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Oct 19, 2009

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Hi John,

I found this link: http://people.bath.ac.uk/enpsgp/Zaurus/accu-chek.html where someone has managed to figure out the Accu-Chek protocol so fingers crossed it is possible to do. If I ever get this finished I'll maybe try and add a few different meters in popularity order.

The language I'm programming in (AutoIT) is supposed to be Win 98 compatible so should be ok.

NiVZ

Oct 19, 2009

sphillips 24 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / CP value of Stoneless Dates

My reference book says dates-flesh and skin dried (so I would assume without the stone) 68g carbs per 100g portion. So your calculation sounds about right to me.
Sarah

Oct 19, 2009

sphillips 24 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / chinese chicken balls!!

Yes it works for some people. Calculate the ratio in the same way and any corrections and then give as 2 injections, one before the meal and one about 30 min later. People using a pump have this facility on the pump.

Oct 18, 2009

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi John,

This is most strange - can you let me know the date within your diary that this happens for? Would probably be easier if I deal with individual issues via email so get in touch with me at [email protected] or send me a private message on the site.

If anyone else had experienced this though please post here.

Thanks,

Simon

Oct 18, 2009

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi Simon..

Add multiple seems to work fine now .. even trapped another unintended date error as well as one intended one for testing purpose .. so thanks, but..

The first day of the selected full diary view now seems to duplicate all that day's data. I deleted the 'duplicates' and they did disappear but upon changing the first day to view, the duplicates reappeared for that day.

May be unconnected to the multple mod but I don't think I have seen this before.

Don't like to think you have nothing to do...

Cheers, John

Oct 18, 2009

John Roscoe 14 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Golf and Dafne (?and ME)

Hi,
I don't have ME but 23 years experience of playing golf with diabetes.I usually play after breakfast and so I reduce my morning QA by 50% and then check my blood at the turn and take 1 - 2 CP's then dependent upon my blood sugar level usually works well for me. It seems strange that you find your blood sugar rises when you play. My experience is the opposite. Is your blood sugar very high or just slightly? Do you find your blood sugar drops an hour or so after playing?
Golf can be difficult for diabetics and folk think that as it isn't a really active sport controlling blood sugar is easy. I know from experience it sn't. However since attendinf DAFNE and applying the rules I have found it works well for me.
I would like to help but I don't have any knowledge of ME.
Cheers
John

Oct 18, 2009

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi Dominic,

Yes they did - sorry everyone. I've fixed it now so try again and let me know how you get on.

Thanks

Simon

Oct 18, 2009

Dominic E. P... 6 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi!

First, great site! I am finding it extremely useful.

I've just tried to add an entry using the on-line diary (mobile site) and it is saying I can't
put an entry in the future. Problem is the entry is in the past.

Date:181009
Time: 1245

Is it possible your recent changes have had a negative impact?

Regards

Dominic

Oct 18, 2009

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Site just updated to ensure users don't add diary entries for the future. If anyone does need the site to support premonitions/other psychic skills then let me know!

(If only I could 'predict' an HBA1c of 6.5%....)

Simon

Oct 18, 2009

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hello Simon ...

Aah .. trouble with the digits indeed.. rougue entries for 6,7,& 8 November now corrected and your mods work fine.

Just a small matter of the system needing to prevent users inputting dates ahead of current. Unless some T1's have premonitions!

Cheers, John

Oct 17, 2009

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi John,

Interestingly you have entries stored for 8th November (not October) - these are the latest you have stored and so they are the ones that are being picked up. Did you enter November instead of October for these dates?

Thanks,

Simon

Oct 17, 2009

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi Simon..

Looks good to me .. apart from the displayed Reminder data seems to be for 7 days before the actual last day entered! (In my case 8th not 15th).

No doubt a quick fix?

Cheers, John

Oct 17, 2009

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi John,

I've made the updates you requested - let me know if its what you wanted.

Thanks,

Simon

Oct 17, 2009

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi Simon

Sorry if not clear but simply I suggest:

- link to enter multiple data is offered at the top of the diary page, perhaps located further along the â€˜Click hereâ€™ line.(ie your third option and not in the toolbox)
- If selected, this would display only the data for the last entered day (as a reminder, but editable as normal) and below that offer the normal 10 lines for new data.

Hope that clarifies.

Thanks, John

Oct 16, 2009

Simon 578 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hi John,

Am a bit confused here - do you want to see the last set of entries for your diary on the multiple entry page, or see a form to enter data at the top of the diary view.

There's a third option to make things easy here - a link to adding multiple entries at the top of the diary/in the toolbox on the right.

As always we want to make the user experience as easy and fun as possible, just want to clarify exactly what you want!

Thanks,

Simon

Oct 16, 2009

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Hello ..

Have a look at my post on Online BG diaries .. would be very good if the uploading could be arranged!

Only problem for me is perhaps that I still run W98 and although the Compass sw upload runs fine, perhaps the sw you are thinking about may not?

I will let you know what the monitor yields if I can.

Cheers, John

Oct 16, 2009

john day 54 posts

Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries

Hello Simon..

Having entered the Type using the keys you suggested, which works well, the next thought is:

Could the option to enter multiple data also be offered at the diary page top, perhaps further along the â€˜Click hereâ€™ line so that those of us who enter several days at once can avoid scrolling down to the current option location every 10 entries?
Or perhaps the diary data display could be togglable on/off?

Perhaps just the last day entered could be displayed as a reminder where to continue from.

I appreciate this mod is only speeding up the manual process whilst you all work towards auto uploading as NiVZ is posting. I have an Roche Aviva meter with Compass software which does an infra-red (I think) USB upload, so will see if the Serial port monitor software mentioned can provide any useful info. Getting a bit geeky for me though!

Cheers, John

Oct 16, 2009

NiVZ 82 posts

Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development

Just a quick post to say I am still working on this.

The Ultra Easy is very close to being finished and I've made some progress with the Ultra Smart, although it's taking a lot longer as there is no documentation.

I can however read the date and time from it now, and I'm close to getting the BG readings from it as well.

NiVZ

Oct 15, 2009

megramsey 4 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Golf and Dafne (?and ME)

I have ME and diabetes. When I walk my BG goes down as you would expect and I need to have CPs or cut down QA. When I golf my BG goes up even though I walk further playing golf than I generally walk! Then just occasionally the BG does go down while playing. Later on I need to drastically cut my QA so I don't go hypo - is this ME or does anyone else have this problem?

Oct 14, 2009

marke 681 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Do you have access to the Online Handbook?

nk2965, if you contact us via the link at the bottom of this ( and every page), telling us your full name and the dates you attended the course ( as accurately as you can) we then contact DAFNE central who contact the former DAFNE Educators who ran the course to check you are a graduate. This site doesn't directly contact DAFNE Educators/HCP's for a DAFNE Centre since they already have enough to cope with. When contacted by DAFNE Central they usually provide an answer quite quickly and this is then relayed back to us. We are aware of the issue of centres that 'leave the family' and are trying to find a solution ( other than threats of violence to make them rejoin ;^) )

Oct 14, 2009

Nick Sproston 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Do you have access to the Online Handbook?

Marke,
I graduated DAFNE about 10 months ago from Arrowe park hospital wirral.
Unfortunatley arrowe park no longer offer DAFNE so cant give me there center number.
Is there any way i can be accepted as a graduate on this site

Oct 14, 2009

Nick Sproston 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG & smoking

Hi
I graduated DAFNE about 12 months ago and have now decided to heed the advice given to me and stop smoking.
I stopped about 3 weeks ago and ever since my BG has been erratic and high a lot any body else experienced this

Oct 13, 2009

Sam 64 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / chinese chicken balls!!

thanks for the replies guys. I just counted them as 1cp was slightly high before bed but was fighting a cold too. when you say split QA do you mean take some before meal and the rest after meal?

Sam


Oct 19, 2009 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Hi John, I found this link: http://people.bath.ac.uk/enpsgp/Zaurus/accu-chek.html where someone has managed to figure out the Accu-Chek protocol so fingers crossed it is possible to do. If I ever get this finished I'll maybe try and add a few different meters in popularity order. The language I'm programming in (AutoIT) is supposed to be Win 98 compatible so should be ok. NiVZ

Oct 19, 2009 sphillips 24 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / CP value of Stoneless Dates My reference book says dates-flesh and skin dried (so I would assume without the stone) 68g carbs per 100g portion. So your calculation sounds about right to me. Sarah

Oct 19, 2009 sphillips 24 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / chinese chicken balls!! Yes it works for some people. Calculate the ratio in the same way and any corrections and then give as 2 injections, one before the meal and one about 30 min later. People using a pump have this facility on the pump.

Oct 18, 2009 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi John, This is most strange - can you let me know the date within your diary that this happens for? Would probably be easier if I deal with individual issues via email so get in touch with me at [email protected] or send me a private message on the site. If anyone else had experienced this though please post here. Thanks, Simon

Oct 18, 2009 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi Simon.. Add multiple seems to work fine now .. even trapped another unintended date error as well as one intended one for testing purpose .. so thanks, but.. The first day of the selected full diary view now seems to duplicate all that day's data. I deleted the 'duplicates' and they did disappear but upon changing the first day to view, the duplicates reappeared for that day. May be unconnected to the multple mod but I don't think I have seen this before. Don't like to think you have nothing to do... Cheers, John

Oct 18, 2009 John Roscoe 14 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Golf and Dafne (?and ME) Hi, I don't have ME but 23 years experience of playing golf with diabetes.I usually play after breakfast and so I reduce my morning QA by 50% and then check my blood at the turn and take 1 - 2 CP's then dependent upon my blood sugar level usually works well for me. It seems strange that you find your blood sugar rises when you play. My experience is the opposite. Is your blood sugar very high or just slightly? Do you find your blood sugar drops an hour or so after playing? Golf can be difficult for diabetics and folk think that as it isn't a really active sport controlling blood sugar is easy. I know from experience it sn't. However since attendinf DAFNE and applying the rules I have found it works well for me. I would like to help but I don't have any knowledge of ME. Cheers John

Oct 18, 2009 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi Dominic, Yes they did - sorry everyone. I've fixed it now so try again and let me know how you get on. Thanks Simon

Oct 18, 2009 Dominic E. P... 6 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi! First, great site! I am finding it extremely useful. I've just tried to add an entry using the on-line diary (mobile site) and it is saying I can't put an entry in the future. Problem is the entry is in the past. Date:181009 Time: 1245 Is it possible your recent changes have had a negative impact? Regards Dominic

Oct 18, 2009 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Site just updated to ensure users don't add diary entries for the future. If anyone does need the site to support premonitions/other psychic skills then let me know! (If only I could 'predict' an HBA1c of 6.5%....) Simon

Oct 18, 2009 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hello Simon ... Aah .. trouble with the digits indeed.. rougue entries for 6,7,& 8 November now corrected and your mods work fine. Just a small matter of the system needing to prevent users inputting dates ahead of current. Unless some T1's have premonitions! Cheers, John

Oct 17, 2009 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi John, Interestingly you have entries stored for 8th November (not October) - these are the latest you have stored and so they are the ones that are being picked up. Did you enter November instead of October for these dates? Thanks, Simon

Oct 17, 2009 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi Simon.. Looks good to me .. apart from the displayed Reminder data seems to be for 7 days before the actual last day entered! (In my case 8th not 15th). No doubt a quick fix? Cheers, John

Oct 17, 2009 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi John, I've made the updates you requested - let me know if its what you wanted. Thanks, Simon

Oct 17, 2009 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi Simon Sorry if not clear but simply I suggest: - link to enter multiple data is offered at the top of the diary page, perhaps located further along the â€˜Click hereâ€™ line.(ie your third option and not in the toolbox) - If selected, this would display only the data for the last entered day (as a reminder, but editable as normal) and below that offer the normal 10 lines for new data. Hope that clarifies. Thanks, John

Oct 16, 2009 Simon 578 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hi John, Am a bit confused here - do you want to see the last set of entries for your diary on the multiple entry page, or see a form to enter data at the top of the diary view. There's a third option to make things easy here - a link to adding multiple entries at the top of the diary/in the toolbox on the right. As always we want to make the user experience as easy and fun as possible, just want to clarify exactly what you want! Thanks, Simon

Oct 16, 2009 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Hello .. Have a look at my post on Online BG diaries .. would be very good if the uploading could be arranged! Only problem for me is perhaps that I still run W98 and although the Compass sw upload runs fine, perhaps the sw you are thinking about may not? I will let you know what the monitor yields if I can. Cheers, John

Oct 16, 2009 john day 54 posts	Topic: Site Development / Online BG Diaries Hello Simon.. Having entered the Type using the keys you suggested, which works well, the next thought is: Could the option to enter multiple data also be offered at the diary page top, perhaps further along the â€˜Click hereâ€™ line so that those of us who enter several days at once can avoid scrolling down to the current option location every 10 entries? Or perhaps the diary data display could be togglable on/off? Perhaps just the last day entered could be displayed as a reminder where to continue from. I appreciate this mod is only speeding up the manual process whilst you all work towards auto uploading as NiVZ is posting. I have an Roche Aviva meter with Compass software which does an infra-red (I think) USB upload, so will see if the Serial port monitor software mentioned can provide any useful info. Getting a bit geeky for me though! Cheers, John

Oct 16, 2009 NiVZ 82 posts	Topic: Site Development / Meter Upload Development Just a quick post to say I am still working on this. The Ultra Easy is very close to being finished and I've made some progress with the Ultra Smart, although it's taking a lot longer as there is no documentation. I can however read the date and time from it now, and I'm close to getting the BG readings from it as well. NiVZ

Oct 15, 2009 megramsey 4 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Golf and Dafne (?and ME) I have ME and diabetes. When I walk my BG goes down as you would expect and I need to have CPs or cut down QA. When I golf my BG goes up even though I walk further playing golf than I generally walk! Then just occasionally the BG does go down while playing. Later on I need to drastically cut my QA so I don't go hypo - is this ME or does anyone else have this problem?

Oct 14, 2009 marke 681 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Do you have access to the Online Handbook? nk2965, if you contact us via the link at the bottom of this ( and every page), telling us your full name and the dates you attended the course ( as accurately as you can) we then contact DAFNE central who contact the former DAFNE Educators who ran the course to check you are a graduate. This site doesn't directly contact DAFNE Educators/HCP's for a DAFNE Centre since they already have enough to cope with. When contacted by DAFNE Central they usually provide an answer quite quickly and this is then relayed back to us. We are aware of the issue of centres that 'leave the family' and are trying to find a solution ( other than threats of violence to make them rejoin ;^) )

Oct 14, 2009 Nick Sproston 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Do you have access to the Online Handbook? Marke, I graduated DAFNE about 10 months ago from Arrowe park hospital wirral. Unfortunatley arrowe park no longer offer DAFNE so cant give me there center number. Is there any way i can be accepted as a graduate on this site

Oct 14, 2009 Nick Sproston 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / BG & smoking Hi I graduated DAFNE about 12 months ago and have now decided to heed the advice given to me and stop smoking. I stopped about 3 weeks ago and ever since my BG has been erratic and high a lot any body else experienced this

Oct 13, 2009 Sam 64 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / chinese chicken balls!! thanks for the replies guys. I just counted them as 1cp was slightly high before bed but was fighting a cold too. when you say split QA do you mean take some before meal and the rest after meal? Sam