Recent Content by lexie32

My son was diagnosed aged 5 in 2009 and like you everything I read led me to believe a pump was his best option for a healthy easy life going forward into the future, my son had other ideas and was not keen to try it until last year and his healthcare team would not consider putting him onto a...

Hi my son was diagnosed nearly 4 years ago just after his 5th birthday and I remember asking the same question then, it all felt very complicated! Now 4 years later I give him the same as all his friends get ie a bread roll with filling (we prefer rolls as his version of crusts are completely...

My son is now 8 and was diagnosed 3.5 years ago, he is currently favoring special K but he has also had cheerios, bran flakes and chocolate weetos, we had better b/s readings with the weetos they seemed to be a slower release choice! Our hospital dietitian is really in favor for treating type 1...

Does any one know if such a thing exists ?We have just got back from holiday, whilst we were there my ds6 had some very unexplained highs, the only thing we could put it down to was maybe the diet coke not being diet, my hubby and i would always test it before he drank it but it would be much...

Hi Karen, my son also has this problem, he has 30g carbs for breakfast (dry cherios or special k and a yoghurt) and 3 units of novorapid around 7.30 am , he usually starts the day around 5 and 7 then is between 15 and 20 at 10am then he has a piece of fruit at 10.30am no matter what his reading...

Ben is Type1, 5 years old very tall for his age and eats for england, he was diagnosed last Oct and still in the honeymoon phase, we have been advised to keep his diet as healthy normal as possible but what does that mean??? for example a usual day would consist of breakfast - 1 muller lite...

Thankyou all so much for your advice, sorry for not replying before but everything feels a bit raw at the moment and we are having issues with ill in-laws ontop of everything with Ben. Ben went straight back to school after the half term for half days then this week he has been going full days...

My son was diagnosed as type 1 diabetic yesterday, our world has been turned completly upside down, he was 5, 11 days ago and due to go to school full time after this weeks half term and the idea was that i would start work working my hours around his school hours, i am now assuming that this is...