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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andy_D85" data-source="post: 769284" data-attributes="member: 160436">In terms of things to watch with the app:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reminder profiles - you have to manually 'change' the profile, it would be better/handier if you could tell the app to only run certain profiles on certain days/dates etc</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Diabetes profile - for the bolus calculator to work, it needs 2 accurate corrections factors, 1 for how many mmol/L your BG will drop for 1u of insulin, and another for how many grams of carbs you need to raise your BG by 1mmol. The formula's for working these out weren't things I was aware of how to do, and it took posting on here and some help from some helpful forum members to find this out...guessing the figures isn't a great idea either, as when I tried that, the app suggested I take 43.7u of Novorapid to counter an intake of 7cp :/</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Diabetes Profile - The measurement of insulin units is done in decimal format, (i.e 1.1, 10.7 etc) given that most insulin pens take whole units (0.5 in some rare cases) this will mean rounding up/down some dose suggestions, it also makes manual entry of the doses fiddly, as this is done via sliders, as opposed to typing in numbers via a keypad.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Food Menu - again, the sliders for entering values are fiddly. Also it only allows for things to be measured in grams (or ounces if US) as opposed to Carb Portions (a la DAFNE). I imagine this is a necessity to allow the bolus calculator to work accurately, but it does mean ( for me anyway) translating grams into CP's when recording in to my own diary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bolus calculator - the decimal measurement again is the bone of contention here, I am always of the opinion to 'round upwards' when presented with a decimal point, but doing so with the bolus calculator doses has resulted in me having mild hypo's each time, if it suggested in whole units it would be a big improvement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Online Logbook/Diary - the format of the default 'list' view, is a very large font, big box format. As a PDF, 7 days of my results would have taken 12 pages of A4 paper, so sending that on to a clinic team/doctor/nurse would likely result in them struggling to see the results. The charts are a better overview, but don't offer specific reading results without 'hovering' over each result bubble, something you can't do with the PDF. As I said I'm transferring my results in to my own DAFNE based diary that I send on to clinic, but if you wanted to print off/send on the reports as they stand, be prepared to be sending files that will take a while to read/understand. The CSV files also include every field of info, so for example if you only took a BG reading, no insulin, no carbs etc, it will still show an entry of '0' for each of those fields, making the CSV difficult to read at a glance as well :/.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Activity/Mood Tags - you can't seem to create tags, at least not as far as I can find - you can type notes for every entry, but having the ability to create a new tag to cover something the default list provided doesn't would be good.</li> </ul>Overall, I cannot recommend this meter, and it's app, highly enough - it's totally turned things around for me, unfortunately it's too late for me to stop a lot of the bad things that can happen because of not managing your diabetes, but hopefully I can keep this new found momentum up long enough to make myself survive what's to come in a bit more comfort and health, and I honestly don't think I would be able to say that if not for discovering this Meter & it's App <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

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