Recent Content by lynnallan

Dear leggott Thank you for the advice. Yes, as we are unable to trust the pen I've set it aside and am going to show it to our DNS. Hopefully it is just a blip/one off and the rest of the disposable lantus pens are not affected. It's the same pen we used when my daughter overdosed a couple...

Hi LaughingHyena, Thank you for the advice and the link. I will test that tonight. I want to change from the disposable pens to one you keep every six months for my daughter's night time dose. I will speak to the DNS.

How did you sort it in the end? What worked? Hope your son is feeling better and you are managing to recover. It's always when the children get back to normal that it seems to hit the parents!

How can you tell if the pen misfires? Last night I checked how much glargine was in my daughter's pen (54 units) and then we gave her the night time dosage. There should have been 45 units left in the pen and there was 41 units. I watched my daughter like a hawk to make sure that she didn't...

Thank you. The support really helps. I'm seeing our DSN tomorrow so will bring it up.

Hi Elaine, Thank you! SENCO is involved as she's already statemented! Our consultant is amazing and is stepping in to help more. Will definately be using the Youth Forum as well. Is good to know we are not alone!

Hi, I recently joined and, as previous posts on being a newbie parent, looking for moral support. My daughter is 11 years old and we are struggling to come to terms with her being diabetic. She was diagnosed in December and it was an extremely scary time. She had glandular fever (which we...

Hi, I'm new to this community and this is my first post. My daughter is 11 and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in December. Since then we've been trying to get our heads around the whole subject of diabetes and it hasn't been easy. It's hard to monitor the blood sugar and keep it normal...