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Hello, I used to claim dla for my daughter who has type 1 diabetes. Since she is now 16 she has to apply for pip. I have read on various forums about how difficult this is to get, so I would just like some advice from parents of teenagers who have had to do the same. I am annoyed because nothing...

I will have a chat with my employers to see if they can help.Its the way the shifts fall, so i dont think much can be done about it. CAB a good idea thanks.

Its the way the shifts work, 4 days and then 3 days. I dont think the pattern can be changed.

Hello, Im just looking for advice about the carers allowance I receive. I have just started a part-time job. One week I earn £120 and the next £90 and so on. I contacted the benefits office to let them know i had started working. The woman told me that I was no longer entitled to the allowance...

No in wasn't in the care plan,the nurse went in to the school and the teachers verbally agreed. That could be the problem. Yes there was a named person responsible, it was one of the Dr's. who made the decision that the 3am check was not needed.

Hello everyone.My daughter went on skiing with her school for a week. Everything had been discussed with the school and my mind put at rest. My main concern had been night checks because my daughters levels are very up at the best of times and because of the change of food and lots of exercise I...

Thanks. I was just wondering ,if it lasts for around 42 hrs would the fact that I'm to give it every 24 hrs not cause hypo's because Im giving more before the previous has run out.

How long does it last? My daughter curently has 30 units of Levemir in the morning and 17 at night. Her nurse wants to start her on 35 units of tresiba in the morning. I know that she is going to be running high, Im wondering if she should end up on the same amount of basal as she is currently...

Hello, I'm just looking for some advice. My daughter has been having a lot of hypo's during the night so her nurse suggested a switch to tresiba insulin. My daughter is 13 and I wondering what other peoples experiences of this insulin were. Thanks Martina

Hello, my daughter levels have been rising in the afternoon and are always high at tea, sometimes as high as 16. She is on mdi so I changed her lunchtime bolus giving more as I thought this would steady the afternoon levels. However all it did was cause a low followed by the highs at teatime...

My daughter is 13, she came off pump for a break, she is struggling with the whole diabetes thing. She does bolus as well with her meals.

Hello, my daughter has recently went back to injections. Although some of her readings have been ok, I am having problems with highs at around 10pm. For the past week her levels have been good at teatime (5pm) and at supper time (7.30pm) However when I check then at 10pm she is always around...

Hello, I have received a letter to let me know that my daughter will no longer be entitled to the lower rate mobility allowance that she used to get. Im unsure as to whether or not I am going to appeal this but I am wondering how they have come to this decision. My daughters needs when out and...

Hi, she has the accuc chek combo pump. Her carb ratio in the morning is 1-6 and she has 56 grams of carbs each morning. So I punched into the monitor 56 grams and it said 8.9 units to be given. If her bg is within normal range she gets 9.3 units, obviously it was going to give less at 6.3, I was...

This morning my daughter woke with a level of 6.3 and the pump gave 8.9 units, however yesterday on waking she was the same 6.3 and it gave 9.0, not that it will make a difference, I'm just keen to know why it did this. No overnight corrections on either night and both in the same timeblock and...

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Hi, My daughter gets a bolus of 9.3 units with her breakfast if her bg's are in target range. I know how to change how much of a correction the pump gives but is the correction factor also responsible for giving less.? My daughter was 7.8 yesterday morning before breakfast and the pump gave 9.5...

Was just a normal school day, no extra activities. She is 12 years old. I was gonna basal test Monday to see what was going on but it wont be a typical morning as they are at another school for a project. She has a pump and I thought if I changed the 9am basal it would be working on the 11am...

Thank you, I adjusted 9am basal as thought this would be affecting 11am reading, but these readings make me wonder as despite being 7.1 at 10am and having a 10 carb snack she was still 4.1 at 11am. Then for some reason rose to 13.8 by lunch at 1.10pm. I think the high at lunch was perhaps caused...