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Mar 4, 2010

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Forum improvments

It depends on which web browser you use - Firefox and Google Chrome both have this feature, whereas Internet Explorer doesn't (I don't think). I'll have a look into what we can do to help though Paul.

Cheers

Mar 4, 2010

vic demain 87 posts

Topic: Site Development / Forum improvments

Hi Paul, think there already is one as mine logs in itself.

Mar 4, 2010

Paul Ked 2 posts

Topic: Site Development / Forum improvments

Hi

I would like to say that the forum is great and has loads of excellent features but can i ask for one update (one for now);

Could you have a remember me bit at the log in so i do not need to keep logging in?

Thanks
Paul Keddie

Mar 2, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Hello,

Yeah sorry I should have said to ask your clinic about these as thats how most people get their meters.

It does look a good meter, and as a bloke it would be great to have a meter that fits in your pocket.

NiVZ

Mar 2, 2010

marke 686 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

thanks for pointing this out, but I would NEVER pay for a meter. The meter companies make a lot of money from test strips and its in their interest to get you using their meters so you use their test strips. If they are giving them away it might be attractive, but if they want me to pay and then make a profit from me on the test strips then its not so attractive.

I don't know for sure the 'list' price for contour strips but the retail price for 50 is around the same price as a meter. Yes, I know we don't
pay for them but the NHS does.

Mar 2, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter

Hello,

Just to let everyone know a new meter has been released by Bayer.

It's very small, has colour screen and recharges via USB. It also has all the software stored on the USB drive part (plus 500mb for your own files) and works on both PC and MAC.

http://www.bayercontourusb.co.uk

NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Yep - if you click on an entry on the diary display you can edit it from there. Not sure how well it works with our RESTful XML side of things so I'll test it out and let you know.

Cheers

Mar 1, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Hello,

If anyone wants a look at the DEMO version to get an idea of how the program is shaping up, you can download it at the following link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ftdimtymgmu

At the moment it uses a 'dummy' meter to generate random data, and it doesn't actually perform the upload (don't want to put random data in your real accounts) but everything else is just how it will work with a real meter.

All constructive criticism gladly accepted.

Thanks,

NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Hello,

If anyone wants a look at the DEMO version to get an idea of how the program is shaping up, you can download it at the following link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ftdimtymgmu

At the moment it uses a 'dummy' meter to generate random data, and it doesn't actually perform the upload (don't want to put random data in your real accounts) but everything else is just how it will work with a real meter.

All constructive criticism gladly accepted.

Thanks,

NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Hi Simon,

For problem 1, I thought it was overwriting - I'll re-test this.

Problem 2 I need to think some more about.

Also, just wondered (might be me being very thick as I've had a long day!) but is there anyway online to EDIT an entry. I did look but couldn't see it anywhere. This would definitely be needed for all meters that don't store insulin and carb data (ie everything except OneTouch UltraSmart)

Thanks,

NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

NiVZ,

Re problem 1 - the diary should merge the data, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Problem 2 - it may be worth adding an 'updated at' field to each diary entry so that we can record when it was last updated - will this help?

Simon

Mar 1, 2010

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Hello,

I've not had as much time to work on this lately (apologies) and I'm starting to struggle to think about the best way to make this work and also I'm the first to admit I'm not great at making a pretty user interface.

The bit I'm struggling with the most is how people will use this, which can cause some problems with the data. Don't want to get too technical, but at the moment the program works as follows:

1. If it's the first time the program has run, it asks for your Dafne username & password, meter type, com port (auto detected where possible) and proxy settings (for if you are using it at work) Otherwise it reads the saved settings

2. It then waits for you to press the 'Get Meter Data' button

3. When you press the button it checks the latest BG date it has in my programs LOCAL database and then reads all the data from the meter, only adding new data to the database (this makes it quicker)

4. Once it has finished it asks you if you want to upload the data to DAFNE online.

5. If you click OK it goes and gets the latest BG date from DAFNE online

6. It then uploads all the data from the LOCAL database to DAFNE online that is newer than the date it got in step 5.

After the program has uploaded your BG data you can then go and add your insulin and carb data manually via the website.

The problems I'm thinking of are:

1. If you add a snack entry which is later than the last date you uploaded, there is a chance it could get overwritten if your meter has a BG reading for the same date and time

2. If you uploaded all of your data 2 days ago, and continue to test in the next 2 days, but then manually enter a reading for today the program will NOT add the data for the two days in between.

I'm not sure how much of aproblem this would be but better to be safe than sorry. I don't want people to lose data by mistake.

Any suggestions, or ideas about this please feel free to get in touch. I could even make a demo version available for people to let me know what they think.

I'm also waiting for Lifescan to get back to me on some of the questions I have asked them.

Thanks,

NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / exporting diary entries

Thanks for the info Karl - it may be worth us adding a CSV export function onto the diary too to make things easier, rather than requiring a download of something else.

John - not sure about this, I'd assumed as it was an HTML table excel would handle it nicely, obviously not so my apologies. I'll work on the above to make it simpler.

Simon

Feb 28, 2010

Karl 83 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Rationale - Please read

Yokel
i have a app called dropbox on my iphone - its prime use is to sync files between computers but i have set the pdf of the CPs as a favorite which saves it locally for off line reading. Has coming in handy.

Simon - work mate has a couple of Iphone Apps under his belt - if you need help with anything I sure I could twist his arm :-)

Feb 28, 2010

Karl 83 posts

Topic: Site Development / exporting diary entries

Hi John
Done some web reading and testing - if you download
http://www.brothersoft.com/a7soft-xml2csv-download-69269.html and unzip to a folder on your c: drive say c:\diary put your downloaded diary in here also . go to a command prompt - start - run - type cmd - enter - select the folder as earlier by cd c:\diary enter then paste (right mouse paste) xml2csv diary.xml diary.csv "entry_time,blood_glucose,carbohydrate_portions,quick_insulin,background_insulin,ratio,entry_type,target_min_bg,target_max_bg,comments" and press enter. This will make (hopefully) a csv comma-separated values file with the name diary.cvs in your diary folder on your c drive - any version of excel will open this file :-) hope this helps. if you have a problem either email me at karl at addrison dot co dot uk are reply / message here

Feb 28, 2010

Diana 7 posts

Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public

Hi Richard

I usually inject anywhere when travelling, including on planes. I think it should be fine as long as you make a point of being upfront about it when checking in. It also depends where you're flying. A couple of years ago I had my insulin confiscated for the duration of a 4 hour flight in Asia with Tiger Airways - they wouldn't close the plane doors until I had given it to them.

I also tried injecting on a crowded tube a couple of times recently as I only had time to grab a cereal bar in the morning on the way out the door and was v surprised to see that nobody seemed to notice/care! Smile

Diana

Feb 28, 2010

richard_g 14 posts

Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public

As i'm about to do some international travel I wonder what people think about injecting in your seat on an aeroplane. I used to do this without thinking but in the light of recent events are you likely to get jumped on by half the passengers and an air mashall if you get your insulin pen out? Or is it a question of retreating to the loo again.

Feb 28, 2010

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / exporting diary entries

Thanks very much Karl & Simon for your suggestions ...

Had a peer at the excel files types available to me (Excel 9.0.2720 w98!) and .xml is indeed there with description MS Excel 4 macros .. is that the correct type?

Tried cut & paste of selected area of summary print page and got all the data but all in a single cell in the target sheet.. do iI need to use a 'special' excel copy function? .. seem to remember there are a few.

Thanks, John

Feb 28, 2010

luisafontana 9 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Correcting high blood glucose levels

Thank you, Professor Heller I believe! That has definitely made me understand the difference. I shall mention this at our next follow-up, as it's better to have the right information.

Feb 28, 2010

charlotte77 11 posts

Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public

For a long time I used to do injections etc in the toilets until one day I dropped my insulin pen with the needle exposed down the loo.

Feb 28, 2010

Simon Heller 46 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Correcting high blood glucose levels

Actually I think you have been misled about glucose toxicity. This refers as I mentioned to the 'poisoning' of the remaining cells which are still making insulin such that they stop working and produce this rapid onset of symptoms. What you are talking about is resistance to the glucose lowering effect of insulin due to the effect of your stress hormones which go up in illness and push your glucose up further. Ketones are a sign that these stress hormones are high and that there is not enough insulin in the body to overcome this. Under these conditions much more insulin is needed to bring glucose down. So not really glucose toxicity, it is more a high glucose due to the response to illness and stress hormones. Again I hope I have explained this clearly.

Feb 28, 2010

jovifreak 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public

OMG is she really a nurse !!

I for one will inject and test my blood sugar anywhere and everywhere that I need to - Definately not in a toilet, that to me is just wrong - If I went to the doctors for a vaccination and they wanted to do it in a toilet I'd be disgusted, so why the heck should we do our insulin in the toilet!

I inject in McDonalds, KFC, anywhere and everywhere I go, I'll sit at the table, count the carbs and inject, if somebody doesn't like it then they don't need to look ! At work I have my monitor on my desk, spare needles in my drawer, insulin pens in the fridge and a carton of fruit juice in the fridge marked DIANES HYPO TREATMENT DO NOT TOUCH. It works, I've never had a problem at work.

We are human beings and should be treated like one, if you have a head ache you wouldn't not take a tablet incase somebody saw you doing it so why hide away whilst having your "Insulin fix" !

Feb 28, 2010

luisafontana 9 posts

Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public

When I was diagnosed I had to inject in the disabled loo at work for several months as I could only face injecting in my thighs. I was so upset about it, it was often dirty and there were often people in it when I wanted to use it (and they all use it to go for smelly numbers twos, which would leave me gagging). I complained about it a lot to my manager, even threatening to lock myself in a meeting room to do it, which she said I couldn't do. In the end I stood outside the occupied disabled loo one day and told off the person who was using it when they came out. A complaint must have been made, for as if by magic I was given access to an empty floor which has a shower room and a sink, and it's cleaned daily. The same manager took us out for a meal one day, a few months after I was diagnosed. I had a skirt on and whipped out my needle to inject in my thigh. She shouted in front of everyone OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE!!!! GO TO THE TOILET!!! I assertively refused, because at that point she was still making me use the disabled loo at work and I was already annoyed enough about that, plus this meal was on my private time and it was the company paying, not her.

She also used to tell me that in a hypo I should pick up all my stuff and go off somewhere 'less prominent' - even though in some hypos all I can do is guzzle lucozade and sit in shock until my sugars start coming up, let alone even think about picking up my testing kit, sugar etc. In fact she used to tell me to try and go somewhere else before even testing, which I think is appalling - if my sugars are dropping like a stone it's dangerous to waste time and energy going anywhere at all, plus sometimes my brain isn't working properly at the time so coordinating moving me and the relevant items is a no-no, but she'd still 'remind' me later that I should have moved from my desk even when I was obviously off the planet. She has now left, and my new manager is a longstanding type 1 diabetic.... needless to say I can now do what I like, where I like!!

Feb 28, 2010

luisafontana 9 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Correcting high blood glucose levels

Thanks for clarifying this Simon. I've only ever heard about glucose toxicity from the DAFNE course at KCH, it was brought up because someone - possibly me because I'm terrified of hypos - queried why we had to inject such large doses of QA, and so often, when sick with high sugars and ketones present (our educators even drew a diagram of the cell with all the glucose stuck to it!). Would this be because the conditions when you're sick, with high sugars and ketones, kind of mimic the conditions at diagnosis?

Mar 4, 2010 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Forum improvments It depends on which web browser you use - Firefox and Google Chrome both have this feature, whereas Internet Explorer doesn't (I don't think). I'll have a look into what we can do to help though Paul. Cheers

Mar 4, 2010 vic demain 87 posts	Topic: Site Development / Forum improvments Hi Paul, think there already is one as mine logs in itself.

Mar 4, 2010 Paul Ked 2 posts	Topic: Site Development / Forum improvments Hi I would like to say that the forum is great and has loads of excellent features but can i ask for one update (one for now); Could you have a remember me bit at the log in so i do not need to keep logging in? Thanks Paul Keddie

Mar 2, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Hello, Yeah sorry I should have said to ask your clinic about these as thats how most people get their meters. It does look a good meter, and as a bloke it would be great to have a meter that fits in your pocket. NiVZ

Mar 2, 2010 marke 686 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter thanks for pointing this out, but I would NEVER pay for a meter. The meter companies make a lot of money from test strips and its in their interest to get you using their meters so you use their test strips. If they are giving them away it might be attractive, but if they want me to pay and then make a profit from me on the test strips then its not so attractive. I don't know for sure the 'list' price for contour strips but the retail price for 50 is around the same price as a meter. Yes, I know we don't pay for them but the NHS does.

Mar 2, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Bayer Contour USB Meter Hello, Just to let everyone know a new meter has been released by Bayer. It's very small, has colour screen and recharges via USB. It also has all the software stored on the USB drive part (plus 500mb for your own files) and works on both PC and MAC. http://www.bayercontourusb.co.uk NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Yep - if you click on an entry on the diary display you can edit it from there. Not sure how well it works with our RESTful XML side of things so I'll test it out and let you know. Cheers

Mar 1, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Hello, If anyone wants a look at the DEMO version to get an idea of how the program is shaping up, you can download it at the following link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ftdimtymgmu At the moment it uses a 'dummy' meter to generate random data, and it doesn't actually perform the upload (don't want to put random data in your real accounts) but everything else is just how it will work with a real meter. All constructive criticism gladly accepted. Thanks, NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Hello, If anyone wants a look at the DEMO version to get an idea of how the program is shaping up, you can download it at the following link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ftdimtymgmu At the moment it uses a 'dummy' meter to generate random data, and it doesn't actually perform the upload (don't want to put random data in your real accounts) but everything else is just how it will work with a real meter. All constructive criticism gladly accepted. Thanks, NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Hi Simon, For problem 1, I thought it was overwriting - I'll re-test this. Problem 2 I need to think some more about. Also, just wondered (might be me being very thick as I've had a long day!) but is there anyway online to EDIT an entry. I did look but couldn't see it anywhere. This would definitely be needed for all meters that don't store insulin and carb data (ie everything except OneTouch UltraSmart) Thanks, NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development NiVZ, Re problem 1 - the diary should merge the data, so that shouldn't be an issue. Problem 2 - it may be worth adding an 'updated at' field to each diary entry so that we can record when it was last updated - will this help? Simon

Mar 1, 2010 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Hello, I've not had as much time to work on this lately (apologies) and I'm starting to struggle to think about the best way to make this work and also I'm the first to admit I'm not great at making a pretty user interface. The bit I'm struggling with the most is how people will use this, which can cause some problems with the data. Don't want to get too technical, but at the moment the program works as follows: 1. If it's the first time the program has run, it asks for your Dafne username & password, meter type, com port (auto detected where possible) and proxy settings (for if you are using it at work) Otherwise it reads the saved settings 2. It then waits for you to press the 'Get Meter Data' button 3. When you press the button it checks the latest BG date it has in my programs LOCAL database and then reads all the data from the meter, only adding new data to the database (this makes it quicker) 4. Once it has finished it asks you if you want to upload the data to DAFNE online. 5. If you click OK it goes and gets the latest BG date from DAFNE online 6. It then uploads all the data from the LOCAL database to DAFNE online that is newer than the date it got in step 5. After the program has uploaded your BG data you can then go and add your insulin and carb data manually via the website. The problems I'm thinking of are: 1. If you add a snack entry which is later than the last date you uploaded, there is a chance it could get overwritten if your meter has a BG reading for the same date and time 2. If you uploaded all of your data 2 days ago, and continue to test in the next 2 days, but then manually enter a reading for today the program will NOT add the data for the two days in between. I'm not sure how much of aproblem this would be but better to be safe than sorry. I don't want people to lose data by mistake. Any suggestions, or ideas about this please feel free to get in touch. I could even make a demo version available for people to let me know what they think. I'm also waiting for Lifescan to get back to me on some of the questions I have asked them. Thanks, NiVZ

Mar 1, 2010 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / exporting diary entries Thanks for the info Karl - it may be worth us adding a CSV export function onto the diary too to make things easier, rather than requiring a download of something else. John - not sure about this, I'd assumed as it was an HTML table excel would handle it nicely, obviously not so my apologies. I'll work on the above to make it simpler. Simon

Feb 28, 2010 Karl 83 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Rationale - Please read Yokel i have a app called dropbox on my iphone - its prime use is to sync files between computers but i have set the pdf of the CPs as a favorite which saves it locally for off line reading. Has coming in handy. Simon - work mate has a couple of Iphone Apps under his belt - if you need help with anything I sure I could twist his arm :-)

Feb 28, 2010 Karl 83 posts	Topic: Site Development / exporting diary entries Hi John Done some web reading and testing - if you download http://www.brothersoft.com/a7soft-xml2csv-download-69269.html and unzip to a folder on your c: drive say c:\diary put your downloaded diary in here also . go to a command prompt - start - run - type cmd - enter - select the folder as earlier by cd c:\diary enter then paste (right mouse paste) xml2csv diary.xml diary.csv "entry_time,blood_glucose,carbohydrate_portions,quick_insulin,background_insulin,ratio,entry_type,target_min_bg,target_max_bg,comments" and press enter. This will make (hopefully) a csv comma-separated values file with the name diary.cvs in your diary folder on your c drive - any version of excel will open this file :-) hope this helps. if you have a problem either email me at karl at addrison dot co dot uk are reply / message here

Feb 28, 2010 Diana 7 posts	Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public Hi Richard I usually inject anywhere when travelling, including on planes. I think it should be fine as long as you make a point of being upfront about it when checking in. It also depends where you're flying. A couple of years ago I had my insulin confiscated for the duration of a 4 hour flight in Asia with Tiger Airways - they wouldn't close the plane doors until I had given it to them. I also tried injecting on a crowded tube a couple of times recently as I only had time to grab a cereal bar in the morning on the way out the door and was v surprised to see that nobody seemed to notice/care! Diana

Feb 28, 2010 richard_g 14 posts	Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public As i'm about to do some international travel I wonder what people think about injecting in your seat on an aeroplane. I used to do this without thinking but in the light of recent events are you likely to get jumped on by half the passengers and an air mashall if you get your insulin pen out? Or is it a question of retreating to the loo again.

Feb 28, 2010 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / exporting diary entries Thanks very much Karl & Simon for your suggestions ... Had a peer at the excel files types available to me (Excel 9.0.2720 w98!) and .xml is indeed there with description MS Excel 4 macros .. is that the correct type? Tried cut & paste of selected area of summary print page and got all the data but all in a single cell in the target sheet.. do iI need to use a 'special' excel copy function? .. seem to remember there are a few. Thanks, John

Feb 28, 2010 luisafontana 9 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Correcting high blood glucose levels Thank you, Professor Heller I believe! That has definitely made me understand the difference. I shall mention this at our next follow-up, as it's better to have the right information.

Feb 28, 2010 charlotte77 11 posts	Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public For a long time I used to do injections etc in the toilets until one day I dropped my insulin pen with the needle exposed down the loo.

Feb 28, 2010 Simon Heller 46 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Correcting high blood glucose levels Actually I think you have been misled about glucose toxicity. This refers as I mentioned to the 'poisoning' of the remaining cells which are still making insulin such that they stop working and produce this rapid onset of symptoms. What you are talking about is resistance to the glucose lowering effect of insulin due to the effect of your stress hormones which go up in illness and push your glucose up further. Ketones are a sign that these stress hormones are high and that there is not enough insulin in the body to overcome this. Under these conditions much more insulin is needed to bring glucose down. So not really glucose toxicity, it is more a high glucose due to the response to illness and stress hormones. Again I hope I have explained this clearly.

Feb 28, 2010 jovifreak 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public OMG is she really a nurse !! I for one will inject and test my blood sugar anywhere and everywhere that I need to - Definately not in a toilet, that to me is just wrong - If I went to the doctors for a vaccination and they wanted to do it in a toilet I'd be disgusted, so why the heck should we do our insulin in the toilet! I inject in McDonalds, KFC, anywhere and everywhere I go, I'll sit at the table, count the carbs and inject, if somebody doesn't like it then they don't need to look ! At work I have my monitor on my desk, spare needles in my drawer, insulin pens in the fridge and a carton of fruit juice in the fridge marked DIANES HYPO TREATMENT DO NOT TOUCH. It works, I've never had a problem at work. We are human beings and should be treated like one, if you have a head ache you wouldn't not take a tablet incase somebody saw you doing it so why hide away whilst having your "Insulin fix" !

Feb 28, 2010 luisafontana 9 posts	Topic: General Discussion / "Balance" letter about injecting in public When I was diagnosed I had to inject in the disabled loo at work for several months as I could only face injecting in my thighs. I was so upset about it, it was often dirty and there were often people in it when I wanted to use it (and they all use it to go for smelly numbers twos, which would leave me gagging). I complained about it a lot to my manager, even threatening to lock myself in a meeting room to do it, which she said I couldn't do. In the end I stood outside the occupied disabled loo one day and told off the person who was using it when they came out. A complaint must have been made, for as if by magic I was given access to an empty floor which has a shower room and a sink, and it's cleaned daily. The same manager took us out for a meal one day, a few months after I was diagnosed. I had a skirt on and whipped out my needle to inject in my thigh. She shouted in front of everyone OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE!!!! GO TO THE TOILET!!! I assertively refused, because at that point she was still making me use the disabled loo at work and I was already annoyed enough about that, plus this meal was on my private time and it was the company paying, not her. She also used to tell me that in a hypo I should pick up all my stuff and go off somewhere 'less prominent' - even though in some hypos all I can do is guzzle lucozade and sit in shock until my sugars start coming up, let alone even think about picking up my testing kit, sugar etc. In fact she used to tell me to try and go somewhere else before even testing, which I think is appalling - if my sugars are dropping like a stone it's dangerous to waste time and energy going anywhere at all, plus sometimes my brain isn't working properly at the time so coordinating moving me and the relevant items is a no-no, but she'd still 'remind' me later that I should have moved from my desk even when I was obviously off the planet. She has now left, and my new manager is a longstanding type 1 diabetic.... needless to say I can now do what I like, where I like!!

Feb 28, 2010 luisafontana 9 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Correcting high blood glucose levels Thanks for clarifying this Simon. I've only ever heard about glucose toxicity from the DAFNE course at KCH, it was brought up because someone - possibly me because I'm terrified of hypos - queried why we had to inject such large doses of QA, and so often, when sick with high sugars and ketones present (our educators even drew a diagram of the cell with all the glucose stuck to it!). Would this be because the conditions when you're sick, with high sugars and ketones, kind of mimic the conditions at diagnosis?