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Natalie1974 said:
I tried really hard with the diary thing when I was first diagnosed but I always fail within a couple of weeks...I know I should but I'm just not that organised. I'm interested to learn that there are meters that record such information, I will be checking this out...my current meter/s are very basic indeed so this would be really useful. When it comes to apps and gadgetry I can be a bit obsessive so this would be a great option for me :)
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Yes my meter stores how many carbs I've eaten and my insulin dose. I'm not sure how many meters do this though. Mine has a bolus wizard so I guess that's why.
 
Amrit1712 said:
Yes my meter stores how many carbs I've eaten and my insulin dose. I'm not sure how many meters do this though. Mine has a bolus wizard so I guess that's why.
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Can I ask how you got your meter? Did you buy it? I've had a look on a couple of sites today but from what I can see...all the top spec meters need to be obtained through DSN...didn't seem to be an option to purchase...unless I was missing something.
 
noblehead said:
@Natalie1974, the Accu-Chek Aviva Expert is a bolus calculator and can be obtained from your DSN.
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My diabetes care is dealt with by my doctors surgery...who frankly are quite useless in many respects...but could explain why I've never been offered anything like this. In fact...the freebie they gave me quite recently is worth looking up...for a giggle if nothing else...certainly made me chuckle...it's called a SuperCheck 2...and it actually talks
 
Natalie1974 said:
My diabetes care is dealt with by my doctors surgery...who frankly are quite useless in many respects...but could explain why I've never been offered anything like this. In fact...the freebie they gave me quite recently is worth looking up...for a giggle if nothing else...certainly made me chuckle...it's called a SuperCheck 2...and it actually talks
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Does it answer back when you get angry :)

Seriously though, if your not happy with care under your Dr's surgery ask if you can be referred over to the hospital diabetes clinic, they are more adapt at dealing with type 1 related issues and they often get the most up to date meters from the company reps.
 
noblehead said:
Does it answer back when you get angry :)

Seriously though, if your not happy with care under your Dr's surgery ask if you can be referred over to the hospital diabetes clinic, they are more adapt at dealing with type 1 related issues and they often get the most up to date meters from the company reps.
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Thanks noblehead I might do t hat, I haven't before because in my old job I found it difficult getting time out for hospital appointments etc...but new company are a lot more understanding in that respect and the clinic is walking distance from where I work :)

It doesn't answer me back...it's incredibly basic...but it does make me giggle every time I test...that can't be a bad thing :)
 
I record everything - carbs, protein, BGs and insulin doses - on two phone apps, mysugr and DiaConnect. Two because mysugr does standard deviation figures and I like those. And I look at Libre data on a spreadsheet when I have one.

I like doing it that way because it's much easier to analyse the data. Easier sums!

Then you can export and print the data esp from mysugr in a very full, diary-like way. I think I might store that printout for future comparison.

Carbs & Cals keeps eating records also. Not sure how long for though.
 
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June_C said:
I've kept a diary from day 1 of being diagnosed. I then progressed to devising a spreadsheet on the pc as the diary was a bit limited and have now gone onto an app as well. I'm probably a bit of a saddo, but I like to see what my bg levels are doing in relation to food. The diary is mainly for the DSN or Consultants benefit, although the HBA1c result probably tells them all they want to know, the spreadsheet is for my benefit as it's a food diary as well and the app is useful as it produces a lot of statistics. As a newby, I'm probably a little bit obsessive at the moment, but hopefully, given time, I'll be more relaxed about the whole thing and learn exactly what I can and can't eat and what my bg levels are likely to be after a certain food.
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June,

Check out Andrew Colvin's program, which many found useful. He keeps it up to date. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/writing-bg-management-app.56644/

Lucy
 
Thanks Lucy. It looks a bit complicated, but I'll have a thorough look at it this evening. I'm sure it'll be better than my spreadsheet.
 
June_C said:
I've kept a diary from day 1 of being diagnosed. I then progressed to devising a spreadsheet on the pc as the diary was a bit limited and have now gone onto an app as well. I'm probably a bit of a saddo, but I like to see what my bg levels are doing in relation to food. The diary is mainly for the DSN or Consultants benefit, although the HBA1c result probably tells them all they want to know, the spreadsheet is for my benefit as it's a food diary as well and the app is useful as it produces a lot of statistics. As a newby, I'm probably a little bit obsessive at the moment, but hopefully, given time, I'll be more relaxed about the whole thing and learn exactly what I can and can't eat and what my bg levels are likely to be after a certain food.
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Hi june_c, have you tried my fitness pal app , works for me::))
 
I'll have a look at that one. I'm using Diabetes:M at the moment, which almost does everything I would like.
 
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