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Mar 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / dafne app/carb calculator for Blackberry phones As times goes on , you wont need any help apart from when your eating out as you can only guess...............................
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Mar 30, 2011
Edentherapies
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Topic: General Discussion / dafne app/carb calculator for Blackberry phones Cheers Novorapidboi,It was mainly as a back up for when I'm oot and aboot. Been using the DAFNE handbook and keeping a note of what I have been eating regularly but still making mistakes at the moment! Just a matter of getting used to counting. I used to roughly count carbs but now I now exactly what QA's I can take I'm trying to be more precise! Ta for the info, Hope your well. Sam 
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Mar 30, 2011
caroline15
45 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms 
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Mar 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms BAsal..............BAckground................................
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Mar 30, 2011
caroline15
45 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms My daughter has just gone on a pump last week and her dsn says to remember it by bolus/bowl of food. Hope this helps.
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Mar 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Ratios etc I think that's getting a bit to complicated for me, I can understand what your getting at though, but I believe trying to master this is pushing the boundaries........we dont know how long our sensitivity/resistance to insulin lasts on an hourly basis...........I suppose you could say the same for insulin/carb ratios...........I need 3 units to every 10 grams for breakfast, so why then do I not go low for lunch as my resistance to the insulin decreases to 2 units to every 10 grams |
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Mar 30, 2011
Aneirin
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Topic: General Discussion / Ratios etc It seems to work for you, but when your blood sugars decrease, wouldn't your insulin resistance change? So giving 12 at 17, the first 7 or so unit will take you down to ten, at what point your insulin resistance will decrease and you now have a dose of insulin and the next 5 units (working at 1 unit taking down 2 blood sugars) may take you down to zero.Wouldn't it be preferable if this high and working off these rules, to give yourself an initial dose at 1:1 to bring you to 10 and then a further dose once down to take you down the rest (on the assumption 1 takes you down 2 instead of one) |
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Mar 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Ratios etc This is purely my own personal experiences............................But my theory behind these corrections is that the higher your blood sugar the less effective 1 unit of insulin is, ie.....higher resistance........... As a general principle: 1 unit of quick-acting insulin lowers blood glucose by 2-3mmol/l. For blood glucose levels above 11mmol/l this rule does not necessarily apply. This statement can be found here........just realized you wont be able to access this link if your not signed up as a graduate, sorry........but its there believe me.......  So I actually investigated how much 1 unit dropped me by at different levels and came up with 4 categories of blood glucose readings and a matching drop by 1 unit........... Everyone is different in terms of their response to 1 unit, but for me at a level of 17 or above, 1 unit only drops me by 1mmol/l...............so to return to 5.5 from 17.2 I would need to drop 12mmol/l, hence the 12 units..........
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Mar 30, 2011
india
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Topic: General Discussion / Ratios etc hi..i am new to this site but am wondering about the 'if you were 17.5 then a dose of 12 would get you back to normal'?....i have been instructed always to take 1 unit to get me down 2 numbers......so if my blood weere 15 then to get to say 5....then 5 units of novorapid would in theory do the job.....i understand it doesn't always work like that.but please tell me if i have got this wrong...but 12 units for a 17.5....wouldn't that throw you into severe hypo? as 12 would get you down a possible 24 numbers and therefore well past a blood of 5 - ish? sorry if i have got this completely wrong....but i needed to ask....thanks |
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Mar 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms Its a good idea I think............Users on the site I believe should be familiar with the DAFNE abbreviations like, QA, BI, BG, etc............but it wouldn't hurt...........I think basal and bolus is a more general term and is used more in the pumping world to differentiate between two different dose purposes with one type of insulin. But there are a few pumpers in our midst so it would be a good idea I suppose. |
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Mar 30, 2011
Alan 49
280 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Glossary of Terms Would it be worth putting a Glossary of Terms on the website? Searching the Handbook for 'bolus' or 'basal' yields no results, so I'm still not sure which is quick-acting and which is background insulin. Abbreviations could also be there, so a newcomer to the site could find out what CP or BG mean or non-medical abbreviations, like 'lol' - which I only recently found out means 'laugh out loud'.What do you think? |
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Mar 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / dafne app/carb calculator for Blackberry phones I am on the android market and there are many apps for recording results, producing graphs etc.........not like the DAFNE app but useful none the less. I would expect there to be something similar on the BB market.Are you looking for and app to count carbs, dont know if there are many out there to be honest. Are you looking for convenience or do you have a specific problem with counting carbs......? There is a book called carbs and cals which has been recommended by many in the diabetic community, I do believe there is an iPhone app to accompany this also, you could try searching for this on the BB.... Good Luck............
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Mar 30, 2011
JackieB
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Information on menstrual cycle Hi Athena,Yes, variations in insulin requirements due to hormonal variation over my menstrual cycle have .... been the bain of my life. My cycle was very irregular which made it impossible to track. I only recognise this now after many years! I was on the first DAFNE course in Ireland and yes I learnt a huge amount but like you say the stepwise approach didn't work because of these variations. I used to think I was doing something wrong which didn't help motivation at all. I also have the dawn rises which I am still working on controlling with a pump. I haven't got it sorted yet as I have a 5 week cycle with about 3 phases of insulin requirements over those 5 weeks. However, I do believe that there should be more information available on this issue. Not knowing this has caused years of grief for me as I just wasn't getting it right(or near to it). I thought I was doing it all wrong but alot of the time it was my body. It should be mentioned in the DAFNE course even if there are no answers/research yet so that one can start to recognise this higher level pattern(over weeks/months). Maybe this was already obvious to people with regular cycles but for me I could have a 3 to 8 week cycle which meant I didn't see a pattern. Sorry for the rant but I hope it may help others if they have the same issues. Jackie |
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Mar 29, 2011
Edentherapies
8 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / dafne app/carb calculator for Blackberry phones Hi all,I know that the Iphone has an app for DAFNE but does any one have any idea if there is one or something similar for the Blackberry? Been surfin the net for hours now and I'm getting nowhere!  Ta peeps, Sam |
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Mar 29, 2011
DFH_17
22 posts
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Getting the new Avil Lavigne album via play.com yesterday andlovin all the tracks :-) |
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Mar 29, 2011
DFH_17
22 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Cant stop BG Levels going up Hi,Thanks for giving the advice. Started on the higher amount of 36BI from 34BI 2 nights ago - BG's are still a little bit high but are gradually calming down. will see how it goes tomorrow as well. Have gone a bit low this evening so more than likely will need to have a go at the QA tomorrow. Thats what I hope to get - has been better today - had 1 high reading today at lunch - jumped from 6,7 at breakfast to 12,2 at lunch :-( But by dinner had calmed down to 7.9. I'll see how it goes before sharing my results with all - am hoping it will keep going the way it should do. Mega thanks for your help - have been really worried. |
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Mar 29, 2011
Simon
574 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE course manual Novorapidboi is right, if you are still in touch with your dafne educators then you can ask them for your 8 digit centre code. If not, drop us an email at [email protected] with your name and where you took the course and we can get you verified and grant access to the online handbook. |
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Mar 29, 2011
KennyB
2 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What made you smile today? Finding the DAFNE app for the Iphone for recording carbs and insulin dosages.....saved myself a few £'s as the APP deos eveything I need and it is free
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Mar 29, 2011
Athena
52 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Information on menstrual cycle Hi All,Looked into this a bit more and there should be a pattern of l: lowest insulin requirements during menstruation Rising requirements at end of menstruation Highest requirements just prior to next menstruation This is the most typical pattern, but it is not everybody's pattern. Yours may be different,it is just a question of noticing it. I find the step wise approach useless as a result. When my period starts, I need to immediately go to my lowest dose and of course this takes ages via the step wise approach. A week of night iime and day time hypos occurs as you slowly turn the insulin down. Then the opposite occurs when I need the highest dose, I am high for over a week and feel really awful as the step wise approach is too slow in turning the dose up. We don't even ask about this with our HCP's as theres is no point if DAFNE doesn't recognise this. We discussed it ourselves and decided not to bother as ihaving read on DAFNE on - line that it is not an area for discussion then we thouoght that it would just put the educators in a position. My course comprised young women who have not got ontrol. It seems to be the older ones and the men who manage better and I wonder if this is why. Does anyone know of any information on success rates of DAFNE. How many people actually manage to bget their BI and their ratios sorted out. I have searche dfor stuff but can't find any research on it. Was looking ofr demographic splits etc. e.g is there a difference in gender. Don't know how success is measured. how does anyone know if a patient has got control or not if this is never recorded anywhere? |
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Mar 29, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE course manual You will need to contact either marke or Simon and provide them with a graduate number relating to your center.......you may not have one as you done it a while back but if you explain this they should be able to give you access to it.......It is open to graduates here on site through the DAFNE Tools tab at the top of the page........
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Mar 29, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,816 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Ideas Wow, the advice of not going above 4 for a correction is news to me, the curriculum of the course is always changing I suppose but I personally would say that is not the best advice, not going over 4 is fine if you blood sugar is not far off target ranges, but 26s are quite uncomfortably high.....Good news about the evening background, that gives you a good place to start if that is right...... So are you on 12 still for the evening BI dose.......? The next logical step after your happy with that is your daytime BI dose, a few carb free meal should confirm its effectiveness.... |
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Mar 29, 2011
Neil Brown
28 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE course manual You can view manual online or on DAFNE mobile or try contacting the folk who supply the diaries |
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Mar 29, 2011
Neil Brown
28 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Ideas Thanks everyone for advice I'm still getting my head round all this ! My corrections were aimed at getting level down obviously but was told we shouldn't go above a correction of 4 !My BI seems better as for last two mornings BG has been the same as at bedtime so perhaps I'm getting there |