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    New here.. Problem teacher.

    SurreyDad, I completely agree that you cannot and should not let anyone stop your child from doing anything . My son (type 1/coeliac/ oral allergy syndrome ) and daughter (coeliac/asthma) spent a week away with their school on a PGL trip. It did take a lot of pre planning and organising but they...
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    New here.. Problem teacher.

    Hi Sophie , I am so sorry to hear you and your daughter are having such an awful time at school. Can you call one of your diabetic nurse team to ask them to come to your school and give your daughters teacher / headteacher/ first aid teachers a lesson in type 1 in children in school. This may...
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    Coeliacs disease

    I was diagnosed in February last year and I did not realise I had anything wrong with me until I went gluten free and am now much happier and lost weight have more energy and fewer migraines. My son was diagnosed with type 1 in May 2014 and by November was told he had Coeliac disease. He was...
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    Diabetes South Wales meetup?

    I am a mum of a child with type 1 and would love to meet up . Would it be ok if I joined in? Lucy x
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    Serious meltdown!!

    My son was diagnosed with type 1then three months later coeliac, two months after that my daughter was diagnosed with coeliac and two months after that so was I!! I won't pretend it was easy in the beginning, however with the amount of choice out there in supermarkets, online and via...
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    itchy shins

    Itching skin is a side effect my son has, he is 9 and has type 1/coeliac disease/oral allergy syndrome. It comes and goes and there seems no rhyme nor reason to it. The best thing I have found is soaking in warm, not hot m, bath with bicarbonate of soda in it , for a half full regular sized bath...
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    Hospital food concern.

    Having been in hospital 4 times in the last year ( once myself and twice with my son -type 1 and coeliac disease and once with my daughter -coeliac disease ) on all occasions I have had a real issue with the food offered . It is a large teaching hospital and on all occasions the food offered was...
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    Lows

    Dear Agloy, So pleased that the pump has made a difference already. We were due to go to our pump talk but it clashes with our holiday, which is a whole other worry for me. I know that it is a HUGE thing for us mums to be able to do the smallest thing for our children to make their lives...
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    Lows

    I am a mum of a 9 year old son who was diagnosed a year ago and we use Fruit Pastels (7) sweets normally and Innocent smoothie drinks ( in cartons with a straw ) or Ribena in a plastic bottle ( not the fizzy one) . He has tried the dextrose tablets and glucojuice but really does not like them at...
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    Dangerous advice

    MarkE and Arab Horse, I am sorry to hear about your hospital visit. I am also sorry that to be cared for properly as a patient in hospital was not a matter of course. To have to scream and shout is not fair especially if you are unwell anyway. I will now always go into hospital fully armed with...
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    Dangerous advice

    I had to add a little something to this discussion, for what my opinions are worth, I have a 9 year old son who was diagnosed last year. The advise given out by the DSN etc is excellent, whoever we insisted on leaving the hospital before the week was up because the food on offer was not fit for...
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    I know -A day in the life of a parent of a Type1 child.

    What a cord you struck for me. My son was diagnosed in May 2014 and now nearly a year later I am still taking every day at a time. What astounds me is how amazingly resilient the children are and how when I break down and cry it is my son who consoles me and not the other way round. If you are...
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    "Hospital food is a recipe for disaster "

    Robin redbreast Thank you for your reply. It has been quite literally hell theses last few months. He was very sick and since the GF diet was started he has improved so much, which I think will help with his ability to say no to GF food when it's offered. My 10 year old daughter has also been...
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    "Hospital food is a recipe for disaster "

    Hello everyone, First time on this site but had to add to this discussion, as food is SO important for a diabetic. My son (8) was diagnosed with type 1 and we left hospital before the week was up as the food choices were so appalling for a diabetic. He was then diagnosed with coeliac disease...