Recent Content by leggott

hi, I have two children who have type 1 diabetes. We trialled the Freestyle Libre last year and have now been self funding it for our children for the past six months. We absolutely love it and having not to do all the blood pricks and nightly checks has been life changing. We've spoken to the...

I would insist that they teach you how to carb count. this will enable you to adjust the dose depending on what your baby is eating. carb counting is very easy and will help you become more confident when giving the insulin.

I am about to go on my son's school residential trip next month. The school are expecting me to look after a group of 10 children ( with my son being one of them). My concern is how I'm meant to look after other kids when I am trying to deal with his requirements like food times and having to...

hi, I don't run but my husband does and he is early 40's and has type 1 since he was 14. He does a lot of running and has run the London marathon and did Brighton this year in a good time 3hrs 44 mins!! He too started running to get fit and also loves it - in fact he is running now!! He takes...

We had this problem with my son for a long period of time. He was on the lowest basal setting over the morning period, so we couldn't even decrease that for a while to cover the bit where he went low. We ended up giving him a bigger bolus to stop the spike and then making sure he ate a small...

Re: Something with extremely slow release carbs.... you can buy these breakfast style biscuits that are supposed to release over 4 hours. I think they are called ' Brivita'. Would fit in your pocket but may get a bit bashed up.

Just donated! Great cause. My husband also type 1 ran the London Marathon last year for JDRF and just ran the Brighton Marathon last Saturday for Make a wish foundation. leggott

yes, pumping for us has been life changing, although being on MDI for a few years enabled us to get to grips with carb adjustments and really understanding where MDI had its limitations. it's still hard work and not a magic answer, but does make things easier and my children can sometimes give...

Yes, I do understand. Both my kids were on the mixed insulin when first diagnosed, but like you, we too found it very inflexible and we were correcting a lot with the novorapid. We soon moved over to MDI but it was hard to change as you get used to one thing and then have to change to something...

I forgot to say that a ripe banana will release more quickly than a more unripe banana. Are you carb counting each meal?

We find that although bananas are higher in carb than a lot of fruit they tend to release their energy more slowly. My daughter would only have about half a small banana chopped up with one weetabix and for her it does slow things down a little. It might be worth trying it and see, everyone is...

porridge will give you a slower more steady release of sugar although is not low carb. museli with nuts might be another suggestion although I know it is a bit of an acquired texture amongst kids. My daughter likes yogurt or beans on toast for breakfast, again, not low carb but an alternative...

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You're welcome. I hope you can get the funding, I know that in my area they are getting harder to get although our DSN has a good relationship with the omnipod. My kids were the first in our area to go on the pods and our DSN has been behind us all the way. Several other children in our area...