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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

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

Thank You! Working brilliantly now...

Mar 5, 2011

Simon 578 posts

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

Hi all,

Fixed now - sorry for the problems!

Simon

Mar 4, 2011

marke 686 posts

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 686 posts

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

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

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

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

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 4, 2011

michellem 23 posts

I've never really thought about it before, yet another thing I may see a pattern for now I'm keeping a diary! It has been really cold here the last few days, my sugars have been really high though until yesterday but that's more of a "new to DAFNE" thing.

Mar 4, 2011

JayBee 587 posts

This week has been quite a bit cold here on the east coast of the UK (the winds have been ever so icy feeling!), though I'm already coming out of the other end of the "time of the month" which often means my hormones are mucking me about. Due to this, I'm needing less insulin at the moment anyway (semi-expected).

Mar 4, 2011

HelenP 218 posts

Hi Linsey,

I have the opposite I need less insulin in the warmer weather. So February is my "low" month! However if it gets too hot (35 degrees C) the insulin demand goes up. What constitutes "colder" where you are?

Helen

Mar 4, 2011

linsey ramage 6 posts

anyone experiening hypos due to cold weather??
weather has just got cooler in oz an i have suffered 6 hypos in one day!!
nothing else has changed.....:0(

Mar 3, 2011

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed

Hi all, the latest version of the app (1.4.1) is now on the app store - fixing problems with the AU carbs list, making the download of entries from the site to your device manual, and other minor bugfixes - suggest you all upgrade now!

Mar 3, 2011

michellem 23 posts

Well I saw my DAFNE educator today and we've decided on a plan of action:
Upping my dinner ratio to 1.5:1 ad putting my BI back down to 16
If still running high do the same for my luchtime ratior
If still problems try moving my lantus to midday and putting it back to 18units
I also need to stop using some of my injection sites.
Will see how it goes and update you all.
Thanks again for all your support and thoughts.
Michelle

Mar 3, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

I agree that a reduction is on the cards, however, the less you take the shorter its action time, which will almost definitely mean climbing numbers in the evening............

The majority of people spit out glucose at different rates between the night and day, which makes sense as you are winding down at night and ultimately sleeping, so the liver releases less. Thats why a split would almost certainty give better results and flexibility. Obviously it is an extra injection but on a Multiple Daily Injection regime there are bound to be more, that's just the way of it.

I personally take my two doses of background with my breakfast and then with my dinner, so the impact of the extra injection is somewhat dampened as its just routine now.

I would drop the BI, until you see the holding over night, if on Lantus, wait for a few days as a change of dose doesn't give instant results. Then you can tackle your daytime needs, you might be able to compensate with higher QA doses, but I think in the end the hours running up to you BI dose will be a struggle I think as your now lower dose is running out.....

Good luck with the DAFNE team, they will help you figure it out............. Smile

Mar 3, 2011

michellem 23 posts

I reluctantly think you may be right but not keen on the extra injection. I ended up not walking from the station this morning, that was added before and I ended up getting the bus so still think my BI is too high. Need to think more about the BI and whether I can cope with another injection. Still I've only been doing things the DAFNE way 1.5 weeks so maybe need to calm down!!

Mar 3, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

I think your BI may be a bit too high, but overnight you didn't drop that much and some would expect a + or - 2 mmol/l with their background being correct.

Your lows today may have been due to the extra activity walking to the station, as the effects can last hours, even days, depending on intensity, so on that note I wouldn't draw the conclusions that your BI is too high as the previous day you were OK, or not low anyway.

I suspect your BI is running out, to be honest I only know of a few people that are successful with a single dose. Between 4 and 7 on the Wednesday afternoon/night you actually climb suggesting your BI dose is not lasting 24 hours, more like 18-20 hours.

I think splitting your BI dose is the way to go, so you can supply full day coverage for your liver dump and be able to give more at night and less during the day, or vice versa.

What do you think...?

Mar 3, 2011

michellem 23 posts