Recent Content by heidiphillips

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    Will I ever cope?

    Very lost, You are going through a natural grief reaction. Mine lasted about six months. I remember a colleague telling me that one day I would look back and realise it was a good thing to have happened. I could have killed her. We are now 5 years on. Of course it has changed us, of course I...
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    Whats the most annoying thing people say about diabetes?

    For me, as a mum, its the phrase "your daughter, the diabetic". I hate the words "diabetic", "epileptic" etc. My daughter has diabetes, it does not define her.
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    why bother

    Dear Angry, Why bother? It's completely up to you. The whole point of trying to keep your diabetes under control is to improve the quality and duration of your life. BUT, if by trying to keep your diabetes under control you are ruining your life then I really wouldn't bother. My daughter has...
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    LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

    Re: Success stories Had to say this!! Tia (age 8, diagnosed August 2008) just had her HbA1c result - 5.7%!!! One proud, happy and rather tearful mum...! Thanks to all of youxx
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    Looking for an expert

    My immediate response is that most of you guys are more 'experts' in diabetes than any consultant or GP I have ever met.
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    Low Carb Recipes

    Re: Low Carb Recipes. Cheesecake: Mix 5fl oz double cream (whipped until it is floppy but not stiff), with 12 oz cottage cheese (the creamy type). Heat some pkt gelatin on the stove as per directions until clear. Mix 2 egg yolks in with the cream and cottage cheese, add in some grated lemon...
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    Mum to Tia age 7, diagnosed 6 months, pumping 4 months

    You can find his story on success stories posted by Katherine. regards H
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    stupid stupid stupid

    from Bernsteins book - if your BS is high, there is increased insulin resistance and as a result your BS goes even higher. In other words, your insulin sensitivity will change depending on how high your BS is. I find that when my daughter is high, I will correction bolus her once, then have to...
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    Pump Question

    My daughter has a minimed paradigm pump with continuous glucose monitor paid for on the NHS. She got the CGM because she really could not recognise hypos and was on the tiniest dose pumpable as a basal, so we needed to see what dose she needed. It is fantastic to be able to keep an eye on her BS...
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    Mum to Tia age 7, diagnosed 6 months, pumping 4 months

    Hello Clare and everyone, I too have been lurking and occasionally putting in my twopenneth. I am Heidi, Mum to Tia and a fellow pumper. I am extremely impressed and motivated by the low carb approach, thanks a lot to Katherine who helped with her story of her son, but we struggle. Everyone is...
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    Foot update 4 - not good news

    Hi Steve, Keep up your spirits. If there is the option of bypass surgery then there is a good chance it will improve the collateral circulation to your foot. As to low carbing - I have seen a number of people who swear they cannot go 'low carb' because they feel 'hypo' when their sugars drop...
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    Why my child? finding it hard after 8 months

    Hi Cath, I'm the mum of a 7 year old, diagnosed in August. She's been on a pump (Medtronic paradigm) since October. We have a weighing scale, we bought from Argos, that allows calorie counting and carb counting for any food that you need to weigh. You weigh the food, tell the scale what food it...
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    Insulin Pumps?

    My daughter is using the Medtronic paradigm pump and it is extremely easy to use. She is 7 and can navigate herself around it with no difficulty. I would recommend it wholeheartedly. There is a pump-school-online (I think its the first thread). That being said I think it may depend on the pump...