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I just can't get the hang of it, will take it with me on my next visit to clinic and hopefully someone can sort me out :(

Hi Everyone Those of you who have one of these testers, were you instructed how to use through your DSN or did you master yourself, cos as you can guess got a bit confused :? with it this morning. Took the test strip out and switched off without thinking before we had a chance to enter the...

Hi All YAY JAMES, YAY ME Saturday football day woke with a reading of 3.5(a bit low I know) but can't believe how low as it is always in the teens :D Treated hypo with just a few sugar coated frosties. Had breakfast and off WE go ( up at the local park so I went to watch this time as the...

Thanks All SophiaW - Lantus was the suggestion of the DSN but will ask about Levemir at our next clinic Janabelle - It is just the Lantus that stings ZACNEMMA - Just gone on MDI's so a pump may be for the future sugar2 - No he does not inject Novorapid for his supper, just for breakfast...

Well Done Anna Marie. I get excited about James's good days too, but I wish there were more. Onwards and Upwards and long may they continue. Woohoo :D

Thanks Noblehead So if James weighs 7 stone = 98lbs divided by 4 = 24.5 am I right. James was put on 16 to begin with, then 14 now back to 15. He is now beginning to have great readings throughout the day apart from breakfast and as I have said before, he still has his usual banana, cereal...

Hi Again Everyone Can someone tell me how Lantus doses are calculated. The DSN at the time put James on 16 Units, then adjusted to 14 and now on 15 which is at 10p.m. each night, but just wondered how this is calculated. Also any more advice with regard to easing this painful injection which...

Hi Snodger Chin up :wink: You are and have been very supportive and informative in helping me to try to get to grips with the new regime of MDI's for James. Onwards and upwards Take Care x

Hi Dawn and Mel I remember when my Son James was first diagnosed (at 3 years old) we thought our world had come to an end. It seemed that he was the only one with diabetes that I knew of anyway. No other child in his primary school and now no one in his Comp School. He had his days, and...

Thanks iHS Do you think If I write my Dr. a letter asking for the Lilly Humapen HD and the Lantus cartridges as well as the Novorapid cartridges, he will let me have them without any question seeing as we are new to the MDI's and it's not what our DSN requested for us in the first place, or...

Thanks All for the replies. Is Lantus Solostar just a name. I did not think you could get Lantus cartridges cos we have a Novopen Junior and a Novopen 3 Penfill, would they fit in these. If the insulin is no different to the "Solostar" then I should be able to get that on script as well. :D

Tried to find out if Lantus do half unit pens or cartridges, but it looks like they only do the Lantus Solostar pre-filled pens in single units. Does anyone know anything different :?: Also going to get on script tomorrow 3ml Novorapid penfill cartridges, as James is experiencing a lot of...

Re: ceoliac disease Hi There My Son James has been a coeliac since 2005 and we were devastated at the time. He had to have a biopsy to actually determine the diagnosis and it came back positive. But now 5 years on we are managing to keep him on the straight and narrow and does not eat any...

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY DYLAN. LOOK OUT MCDONALDS :D :D :D

I am so glad I have people to communicate with on here as I seem to living and breathing, testing, carb counting and injections. My DSN did also say that as James is a coeliac, his diet does tend to have more sugar content as well. I'm scratching my head with frustration as I type this. Best...

THANKS EVERYONE :cry: :cry:

Hi Cugila OMG now dropped to 2.9 (treated hypo) but getting ready now to go football training!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just asked him and he did not feel low before his rugby as he had not long finished his lunch which consisted of two Gluten Free sandwiches (20g carbs), Packet of crisps (20g...

Hi There My Son was on Mixtard 70/30 and was doing well until Christmas gone when he was having high readings on waking every morning, and because his HbA1c was 8 this time, the suggestion was to go on MDI's. Which we have now done. Still trying to get to grips with it and wish sometimes he...

Hi Everyone An hour later and James has dropped to 6.1. It is not easy for James to test before games (Rugby) as he has only an hour to get to the changing room, change, get on the pitch, play, back to changing room and catch the bus home. His glucose meter is kept with the Nurse in her room...

Why is it that James had a BG of 6.1 before lunch (5 units) to cover lunch at school yesterday and came home with a reading of 4.7 BUT today had a BG of 6.8 before lunch (5 units) to cover his lunch today, (should have been 6) but dropped a unit cos he had rugby last lesson and came home with...