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Have you tried testing overnight to see what happens to your levels?

Sorry to hear that :( I know how you feel, earlier in the year my daughter went through 6 weeks of dropping to 2.4 at random times every day - **** hormones i think!!!! It is horrible watching them go through that, i hope she is ok the rest of the night x

It does get easier the more you learn about it and in time levels 'should' settle down I still get stressed and frustrated and down about it and sit and cry, it is only natural and better than bottling it all up inside and ignoring it!

We've not had this problem but i do find that the tubing seems to end up covered in marks! Hopefully when we've got through the starter pack and i can order my own supplies i am going to get her shorter tubes which will get screwed up less. I would report it too, last year she had a Novorapid...

Luckily (or not!) she shares a bedroom with her younger sister who is scared of the dark and has to have a nightlight on all night so i can see fine, when i can keep my eyes open long enough!! I hadn't heard of C8 Medisensors but will be keeping an eye out now, have been thinking of getting a...

We are starting to find this now!! I really miss her Mobile tester, especially in the middle of the night having to faff around with test strips and getting extra blood out! My GP tried to only give her 150 strips a month, the DSN from the hospital rang them and hey presto we now get 350 strips...

Thanks Yvonne :) I have been quite confident in changing things, her DSN hasn't told me what to change rather asked what i wanted to change, she rang every day to get her levels in the 1st week and then has left me to it! She did ring Monday to see how the weekend went and her 1st day back at...

I was given a 250 page training manual to read, a computer based training disc which took about 4 hours to complete but i skipped about a quarter of it as it was stuff i already knew, had an hours training when she started the saline pump trial and the actual pump start up took just under 3...

Hi again Lisa Other training, erm....do you know how to fill a cartridge with insulin? insert it into the pump? prime the tubing? get rid of air bubbles? what to do about high levels? what to do incase of pump failure? how to adjust the basal rates? She's been fine wearing it all the time, had...

That's brilliant Yvonne, well done you and James :clap:

Hi Lisa That is the name of the remote handset/blood tester, the pump is the Accu Chek Combo. My daughter started using one last Monday, i'm happy to answer any questions you have :)

Hi Sally My daughter started using the combo last Monday so i have limited experience but spent many months reading and doing training beforehand so can offer a limited opinion. Bluetooth - we haven't had any problems so far! I can correct her overnight fine using the handset even if she is...

Hi, my daughter started on a pump on Monday so the start is very fresh in my mind! She did a week long saline trial about 3 weeks before and is using an Accu Chek Combo. She was having 4units Insulatard at 8am, 30units Insulatard 8pm and Novorapid as and when. Sunday night she had the usual...

Hi again Leggott Yes i remember you from when i used to post last year :D The Hba1c of 7.2 was after a month of her dropping to 2.6 at random times every day so is a bit skewed! The 7.8 is much more reflective but her levels were just so erratic, they did calm down a bit after changing from...

That's brilliant news Leggott :D My 12yr old daughter started on a pump Monday and i am looking forward to seeing what difference it makes to her Hba1c

I give my daughter sweets rather than chocolate as chocolate seems to make her high a few hours later but sweets eaten straight after a meal don't cause any problems for her.

Hi Jayne Sorry to hear about your daughter :( My daughter was diagnosed at the age of 9 and i remember the early days well!! She was fine with the blood tests but the injections were a different matter, i had to pin her down kicking and screaming to do them for the 1st 2 weeks but she did...

Hi Yvonne Thanks for that, haven't looked it up yet but might in future. We are using Flexlink too. It was time to change the cannula Thursday evening, thought we might as well change the tubing as well to get her used to the priming pump feature, all done in 5mins which i thought was ok! Then...

Thanks Stoney :D I'm fine with the theory as done a lot of reading in the last year! It is more the practical stuff that i am nervous about, especially after getting saline everywhere yesterday trying to fill a cartridge. Got the hang of the menu system from the computer based training. She...

Hey Stoney, i remember you! Great to read how well James is now doing with a pump. My daughter is starting a saline trial with the same pump later this afternoon! Hope we get on as well as you have done :)