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    Pasta!

    The Atkins pasta great too ,but more expensive but low carb
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    Correction dose

    Ok I get it now thank you .why can't any of my family just put it like that .im sat here now paper n pen trying to make sense of it ...thank you is understand now
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    Correction dose

    Scrap that lol this is my dilemma and it's driving me mad trying to understand it .my daughters correction at night was 1unit for 5 mols that didn't work so nurse said try 1 unit for 4.5 mols then 1 unit for 4mmols and that's not working either what I don't understand is why I'm counting down...
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    Correction dose

    Thank you so if that correction is not working would I change it to 0.6 or 0.4
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    Correction dose

    No matter how many times the nurse explains the correction dose to me I can't get my head around it . Correction dose is 0.5 units for 5mols .so does that mean for every 5 over target 0.05 is given ?so say target is 6 if blood was 11 0.05 wud be given ?
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    Testing Marks on Fingers

    Just googled it 5.73 in tesco and it's for scars amongst other things .
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    Testing Marks on Fingers

    Bio oil is fantastic for all marks it complety got rid of my child's chicken pox scars helps reduce stretch marks acne scars so maybe ....fingers scars ?its about 14 quid in boots but they have cheaper options of the product about .
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    type 1 possible complications for a child

    Yes defiantly I hope that everyone who cares for my child has this attitude,my little one of to gyhll head for 2nights with school some poor teacher will be checking Chloe's bloods in the night it's taken a lot to trust the teachers to look after her but they have all been great .sometimes...
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    type 1 possible complications for a child

    Just to add there is a risk the cannula may come out or blocked and sugars raise into double numbers if corrections are not working and it keeps rising then a call to his mum would be needed and Chloe has a insulin pen at school also to inject if the pump insulin isn't working .in 18months this...
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    type 1 possible complications for a child

    Hi Michelle , I'm Michelle and my daughter Chloe is on a pump she is ten and handled her own pump at 9.any concerns you have I'm sure the child's mum and even his diabetics nurse can come and have a meeting with you and discuss everything,that's what we did we also had a class discussion so...
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    Help!

    Are u injecting into lumpy/overused sites? just had similar results with my daughter although she on pump moved her cannula onto a site never used and she went down to fantastic results from extreme highs,she was hardly getting any insulin we was injecting because the site had been over used .i...
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    13 year old daughter recently diagnosed with T1D

    Hi des,my 10 year old has the Accu check combo pump it has a wire but we've found it fantastic we were also offered the omni pod but decided to go with Accu check as of the fantastic out of hours service help and support .my daughter was diagnosed just over a year ago and was also started off on...
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    Carbs before exercise

    Any ideas on a good snack before exercise like gymnastics/ trampoline and should I give insulin for it? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    "Sweet dreams"

    It's everyone's personal choice I'm just over anxious and can't sleep worrying about it .chloes been diagnosed over a year now and been on a pump since feb I check more now on the pump incase it gets blocked and she's getting no insulin Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    "Sweet dreams"

    I check before I go bed 11ish and at 4 every night as I wouldn't go 8 hours in the day without checking I feel the same at night esp since my daughters been on the pump .most of the time her bloods are fine but occasional higher over 10 and I don't like her reading like that for any amount of...