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Sep 23, 2010

SimonC 78 posts

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

Hi there

Many many thanks for the iphone app - I love it, it is so much easier to use than using the online version of this site - although that wasnt too hard.

I was going to suggest being able to set your BI level, just to save that tiny bit of time, but I see it has been suggested already.

Not sure if this is just me, but I am unable to add comments.

Anyway, once again many thanks.

Simon

Sep 23, 2010

grandma carol 61 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

no he dident ill tell him, i give him all his meals so i am doing it for him in a way. And we go just about everyware together.So he will be doing it with out knowing realey. Well see how it goes. Ihave felt better this week my BGs have been 6.7 8.7 6.2 so not bad today. I was having a lot of hypos at night before things better now hope it stayes that way.

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

I hope it works out for you, did your husband do it or are you teaching him...................my sugars are still up and down regardless of dafne, but its stil the best way............

Sep 23, 2010

grandma carol 61 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

No Ijust tell him what to do and he dose it. Think he just likes a quiet life haha. He was diabetic before we got married and Istarted when I was pregnant with our son. We havent been to bad with it. You just have to get on with it take the ups with the downs, we have been married 36 years so must be doing something right. Ihave just graduated the Dafne caurse last week so Ihope things might be a bit better with BGs my have been a bit up and down latley so we will see how it goes. Granny Carol

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads.......

Thats also a typo.........i did actually take the 9 and the correction.............

Looks like I might need to go to the 1:4

Sep 23, 2010

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads.......

Personally speaking:
A bit short of info to advise on BI.
But on QA you appear to be making corrections each morning which are higher than a 1:4 ratio anyway so why not go to 1:4 and see how it goes.
Notice that this mornings breakfast - 23/09 06:40 ratio was only 1:1 not your normal 1:3.

Regards Garry

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads.......

Well spotted, I love a fresh pair of eyes........

What do you think then, up my BI or up my QA??

Sep 23, 2010

Garry 328 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads.......

Did you notice that 22/09 12:00 at a 1:2 ratio was 4u short or was it a typo?

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads.......

As you can see I dont have the best numbers but would like some opnions......

My breakfast ratio is 1:3, over the past few days I have been unable to hit targets at lunch, the week before I could, why cant it be simple.....

My question to you all is up the morning ratio or continue to increase my AM background dose...

I would prefer to up the BI as 1:3 is the highest I would like to go with the novo........

Thanks in advance

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

Hey Carol, that must be weird at times both of you having it.......do you argue over who knows best...........?

Hope you feel better soon Fred....

Sep 23, 2010

grandma carol 61 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

Sorry to hear your not well, hope you get better soon. I am starting to get things right I think now, BG's not bad 7.4 7.6 10.9 8.0 yesterday, so will see what happens today. Hope to hear from you soon Fred.

Sep 23, 2010

Benton Fred 7 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

Hello Granny Carol and Novo! Sorry about the late reply. I've come down with a virus and my BG's are all over the place. Good news is they were 12.8 this morning. Better than 22 yesterday.
Glad I had DAFNE last week or I Probably would have been in A n E by now.

Anyway hope every ones OK.

See u all soon......

Fred

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High bgl in the morning.

I have never been below 8 but i believe I can get lower even with my high waking blood sugars................good luck and post your rsults!!

Sep 23, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice

Im sure I didnt see any 0s, sorry mate..............

Thats clears alot up mate, your corrections seem to be bang on then, it suggests you might be aiming for the 7s and 8s as opposed to the 5s and 6s, would you agree.......dont know if your trying that delberately.........but if you added 1 more unit on you would be bang on each time, in theory........

So to me your doing well, apart from the odd anomoly everything seems to be following the rules...................

Sep 22, 2010

Derek Brown 32 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice

Hi Novarapidboi.

Thanks for the reply. I find the Dafne team at Monklands 1st rate, many times I would call them for advice and if I couldn't speak to someone I would always be called back as soon as possible. I've also been sharing my online diary with a few of their HCP on here and getting advice on not so urgent matter

My BI insulin is Lantus and Novorapid for QA.

My morning readings are all corrections which I mark with "0+" and the amount of units I take. I'm basing my corrections on the 3:1 ratio that 1u will decrease my BG by 1 etc, but it could be read as guesswork lol I don't mark it as a correction because comparing morning readings as Breakfast gives an indication on the graph, I find the visual indicators, colour schemes etc a big help.

As for my results, I had thought that I need to test and compare night time with morning readings but the big problem is that I just don't want to eat during the day, I'm hungry at night which totally throws the readings out. I'll bear it and starting tomorrow night and will have nothing after my evening meal so it's only BI working and see how it looks maybe till Monday and take it from there.

Cheers.

Sep 22, 2010

grandma carol 61 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

no complications so far, Ihave been fine Idrive, Ilook after my grandkids my bloods have not been tobad. My husband is diabetic as well .He has had it for 38 years i made a mistake i have had it for 35 years so things are fun hear at times. But atleast we havent had a hypo at the same time haha.

Sep 22, 2010

Paulak 2 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High bgl in the morning.

Hey,
Thanks a million for your advice, believe me my control was unbelievebly bad before i did the Dafne course, it really has worked wonders for me. I've only completed the course a week ago n have been constantly watching my sugars and at the moment 'i'm happy with them, except of course my morning sugars.

I think for the next couple of days I will wake at different hours to check roughly what time it is happening to me and try and work something out from there, and if none of that works I'll adjust my insulins and see how that goes. Its very didheartening to have good control all day and then wake up sky high...

Well I had my HBA1c done 3 weeks ago and it was 10.3. I have diabetes 10 years now and 9.8 was the lowest I've ever had it. I am looking forward to my next HBA1c to see if Dafne has made a difference.

Paula.

Sep 22, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

welcome granny carol..............any complications after such a long time type 1............

Sep 22, 2010

grandma carol 61 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Hello!

Hi Fred and everybody else I'm a new DAFNE graduate from Cumbria. I have had type 1 for 38years it started when i had my son. This is allso my first week in the big wide world.

Sep 22, 2010

HelenP 218 posts

Topic: General Discussion / emigrating to oz

Hi, This is Australia... My meter reads in mmol/L.

Sep 22, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice

Hey there................

Its really hard to make out whats accurately going on, especially in the mornings as you are giving yourself insulin, but theres no food written down.........so determining whats carbs and whats correction is hard......

At first glance you seem to start off high and continue to be high throughout the morning and afternoon, with a few exceptions..........this could be your BI dose, as its one dose I can assume lantus, this might be running out towards lunchtime etc.......... a split dose of levemir insulin might rectify that.........

dawn phenomonon might also be taking place..........

Initially I would start by increasing your 18 units of BI to maybe 20 and observing the morning result, without having anything to eat before bed, this means its only the BI working.......in theory if your the same as you went to bed, the dose is right, although it might not be lasting the full day......

try that and come back with a few days results......

Oh and I am a Monklands man myself, well done the course there anyway.......how do you feel the post dafne support is there?

Sep 22, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / emigrating to oz

As far as I am aware they do use mmol/l, think australia is quite close to the healthcare of the UK..............most meters have the ability to switch anyway.....ultimately you know what you should be aiming for and the HbA1c should be universal.............

When do you go over...........will it be forever.......

Sep 22, 2010

Derek Brown 32 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice

Hi folks,

Fell off the way a lot recently due to personal circumstances and an attitude that made me hate my diabetes. Long story short is my recent Hba1c went down by 0.7% from 9.6 to 8.9. Not great by any means but it's the first decrease in over 18 months and want to make that even better.

I still did my BM's along the way but failed in bothering to write them all down which shows in my online diary entries I'm not proud to say. I do now have a Onetouch Ultrasmart after 3 months waiting and it's great! It's neat being able to have CP's, insulin dose, readings and even exercise, health checks, Hba1c etc in one place.

Anyway, I'm failing to see where I need to start adjusting my regime and am rusty on my Dafne basics. Can anyone give suggestions on where to go from here after looking at the results.

If anyone wants to see the whole diary, just ask and I'll be happy to share.

Sep 22, 2010

linsey ramage 6 posts

Topic: General Discussion / emigrating to oz

anyone know if its mmmol in austraila????

Sep 22, 2010

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High bgl in the morning.

Hey,

May I just say how good your control is, how do you do it......what do you eat, nothing....lol.....

Theres nothing there that rules out dawn phenomonon, the actual process starts to begin at different times with different people I would imagine, and may even be influenced by the bodies internal clock.

I would almost definetly say it starts after 3am, I also suffer badly from this, between 16-19 every morning. I too changed my background and done 3am and the results were fine, but at 6.30 they were sky high............I am at a loss too with mine.......I have tried not eating, eating cheese to slow down glucose release, taking extra QA, even risking hypo but nothing worked...

I think you should try similar strategies to knock down the result a bit. With the rest of the day though, I believe your HbA1c will be pretty good anyway, regardless of the high morning..........what was your last HbA1c??

Sep 23, 2010 SimonC 78 posts	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed Hi there Many many thanks for the iphone app - I love it, it is so much easier to use than using the online version of this site - although that wasnt too hard. I was going to suggest being able to set your BI level, just to save that tiny bit of time, but I see it has been suggested already. Not sure if this is just me, but I am unable to add comments. Anyway, once again many thanks. Simon

Sep 23, 2010 grandma carol 61 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! no he dident ill tell him, i give him all his meals so i am doing it for him in a way. And we go just about everyware together.So he will be doing it with out knowing realey. Well see how it goes. Ihave felt better this week my BGs have been 6.7 8.7 6.2 so not bad today. I was having a lot of hypos at night before things better now hope it stayes that way.

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! I hope it works out for you, did your husband do it or are you teaching him...................my sugars are still up and down regardless of dafne, but its stil the best way............

Sep 23, 2010 grandma carol 61 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! No Ijust tell him what to do and he dose it. Think he just likes a quiet life haha. He was diabetic before we got married and Istarted when I was pregnant with our son. We havent been to bad with it. You just have to get on with it take the ups with the downs, we have been married 36 years so must be doing something right. Ihave just graduated the Dafne caurse last week so Ihope things might be a bit better with BGs my have been a bit up and down latley so we will see how it goes. Granny Carol

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads....... Thats also a typo.........i did actually take the 9 and the correction............. Looks like I might need to go to the 1:4

Sep 23, 2010 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads....... Personally speaking: A bit short of info to advise on BI. But on QA you appear to be making corrections each morning which are higher than a 1:4 ratio anyway so why not go to 1:4 and see how it goes. Notice that this mornings breakfast - 23/09 06:40 ratio was only 1:1 not your normal 1:3. Regards Garry

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads....... Well spotted, I love a fresh pair of eyes........ What do you think then, up my BI or up my QA??

Sep 23, 2010 Garry 328 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads....... Did you notice that 22/09 12:00 at a 1:2 ratio was 4u short or was it a typo?

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice from fellow grads....... As you can see I dont have the best numbers but would like some opnions...... My breakfast ratio is 1:3, over the past few days I have been unable to hit targets at lunch, the week before I could, why cant it be simple..... My question to you all is up the morning ratio or continue to increase my AM background dose... I would prefer to up the BI as 1:3 is the highest I would like to go with the novo........ Thanks in advance

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! Hey Carol, that must be weird at times both of you having it.......do you argue over who knows best...........? Hope you feel better soon Fred....

Sep 23, 2010 grandma carol 61 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! Sorry to hear your not well, hope you get better soon. I am starting to get things right I think now, BG's not bad 7.4 7.6 10.9 8.0 yesterday, so will see what happens today. Hope to hear from you soon Fred.

Sep 23, 2010 Benton Fred 7 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! Hello Granny Carol and Novo! Sorry about the late reply. I've come down with a virus and my BG's are all over the place. Good news is they were 12.8 this morning. Better than 22 yesterday. Glad I had DAFNE last week or I Probably would have been in A n E by now. Anyway hope every ones OK. See u all soon...... Fred

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High bgl in the morning. I have never been below 8 but i believe I can get lower even with my high waking blood sugars................good luck and post your rsults!!

Sep 23, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice Im sure I didnt see any 0s, sorry mate.............. Thats clears alot up mate, your corrections seem to be bang on then, it suggests you might be aiming for the 7s and 8s as opposed to the 5s and 6s, would you agree.......dont know if your trying that delberately.........but if you added 1 more unit on you would be bang on each time, in theory........ So to me your doing well, apart from the odd anomoly everything seems to be following the rules...................

Sep 22, 2010 Derek Brown 32 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice Hi Novarapidboi. Thanks for the reply. I find the Dafne team at Monklands 1st rate, many times I would call them for advice and if I couldn't speak to someone I would always be called back as soon as possible. I've also been sharing my online diary with a few of their HCP on here and getting advice on not so urgent matter My BI insulin is Lantus and Novorapid for QA. My morning readings are all corrections which I mark with "0+" and the amount of units I take. I'm basing my corrections on the 3:1 ratio that 1u will decrease my BG by 1 etc, but it could be read as guesswork lol I don't mark it as a correction because comparing morning readings as Breakfast gives an indication on the graph, I find the visual indicators, colour schemes etc a big help. As for my results, I had thought that I need to test and compare night time with morning readings but the big problem is that I just don't want to eat during the day, I'm hungry at night which totally throws the readings out. I'll bear it and starting tomorrow night and will have nothing after my evening meal so it's only BI working and see how it looks maybe till Monday and take it from there. Cheers.

Sep 22, 2010 grandma carol 61 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! no complications so far, Ihave been fine Idrive, Ilook after my grandkids my bloods have not been tobad. My husband is diabetic as well .He has had it for 38 years i made a mistake i have had it for 35 years so things are fun hear at times. But atleast we havent had a hypo at the same time haha.

Sep 22, 2010 Paulak 2 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High bgl in the morning. Hey, Thanks a million for your advice, believe me my control was unbelievebly bad before i did the Dafne course, it really has worked wonders for me. I've only completed the course a week ago n have been constantly watching my sugars and at the moment 'i'm happy with them, except of course my morning sugars. I think for the next couple of days I will wake at different hours to check roughly what time it is happening to me and try and work something out from there, and if none of that works I'll adjust my insulins and see how that goes. Its very didheartening to have good control all day and then wake up sky high... Well I had my HBA1c done 3 weeks ago and it was 10.3. I have diabetes 10 years now and 9.8 was the lowest I've ever had it. I am looking forward to my next HBA1c to see if Dafne has made a difference. Paula.

Sep 22, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! welcome granny carol..............any complications after such a long time type 1............

Sep 22, 2010 grandma carol 61 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Hello! Hi Fred and everybody else I'm a new DAFNE graduate from Cumbria. I have had type 1 for 38years it started when i had my son. This is allso my first week in the big wide world.

Sep 22, 2010 HelenP 218 posts	Topic: General Discussion / emigrating to oz Hi, This is Australia... My meter reads in mmol/L.

Sep 22, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice Hey there................ Its really hard to make out whats accurately going on, especially in the mornings as you are giving yourself insulin, but theres no food written down.........so determining whats carbs and whats correction is hard...... At first glance you seem to start off high and continue to be high throughout the morning and afternoon, with a few exceptions..........this could be your BI dose, as its one dose I can assume lantus, this might be running out towards lunchtime etc.......... a split dose of levemir insulin might rectify that......... dawn phenomonon might also be taking place.......... Initially I would start by increasing your 18 units of BI to maybe 20 and observing the morning result, without having anything to eat before bed, this means its only the BI working.......in theory if your the same as you went to bed, the dose is right, although it might not be lasting the full day...... try that and come back with a few days results...... Oh and I am a Monklands man myself, well done the course there anyway.......how do you feel the post dafne support is there?

Sep 22, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / emigrating to oz As far as I am aware they do use mmol/l, think australia is quite close to the healthcare of the UK..............most meters have the ability to switch anyway.....ultimately you know what you should be aiming for and the HbA1c should be universal............. When do you go over...........will it be forever.......

Sep 22, 2010 Derek Brown 32 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Need help and advice Hi folks, Fell off the way a lot recently due to personal circumstances and an attitude that made me hate my diabetes. Long story short is my recent Hba1c went down by 0.7% from 9.6 to 8.9. Not great by any means but it's the first decrease in over 18 months and want to make that even better. I still did my BM's along the way but failed in bothering to write them all down which shows in my online diary entries I'm not proud to say. I do now have a Onetouch Ultrasmart after 3 months waiting and it's great! It's neat being able to have CP's, insulin dose, readings and even exercise, health checks, Hba1c etc in one place. Anyway, I'm failing to see where I need to start adjusting my regime and am rusty on my Dafne basics. Can anyone give suggestions on where to go from here after looking at the results. If anyone wants to see the whole diary, just ask and I'll be happy to share.

Sep 22, 2010 linsey ramage 6 posts	Topic: General Discussion / emigrating to oz anyone know if its mmmol in austraila????

Sep 22, 2010 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High bgl in the morning. Hey, May I just say how good your control is, how do you do it......what do you eat, nothing....lol..... Theres nothing there that rules out dawn phenomonon, the actual process starts to begin at different times with different people I would imagine, and may even be influenced by the bodies internal clock. I would almost definetly say it starts after 3am, I also suffer badly from this, between 16-19 every morning. I too changed my background and done 3am and the results were fine, but at 6.30 they were sky high............I am at a loss too with mine.......I have tried not eating, eating cheese to slow down glucose release, taking extra QA, even risking hypo but nothing worked... I think you should try similar strategies to knock down the result a bit. With the rest of the day though, I believe your HbA1c will be pretty good anyway, regardless of the high morning..........what was your last HbA1c??