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One nurse described the diagnosis as being like a grief. It does feel very much like a grieving process you have to go through. Yes night-times can feel very scary at the beginning. I don't know if it's like this for everyone, but we've kind of got used to recognising what my son's levels will...

Hi Charlotte, so sorry to hear that you've had to find your way here. I think all I can say is that things do become easier with time. All the testing and checking and carb counting all become routine and part of the whole family's every day life. My type 1 son is now 14 and was diagnosed when...

Linda, the code to get into the professional settings is CAA1C. No idea why they don't make that common knowledge as I'm always jiggling ratios around and having to update them on the Libre.

My 11 year old son has been using the Libre since November 2015. It's been a god-send tbh and would struggle without it now, it really does make things so much easier. We've never had one fall off before the two weeks have been up (we've not used any rocktape or tegaderm over the top) nor had a...

Oh no, not coeliac disease to complicate things further. Hope you've managed to find yourself some other treats to replace them. Thank you. Yes we're finding our feet a bit more with it all now.

That is really worth knowing, thank you! My home baking has been dreadful!

I made these: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/low-carb-chocolate-brownies.5097/ Other people swear by them so it mayve just been my baking! I'm vegan so didn't actually taste them myself but the husband and kids took one mouthful and spat them out! Tasted too powdery apparently, oops!

Thank you for all your help Moira, those recipes look great! Well I cooked the Brownies yesterday and they were completely inedible, no idea what went wrong so I may have to try one of those other ones!

Making the brownies this afternoon :)

Thanks, but it's very early days for us so we are still on set insulin doses. Didn't want to spike the BG levels whilst they're still being monitored at this stage but wanted him to be able to have a little treat. Hoping we can start the carb counting very soon for this reason.

Fab info and help, thank you so much everyone! It's getting slightly easier to know what to buy and where to buy it from!

Thanks Gemma, yes he's being amazingly brave. It's unbelievable how much inner strength these little ones can have in tough situations.

Ah okay, thanks for the heads-up. I'm a rubbish baker anyway.....maybe a cake isn't such a good idea, my son would probably prefer going without than one of my creations!

Don't know if you're in the UK but I saw this: http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/neals-yard-wholefoods-ground-almonds-60013064

Hi all, My 10 year old son was diagnosed Type 1 just over a week ago and he feels like he's missing out on loads already so I'd like to bake him a cake. I've been searching on-line and it's taking an age to search through all of the stuff out there. Does anyone know of any chocolate sponge /...

Hi , sorry to hear you've had to join us here too. We're just over a week in from diagnosis and it really is such a whirlwind of emotions. I've not been able to put a plug on the waterworks when anyone stops and innocently asks how we all are yet! The best advice I've had so far is just to take...

Great post! My 10-yr-old son was diagnosed less than a fortnight ago. As a result we're being fed information slowly by the diabetes team. We've been told to just give him whatever he wants to eat in an attempt to gain weight and I've had to fill in the gaps myself. My son loves pasta. Last...

We're on the waiting list for it.....

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/freestyle-libre-on-the-nhs?source=facebook-share-button&time=1424506453

Teenage years are tough enough without having to contend with diabetes too. Well done for picking yourself up from it Hollie and trying to move things onto a positive track. There seems to be a real shortage of local groups and communities for young people with diabetes hopefully someone on here...