Recent Content by Kai's dad.

Hi. ISF settings - what are these please? Also out of idle curiosity what do you give your son for hypo?

Hi. No, not necessarily high, example: a lot of the time if we blood test him at say 12:30 and his blood sugars are (picks random number) 12.1 (or 10.1 or 8.2 etc) and then of course we correct through the pump, but then we would re-check him at 2:30 and quite often his blood sugars would not...

Hi all. I am new here and one of the reasons for joining is because I am interested in how other parents manage overnight. My son is now 9 and has been T1 now for nearly 6 years. He is on a Medtronic pump. Every night our pattern is roughly the same. We check him about 10pm and adjust if...

Hi guys. Thanks for the replies. So, ever since Kai was diagnosed we have been prescribed Gluco gel as his hypo treatment. We have recently sought to change this and tried dextrose tablets from Boots. I was hoping to seek advice on other possible options that other parents may use. The other...

Hi everyone. My name is Steve and I am new here. My son is 9 now and was diagnosed T1 at 3 years old. He had had a bug/cold and we started noticing he was drinking a lot of water and a visit to the doctor's was made. The doctor took a blood test and his blood sugar level was +40 and so here we...