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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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

Hello, I was just wondering what others would be doing with these morning levels. I'm just wondering if I should b looking at reducing the breakfast bolus or not. Monday on waking 7.6, 2hr later check 4.9. Tuesday woke 6.7, 2hr later check 6.0. Wednesday woke 6.4, 2hr later check was 5.6...

Hello All, I having been having a few problems controlling my daughters blood sugars over the xmas holidays. Some of the readings make no sense at all. I have started to use the temp basal and a few times over the past couple of days the temporary basal has had to be set at 200% in order to get...

Hello, I posted last week about the fact that my daughter was having highs at 10am. She eats breakfast at around 8am and at her 10am check everyday last week she was high. I tested the morning basals on Friday and they were spot on. Therefore for today I changed the bolus to give her more with...

Hello, my daughters blood sugars have been running high at her 10am check. She wears a pump and has her breakfast at around 8am. My question is do I up her morning bolus or change her 8am basal. I'm always a bit concerned when changing her morning bolus because at the moment when within normal...

Hi all, I was just wondering if any parent with a pre teen had the same problems we are having, as at the moment I feel as if I can never get my daughters bgs under control and I feel like this is driving me crazy. We obviously have times when I can see patterns and we make changes and carry on...

Hello everyone, I posted a few days ago What I'm I missing, my daughters bgs were always high. Good news is that I have been able to get them down and some or in normal range. I just have a question on whether it's the morning bolus or the basals that I need to take a look at more carefully. Her...

Hello everyone, at the moment my daughters bgs are running slightly high. They are all around 10. No matter how many corrections I give they never bring her down. I have particular problems getting her bgs down during the night. Her overnight correction is 1 unit brings bg down by 3.9. Is it...

Hello, I was just wondering how much the Dexcom cgm is to buy. I always thought they were very expensive but when I spoke to our nurse she said that you can get a libre for around £150. I did ring about them and was told about the waiting list, but I'm now wondering if we are talking about the...

Hello, my daughter uses the accu- check combo pump and at the minute we are finding that her bgs going really high after every cannula change. I was just wondering if this happens to anyone else. It is so frustrating so I was wondering if anyone knew why this happens and what I can do about it...

Hello, I am thinking about buying a continuous glucose monitor to help my daughter manage her diabetes and also to give her a bit more freedom, she suffers from hypo unawareness so we do a lot of tests a day.I am just looking for advice from anyone who has one as I have heard that some can be...

Hello, I am the parent of a 12 year old who has had diabetes for six years now. At the minute we are having a lot of trouble trying to control her blood sugars when she is at school( she is in her first year at grammar school) Her bloods will be ok at the morning reading but then they will shoot...

Hello, my daughter has had diabetes for six years now and most of the time we have good control, I'm just wondering if anyone else hates school holidays as much as me. It just seems to be that no matter how hard I try nothing seems to work. Two days ago we had a high of 20 two hrs after her tea...