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Don't want to sound like I'm causing a battle between folk giving you advice but if your BI was running out you would be having high BG not low, there's too much insulin in your body and you need to reduce you BI, again spilting your BI would be recommended if your readings were high as then you could say your BI is running out. The evidence shows it's your BI. I think you may end up being confused as to what does what.

Sam

Oct 7, 2009

Trisna 2 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / CP value of maize flour

thanks very much

Trisna

Oct 7, 2009

DavidJ 23 posts

I think a chat with your Dafne educator would be the most sensible action. However, reducing the number and frequency of the hypos should be the priority. I would suggest split the BI and reduce it (maybe 7 in the morning and 7 in the evening). There is evidence in your diary of the BI running out. You definitely need to reduce it. The multiple hypos are confusing the patterns.

Oct 6, 2009

hankypanky 18 posts

lol at your rreply
well i must confess something lol well i have a very sweet tooth and cannot STOP eating biscuits i usually have 2 packets of large biscuits and cannot for the life of me stop im currently seeking advice from a Phscologist but also seeing her for my depression Sad

but hope im not boring you Smile

i haqve been on other diabetic sites and all the go on about is suicide etc i aint that bad at least, it's good to tlak to someone with sense well lets hope you have that lol (joke) well i will keep you posted (if you don't mind) about my progress and you seem a nice lady to talk too thank-you for listening be good and take care
steve Smile

chow

Oct 6, 2009

Sam 64 posts

Hi Minesh

I'm looking at your results and thinkin mmm where are the problem BG, think back to the stepwise approach, monitor see a pattern make the change! I'm assumming you're on lantus or a 24 hour BI. Personally I think it's your background maybe reduce by 20-30%. You're only on a 1:1 ratio and it seems your climbing after your hypos because maybe your over correcting - too much lucozade? Are you eating extra CPs at night because you think you're going to hypo in the morning which could explain your high readings in the mornings from the 29th onwards. Hope that maybe helps you if in doubt speak to your nurse.

Sam x

Oct 6, 2009

Sam 64 posts

Mmm sounds like you're having a time of it. Well if you think the pump will be better then go for it, reading on the site it seems the folk who do have one have never looked back. You've prob already been told this but you should get off the fags!! I used to smoke and when I was first diagnosed it took me a few months to come off them it was hard being told not to eat sugary stuff, inject and stop smoking but I have to say I did notice a difference in my BG. It's easier said than dine though so I won't lecture you lol!!
Anyway 18CPs for your breakfast - what are you eating? I would have about 15CPs max for dinner cos it would be 30 units QA and even at that I feel is a lot! I know it's hard cutting back in CPs cos you feel you need to eat them but the benefits of cutting back are amazing as you will know from doing the course. I have just stuffed my face with a chinese for a treat, had a hypo before hand so I'll probably be chasing my BG for the rest of the night cos I don't know how many CPs are in a chicken ball!! Hope you don't think I've been a lecturer it is good to talk and share!!

Chow
Sam

Oct 6, 2009

Sam 64 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / chinese chicken balls!!

Does anyone know how many CPs are in a chinese chicken ball in batter? I've just ate 6 and guessing each one is 1CP. I've had a look in the carb counter and it's got sweet and sour batter not sure if this is the same thing?! Oh and does anyone know if the curry sause puts your sugars up, I know Indian has this affect!

Sam

Oct 6, 2009

hankypanky 18 posts

mostly my injections DON'T absorb therefore im always correcting on that issue grrrrrrrr painin the butt but also my injections are stinging all the time, seeing i have a high pain thresshold but these injections are stinging all the time aswell as bruising and coming up in balls right next to the site where i have just injected Sad

plus with depression this is getting me down also, but on the good news im getting put forward for a pump have to see my diabetic doctor on 16th oct phewwwww can't wait, don't know weather it's down to smoking loads but hey im trying my best to keep good control, like for instance im having roughly 18 carbs for breakfast and my BG is 9 so i will take 2:1 ratio and within 1-2 hours later im like in the 20BG range sometimes higher so thats a bad start to my day and feel like poo for the rest of it, im not one to open up to people but since my DAFNE course i have learnt to open up more as i have always kept stuff like this to myself for many years and i must keep it up and not go it alone again, easier said that done though, but thanks for the reply
take care
Stev Smile

Oct 5, 2009

LizB 23 posts

Simon
Thanks for fixing it so quickly. Just had a look and it seems to be fine now.
Cheers.
Liz

Oct 5, 2009

Simon 578 posts

You're all right - site problems, they have now been fixed so you should all now see your graphs.

Sorry - in trying to improve the site we inadvertently 'unimproved' it!

Thanks all for letting us know.

Simon

Oct 5, 2009

Minesh Patel 4 posts

im a bit confused how to use ratios, i been using 1:1 not sure about other ratios an when i need to use

Oct 5, 2009

GLS 12 posts

Ditto... I have downloaded flash player but no joy.

I think it must be a site thing. Hopefully they will resolve it soon as the graphs are really helpful.
Gem

Oct 5, 2009

Karen Westwood 38 posts

I have been having the same problem. I tried last night to view my weekly graphs but couldn't. I did manage to download Adobe (which my husband says we already had anyway!) and it said it had been downloaded successfully but I still couldn't access the graphs. Have tried again tonight but with no success.

Look forward to hearing if this is a problem on the site or how we can overcome it.

Thanks.

Karen

Oct 5, 2009

LizB 23 posts

Hi I've been using the graphs and things for a while now and they've been easy to use and access and really useful.

Today when I went in see how I did overall last week I didn't get a graph come up but got a message about Adobe Flash player. Is this something you've had to put in place so we can get all the functionality or is it the system overriding something? (sorry about the vagueness, I'm not very techy minded!)

I did follow the link to try to download Adobe flash player but it kept harping on about the google toolbar and I couldn't find where to actually download Adobe. A bit frustrating and I still haven't managed to do my weekly review of results.

Can you help/explain what I'm doing wrong?

Many thanks.
Liz

Oct 5, 2009

Stew B 125 posts

Topic: Site Development / Graphs - now I can really see the difference

Hi Simon

Thanks Simon. Its the percentage thing I'm interested in (I had the facility in the Excel spreadsheet I used before the online diary came along and I find I miss it). I think that a pie chart would complement the daily trend chart.

Stew

Oct 4, 2009

Sam 64 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Needle Bins

Hi All

I've recently just joined the site. Really interesting comments about this. Our nurse told us that Glasgow City Council have no interest in providing needle bins for diabetics and we have been told to snip the needles with a needle clipper put in a can and tape up and put in our normal bins. Apparantly drug addicts have more bebefits than we do. I think I will actually contact the council now and tell them what other areas do for diabetics. I see a potential battle wish me luck!!

Sam

Oct 4, 2009

Sam 64 posts