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She did try this when she was about 14 , but it didn't work for her. She doesn't test at all now, & she eats haphazardly, so it wouldn't be any good! Thanks anyway

Thanks, yes, I think that's a good idea. She was offered the possibility of a trial pump when she was 13, but it didn't come to anything.

She has opened up to me much more over the last couple of years. I am a very patient person and think very carefully before I speak, because she misinterprets things so easily. But she hates talking about her diabetes. She gets really angry and upset and gets herself all worked up, sometimes...

I tell her all the time, and give her lots of hugs and kisses, I know how important it is for her to feel loved and wanted.

Thanks that's really useful. I will forward it on to her. I'm not sure her team would continue her care, that was certainly the suggestion when I mentioned the possibility, to her consultant!

She has been carb counting and doing correction doses for 7 years, (when she does take her insulin), so has a very good understanding of it, she just doesn't do it! She never has any long acting insulin on board anyway and her sugars are alway 'Hi'. She quite often has ketones, but over the...

I agree with you, sticking her head in the sand will not help! She is a very intelligent young lady and fully understands the complications. I thought having Diabetic Maculopathy would be the eye opener, but no, although she was very upset when she found out, it has not made her change her...

I would be prepared to fund it myself to save my daughters life

Thanks x

Surely a pump is easier than injecting 4 times a day? I haven't heard of the iPort before, thanks I will forward her her the link to look into it.

She seems to think a pump will be better for her, as it's quicker and easier and less painful than injecting

She just makes excuses - doesn't have time, can't be bothered, it hurts!

I don't know which way to turn, my daughter was diagnosed Type 1 just before her 13th birthday 7 years ago. She has never managed her diabetes well and constantly runs too high for her meter to even give her reading. Her poor diabetes management was the cause of many arguments as a teenager...