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    Disposing of Sharps?

    hi we have to contact the council who collect the full ones and leave an empty one in its place took me ages to find out where to get them from but once i had the number it was easy anna marie
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    Levels are up and down

    hello its early days and getting ur head round everything isnt easy, u may be in the honeymoon period too when u produce some of ur own insulin which in turn then makes things more difficult to work out as unfortunatly the pancreas doesnt release it in nice even amounts. ideally u dont want to...
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    My fantastic son

    his friends are fab they all know what to look for and have been known to spot a low before the teacher so we are very lucky :) we will continue to not let diabetes stop him from doing what he would like to i dont see it as a reason to prevent him trying something new just takes abit more...
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    My fantastic son

    dont get me wrong he loves his playstation but i think its balanced out with all the sport, he does need some down time :D :D has ur friends child tried a pen mate it helped dylan with his fear of putting the needle in, its a spring loaded device that fits over some makes of insulin pen, u...
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    My fantastic son

    thanks whitbyjet we try our best, but its him that does the majority of the work and doesnt let life get him down he is my world and my reason for living :D :D
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    My fantastic son

    no i dont either if he wants to try something we try our best to do it altho having the pump makes these things easier :D
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    My fantastic son

    lol thanks guys its not easy being a mum hey, tracey hes been on a pump since feb but he did inject before that since the age of 4, we didnt learn on an orange dylan was given a teddy and we practised on that instead but soon picked it up altho i cried alot in the begining lol. he doesnt have...
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    My fantastic son

    hi all just wanted to share how proud i am of my 9 yr old son i think he is amazing, he never lets anything get him down and diabetes does not stop him from doing what he wants to do. for example last night he went to taekwondo and the instructor commented how well he is doing and how hard he...
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    Minimed veo alarm question

    dylans alarms after 1 if none is given so yes ur right :D hope it helps anna marie
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    Hiya. Not diabetic but would welcome advice please

    type one is usually diagnosed in younger people and they are insulin dependant now u can have type 2s on insulin but they have usually tried diet or tablet controlled first but i dont think (and im not sure cos im no expert on type 2) they have such severe hypos unless on insulin. im sat here...
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    Hiya. Not diabetic but would welcome advice please

    hiya u have my sympathy its very hard to watch someone who wont help them self i cannot advise about licences etc as my son is only 9 but i would hate to think of someone driving hypo sometimes dylan doesnt know what time of day it is or where he is so someone driving in that state quite...
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    Minimed veo alarm question

    dylan is on so little insulin they checked he wasnt making his own as they couldnt believe it but he isnt making anything at all just doesnt seem to need alot hence why we got the pump because he was always low as half a unit could make such a huge different to his levels and suffered fits at...
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    Minimed veo alarm question

    we love dylans pump i have to say its our new best friend :D :D yes it will be in the manual not taken it out for a while so i couldnt tell u the page number good memory lol we tested dylan before bed last night and he was 28.3 :shock: :shock: i was sure he hadnt given his bolus but...
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    Minimed veo alarm question

    yes there is an alarm u can set but dylan is at school so dont have the pump in front of me and i cant remember which menu its in :( we have set it to alarm if dylan has not had insulin between 12 and 1 as thats the bolus he is most likely to miss as hes on his own, if u havent had a more...
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    decided on pumping, but!

    hi we have found a lovely lady that makes pump belts and does some lovely child friendly designs which dylan loves looking through and picking the design himself, search funky pumpers in google and u will soon find it. we obviously dont have the problem with dresses but dylan is very slim and i...
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    Hello and help

    hi and welcome oh dear dont beat urself up we have all done something similar before now, we gave dylan rapid instead of levemir and had a right panic but it all turned out ok in the end. all u can do is keep monitoring and see what happens really hope all turns out ok anna marie
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    First basal rate change

    if it were me i would leave the basal and see what happens today the advice i was given was dont alter things on one reading if it happens again today then lower it again, however with the horse riding i would be tempted to set a temp basal to say 75% and see how that works its what we do for...
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    Consultant has referred me for a pump....help!!

    dani the best decision we ever made was getting dylan his pump its been amazing we struggled so badly to get dylan in target with so much hard work but to no avail, now it doesnt suit everyone but its def worth a go we find life so much easier and dylan doesnt find it a prob carrying the pump...
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    flu jab

    dylan has had it for the first time this year in previous years we have missed out and there have been none of the vaccine left when we phoned so i made sure i phoned up early this year, dylan was well after the jab just said the next day his arm ached abit but no flu symptoms i would hate...
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    Minimed Veo 742 alert sound

    that sound usually means something get her to press escape it usually tells u there if its alarmed and what for, the beep at the end of deliver is usually just one beep. however dylans pump makes that noise if he is on a temp basal to remind him hes still on it anna marie