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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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

dylans alarms after 1 if none is given so yes ur right :D hope it helps anna marie

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...