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    My son is 11 , newly diagnosed type 1.Just got home

    ok im in the health caring business too....eventually recognized the thirst and one wet bed and really painfull legs...borrow a bm machine...result hi and off to gp he said have a blood test and come back i a week....a week what about dka??????...used connections and got her admitted...
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    Night time hypo's

    i rarely check daughters bm during the night...she doesn.t let me near her...she often hypos at 3 am and raids the fridge after exhausting her dextrose tabs supplies....she doesn.t wake me but looks awful in the motning.... as shes over compensated and hi.....life eh shes on humilin m3 twice a...
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    Night time hypo's

    its never easy to get bs right especially with growing kids....how about giving her her normal supper and giving an extra unit of levemir ....my daughter will if shes going to hypo at 3 am. so how about testing then for a rew nights.....its difficult doing it on a school week as tired from her...
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    Do larger than ususal doses effect release of insulin?

    lm sure someone will give you a posible reason......but sometimes a fatty carby meal can take ages for yhe insulin to work and thus you get high bs then later they shoot down...not sure why!!!
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    Need a lot of advice from experience!

    injections may bruise....use small needles and how about other sites.....what regime are you on....can you carb count and all that stuff....x
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    16 year old daughter needs help

    .t hypo at school.....when shes out she won.t test .....inject outside or stick to her reduced carbs eating plan......shes always hi after school but thays life...i wait for her to want to do something about it.....yes i shout at times as im a single parent and she drives me loopy at times as i...
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    16 year old daughter needs help

    oh i feel for you so much.....those nasty teenage hormones are bad enough add diabetes and thyroid too....hell i.ve had my problems with my daughter 13 but had teenagitis at 11.........no help from anyone with therapy for her to help her comes to terms with diabetes....so i got counselling to...
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    Need a lot of advice from experience!

    if you.re not taking insulin you will be very hungry as all those carbs are just sitting in your blood ....your losing weight as you.re burning fat which causes ketones without insulin around which can cause death. so why did you stop taking insulin??????????
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    Question about life.

    well defining normal is a problem in itself.....why aren.t you testing injecting where you eat.....scary at first but that.ll help....when all the questions why you doing that and a few comments ...no one will really notice your diabetic as it becomes part of you and your normal......good luck xxxxx
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    Blood sugars never under 10

    thats why my daughter hypos at 3 every night..trouble is shes on bd insulin....humilin m3....and at 10pm 20 !!!!!!! x
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    Hypo gel / hypo stop

    hi can someone tell me how many carbs in 4 oblong dextrose tablets please.....the info on the packet is so so tiny.....my daughter carries a keyring fob that holds 4 ...hoping some where between 10 and 20......thank you x
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    Stressed mum who feels very let down

    just a little note...don.t expect perfection from your daughter....wait for pmt and periods and teenage hormones.......i used to feel caught between the school and jane......her attendance went down to 68% as she was hi so much of the time.....its their diabetes and they have to decide what they...
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    Night Sweats

    sons friend...night sweats and chills with odd high temp....in hospital today with endocarditis!!!!! ps not diabetic!!!!
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    Weekly Shopping at Uni

    ok..you can reduce that....chopped tinned toms..buy chillies and garlic.....blitz with a wand for pasta...buy shop brands as they are so much cheaper as are value fruit and buy veg loose...just a few suggetions....a slow cooker sounds good too...value muffins and crumpets are good too...do asda...
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    Injections for my 4 year old

    poor things...both of you....i can.t see why she can.t inject in her arms and tummy....she must be having only a small amount of insulin anyway at 4 and the less as she falls into the honey moon....make sure she has the small 4mm needleds those....good luck xx
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    Stressed mum who feels very let down

    oh the injecting in toilets is a no no go!!!! unless staff want to eat lunch there too we.ve had to resort to bd insulin as jane wouldn.t inject at school....just too busy or forgets...at her school there are about 8 diabetic girls...all have to inject in the medical room which is sometimes...
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    Stressed mum who feels very let down

    only a quick reply at the mo...but i was in the same situation.......you need to ask for a meeting with diabetic nurse pastrol care the medical room assistant and senco. it might be easier to ask for a caf assessment......we have half termly meeting as school as jane won.t do insulin there and...
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    Night Sweats

    anyone think the night sweats may not be diabetes related.........x
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    psyco issues

    oh and no chance of a dafne course still a grown up....co what kids don.t get diabetes??????
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    psyco issues

    have been waiting 2 years for my 13 yr old daughter for some kind of psycological support....she doesn.t want it but needs it as still in denial...diabetic team have tried but have been turned down twice as not suicidal or psychotic!!!!!! school can.t help as funding stopped for counsellor. we...