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Feb 11, 2011
Cas
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Carb counting- Thanks to all- have just purchased the Calorie counter book- it has lots of stuff not in the little book from the course- have had all good results since. Fingers crossed. Am booked in to meet DAFNE Oz in Melbourne when I go over in March- May. Will keep in touch |
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Feb 10, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE I guess I was kind of lucky with my employers. I only had two days holiday left so they were happy to cover the rest of the week with special leave because they recognised the long term benefits for all concerned quite quickly. Its a shame not all employers are as understanding. Enjoy the course, you might make a new pal as a bonus! 
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Forum Request... Yeah...it usually gives you the body of text you would like to quote wrapped in some code....then you can edit the text to something specific......this forum is different from the other common formats...so fingers crossed you can manage it... |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Site Development / Forum Request... Yeah...it usually gives you the body of text you would like to quote wrapped in some code....then you can edit the text to something specific......this forum is different from the other common formats...so fingers crossed you can manage it... |
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Feb 10, 2011
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary That's what I was getting at - alternatively if it's a layout or calculations thing let us know because it might be good to have it in the online diary. |
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Feb 10, 2011
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: Site Development / Forum Request... Sure thing - how do they normally work, copy all of the post's text into a new post for you? |
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Feb 10, 2011
IanS
5 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE I had no holidays left when I went on the course but my employer allowed me to take time off unpaid. Even unpaid I would still say that it was very much worth it. |
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Feb 10, 2011
meltow
78 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What made you smile today? sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine!ROLL ON SPRING................ |
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Feb 10, 2011
Heather B
20 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE Hi,I was employed at a university at the time of attending DAFNE and they also made me take the week off as annual leave. This was despite the DAFNE team writing to my manager and to HR to explain the benefits to them of me attending the course (such as me maybe needing less time off for sick days) and urging them to give me paid leave. I guess it might be a public sector thing- they might be worried about not being seen to use tax payers money efficiently as usual! All I can say is that it really was worth it for me and I would recommend that you still attend too. It was worth the annual leave to learn how to manage my blood sugars so well and also to meet the rest of my group who's advice and support is still really important to me. Good luck with it. |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Site Development / Forum Request... Any chance of a quote button lads........ |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Carb counting- Hey,For the most part carb counting doesn't have to be exact, I usually just round up the carbs when calculating......I found the dafne archive of carbs usually does the job nicely.....making bread however purely depends on you quantity of flour, etc, just note how much you use before baking, then divide accordingly............ What ratios of insulin are you on, are you happy they are correct..............also do you take into account your level of blood sugar when correcting, higher numbers often need more insulin to bring you down eg 1 unit drop 1mmol/l........ |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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lovely dogs, would loved to have seen that.... |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE It makes everything so clear, and it only really gets frustrating as you now know, in detail, how to control you blood sugars, where as before you probably didn't notice that things weren't bang on.........you have good days and bad days, the only difference with DAFNE is you know when those bad days are.......As far as work is concerned, I was unemployed at the time so I was fortunate.....in your case you would think the health board would be an ideal candidate for giving you paid leave, they should at least give you something, get the team to write a letter to your employer explaining it all......... Good luck............look forward to seeing you on the forum as a graduate........ |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary Why would one want to manipulate the data, are you going to be telling porkies to the nice doctors................tut.......tut............ |
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Feb 10, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / The media getting it wrong In fact if the pancreas was destroyed control of blood sugars would be much easier as mentioned there would be no alpha cell (glucagon) production either as well as the several other secretions that come from the pancreas.......As far as viruses go, there has been some connection made where they suggest that the beta cells share some genetic code to an alleged virus that exists in us all at some point causing our body to attack, but to actually make reference to a virus directly causing the condition is a bit ignorant...... I don't think the media will ever get better until the day were diabetes is a condition we all may suffer one day.... |
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Feb 10, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / The media getting it wrong "A virus that destroyed her pancreas"? Halarious! XD The pancreas does more than just produce insulin - I mean it's where the prompt comes from that triggers our glucose storage release - so GEE WHIZ I wonder how she's getting on without all it's functions!I am surprised they can get away with such misleading information but oh well, the media's not been known to be very reliable any way...! I look forward to the day when Type 1 and Type 2 are recognised properly - it's why I hate admitting to people that I have my type because I often get the "diet only" lecture in response. Ignorance. *shakes her head and sighs* |
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Feb 9, 2011
Broady
13 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Carb counting- I use the food and diet counter by Dr Wynnie Chan which has the nutritional values for most foods |
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Feb 9, 2011
Cas
4 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Carb counting- Have just graduated re DAFNE - I think my problem is miscalculation of carbs- as I make and cook all my own food- including bread- I don't buy ready made stuff- I cannot find much of what I eat in the carb counting book! Had lunch yesterday- 4and half CP- BG 3.8 so rounded down to 4. Had 1 apple before walk- BG at 6pm was 23!!! In my lunch was a whole mozarella cheese- not in book so ignored! Big mistake? Rounded up CP after correcting dose of 3QA- BG at bed 10.7. All ok now! Does ANY book have counts for ALL fruits etc.? I can't be the only one that hates Enumbers etc. Have old phone- cannot afford new phone just to get APPS-all my foods might not be on there anyway. Any suggestions folks- will kepp on " guestimating" for now! |
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Feb 8, 2011
Simon
578 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary Hi Steve,A couple of questions - what is the error message which is displayed, and which web browser are you using? If you are seeing an error related to the DTD, it means the browser can't understand the XML (some versions of Internet Explorer are guilty of this). You can get around this by directly saving the link (right click on it and select 'Save Target As') and then opening it up in Excel. Regarding using Excel, are you doing things which might be useful to other users, and if so is it something we could add in to the online diary? Thanks, Simon |
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Feb 8, 2011
Steve Whitfield
8 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary HiTrying to export the file using the link but keep getting an error. Would love to to get the diary into excel to manipulate the data. Ta |
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Feb 8, 2011
PNThompson
57 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE As it has been said, it takes time to get used to. You will need to get the Background Insulin at the right level, then work out what ratio is needed to calculate the level of Insulin agains the carbohydrates consumed.I took the course two years ago, and my control has improved and I detect a lot more Hypos before they are a problem. The only down side is that I have more problems with eating out or eating foods that cannot advise the carbohydrate contents. As for work not letting you take the time off paid, that is unfortunate. As for me I was out of work at the time so that wasn't a problem for me, though I would have preferred to be in work and use a holiday allowance to attend. Enjoy it, and try to give it a go. It helped me a lot, and hopefully you will have success with it too. Paul |
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Feb 8, 2011
IanS
5 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / The media getting it wrong What do you think of these reports?Here is an extract from ITV News: "Every morning Rebecca Farrar's mother tests her blood sugar because Rebecca suffers from an aggressive type of Diabetes." "Rebecca had a virus that destroyed her pancreas, which normally produces insulin, so her blood sugar can drop very quickly and she can't tell when it is happening." Here is an extract from The Telegraph: "Rebecca Farrar suffers from an aggressive type of Diabetes. She had a virus that destroyed her pancreas, so her blood sugar levels can drop very quickly and she can't tell when it's happening." A quick Google search shows that most reports are along these lines, so I guess there was just one report and the rest have been copied. I think it is great that Rebecca has a dog that can detect hypos, in fact, can I have one please? ;o) My issue is with the media getting it wrong yet again. Aggressive type of Diabetes? I guess they mean Type 1 with no early hypo warning symptoms. I must have an aggressive type of Diabetes occasionally after I've had a few hypos and have loss of symptoms, I'm glad it clears up though. Saying the blood sugar drops because the pancreas has been destroyed is just ignorant and lazy reporting. I'm just thankful that she's not overweight as I'm sure they'd have blamed it on that. |
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Feb 8, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / What are you reading? That is a very good observation Brum_Taffy! The only publications I know of are the sorts of books I got from Diabetes UK (does any one remember that Diabetes Duck character? Often dressed somewhat super hero-ish)...However, upon doing a search online for "stories with fictional diabetic"... this site had some ideas on offer: http://diabetickidsbooks.com/Teenbooks/ Don't know much about the Fiction books suggested on this page either: Fiction: Needles by Andie Dominick Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Alden R Carter My Aunt Ruth by Iris Rosofsky Next To Strangers by Sheri C Sinykin The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois Bujold (this is not about diabetes, but approaches the idea of dealing with a medical condition) Perhaps we should all hunt them down and give them a read? 
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Feb 8, 2011
JayBee
587 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DAFNE I definitely agree with vic demain about going to it with an open mind. It is very common for people to expect perfect results straight off (I know I did to an extent so it was very frustrating at times!) but you have to remember that you'll be learning what your body needs for all sorts of situations and as an eventual result - much better control overall! The hard work is worth it in the end - I can't imagine living without DAFNE now! All the guesswork I used to do - it's so not worth going back to that!
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