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    mother of 18yr old type1 and need help

    glad things are doing better....my daughter feels less addicted to carbs when she has less of them..its a struggle for her when out with friendsor even at school.....pasta king rules there!! but......i suggest he cooks once a week a proper meal...i plan the menu with my kids for the week and...
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    ketones - do you test?

    my daughter bs is often in the 20S before dinner but i rarely test for ketones...when shes been unwell i have and phoned the hospital when they were nearly 5....having stomach cramps ...very dry and alittle bit sleepy but they weren.t concerned ....so when does one worry?????....i got told if...
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    Snacks

    can be difficult.....my daughter eats peanuts (she doesn.t like proper nuts.) she like pork scratchings and strawberries raspsberrys and home made ice cream (double cream slightly whisked then frozen berries mixed with it) oh and cheese and pepperami...i know they.re high fat mostly but only...
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    mother of 18yr old type1 and need help

    never mind the diabetes......hes eating way too much and needs to lose alot of weight....i know insulin can make you hungry..... start by not having junk in the house ful stop!. what about packed lunches........cut those carbs...better off with scrambled egg on 1toast for breakfast..add toms and...
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    Insulin dose too high?

    my daughter is on novomix 30.....she has to have a snack at 2 hours after she takes it otherwise she will hypo...we are changing to humulog m3 soon to avoid the ontensity of the quick acting part of novomix..... x
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    SEN

    sorry i meant to say i didn.t kmow til i was invited to a coffee morning x
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    SEN

    yep ...children with diabetes come under the sen...every school has a SEN Co ordinator....so just contact them..my daughter was on the register for 18 mths still i was invited to a coffee morning...x
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    Snacks. What/when/how much to give (and when not to give)?

    Re: Snacks. What/when/how much to give (and when not to give sounds like she may be going through her honeymoon .....where the panceas decides to use tje last of the insulin cells and pump insulin out....thats why shes needing less......i hope someone else comes and helps you out...my daughter...
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    Snacks. What/when/how much to give (and when not to give)?

    Re: Snacks. What/when/how much to give (and when not to give hi there...its all seems a pickle to start with......what insulin regime is your child on and how old..??????? xx
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    Readings keep rising post-op when should I be worried??

    rest please ....an anaethetic takes min 24hrs to get out your system and hopefully they would have put some local in your knee.....all this stress your putting on your body will elevate your sugars lovely.....calm down your body needs you to xx
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    blood ketones vs urine ketones vs ketosis vs ketoacidosis ?

    Re: blood ketones vs urine ketones vs ketosis vs ketoacidosi well i got told to phone a hcp if ketones above 2 ....now they say well depends on vomiting loss of consciousness......daughter 3.9 a bit dry and stomach cramps.....classic signs of possible dka.....also i knew by she had eaten loads...
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    Sex

    can i just say if one partner has thrush you can give to the other......so please treat yourselves together and read the instructions.....otherwise you.ll be yoyo ing thrush between you.....xxxx
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    Chat Room and Forum Safety - READ THIS BEFORE CHATTING

    same...how do you get on chat??? x
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    Redesigning insulin packs for easy day to day use.

    lets have some pretty ones for the girlsxxx my daughter likes to carry her 2 pens attatched to her testing equipment please....some pouches don.t.....needs to carry finger pricker (multiclick a must).....monitor...glucose strips ...ketone strips...spate needles...battery...she changes needle...
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    glucose hi......ketones 3.9

    thanks retested...ketones now just 1mmmol/ l and bs 20...shes had dinner so decided to give the novomix....looks a lot better too!!!!!!... maybe up a few times in the night checking for hypos... contacted hospital kids ward...explained what i had done and they ssid bring her in if loses...
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    15.... And in trouble...

    so...i.ve read your mums posts and replied to her....its good your on the forum but what do you want to acheive apart from a piercing of course xx
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    glucose hi......ketones 3.9

    my daughter has just returned from school after horse riding......stinks of ketones......bloods as above.... eaten plenty today but confessed no insulin for 24 hr.....on novomix 30...26 am/35 pm. have given 10 units of novarapid which has bought ketones down to 3.2...has eaten carb...
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    Holidays

    i dread the holidayscas regards to diabetes. my daughter is on novomix 30 so twice a day only..this is due to compliance.. but holidays she up late in the mornings .won.t eat.....out with friends eating sweets and crisp...may test may take insulin....its really hard to cope with but shes 13 and...
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    Pregnancy scan horror!

    so sorry to hear that your baby died.....there is hope though as you were pregnant..thats half the battle.....i know somewhat of how you feel as i had a missed miscarrage at 14 weeks...20 years ago xmas day.....i now have a son and much later a beautiful daughter who not only they coyldn.t find...
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    At my wits end

    excuse me but as a parent there is a limit to what you can do with a teenager....i keep getting told that by my team....no her team!!!!!. are you in touch with the SEN coordinator at the school as diabetics are under them...the tac team are suppose to help the child....took me a while to say why...
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