Recent Content by freedomforcerys

Not quite sure what your soapbox is. I agree children need protection but we all have differing ideas as to what will harm them and what will teach them. It's a personal choice that social services think they can dictate about and frequently do, in the most belligerent manner imaginable. I'm...

Thank you so much for your post. You echo my thoughts exactly. I wanted her to understand what it means that her mother has this condition. I would never ever force any child to test their sugars- that would be absurd. The lancets are so well designed now that for me there is no safety or risk...

Darn, posted a reply but it didn't show. I'm not called James, don't know where that was? I'm still puzzled about why you say testing a child is fine but not in supervised contact. If it's fine then it's fine. Anywhere. It's up to the diabetic parent to decide to do it or not, not one supervisor...

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am going to ask Diabetes UK but wanted to get other replies as well. It wasn't in front of a social worker. It was with a nosy interfering supervisor. The week before she'd asked me in front of a different supervisor who had no issue with it whatsoever. I'm truly puzzled as to how if you say...

Amda I get a message saying I can't access private messages. Could you email me on [mod edit daisy1: email address removed. You have 5 posts now so you can access private messages] I'm really mystified as to how testing in front of my daughter would jeopardise her safety in any way. This seems...

Hi Everyone, I'm a long-term (42 years) Type 1. Have always thought I was managing OK but couldn't get my Hba1s to a decent level. Recently attended a course through my local hospital that completely opened my eyes and within weeks managed to get my Hba down from 9 to 7.3. Brilliant...