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So excited my 7 year old daughter as been accepted for the funding for her to have the pump!! We have started carb counting this week so as soon as we learn how to carb count we can start learning with the pump and hopefully my girl will have the pump before Christmas :) Sent from the...

Thanks all we have decided to go for the pump! We are very lucky with my daughter when she is in school because her teacher is also type 1 diabetic and is also having the pump, so I know my girl will be looked after really well when she is in school :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Went to clinic today with my 7 year old daughter who is type 1 and as only been diagnosed with diabetes for 3 months. The doctor as now said that they want her to have the pump because the insulin is not doing anything for her because her BMs are either to low or to high and they said the pump...

Thanks all her swimming lesson went fine :) it was the diabetic nurse that told me to give her chocolate before her lesson so that's what I did and now her favourite part of going swimming is aving the chocolate lol her lessons are once a week and they are half hour classes and her bloods were...

My 7 year old daughter who is type 1 is starting swimming lessons tomorrow and I'm a little nervous just in case her blood sugars drop when she is in the water but I have been advised to give her chocolate before the lesson starts but I am a little nervous tho.... Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yeah that's y I like this site because there's parents on here who know how hard it is for our children and what a struggle it is for us parents because there is no one around by me who I know that got a child with diabetes that I can relate to or go to for advice. X Sent from the Diabetes...

Thanks this is helping a lot she's on a fixed dose of 9units in the morning and 5 units in the evenings.. I'm going to try and get as much info as possible off them in clinic next because I feel like I don't know hardly anything on times! That's y I'm so glad I found this site because it helps...

No ain't been shown how to do a correction dose yet and I would really love to have that accu check expert meter because it sounds great and will have a word with them about it in our next clinic appointment.... What is the daily amount of carbs they are recommended to have a day because I...

Re: Need advice!!! Thank you for replying feel much better for reding this. just think I'm being paranoid x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thank you it helps a lot I will have a ward with her diabetic nurse about this and see if it changes..... She just had a reading of 29.5 so she had to have 5 units of rapid insulin but will be up all night checking her BMs x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Can someone help please just gave my 4 year old son a BM check with his sisters machine an it was 10.5 he is also feeling unwell and sick! he as ate loads of junk food today at a party but should I be concerned about this and get him checked for diabetes? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've just had to do a blood check on my daughter coz her bloods are high and while we done it my boys wanted to get checked aswell and my one sons BM came back as 5.9 and my 4 year old BM was 10.5 and he is feeling sick and unwell but he as been to a party today and ate loads of junk food but...

I've joined it thank u :) xx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thank you all for replying to me it means a lot..... My diabetic nurse is always there when I need her but she's been away for the last couple of weeks an not back till next week so we been dealing with someone who don't really know the history of my daughters diabetes. They didnt give me a book...