix/Linux command line, SQL command line, etc...If you want advice and help just contact me 
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Apr 7, 2011
Larissa
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Postop patients using DAFNE I am the Diabetes Link Nurse on my ward and was wondering whether there is any info with regards to managing a patient postoperatively???? Do we still manage them as we would patients who are on a 'twice daily' insulin regime postoperatively? What about DAFNE patients who have to be started on an insulin sliding scale post op, is the protocol the same when restarting them back on their regime??? I have looked every where and can't seem to find anything.I am a diabetic myself using the DAFNE regime and have looked through the info that i was given but haven't found anything. I am trying to put information together to help educate my collegues on the ward, some of which hadn't heard of the DAFNE course until a patient was admitted using this regime? Any help and advice would be greatfully received 
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Apr 7, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules I agree with novorapidboi26, if you're feeling better and can eat... with your BGs behaving much better, I would proceed with my normal insulin regime again.Ketones have been a strange one for me when I was last experiencing them a lot and my nurse explained that sometimes you won't need to be high to have some ketones. I was in a good range and getting ++ and the like. I never really fully established the exact cause for my ketones but apparently things like going too long with out food, exercise... can cause some ketones to appear. With me being a diabetic for 20+ years, when this came to light, I was very alarmed. Ketones were very dangerous I was taught and it usually meant a hospital visit. This updated information from my nurse though has helped me though. When I changed over to the blood testing kit instead of the urine strips, it did take me a bit to realise what was a dangerous level of ketones - my blood seems to be obsessed with having a trace (0.1) but my nurse pointed out to me that this was nothing to worry about considering the levels to worry about are covered on the sickday rules page (stupid me didn't think to look!). Check the main image out on the sick day rules page here. Need to have much more than 0.1 to have to respond - so I've slowly come to terms with the fact my body will produce ketones sometimes even when I'm not ill. It is a natural process after all... you only need to worry when you're definitely sure you're ill (but don't hesitate to check your ketones when you're over 13 BG - best to check than not). |
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Apr 7, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms Can't honestly remember but that's a pretty good example of what I saw! Maybe it is!Is it true you can buy a book with all these slang diabetic words and phrases? Would you buy it? I probably wouldn't. ^_^; |
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Apr 7, 2011
emmahope
17 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / POST HYPO HIGHS Ratios 1cp-2units humalog but just changed breakfast to 1.5u-1cp today.BI -Lantus, was AM 8 units, PM 2UNITS...it was often making my bm too low during early hours or morning. Tonight I am trying NO night time insulin after all changes were agreed with at post DAFNE review yesterday. Alongside this, it was suggested i raise AM lantus to 9,which i started this morning and at 2pm i had a hypo.i know small steps are the way to do it and maybe these are too many changes at once but i'll give it 2-4 days of the one jab of 9units AM lantus to get a proper measure of the change now i've done it. By the way i did mean calories affecting BM not carbs; thinking it may be because when ive not eaten enough, my liver starts pumping glycogen anyway.i have gastro-paresis so often i am stuffed with previous meals not properly digested and naturally find it difficult to eat occasionally. Once my BI is optimum for a while i'm hoping my body's reactivity may calm down.i will keep on keeping on and hope things become easier with more tweaking. its always really helpful to read your posts on here Novorapidboi26 and will keep in mind and do appreciate what you say above. |
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Apr 7, 2011
novorapidboi26
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hope it goes well..................defo get some pics........ |
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Apr 7, 2011
Simon
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Unfortunately I don't live near Norwich, but make sure you get some pics and we'll find a way to put them up on the site! |
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Apr 7, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms Thats great Karl.......Glutâ€munching : Eating 3 times more than you need to, to correct a hypo. We all know we have done this.........
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Apr 7, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules
Good point there, the blood ketone test would be a lot more accurate and safer if you did find your were going low after wards. If you are feeling better by this time and can eat, I would just continue on with your normal insulin regime.. |
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Apr 7, 2011
Carolin
83 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms LOLThat's great Karl! I've circulated to all my team in Sheffield to cheer them up
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Apr 6, 2011
tweety
13 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules thanks JWo i must admit that would be good as my BG is steading at 8/9 all day but only the last 2 ketone tests were +. i must admit my worry now is when to stop using sick day rules as obviously i dont wany my BG shooting back up, but i dont want a load of hypo's neither.javascript:emoticon(' ')
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Apr 6, 2011
Karl
83 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms
Here ? http://www.realitycheck.org.au/docs/DSlang2008.pdf |
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Apr 6, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms I like the idea. Shame, I can't find a 'diabetic slang' list I saw some time late last year - I'll post the link if I ever remember where I saw it online! Some were very strange!See the first few threads of the General Discussion section to see some stick threads in action. ;P |
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Apr 6, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules Keep in mind also about how you're testing for ketones. If it's by ketostix (urine testing) then you're seeing delayed results that may not be reflecting your present time blood ketones (eg, ++ on your urine, but negative in your blood). The reason I'm pointing this out is because of ketones appearing still despite getting your sugar levels down.If you are concerned about the urine testing (if you are), I recommend asking for an Optium Xceed blood testing machine that provides the option of testing for ketones in your blood instead, resulting in getting closer "present time" results. After some funny spells with ketones that I had, my DAFNE nurse suggested that I start using that blood testing machine instead and it has stopped me having some needless hypos due to applying sick day rule because my urine results were "out of date". Get well soon! |
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Apr 6, 2011
tweety
13 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules thankyou novorapidboi my last ketone test was down to between + and ++ so here's hoping, i cant believe how quickly this has worked. been feelin lots better since BG started coming down,
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Apr 6, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms the sticky thread always stays at the top of the message board and is usually locked from posting by the staff, and can be edited only by staff............. |
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Apr 6, 2011
Alan 49
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms I think you're just the man for the job, Novorapidboi. The trouble is, we to be that we seem to be the only ones in favour of it - apart from Mark who also warned of the amount of work involved in it.Perhaps you could start with 'sticky thread' - what does that mean? |
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Apr 6, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules Keep drinking lots of water, and eat if you can, giving your body fuel to use rather than its stores of fat should also bring them down, I think you just add your normal carb ratios on top of your ketone dosing......Personally if nothing was happening to your ++ reading I would up the dose to 15% as you may be on the verge of +++, and everyone responds differently at different times of the day.........but that's only my opinion, dont do it if your not comfortable of 100% sure/prepared.
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Apr 6, 2011
tweety
13 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules well guys so far so good, BG is dwn to 8 but ketones are still at ++ aaargh. im still taking the every 2 hr check and insulin not sure what to do about the ketones, thinkin i'll just drink plenty and they'll flush themselves out? what do ya think? |
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Apr 6, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms I can start compiling one now if you want and get back to the staff with it, it can then be posted as a sticky thread...... |
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Apr 6, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules It worked for me too when I had the FLU for the first time just before Christmas, the fact that I was not eating was even more critical as my body had no fuel, so ketones were inevitable, it was just a matter of controlling them, in fact, my blood glucose readings were at reasonable levels, but the ketones were not.........I hope you feel better soon..........
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Apr 5, 2011
daviebear
19 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / sick day rules No worries.Yeah include your background insulin as well.I know it seems like a lot of insulin but if you have ketones as well then it seems to help clear them as well.Of course if your sugar comes down and ketones become negative then you just revert back to 4 hourly testing.I was sceptical too,but as i say,it worked for me.Good Luck now. |