Recent Posts - DAFNE Online

Feb 2, 2010

Karen Westwood 38 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

What a great idea - use the Optium xceed

Feb 2, 2010

mandyrobertson9 10 posts

Topic: Site Development / Printing out on line diary

Can anyone help? Since joining the group last summer I have printed out a copy of my online diary every week and keep it in a file so that if i have an appointment I can just grab the last few pages and go. It always fitted nicely onto an A4 sheet.
Today I tried to print out my results for the last two weeks in January and the print is huge - takes 2 pages and looks confusing!! I'm not a whizz with computers but I don't think its my PC. Anyone know how I can reduce it before printing?
Thanks

Feb 2, 2010

Matilda 2 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

One touch Ultra Easy

Feb 2, 2010

shazz_5683 13 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carb Counting Booklet

I got a replacement from my hospital diabetes centre....

Feb 2, 2010

shazz_5683 13 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Hypo recognition.

I am not a HCP but I seem to recal my time in DAFNE it was mentioned that after such a long time Hypo's can go un-noticed not sure what the reason was!?

I have only been diagnosed 9yrs and done my DAFNE 1 yr ago and like you i feel 'low' and test and it is 9.2 or 8.4 similar to you although had one a few months ago that was 3.0 and felt fine!

Lets hope a HCP replies!

Good Luck

Feb 2, 2010

shazz_5683 13 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / GLUCOPHAGE

Hi Maddog....

I too am on metformin SR and have 4 tablets a day they do help but you need to give them a few months and keep having check ups with nurse or GP.
I dont know how long you have been a type1 but I have been one for 9yrs and they are still testing me with big ????? as too wether I am Type1 or 2 have genetic MODY??? Who knows all I know is that DAFNE helped me BIG time!!

Had my HbA1c results today and they are 8.8 ok still a little high but they were 12.6 a yr ago!!!

Good Luck

Feb 2, 2010

shazz_5683 13 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Weight gain since starting DAFNE

I have put on weight too but i dont htink its all to do with DAFNE

Slimming world is more a life change rather than a diet and I am a big fan...quick fixes inc slim fast, lighter life etc

Good luck

Feb 2, 2010

shazz_5683 13 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Running

I would generally say test before your run... if its below 10mmol have 1cp (unless hypo!!) test when you get back but dont adjust straight away as you may go low a few hours later.....thats what i do for the gym...are you used to running?? If you are then maybe not so much of a problem ask a HCP though or look back on DAFNE guidlines

Goodluck

Feb 2, 2010

shazz_5683 13 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Pregnancy

Hi Rachel...
Thanks for replying.
Firstly CONGRATULATIONS on being 7weeks.....I will check out these suggestions you sent thanks for that. The only one I found was Diabetic mummy but thats USA i think!

Had a check up today and my HbA1c is 8.8 at the moment still a bit high but it was 12.6 so i think i have done well! Surprised

)

Speak soon

Shazz x

Feb 1, 2010

Vivien1972 1 post

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

Accu-Chek Nano

Feb 1, 2010

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

One touch Ultra easy

Feb 1, 2010

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio for first insulin of the day

My ratios are normally:

Breakfast 3:1
Lunch 2:1
Dinner 2:1

If I have a lie in and don't eat breakfast until lunchtime should I be doing 3:1 or 2:1?

Feb 1, 2010

SimonC 78 posts

Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using?

Optium xceed

Feb 1, 2010

christine gregg 3 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Weight gain since starting DAFNE

Has anyone else noted a gain in weight since starting DAFNE. I have put on a stone in weight. Any good diet ideas to lose it again.

Jan 31, 2010

Mark Wilcox 6 posts

Topic: Site Development / Deleting Multiple Diary Entries

Hi Simon. Thanks for adding this facility, and so quickly!! Smile

Best regards,

Mark.

Jan 31, 2010

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi EeeBee & all ..

Tend to agree with EeeBee about inconvenience of needing to enter ratios but I reverse calculate ratio from CP and QA as check on dosage taken .. and sometimes have got it wrong, especially after changing ratio in order to improve results. Semi auto entry of ratio could perhaps tempt omission of this check.

On balance though the default presentation of the last ratio used at a given event could offer the opportunity to quick compare with CP/QA mental calc and accept or enter an alaternative.

Perhaps we all enter our ratios differently .. I would enter your 1:1 just as 1. although dafne recommends 0.5 ratio changes I find I use .75 and 1.25 (entered as .7 and 1.2 for speed) as well. Any drop down would need to cater for that, hence the suggestion of offering last used as default.

Also suggest you have a look at previous posts re Diary Summary Report which had suggestion for reporting ratios used over a period of time.

Not sure about the need for the site monitor as would slow entry down again and why not just change site to a personal plan .. basically I'm a round the midriff(?) man .. approximately breakfast is 9.30 o'clock, lunch 11 o'clock(missing the button), dinner 1 o'clock and bed 2.30 o'clock. The sites will will probably then tell you if you are overusing. I would give this one a lower priority than the ratio suggestion.

Cheers, John

Jan 31, 2010

Peter 109 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Access to courses.

Before my hospital started offering DAFNE courses I was offered a transfer to a hospital that was offering the service. This was partly in response to my raising the subject at every appointment. The downside to the offer was that all care would have moved to the hospital offering DAFNE, which was something I did not want to do. Luckiiy for me UCHL started offering DAFNE soon after. The MK appraoch sounds good, if you can achieve something similar. The options around Aylesbury are Northampton (as mentioned) plus Bedford and Harrow or going to central London.
If you can achieve any interest in your local hospital starting to offer DAFNE, then there are a range of materials available from the Central DAFNE team on the benefits for the PCT. Either Marke or myself can put you in contact with DAFNE Central if required.

Jan 30, 2010

RachelA 10 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Pregnancy

Hi Shazz, I am 35 and currently 7 weeks pregnant. There is a diabetic group on the babycentre website, and a pregnancy group on the diabetessupport.co.uk forum. I also found a couple of peoples stories of their pregnancies on the DUK website. Do you have a pre-pregnancy clinic at your hospital. I went to that for about a year before with their help getting my hba1c down to 7.4 and being told it was ok to go ahead and ttc. Are you on the high dose of folic acid?

Hope you have success soon.

Rachel

Jan 30, 2010

EeeBee 4 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi all,

Forgive me if this is in the wrong thread, but would like to make some suggestions for adding some tools to the BG Diary that may be of use to others:

- ratios: it is a pain to keep entering these every time you make an entry! can you either input your regular ratios for each time of day into your settings (like the BG targets), or make a drop down list on the entry page (instead of typing 1:1 etc)?

- could you also make a drop down list on th entry page to show injection site (eg. stomach, right (and left) arm/thigh/calf, Buttocks, other) ? This would be really useful to monitor where you are injecting to help you see if you are doing it in a particular place too often. Also, as different areas of the body have different absorption rates it may also give indication as to why BGs have fluctuated out of target.

There's a really good App I found for my iPhone: 'Diabetes Diary' v 1.5.2 by Chris Bowley, that shows a picture of the human body with your injection sites given as a %s. Each area gets redder the more you inject in a particular site. Perhaps you could replicate something similar for the Graphs page??

Many thanks in advance

Emma

Jan 30, 2010

vic demain 87 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Hypo recognition.

Hello,

Since doing a DAFNE course in November, I have experienced a lot of hypo's, often 1 or 2 per day and sometimes 3.
Normally I am able to identify hypo's quite easily, however in the last few days, I have experienced a 3.2 result at breakfast, when feeling well. Also on a couple of occasions I have felt hypo, checked my blood and got 9.6 & 8.2 readings, only to be 1 hour later down to around 2.4
Could it be that having had so many hypo's I am losing my awareness or could there be any other factors?
I have had Type 1 for 30 years and was beginning, for the first time, to feel more in control of my sugars. At least I no longer have so much up and down.

Jan 30, 2010

Karl 83 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carb Counting Booklet

Its also available as a PDF http://dafneonline.co.uk/carb_counting.pdf

Jan 30, 2010

Karl 83 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Running

Hi does anybody have any do's and don'ts as to intake and Insulin adjustment with regards to exercise (running) both pre and post?

Jan 30, 2010

Karl 83 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carb Counting Booklet

Educator - the instructor on your course

Feb 2, 2010 Karen Westwood 38 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? What a great idea - use the Optium xceed

Feb 2, 2010 mandyrobertson9 10 posts	Topic: Site Development / Printing out on line diary Can anyone help? Since joining the group last summer I have printed out a copy of my online diary every week and keep it in a file so that if i have an appointment I can just grab the last few pages and go. It always fitted nicely onto an A4 sheet. Today I tried to print out my results for the last two weeks in January and the print is huge - takes 2 pages and looks confusing!! I'm not a whizz with computers but I don't think its my PC. Anyone know how I can reduce it before printing? Thanks

Feb 2, 2010 Matilda 2 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? One touch Ultra Easy

Feb 2, 2010 shazz_5683 13 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carb Counting Booklet I got a replacement from my hospital diabetes centre....

Feb 2, 2010 shazz_5683 13 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Hypo recognition. I am not a HCP but I seem to recal my time in DAFNE it was mentioned that after such a long time Hypo's can go un-noticed not sure what the reason was!? I have only been diagnosed 9yrs and done my DAFNE 1 yr ago and like you i feel 'low' and test and it is 9.2 or 8.4 similar to you although had one a few months ago that was 3.0 and felt fine! Lets hope a HCP replies! Good Luck

Feb 2, 2010 shazz_5683 13 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / GLUCOPHAGE Hi Maddog.... I too am on metformin SR and have 4 tablets a day they do help but you need to give them a few months and keep having check ups with nurse or GP. I dont know how long you have been a type1 but I have been one for 9yrs and they are still testing me with big ????? as too wether I am Type1 or 2 have genetic MODY??? Who knows all I know is that DAFNE helped me BIG time!! Had my HbA1c results today and they are 8.8 ok still a little high but they were 12.6 a yr ago!!! Good Luck

Feb 2, 2010 shazz_5683 13 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Weight gain since starting DAFNE I have put on weight too but i dont htink its all to do with DAFNE Slimming world is more a life change rather than a diet and I am a big fan...quick fixes inc slim fast, lighter life etc Good luck

Feb 2, 2010 shazz_5683 13 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Running I would generally say test before your run... if its below 10mmol have 1cp (unless hypo!!) test when you get back but dont adjust straight away as you may go low a few hours later.....thats what i do for the gym...are you used to running?? If you are then maybe not so much of a problem ask a HCP though or look back on DAFNE guidlines Goodluck

Feb 2, 2010 shazz_5683 13 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Pregnancy Hi Rachel... Thanks for replying. Firstly CONGRATULATIONS on being 7weeks.....I will check out these suggestions you sent thanks for that. The only one I found was Diabetic mummy but thats USA i think! Had a check up today and my HbA1c is 8.8 at the moment still a bit high but it was 12.6 so i think i have done well! ) Speak soon Shazz x

Feb 1, 2010 Vivien1972 1 post	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? Accu-Chek Nano

Feb 1, 2010 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? One touch Ultra easy

Feb 1, 2010 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio for first insulin of the day My ratios are normally: Breakfast 3:1 Lunch 2:1 Dinner 2:1 If I have a lie in and don't eat breakfast until lunchtime should I be doing 3:1 or 2:1?

Feb 1, 2010 SimonC 78 posts	Topic: General Discussion / What meter are you using? Optium xceed

Feb 1, 2010 christine gregg 3 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Weight gain since starting DAFNE Has anyone else noted a gain in weight since starting DAFNE. I have put on a stone in weight. Any good diet ideas to lose it again.

Jan 31, 2010 Mark Wilcox 6 posts	Topic: Site Development / Deleting Multiple Diary Entries Hi Simon. Thanks for adding this facility, and so quickly!! Best regards, Mark.

Jan 31, 2010 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi EeeBee & all .. Tend to agree with EeeBee about inconvenience of needing to enter ratios but I reverse calculate ratio from CP and QA as check on dosage taken .. and sometimes have got it wrong, especially after changing ratio in order to improve results. Semi auto entry of ratio could perhaps tempt omission of this check. On balance though the default presentation of the last ratio used at a given event could offer the opportunity to quick compare with CP/QA mental calc and accept or enter an alaternative. Perhaps we all enter our ratios differently .. I would enter your 1:1 just as 1. although dafne recommends 0.5 ratio changes I find I use .75 and 1.25 (entered as .7 and 1.2 for speed) as well. Any drop down would need to cater for that, hence the suggestion of offering last used as default. Also suggest you have a look at previous posts re Diary Summary Report which had suggestion for reporting ratios used over a period of time. Not sure about the need for the site monitor as would slow entry down again and why not just change site to a personal plan .. basically I'm a round the midriff(?) man .. approximately breakfast is 9.30 o'clock, lunch 11 o'clock(missing the button), dinner 1 o'clock and bed 2.30 o'clock. The sites will will probably then tell you if you are overusing. I would give this one a lower priority than the ratio suggestion. Cheers, John

Jan 31, 2010 Peter 109 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Access to courses. Before my hospital started offering DAFNE courses I was offered a transfer to a hospital that was offering the service. This was partly in response to my raising the subject at every appointment. The downside to the offer was that all care would have moved to the hospital offering DAFNE, which was something I did not want to do. Luckiiy for me UCHL started offering DAFNE soon after. The MK appraoch sounds good, if you can achieve something similar. The options around Aylesbury are Northampton (as mentioned) plus Bedford and Harrow or going to central London. If you can achieve any interest in your local hospital starting to offer DAFNE, then there are a range of materials available from the Central DAFNE team on the benefits for the PCT. Either Marke or myself can put you in contact with DAFNE Central if required.

Jan 30, 2010 RachelA 10 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Pregnancy Hi Shazz, I am 35 and currently 7 weeks pregnant. There is a diabetic group on the babycentre website, and a pregnancy group on the diabetessupport.co.uk forum. I also found a couple of peoples stories of their pregnancies on the DUK website. Do you have a pre-pregnancy clinic at your hospital. I went to that for about a year before with their help getting my hba1c down to 7.4 and being told it was ok to go ahead and ttc. Are you on the high dose of folic acid? Hope you have success soon. Rachel

Jan 30, 2010 EeeBee 4 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi all, Forgive me if this is in the wrong thread, but would like to make some suggestions for adding some tools to the BG Diary that may be of use to others: - ratios: it is a pain to keep entering these every time you make an entry! can you either input your regular ratios for each time of day into your settings (like the BG targets), or make a drop down list on the entry page (instead of typing 1:1 etc)? - could you also make a drop down list on th entry page to show injection site (eg. stomach, right (and left) arm/thigh/calf, Buttocks, other) ? This would be really useful to monitor where you are injecting to help you see if you are doing it in a particular place too often. Also, as different areas of the body have different absorption rates it may also give indication as to why BGs have fluctuated out of target. There's a really good App I found for my iPhone: 'Diabetes Diary' v 1.5.2 by Chris Bowley, that shows a picture of the human body with your injection sites given as a %s. Each area gets redder the more you inject in a particular site. Perhaps you could replicate something similar for the Graphs page?? Many thanks in advance Emma

Jan 30, 2010 vic demain 87 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Hypo recognition. Hello, Since doing a DAFNE course in November, I have experienced a lot of hypo's, often 1 or 2 per day and sometimes 3. Normally I am able to identify hypo's quite easily, however in the last few days, I have experienced a 3.2 result at breakfast, when feeling well. Also on a couple of occasions I have felt hypo, checked my blood and got 9.6 & 8.2 readings, only to be 1 hour later down to around 2.4 Could it be that having had so many hypo's I am losing my awareness or could there be any other factors? I have had Type 1 for 30 years and was beginning, for the first time, to feel more in control of my sugars. At least I no longer have so much up and down.

Jan 30, 2010 Karl 83 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carb Counting Booklet Its also available as a PDF http://dafneonline.co.uk/carb_counting.pdf

Jan 30, 2010 Karl 83 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Running Hi does anybody have any do's and don'ts as to intake and Insulin adjustment with regards to exercise (running) both pre and post?

Jan 30, 2010 Karl 83 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carb Counting Booklet Educator - the instructor on your course