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Hi Hanna and Suzi, Thanks for the info - I have looked at that site and the events do look good. Sam is a very shy lad and doesn't like unfamiliar situations. The diabetes nurses offered to contact local groups on our behalf when they came to the house,but he said he didn't want them to. He may...

Hi copepod, He is on Levemir before bed and Novorapid before meals. His glucose levels are still relatively high and the insulin doses are still being adjusted. We haven't yet had the chat with the dietician about carbohydrate counting so he is on fixed doses. I have to say that the hospital...

Thankyou all for your support and helpful comments. We had a hospital appointment today and the doctor told Sam that it isn't just his blood sugar and insulin levels they are interested in, that they also need to know how he is feeling as they want him to be happy and I think he took that on...

Hi everyone, I am a mother of a 14 year old son who was diagnosed with type 1 just 2 weeks ago (incidentally I was diagnosed with type 2 just 2 weeks before that). For the first couple of days he was stunned but seemed to cope well, even finding it quite interesting testing his blood glucose...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with type 2 at the end of August. It shouldn't really have been a shock to me as my father and maternal grandmother both have type 2 - I also had gestational diabetes with my 3rd pregnancy, but it still was. I was feeling very sorry for myself for a week or 2...