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Just thought I’d give an update on here , partly for myself to share how far we have come and partly to anybody who’s child has just been diagnosed and thinks they’re at rock bottom like I did when I just found out! People use to say you will be blown away how brave and how brilliantly they...

I wish my 9 yr old would wear the libre2 she’s so against it for some reason and won’t listen

How comes you only inject once a week? ( sorry new to diabetes)

Hi all, was wondering if any of you have had a diaspider and weather they was worth it?

Thanks for your reply, yeah hopefully she will come round soon but generally she doesn’t mind the finger prick tbh doesn’t seem to bother her but I will try again soon, I just want to make her life seem a bit easier (I know it will be a pain forever) for her but we will get there I’m sure

Thanks everyone for your replies, I got given a libre2 to try but my daughter saying she doesn’t want it (to my annoyance) but I can’t force her

Ok from reading before this post I would of gone for libre 2 but now the experts have spoken it seems dexcom is better

Hi I think I’m going to get my daughter a CGM but which is best from your experience?

Her mum is finding it hard to see her act like that as it’s not her normal, but we know it’s not her fault , I just wish it went away, or I’ll wake up and it will be a bad dream [emoji20]

Thank you I will read it now

It was just before she was due to eat , so I don’t know if that had something to do with it ,

Hi my daughter has just been diagnosed with type 1 but she gets really angry now over the smallest thing , is this normal?

My daughter got diagnosed on Thursday and I feel exactly the same , I’m so angry and sad that she hasn’t done anything wrong and doesn’t deserve it It’s made me so sad I don’t want to know she’s so sad on the inside

My 9 yr old daughter just said “I wish there was a cure for everything” absolutely killed me that

Hi I’m in same situation, daughter of 9 got taken to hospital Wednesday night and still there, And had to be taught a lot of stuff that initially went over my head as I couldn’t come to terms with it ,and worrying if I get it wrong [emoji53] I feel like her little world is over but Iv read a...