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Mar 9, 2011

JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Watch out for your dog!

Bit of a vague, and likely over exaggerated, report isn't it?

I think there's some hidden truths personally. Dogs are lovely creatures.

Mar 8, 2011

moyesy 10 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Census Form

This form talks about health problems expected to last at least 12 months.

Are your day to day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months ?

a Yes, limited a lot
b Yes,limited a little
c No

I ticked b but what do others think ?

Mar 8, 2011

michellem 23 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Watch out for your dog!

Urgh that's gross. Glad I don't have a dog now!!!

Mar 7, 2011

Karl 83 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Watch out for your dog!

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=156373538&ocid=today

Mar 7, 2011

Jennypenny 34 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Hi, as novorapidboi26 I am one of those who whatever I've tried still can't get my hypo awareness back , but since I have been on the pump my hba1c has improved greatly , I too joined the diabetes support forum at novorapidboi26 recommendation and can say the pumpers section is a big help ~ Jenny

Mar 7, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Head along to www.diabetessupport.co.uk............they have their own pump section in their forum and lots of pumpers, some of which are using the medtronic, who will be willing to share their experiences with you.

Its unlikely you will hear them say anything negative about the pump. I am starting the ball rolling tomorrow to see if I can get one.

As you say your sensitive to insulin and have lost your hypo awareness so you really would benefit from a pump, the doses you can deliver are tiny, really tiny.

The hard work is there in terms of testing and night time tests but once you have settled into it you will never look back.

Some people have hypo unawareness all the time regardless of what they do, but for most people running your sugars high for a while will be fine, and you don't need to worry about complications, personally the risk of going low, unconscious, comma is far less appealing than running high for a while and not really increasing the risk of complications. Treatment for complications we all may get are good and getting better.

Hope to see you over at diabetessupport....................... Smile

Mar 7, 2011

HelenP 218 posts

Topic: General Discussion / weather and hypos

Just a thought Linsey re the temperatures...maybe it is the change in weather (temps) rather than the actual temps that cause the change in insulin demand. We never really get "cold" up here!
Helen

Mar 6, 2011

JayBee 587 posts

Topic: General Discussion / weather and hypos

My sugar levels run high the week before the actual period bit - the time when my body is preparing for it I think... then I start shooting down after the actual "period" bit. Annoying but I think I've almost got it all worked out so I'm more prepared. Smile

Mar 6, 2011

jackieh 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Emma
Thank you so much!
But without the background "mopping up" in between the QA, won't there be just highs and lows and not just a nice even line of BG results? Fortunately for me, I am still getting used to this pump. We've got a few months to get ratio's and stuff right. To think years ago it was 1 injection a day, I had 7 yesterday - roll on the day when I don't have any!!
Thanks again Emma!
Jackieh

Mar 5, 2011

Jane Seddon 4 posts

Topic: Site Development / Diary Entries After Midnight

Thanks Simon - great help!!

Mar 5, 2011

michellem 23 posts

Topic: General Discussion / First week concerns

Hi
Plan going OK but running low quite a lot, more normal to me, like I was pre DAFNE. Just need to keep playing around with things and stop my panicing, fell a lot better now.
I have lumps in my tummy and right arm and have too little fat on my thighs. I'm injecting higher on my abdo now and using an area just above my hips instead of my thighs and lower down on my right arm. I have a system in place of injection site rotation, one side of my body one day and then the other. Hope the lumps all go away, was told it'd be about a year.
Michelle

Mar 5, 2011

emmacool 17 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

hi jackieh

the medronic pump uses purely qi insulin which is spread out of a 24 hour period of time and then you do a bolus when you eat using the same rules as dafne with the carb counting, you test your blood it sends bg to ur pump you then type in your carb portions and the pump will work out the correct dosage based on base settings that youve pre arranged with your team beforehand you need absolutely no injections at all, the only disadvantage of this being that once disconected you have no insulin going in as a continuous thing like you wud with the background jabs so it is failrly easy to get into dka, but ive been on a medronic pump for a year and unless you muck things up completly it rarely happens hope this helps

emma

Mar 5, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Diary Entries After Midnight

Hi both,

You can do this now - see the link to Edit your diary settings just above the form to add an entry on the diary's main page. You can also specify your targets here, as well as specify whether the diary is colourized according to whether you are above, on or below target.

Simon

Mar 5, 2011

CBurchell 2 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

Thank You! Working brilliantly now...

Mar 5, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

Growler - kind of, if you put .mobile after the URL (e.g www.dafneonline.co.uk/diary.mobile) it will show you the mobile site, however clicking any links won't keep the mobile site displayed.

We'll work on changing this to make it easier to force mobile mode.

Simon

Mar 5, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

Hi all,

Fixed now - sorry for the problems!

Simon

Mar 4, 2011

marke 681 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

update, yes it was a change for the iphone app that has caused it. I have identified the problem, however I don't want to change the site back in case it causes problems with the iphone app. As soon as Simon confirms it won't cause a problem I will fix it, hopefully tomorrow or sunday.
Apologies for any inconvenience, but thats always the danger when trying to improve the site. Sometimes changes to one part cause problems in another that we didn't identify and test for.

Mar 4, 2011

marke 681 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

Hi, yes I get the same on the carb counting, the BG diary seems ok for me though ( using an iphone). I suspect the problem with the mobile site is the changes simon made recently for his iphone app updates. Hopefully he will look into this over the weekend, I will try but I didn't make the changes so I'm not entirely sure what he did :-)
I will update you on this thread when its fixed.

Mar 4, 2011

jackyperky 3 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

The Blood Glucose Diary now no longer available, gotta go through the website now. Maybe hitches at the developers s side?

Mar 4, 2011

jackyperky 3 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released

I m the same as you C Burchell, 'results' only appears (for Carb COunting). I ve got HTC Android. Strange.... Although the blood glucose diary seem to work?

Mar 4, 2011

linsey ramage 6 posts

Topic: General Discussion / weather and hypos

hey helen...birrrr down here just now 15 degrees today....has definately got chiller over past 2 days.....had 12 hypos in 2 days...really scared me.its the only thing that has changed so going to have to have good look over weekend at my sugars lol x

hey jwo im same with hormones an time o month aswell ...tho need more insulin as my sugar levels run high x

Mar 4, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / First week concerns

Thats good you have a plan.........hope it all works out.......

If you don't mind me asking, what sites in particular are causing you problems, my thighs are getting jagged the most at the moment...

Mar 9, 2011 JayBee 587 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Watch out for your dog! Bit of a vague, and likely over exaggerated, report isn't it? I think there's some hidden truths personally. Dogs are lovely creatures.

Mar 8, 2011 moyesy 10 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Census Form This form talks about health problems expected to last at least 12 months. Are your day to day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months ? a Yes, limited a lot b Yes,limited a little c No I ticked b but what do others think ?

Mar 8, 2011 michellem 23 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Watch out for your dog! Urgh that's gross. Glad I don't have a dog now!!!

Mar 7, 2011 Karl 83 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Watch out for your dog! http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=156373538&ocid=today

Mar 7, 2011 Jennypenny 34 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Hi, as novorapidboi26 I am one of those who whatever I've tried still can't get my hypo awareness back , but since I have been on the pump my hba1c has improved greatly , I too joined the diabetes support forum at novorapidboi26 recommendation and can say the pumpers section is a big help ~ Jenny

Mar 7, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Head along to www.diabetessupport.co.uk............they have their own pump section in their forum and lots of pumpers, some of which are using the medtronic, who will be willing to share their experiences with you. Its unlikely you will hear them say anything negative about the pump. I am starting the ball rolling tomorrow to see if I can get one. As you say your sensitive to insulin and have lost your hypo awareness so you really would benefit from a pump, the doses you can deliver are tiny, really tiny. The hard work is there in terms of testing and night time tests but once you have settled into it you will never look back. Some people have hypo unawareness all the time regardless of what they do, but for most people running your sugars high for a while will be fine, and you don't need to worry about complications, personally the risk of going low, unconscious, comma is far less appealing than running high for a while and not really increasing the risk of complications. Treatment for complications we all may get are good and getting better. Hope to see you over at diabetessupport.......................

Mar 7, 2011 HelenP 218 posts	Topic: General Discussion / weather and hypos Just a thought Linsey re the temperatures...maybe it is the change in weather (temps) rather than the actual temps that cause the change in insulin demand. We never really get "cold" up here! Helen

Mar 6, 2011 JayBee 587 posts	Topic: General Discussion / weather and hypos My sugar levels run high the week before the actual period bit - the time when my body is preparing for it I think... then I start shooting down after the actual "period" bit. Annoying but I think I've almost got it all worked out so I'm more prepared.

Mar 6, 2011 jackieh 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Emma Thank you so much! But without the background "mopping up" in between the QA, won't there be just highs and lows and not just a nice even line of BG results? Fortunately for me, I am still getting used to this pump. We've got a few months to get ratio's and stuff right. To think years ago it was 1 injection a day, I had 7 yesterday - roll on the day when I don't have any!! Thanks again Emma! Jackieh

Mar 5, 2011 Jane Seddon 4 posts	Topic: Site Development / Diary Entries After Midnight Thanks Simon - great help!!

Mar 5, 2011 michellem 23 posts	Topic: General Discussion / First week concerns Hi Plan going OK but running low quite a lot, more normal to me, like I was pre DAFNE. Just need to keep playing around with things and stop my panicing, fell a lot better now. I have lumps in my tummy and right arm and have too little fat on my thighs. I'm injecting higher on my abdo now and using an area just above my hips instead of my thighs and lower down on my right arm. I have a system in place of injection site rotation, one side of my body one day and then the other. Hope the lumps all go away, was told it'd be about a year. Michelle

Mar 5, 2011 emmacool 17 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps hi jackieh the medronic pump uses purely qi insulin which is spread out of a 24 hour period of time and then you do a bolus when you eat using the same rules as dafne with the carb counting, you test your blood it sends bg to ur pump you then type in your carb portions and the pump will work out the correct dosage based on base settings that youve pre arranged with your team beforehand you need absolutely no injections at all, the only disadvantage of this being that once disconected you have no insulin going in as a continuous thing like you wud with the background jabs so it is failrly easy to get into dka, but ive been on a medronic pump for a year and unless you muck things up completly it rarely happens hope this helps emma

Mar 5, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Diary Entries After Midnight Hi both, You can do this now - see the link to Edit your diary settings just above the form to add an entry on the diary's main page. You can also specify your targets here, as well as specify whether the diary is colourized according to whether you are above, on or below target. Simon

Mar 5, 2011 CBurchell 2 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released Thank You! Working brilliantly now...

Mar 5, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released Growler - kind of, if you put .mobile after the URL (e.g www.dafneonline.co.uk/diary.mobile) it will show you the mobile site, however clicking any links won't keep the mobile site displayed. We'll work on changing this to make it easier to force mobile mode. Simon

Mar 5, 2011 Simon 578 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released Hi all, Fixed now - sorry for the problems! Simon

Mar 4, 2011 marke 681 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released update, yes it was a change for the iphone app that has caused it. I have identified the problem, however I don't want to change the site back in case it causes problems with the iphone app. As soon as Simon confirms it won't cause a problem I will fix it, hopefully tomorrow or sunday. Apologies for any inconvenience, but thats always the danger when trying to improve the site. Sometimes changes to one part cause problems in another that we didn't identify and test for.

Mar 4, 2011 marke 681 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released Hi, yes I get the same on the carb counting, the BG diary seems ok for me though ( using an iphone). I suspect the problem with the mobile site is the changes simon made recently for his iphone app updates. Hopefully he will look into this over the weekend, I will try but I didn't make the changes so I'm not entirely sure what he did :-) I will update you on this thread when its fixed.

Mar 4, 2011 jackyperky 3 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released The Blood Glucose Diary now no longer available, gotta go through the website now. Maybe hitches at the developers s side?

Mar 4, 2011 jackyperky 3 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Mobile site released I m the same as you C Burchell, 'results' only appears (for Carb COunting). I ve got HTC Android. Strange.... Although the blood glucose diary seem to work?

Mar 4, 2011 linsey ramage 6 posts	Topic: General Discussion / weather and hypos hey helen...birrrr down here just now 15 degrees today....has definately got chiller over past 2 days.....had 12 hypos in 2 days...really scared me.its the only thing that has changed so going to have to have good look over weekend at my sugars lol x hey jwo im same with hormones an time o month aswell ...tho need more insulin as my sugar levels run high x

Mar 4, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / First week concerns Thats good you have a plan.........hope it all works out....... If you don't mind me asking, what sites in particular are causing you problems, my thighs are getting jagged the most at the moment...