Recent Posts by mum2westiesGill

Jan 30, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Basal Testing - how often

How often should basal testing be done?

Gill Smile

Jan 24, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Eating out / Takeaways

googs said:
Hey,if you have a smartphone theres a great app called (calorie counter)its mainly for calories but it shows up carbs for a huge amount and variety of foods including takeaways,always inject after foods gone in,hope this helps...;-)

Is it the one by FatSecret?

Jan 22, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Lantus Questions

I know it's always best to ask for advice from the DSN but just thought I would ask the questions on here while I wait for her phone call.

1. Time Changing
is this best done by just an hour each night/day(depending on when you take lantus)?

2. Nighttime to Morning/Morning to Nightime (I currently take my Lantus at 10pm ish)
with this being such a big jump how would you go about this? Would you forget your nighttime BI then just take it the next morning but obviously monitor blood sugars?

3. Splitting the dosage
how would you go about this?

I know it's my body at the end of the day but even though in the past I may have forgotten a BI injection here and there which I know resulted in a BS of about 30 ish the next morning it's still a scary thing to make a complete change.

Jan 21, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please

Access the latest version of the DAFNE Course Handbook online, once you are verified as a DAFNE Graduate

Hi,

I'm not a DAFNE Graduate so don't have access to it Crying or Very sad

Jan 21, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please

Hi richard_g,

Thank you for your comment.

On Wed 16/01 at 07:44 then 08:01 and also Thu 17/01 at 08:51 then 09:11 the tests were close together because they were 15 minute hypo checks. I had 4 jelly babies for quick acting carbs at the earlier readings then 2 plain shortcake biscuits for slower acting carbs at the second readings.

Where can I find the Dafne manual?

Gill Smile

Jan 20, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please

Here are my next 2 days 19/01 & part of 20/01.

Please keep those comments coming in.

Thanks

Gill Smile

Jan 20, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please

Hi Warwick,

Thanks for your reply/comment. Everything has been taken into account.

Gill

Jan 19, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please

Hi,

Just wanting some comments on my B G Diary. All comments are accepted.

In the Wed 16/01 entry @ 08:01 hychk and the Thu 17/01 entry @ 09:11 hychk have I done the entry correctly? I had 2 shortcake biscuits which were 8.4g each and no insulin.

Taking after meal levels into account do you think my meal time ratios are ok: bfast = 2:1 (2u for every 10g carbs) / lnch = 1.5:1 and dinnr = 1:1?
Also which is the best way to enter this into my diary 2:1 or 2:10?

On Fri 11/01 following a visit to my GP I increased my lantus/BI from 22u to 24u. Then as you can see on Fri 18/01 I increased it again by 2u so from 24u to 26u.

Gill Smile

Carb counting (or trying my best to from what I learn on the forum) (as mentioned before on the forum, I can't get on a DAFNE course due to there not being one in my local area & can't travel/be away from home due to family commitments)

Taking - Humalog - before meals/eating depending on how many carbs in the food.
Lantus - before bed.

Jan 15, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - Two Units QA to every 10g Carbs

Thank you JWo! Smile

Jan 15, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - Two Units QA to every 10g Carbs

Have I calculated this one right please?

CP 4 (40g cho)
QA 8

(2:10 or 2:1 - I suppose it depends how you prefer to write this down)

Gill Smile

Jan 10, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratios

Thank you very much Alan Smile

From time to time I just need a bit of reassurance.

Gill Smile

Jan 10, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratios

Always doubting myself about ratios but have I calculated this one right?

CP - 8 (80g CHO)
Ratio - 1.5:1
QA - 12

Gill Smile

Jan 5, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Eating out / Takeaways

If I was eating a meal out I think what usually works best for me if I was having a starter then main course is to inject after each course.

Is this is an ok thing to do?

If it is then maybe i should do this when having a takeaway at home too.

Jan 3, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Roast Dinner

Warwick said:
Sounds good to me. Possibly depends on how much gravy you have and what is in it. If it has flour, then you may want to account for that too.

Thank you for your reply. I only have a drop of gravy and it's the lazy version of gravy granuels Sad

novorapidboi26 said:
I would also guesstimate around 3/4CHO for the above meal.......

Thank you for your reply Very Happy

Jan 2, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Buffets

Here's how I went on at my buffet

1. eyeball what's what ie carby foods / non carby foods
--- I did this - easy

2. get my plateful of carby foods / non carby foods
--- did this - easy

3. inject according to the amount of carbs on my plate
--- at this point I start to panic even though I've got all the things worked out in my mind or on paper/pc due to seeing lots of different carby things on my plate ie cocktail sausage rolls 2/3 / piece of quiche size less than a 1/4 of the quiche / 2 triangular sandwiches / asda mini haddock & cheese fishcakes 2
--- injected probably 6u QA but no idea why as I'm now in my panic

4. I would now get a dessert (if wanted) and do a second injection for the amount of carbs in this
--- didn't have any dessert

the problem is what would you do if you wanted to pick at anything during the evening / afternoon ie cocktail sausage rolls / vol-au-vents etc?
--- didn't really pick at anything

Jan 1, 2013

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Roast Dinner

Roast Dinner

I know we're all different but just wondered how much QA/bolus would you have for:
meat
roast potatoes 3/4 small
broccoli
cauuliflower
gravy

according to my carbs and cals book it's 25g cho for my usual portion size of potatoes so I would sometimes do 3u QA and sometimes 4u QA on a 1:10 ratio.

Dec 29, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Chinese Takeaway

I very often only eat half a tray of chicken/prawn curry and half a tray of the rice then maybe in a bit /sometimes I want to eat a bit more ie maybe the other half.

Is it ok when on MDI and because of the high carb and fat content and also maybe if I'm eating in 2 instalments to split twice which would then mean 4 injections!

Dec 28, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Buffets

Don't know if this is the correct way but I usually

1. eyeball what's what ie carby foods / non carby foods
2. get my plateful of carby foods / non carby foods
3. inject according to the amount of carbs on my plate
4. I would now get a dessert (if wanted) and do a second injection for the amount of carbs in this

the problem is what would you do if you wanted to pick at anything during the evening / afternoon ie cocktail sausage rolls / vol-au-vents etc?

Dec 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right?

Maybe the ratio should've been 2:10 (or 2:1). But then I'd be frightened of going hypo. I had 2 pieces of toast with 1 poached egg for breakfast when my BG was 14.1.

Dec 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right?

BG - 11.2 - lunch

Dec 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right?

Phew! And thank you Carolin Smile

Dec 18, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right?

BG - 14.1
CP - 4
Ratio - 1.5:10
QA - 6+2

Ps if not I'd better get the jelly babies out eek!!

Gill Smile

Dec 10, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Diary Graphs

Is there a way of viewing just the basal patterns/trends in the diary graphs?

Thanks for any replies/help

Gill Smile

Dec 9, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Chinese - Fried Rice

novorapidboi26 said:
I am sure a full tray is 300g in weight.....and its 7.5CPs, or 75g of Carbohydrate........

This information is in the DAFNE carb counting database you find on the right hand side of the website....

Thank you! It's in the takeaway section.

Dec 8, 2012

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Chinese - Fried Rice

Hi,

Does anyone know how many grams of CHO there are in:
- a half tray of chinese takeaway fried rice
- a full tray of chinese takeaway fried rice

Gill Smile

Jan 30, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Basal Testing - how often How often should basal testing be done? Gill

Jan 24, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Eating out / Takeaways googs said: Hey,if you have a smartphone theres a great app called (calorie counter)its mainly for calories but it shows up carbs for a huge amount and variety of foods including takeaways,always inject after foods gone in,hope this helps...;-) Is it the one by FatSecret?

Jan 22, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Lantus Questions I know it's always best to ask for advice from the DSN but just thought I would ask the questions on here while I wait for her phone call. 1. Time Changing is this best done by just an hour each night/day(depending on when you take lantus)? 2. Nighttime to Morning/Morning to Nightime (I currently take my Lantus at 10pm ish) with this being such a big jump how would you go about this? Would you forget your nighttime BI then just take it the next morning but obviously monitor blood sugars? 3. Splitting the dosage how would you go about this? I know it's my body at the end of the day but even though in the past I may have forgotten a BI injection here and there which I know resulted in a BS of about 30 ish the next morning it's still a scary thing to make a complete change.

Jan 21, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please Access the latest version of the DAFNE Course Handbook online, once you are verified as a DAFNE Graduate Hi, I'm not a DAFNE Graduate so don't have access to it

Jan 21, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please Hi richard_g, Thank you for your comment. On Wed 16/01 at 07:44 then 08:01 and also Thu 17/01 at 08:51 then 09:11 the tests were close together because they were 15 minute hypo checks. I had 4 jelly babies for quick acting carbs at the earlier readings then 2 plain shortcake biscuits for slower acting carbs at the second readings. Where can I find the Dafne manual? Gill

Jan 20, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please Here are my next 2 days 19/01 & part of 20/01. Please keep those comments coming in. Thanks Gill

Jan 20, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please Hi Warwick, Thanks for your reply/comment. Everything has been taken into account. Gill

Jan 19, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / B G Diary Comments please Hi, Just wanting some comments on my B G Diary. All comments are accepted. In the Wed 16/01 entry @ 08:01 hychk and the Thu 17/01 entry @ 09:11 hychk have I done the entry correctly? I had 2 shortcake biscuits which were 8.4g each and no insulin. Taking after meal levels into account do you think my meal time ratios are ok: bfast = 2:1 (2u for every 10g carbs) / lnch = 1.5:1 and dinnr = 1:1? Also which is the best way to enter this into my diary 2:1 or 2:10? On Fri 11/01 following a visit to my GP I increased my lantus/BI from 22u to 24u. Then as you can see on Fri 18/01 I increased it again by 2u so from 24u to 26u. Gill Carb counting (or trying my best to from what I learn on the forum) (as mentioned before on the forum, I can't get on a DAFNE course due to there not being one in my local area & can't travel/be away from home due to family commitments) Taking - Humalog - before meals/eating depending on how many carbs in the food. Lantus - before bed.

Jan 15, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - Two Units QA to every 10g Carbs Thank you JWo!

Jan 15, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - Two Units QA to every 10g Carbs Have I calculated this one right please? CP 4 (40g cho) QA 8 (2:10 or 2:1 - I suppose it depends how you prefer to write this down) Gill

Jan 10, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratios Thank you very much Alan From time to time I just need a bit of reassurance. Gill

Jan 10, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratios Always doubting myself about ratios but have I calculated this one right? CP - 8 (80g CHO) Ratio - 1.5:1 QA - 12 Gill

Jan 5, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Eating out / Takeaways If I was eating a meal out I think what usually works best for me if I was having a starter then main course is to inject after each course. Is this is an ok thing to do? If it is then maybe i should do this when having a takeaway at home too.

Jan 3, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Roast Dinner Warwick said: Sounds good to me. Possibly depends on how much gravy you have and what is in it. If it has flour, then you may want to account for that too. Thank you for your reply. I only have a drop of gravy and it's the lazy version of gravy granuels novorapidboi26 said: I would also guesstimate around 3/4CHO for the above meal....... Thank you for your reply

Jan 2, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Buffets Here's how I went on at my buffet 1. eyeball what's what ie carby foods / non carby foods --- I did this - easy 2. get my plateful of carby foods / non carby foods --- did this - easy 3. inject according to the amount of carbs on my plate --- at this point I start to panic even though I've got all the things worked out in my mind or on paper/pc due to seeing lots of different carby things on my plate ie cocktail sausage rolls 2/3 / piece of quiche size less than a 1/4 of the quiche / 2 triangular sandwiches / asda mini haddock & cheese fishcakes 2 --- injected probably 6u QA but no idea why as I'm now in my panic 4. I would now get a dessert (if wanted) and do a second injection for the amount of carbs in this --- didn't have any dessert the problem is what would you do if you wanted to pick at anything during the evening / afternoon ie cocktail sausage rolls / vol-au-vents etc? --- didn't really pick at anything

Jan 1, 2013 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Roast Dinner Roast Dinner I know we're all different but just wondered how much QA/bolus would you have for: meat roast potatoes 3/4 small broccoli cauuliflower gravy according to my carbs and cals book it's 25g cho for my usual portion size of potatoes so I would sometimes do 3u QA and sometimes 4u QA on a 1:10 ratio.

Dec 29, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Chinese Takeaway I very often only eat half a tray of chicken/prawn curry and half a tray of the rice then maybe in a bit /sometimes I want to eat a bit more ie maybe the other half. Is it ok when on MDI and because of the high carb and fat content and also maybe if I'm eating in 2 instalments to split twice which would then mean 4 injections!

Dec 28, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Buffets Don't know if this is the correct way but I usually 1. eyeball what's what ie carby foods / non carby foods 2. get my plateful of carby foods / non carby foods 3. inject according to the amount of carbs on my plate 4. I would now get a dessert (if wanted) and do a second injection for the amount of carbs in this the problem is what would you do if you wanted to pick at anything during the evening / afternoon ie cocktail sausage rolls / vol-au-vents etc?

Dec 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right? Maybe the ratio should've been 2:10 (or 2:1). But then I'd be frightened of going hypo. I had 2 pieces of toast with 1 poached egg for breakfast when my BG was 14.1.

Dec 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right? BG - 11.2 - lunch

Dec 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right? Phew! And thank you Carolin

Dec 18, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Ratio - have I calculated this right? BG - 14.1 CP - 4 Ratio - 1.5:10 QA - 6+2 Ps if not I'd better get the jelly babies out eek!! Gill

Dec 10, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Diary Graphs Is there a way of viewing just the basal patterns/trends in the diary graphs? Thanks for any replies/help Gill

Dec 9, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Chinese - Fried Rice novorapidboi26 said: I am sure a full tray is 300g in weight.....and its 7.5CPs, or 75g of Carbohydrate........ This information is in the DAFNE carb counting database you find on the right hand side of the website.... Thank you! It's in the takeaway section.

Dec 8, 2012 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Chinese - Fried Rice Hi, Does anyone know how many grams of CHO there are in: - a half tray of chinese takeaway fried rice - a full tray of chinese takeaway fried rice Gill