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That sounds like a great plan. He is using a Medtronic pump which has been a real freedom for him. The CGM is a Medtronic Mini Link real time. It allows us to set alarms & protocols for highs & lows & the pump will alarm and/or suspend if necessary. It's gone a long way to allay his fears as we...

Hi all, Thanks so much do all your replies. I'm still getting to grips with the forum & I typed a long reply that seems to have disappeared! Let's hope this one works. Yes, at the moment we are borrowing a CGM for 2 weeks, but I am going to ask the consultant for a funding request when we see...

Thanks for your reply, yes we are currently borrowing a CGM for 2 weeks. I will contact the team & make a formal request. He's a very bright little lad (so his teachers tell me) & whilst he is tiny in stature (looks about 8) he speaks & thinks very like a teenager & he has a very good...

Thanks so much for your replies & very glad for you that your Diabetes team are funding it for you. It seems to be a bit of a lottery. I will definitely talk to the team & get the phsycologist & the school involved. Hopefully that will be the sort of pressure required for funding. I so want him...

I did post on an older thread but I thought it best to start my own. I wonder if anyone has had any success getting funding for CGM on the NHS? My son is 11 and has had T1 for 5 years. For the past year he hasn't slept well at all, often still awake at 2-3 am. He has had terrible "meltdowns"...

I realise I am bumping an older thread, but I wonder if anyone has had any success getting funding for CGM on the NHS? My son is 11 and has had T1 for 5 years. For the past year he hasn't slept well at all, often still awake at 2-3 am. He has had terrible "meltdowns" and regularly refuses school...