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Aug 8, 2017
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Topic: General Discussion / Snacks Between Meals

Hi,
Do you feel guilty of snacking between meals & do you inject if you eat a snack over 10g in between meals?
 
Aug 7, 2017
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary food entries

Hi,
Thank you very much for your reply.
please can you tell me how you set this out in your BG diary

'I don't break down the food value as to what I've eaten, just the total carb amount for the meal'
 
Aug 6, 2017
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary food entries

Hi,
What do other people do re writing down food entries in your BG diary. Do you write a food entry in every comment of your diary?
 
Mar 30, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetic Burnout

Here are my last lot of BGs. I'm still going through this burnout. I'm suffering with stress due to house moving. I really need encouragement
 
Mar 24, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / Android Phone & Dafne App

Hi,
Is there anyone else who is currently unable to upload BGs on an Android phone?
 
Mar 3, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / Diabetic Burnout

Hi,

I'm having a bit of a diabetic burnout due to stress going on in my life atm. I want to try & get back on track. I seem to be lacking with - bedtime testing / waking testing / quite often I have a late tea but then often snack on crisps or more recently popcorn halfway through the evening but with no bolus.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal. I've been taking 14u of Lantus basal at bedtime for quite a while now.
Really need maybe some encouragement to do some overnight basal testing.
 
Feb 24, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / Dafne App Android

Hi,
Is anyone else having problems when downloading BGs on the app using android. I can't download them
 
Feb 7, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / Kit bags

HelenH glad you've got sorted. Have you got a link for the one you got please?
 
Jan 23, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So a few more days of my BGs

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal

NRB
Thank you for your reply. My current breakfast ratio is already 1.5:1 so 1.5u to every 10g carbohydrate
 
Jan 19, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Thanks for your reply NRB. Corrections are a bit awkward to do seperately because i use the Accu-chek Aviva Expert meter & they are built in with the final dose amount. I am 1u to 3mmol.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 17, 2015
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 13, 2015
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So not posted since 17/11 so the next few posts are the last few weeks of my BGs. Started with a head cold Tues 060115.

Things I can't get to grips with are:
bedtime & fasting or waking testing
snacking during the evenings sometimes with no bolus

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 13, 2015
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So not posted since 17/11 so the next few posts are the last few weeks of my BGs.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 13, 2015
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So not posted since 17/11 so the next few posts are the last few weeks of my BGs.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 13, 2015
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So not posted since 17/11 so the next few posts are the last few weeks of my BGs.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 13, 2015
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So not posted since 17/11 so the next few posts are the last few weeks of my BGs.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Jan 13, 2015
mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

So not posted since 17/11 so the next few posts are the last few weeks of my BGs.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Nov 17, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Some more of my diary

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Also any help in saying whether I should be reducing or increasing my basal
 
Oct 30, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Thank you very much for this.

Evening meal on the 29th was minced beef casserole (minced beef,onions, tinned carrots & tinned peas all thrown in), pastry ( the ready rolled puff pastry) & mashed potatoes (a small portion)

If I can I will try to do another test tonight

Not got to the daytime testing yet eeeeek!
 
Oct 30, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Some more of my diary

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Overnight basal testing has been done on 21/10 - 22/10 & 29/10 - 30/10 - don't know if I should have done the one on 29/10 becasue I was higher than my bedtime target

Using Accu-Chek Avia Expert meter
- current targets:
for everything 4 - 7 - this corrects me to about 5.5
bedtime 8 - 12 - this corrects me to 10
 
Oct 28, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / Accu-chek Aviva Expert Meter & Corrections

For anybody who uses the accu-chek aviva expert meter. How do you remember your correction doses so that you can add the corrections separately in the BG diary?
 
Oct 28, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Hi NRB,

Thanks for your reply & help.

The 5 units of am lantus taken at 1439 on Thursday was because I had forgotten it earlier so becasue it was taken nearly 4 hours late I reduced it by 2 units.

I did one overnight basal test on 21/10 - 22/10 at 0301 it was 10.5 as seen in my diary. I was going to test again on 22/10 but had a hypo as you can see at bedtime so had to abandon it grrrrr!
 
Oct 28, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Hi Vickyp,

Thanks for your reply.

The 6u would be 3u for food then the other 3 units would be correction dose. I use the accu-chek aviva expert meter & correction doses are built in ie it does show the correction dose seperate but then on the final screen where you confirm the dose it's all built in which makes it difficult to remember when you come to make enteries in the bg diary. Like you say it maybe the cause of the hypo at 1436. My correction is 1 unit drops me by 3mmol.

Yes agree to some more basal testing.

Re why I took QA after a hypo at my hypo check it's because I was agreeing with what my meter advised me to take. Like you say because I was below my bedtime target I needn't have confirmed it with my meter - that had crossed my mind
 
Oct 25, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

2 more days of my diary.

Any help in identifying trends or any other help ie with targets & ratios will be greatly appreciated.

Using Accu-Chek Avia Expert meter
- current targets:
for everything 4 - 7 - this corrects me to about 5.5
bedtime 8 - 12 - this corrects me to 10

TIA
 
Oct 22, 2014
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Topic: General Discussion / BG diary help please (2) (mum2westiesGill diary)

Hi NRB,
Thanks for your help.

Have I done the diary entry wrong? At the 5.1 reading I ate 18g of carbs with no bolus.