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Mar 14, 2010

Fay 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne

Hi Vic

Must admit I test my BG more than 4 times per day if I feel I need to. Have been having some highs myself and have been testing up to 7 times a day as have changed my Lantus from 17:30 to 21:00 and found some time ago that it doesn't last 24 hours for me. Whilst having problems, my DSN told me to test during the night between 2-6 am but at diffent times to see if I was hypoing. She said that my BG shouldn't be below 4.5 during the night. May be worth you checking for a week too, just to see. Wonder if it would help you to have 21 units of Lantus. I use an Autopen 24 (green coloured) for my Lantus that goes up in single units.

Mar 14, 2010

vic demain 87 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne

Hi Fay,
Thanks for the reply.
My ratio's are mainly 1:1 and 20 units of Lantus at bed.
Have reduced the BI quite a bit and find on 20 I get high morning results but on 22 run the risk of waking hypo and that continuing through the day.
When taking breakfast dose this morning I was 11.3, two hrs later checked and was 14.1, by lunch was 6.2.
Was told on the course, we should only do four tests per day, there was no need to do more.
No hypo's today and that has to be good, feel so much better for it, although hate running high as well.
Regards.
Vic.

Mar 14, 2010

Fay 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne

Hi Vic

What ratios do you use at mealtimes for your CP/QA and are these correct for you? If they are, try lowering your background insulin and see if this will help sort out the hypos for you. It may also be worth checking your BG 2 hours after a meal. Perhaps if it's low then, you may need to adjust your QA. It's trial and error but remember to adjust just one thing at once.

Keep us posted on how it's going!

Mar 13, 2010

vic demain 87 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne

As I stated above, I think DAFNE is great and am determined to stick with it, however 4 months down the line and having followed the rules religiously, I feel terrible a lot of the time. I have had so many hypo's, sometimes three a day, and feel constantly listless and lacking any energy. I fall asleep watching television every night and this is while I am not into my busiest period at work, which is the summer months.
I may just be having a bad few days but I am not ill or depressed. Will stick at it though and keep trying to make adjustments and improvements.
Vic.

Mar 13, 2010

Alan 49 280 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice on sugar levels after exercise

I've been early-morning swimming for some time and I noticed that my BG was higher after the swim than before. I mentioned this on the DAFNE course and was told that the swim induced an 'adrenalin rush', which evidently triggers the release of glucagon from the liver - hence the increase in BG. What I do now is - if the BG before the swim is higher that 6 I give myself 1 unit of QA insulin - that seems to work for me.

Mar 13, 2010

Debs Ledger 6 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice on sugar levels after exercise

Hi,

I have this problem too! I went swimming first thing in the morning before breakfast, swam 20 lengths & started to feel unwell, got out & tested & was just under 20. The next time I went I started off at 7.0 & after 30 mins was 2.1 I am now worried about exercise on my own, even walking my daughter to school can give me a raging high or a low at about 10am....... I am at a loss as to what to do next! Maybe someone else will be able to help

Dx

Mar 12, 2010

nbraidwood 2 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Advice on sugar levels after exercise

Can anyone help: After strenuous exerice my sugar readings are sky high! Artificially so because if I do a correction injection I hypo spectacularly after. I now don't do that correction injection, but just wondered how I can avoid my sugar levels going up during the exercise. DAPHNE guidelines suggest eating more cp's before exercise or cutting back on the earlier injection, but there is nothing on what happens in my scenario. Help?!

Mar 12, 2010

Simon 574 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Serial_Programming/Serial_Java#Using_Java_for_Serial_Communication

I've only skimmed this page but it seems you can use javax.comm which is platform independent, and rxtx which provides the platform-specific libraries.

Mar 12, 2010

jovifreak 4 posts

Topic: Questions ? / Giving birth without an insulin/glucose drip

Hi

I've had 3 girls, 17, 16 & 13 now.

1 - Induced at 38 weeks - used a glucose drip, pethadine, gas & air - I could hear the drip bleeping and was either hypo or high but thought there was a budgie in the room and I hate birds !! Baby born was 8lb 2oz

2 - again induced at 38 weeks, I don't remember having a drip but had gas & air and petadine baby was 9lb 2oz

3 - bit more experienced by this time - went into labour in afternoon, got kids fed, bathed and in bed and sorted out a baby sitter before coming to hospital when I couldn't stand it anymore - I was only in the labour room for 5 mins before having baby - no drips, no drugs lol and a healthy 9lb 12oz !

We do have bigger babies but the weight droped off mine in a couple of days, not so much that their weight dropped a lot, but they lost the excess blubber !! None of mine were fed at birth, they were passed to me and we moved to a ward, where i was encouraged to breast feed when they were hungry. breast feeding wasn't for me (it hurt like heck) so they were all bottle fed and fine.

Diane

Mar 12, 2010

marke 655 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

I'm not sure it is a good suggestion guys, Java is a platform independent language ( well at least it should be if we keep it away from Microsoft). That means it doesn't know or care what the hardware it runs on is. It may be that you can get at a COM port in java but generally it would be frowned upon since its breaking the platform independence rules. This software needs to access the COM ( serial) port to talk directly to the meter.

Sorry if thats a bit techie, I don't know what level of IT you all understand, obviously I do it full time, hence the geeky posting ;^)

Mar 12, 2010

JayBee 582 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Woo, java is a good suggestion in response to this potential problem! Very Happy

Mar 12, 2010

JayBee 582 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

I've just joined the ranks of One Touch Ultra Easy!

Mar 11, 2010

Yokel 3 posts

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

I also have an ipod touch. I would like a version of the CP list which doesn't rely on internet access. Often restaurants etc don't have wi-fi and we camp alot so would like to be able to look at the CP list offline.
The diary could rely on wi-fi but ideally not.
Hope that helps!

Mar 10, 2010

Karl 83 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Hi NiVZ

Java may be the way to go - (cross platform) - will have a word with a couple of programmers at work see if they have used it. What are you programming in at the minute?

Mar 10, 2010

Bessiemay 1 post

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

accu-check compact plus

Mar 10, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Hi marke,

Good to know it works under Windows 7 Smile

Yeah Linux is completely different and I've no idea how to write programs for it. If anyone who does wants to give it a go you need a language that can interface with the COM port and is capable of sending and receiving binary data - a lot of the meters send Chr(00) which can be wrongly interpreted as end of string / end of communication.

I'd be happy to provide details of the communications I've figured out so far.

NiVZ

Mar 9, 2010

marke 655 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

hi, i believe it will work under Vista and NiVZ I should have mentioned I am runnnig windows 7 so your software will work on it ! I don't very much it will work on Linux unfortunately, Linux works completely differently from windows under the 'covers' and the software NiVZ uses is very much based on windows .

Mar 9, 2010

JayBee 582 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Just out of interest, does your program work with Linux and/or Vista?
Considering Linux is about being open source, I am very curious if it does or not.
If not, the boyfriend has Vista on his computer so all is not lost for my situation. Smile

Mar 9, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Thanks JWo. I'm trying hard to get something finished thats fit for release.

I've not tried my program with Windows 7 yet, but we do have it at work so I will. My program only needs the usb cable driver installed (and not the actual software) so fingers crossed it should be ok with Windows 7. I'll give it a try as soon as I get a chance

I've currently use the OneTouch UltraEASY as my main meter, but have been using my UltraSMART again to do the testing for the uploads. My DSN was kind enough to give me an Optium Xceed to test the uploading with but they've not gotten any Contour USB's yet. As Marke has said you can get the cable for the OneTouch meters by filling out the online form, and Abbott do the same for the Optium Xceed - you just need to enter your meter's serial number on their online form.

I did contact Bayer direct to see if they'd be agreeable to giving me one to help with the project but as of yet I've not heard back from them. Don't think we'll be able to do the Roche Accu-Chek meters because as Marke says they're not keen to give away they're infra-red cable, and I'm definitely not handing over Â£20 for old, slow infra-red technology ;)

NiVZ

Mar 9, 2010

JayBee 582 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Thanks for the recommendation marke. I am getting very tempted by the Ultra Easy machine. Smile

How disappointing to hear that Roches are unprofessional like that. Might be worth not bothering with their machine anyway if they're not prepared to update to using a USB standard.

Mar 14, 2010 Fay 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne Hi Vic Must admit I test my BG more than 4 times per day if I feel I need to. Have been having some highs myself and have been testing up to 7 times a day as have changed my Lantus from 17:30 to 21:00 and found some time ago that it doesn't last 24 hours for me. Whilst having problems, my DSN told me to test during the night between 2-6 am but at diffent times to see if I was hypoing. She said that my BG shouldn't be below 4.5 during the night. May be worth you checking for a week too, just to see. Wonder if it would help you to have 21 units of Lantus. I use an Autopen 24 (green coloured) for my Lantus that goes up in single units.

Mar 14, 2010 vic demain 87 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne Hi Fay, Thanks for the reply. My ratio's are mainly 1:1 and 20 units of Lantus at bed. Have reduced the BI quite a bit and find on 20 I get high morning results but on 22 run the risk of waking hypo and that continuing through the day. When taking breakfast dose this morning I was 11.3, two hrs later checked and was 14.1, by lunch was 6.2. Was told on the course, we should only do four tests per day, there was no need to do more. No hypo's today and that has to be good, feel so much better for it, although hate running high as well. Regards. Vic.

Mar 14, 2010 Fay 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne Hi Vic What ratios do you use at mealtimes for your CP/QA and are these correct for you? If they are, try lowering your background insulin and see if this will help sort out the hypos for you. It may also be worth checking your BG 2 hours after a meal. Perhaps if it's low then, you may need to adjust your QA. It's trial and error but remember to adjust just one thing at once. Keep us posted on how it's going!

Mar 13, 2010 vic demain 87 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How good is dafne As I stated above, I think DAFNE is great and am determined to stick with it, however 4 months down the line and having followed the rules religiously, I feel terrible a lot of the time. I have had so many hypo's, sometimes three a day, and feel constantly listless and lacking any energy. I fall asleep watching television every night and this is while I am not into my busiest period at work, which is the summer months. I may just be having a bad few days but I am not ill or depressed. Will stick at it though and keep trying to make adjustments and improvements. Vic.

Mar 13, 2010 Alan 49 280 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice on sugar levels after exercise I've been early-morning swimming for some time and I noticed that my BG was higher after the swim than before. I mentioned this on the DAFNE course and was told that the swim induced an 'adrenalin rush', which evidently triggers the release of glucagon from the liver - hence the increase in BG. What I do now is - if the BG before the swim is higher that 6 I give myself 1 unit of QA insulin - that seems to work for me.

Mar 13, 2010 Debs Ledger 6 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice on sugar levels after exercise Hi, I have this problem too! I went swimming first thing in the morning before breakfast, swam 20 lengths & started to feel unwell, got out & tested & was just under 20. The next time I went I started off at 7.0 & after 30 mins was 2.1 I am now worried about exercise on my own, even walking my daughter to school can give me a raging high or a low at about 10am....... I am at a loss as to what to do next! Maybe someone else will be able to help Dx

Mar 12, 2010 nbraidwood 2 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Advice on sugar levels after exercise Can anyone help: After strenuous exerice my sugar readings are sky high! Artificially so because if I do a correction injection I hypo spectacularly after. I now don't do that correction injection, but just wondered how I can avoid my sugar levels going up during the exercise. DAPHNE guidelines suggest eating more cp's before exercise or cutting back on the earlier injection, but there is nothing on what happens in my scenario. Help?!

Mar 12, 2010 Simon 574 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Serial_Programming/Serial_Java#Using_Java_for_Serial_Communication I've only skimmed this page but it seems you can use javax.comm which is platform independent, and rxtx which provides the platform-specific libraries.

Mar 12, 2010 jovifreak 4 posts	Topic: Questions ? / Giving birth without an insulin/glucose drip Hi I've had 3 girls, 17, 16 & 13 now. 1 - Induced at 38 weeks - used a glucose drip, pethadine, gas & air - I could hear the drip bleeping and was either hypo or high but thought there was a budgie in the room and I hate birds !! Baby born was 8lb 2oz 2 - again induced at 38 weeks, I don't remember having a drip but had gas & air and petadine baby was 9lb 2oz 3 - bit more experienced by this time - went into labour in afternoon, got kids fed, bathed and in bed and sorted out a baby sitter before coming to hospital when I couldn't stand it anymore - I was only in the labour room for 5 mins before having baby - no drips, no drugs lol and a healthy 9lb 12oz ! We do have bigger babies but the weight droped off mine in a couple of days, not so much that their weight dropped a lot, but they lost the excess blubber !! None of mine were fed at birth, they were passed to me and we moved to a ward, where i was encouraged to breast feed when they were hungry. breast feeding wasn't for me (it hurt like heck) so they were all bottle fed and fine. Diane

Mar 12, 2010 marke 655 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter I'm not sure it is a good suggestion guys, Java is a platform independent language ( well at least it should be if we keep it away from Microsoft). That means it doesn't know or care what the hardware it runs on is. It may be that you can get at a COM port in java but generally it would be frowned upon since its breaking the platform independence rules. This software needs to access the COM ( serial) port to talk directly to the meter. Sorry if thats a bit techie, I don't know what level of IT you all understand, obviously I do it full time, hence the geeky posting ;^)

Mar 12, 2010 JayBee 582 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Woo, java is a good suggestion in response to this potential problem!

Mar 12, 2010 JayBee 582 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? I've just joined the ranks of One Touch Ultra Easy!

Mar 11, 2010 Yokel 3 posts	Topic: Site Development / DAFNE Online iPhone application - help with content/design needed I also have an ipod touch. I would like a version of the CP list which doesn't rely on internet access. Often restaurants etc don't have wi-fi and we camp alot so would like to be able to look at the CP list offline. The diary could rely on wi-fi but ideally not. Hope that helps!

Mar 10, 2010 Karl 83 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Hi NiVZ Java may be the way to go - (cross platform) - will have a word with a couple of programmers at work see if they have used it. What are you programming in at the minute?

Mar 10, 2010 Bessiemay 1 post	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? accu-check compact plus

Mar 10, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Hi marke, Good to know it works under Windows 7 Yeah Linux is completely different and I've no idea how to write programs for it. If anyone who does wants to give it a go you need a language that can interface with the COM port and is capable of sending and receiving binary data - a lot of the meters send Chr(00) which can be wrongly interpreted as end of string / end of communication. I'd be happy to provide details of the communications I've figured out so far. NiVZ

Mar 9, 2010 marke 655 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter hi, i believe it will work under Vista and NiVZ I should have mentioned I am runnnig windows 7 so your software will work on it ! I don't very much it will work on Linux unfortunately, Linux works completely differently from windows under the 'covers' and the software NiVZ uses is very much based on windows .

Mar 9, 2010 JayBee 582 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Just out of interest, does your program work with Linux and/or Vista? Considering Linux is about being open source, I am very curious if it does or not. If not, the boyfriend has Vista on his computer so all is not lost for my situation.

Mar 9, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Thanks JWo. I'm trying hard to get something finished thats fit for release. I've not tried my program with Windows 7 yet, but we do have it at work so I will. My program only needs the usb cable driver installed (and not the actual software) so fingers crossed it should be ok with Windows 7. I'll give it a try as soon as I get a chance I've currently use the OneTouch UltraEASY as my main meter, but have been using my UltraSMART again to do the testing for the uploads. My DSN was kind enough to give me an Optium Xceed to test the uploading with but they've not gotten any Contour USB's yet. As Marke has said you can get the cable for the OneTouch meters by filling out the online form, and Abbott do the same for the Optium Xceed - you just need to enter your meter's serial number on their online form. I did contact Bayer direct to see if they'd be agreeable to giving me one to help with the project but as of yet I've not heard back from them. Don't think we'll be able to do the Roche Accu-Chek meters because as Marke says they're not keen to give away they're infra-red cable, and I'm definitely not handing over Â£20 for old, slow infra-red technology ;) NiVZ

Mar 9, 2010 JayBee 582 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Thanks for the recommendation marke. I am getting very tempted by the Ultra Easy machine. How disappointing to hear that Roches are unprofessional like that. Might be worth not bothering with their machine anyway if they're not prepared to update to using a USB standard.