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Hello Martina. My son (14) has had T1 for 8 months and another chronic condition (lymphoedema in his legs) all his life. I became self employed when he was 4 and have been grateful many times over the years that I could just drop everything when I needed to, but things have been much steader in...

Hello NN If you're still in your honeymoon maybe your pancreas has decided to put on a bit of a show? It's happened to my son quite often and makes things hard to control. If this is a pattern rather than a blip and your bg is regularly dropping after the effects of Novorapid have worn off, then...

Thought I'd follow up on this thread by letting you know what Abbott said when I rang them. They were very helpful and said that Error 4 was usually something to do with the calibration, and that recalibrating might sort them out. But to be on the safe side they're sending us 2 new meters and...

This thread is very interesting to me as I've been wondering exactly the same thing. I am probably an over anxious parent lol but I do worry about what will happen to William (14) when his honeymoon is over! This discussion has been reassuring ... He currently has 6u Lantus but his ratios for...

That table is interesting! Thanks for the link. Today was much more successful. William used 50% of his usual ratio for the picnic lunch (bg was 5.5 just before we ate) and had some choc covered kendal mint cake or some fruit cake for the regular snacks. He did feel a little high towards the end...

35mm film container is a great idea for used sharps. William carries an empty wide-necked plastic bottle for his temporary sharps bin, but it's quite bulky I suppose. He has a small rucksack for everything. Pens go in the Frio if it's hot, meter & needles & test strips in a little wallet. Jelly...

Just wanted to chime in about the injection hypokit. I was under the impression that it must be kept refrigerated, so if you keep it in your bag it would not be effective? It does make it rather hard to use the kit though, if you have to keep it in the fridge. Perhaps it's OK to take it with you...

thanks Cheryl. I did wonder about the weather, but as the back up meter, which was at home, suffered the same issue my feeling is that it could be the strips ... Interesting about a one hour walk! That really makes me think he needs to cut the novorapid even more than he has been doing. Do you...

Hello all. I wonder if anyone else using the Optium xceed meter has experienced the same problems as my son? We are on hols in the Lake District at the moment, lovely walking in the hills :) BUT having real problems with his meters - both of them. Yesterday he felt very low so he did a test...

Straying from the thread topic a bit, but I just wanted to say how interesting and moving it was to read your story Kev. Are there lots of people on this site who lived in residential homes for diabetics? There must be a book in it as your stories are so fascinating and deserve to be heard ...

My T1 son gets as many as he needs, which in reality is between 5 and 10 a day (if he's well). So 50 usually only last a week to 10 days at the most.

Hi Stephen Although I'm not diabetic myself (my son is), I hope I can offer some reassurance! I was certainly very stressed after William was diagnosed, but now (6 months down the line) we're all feeling a bit more relaxed about things 8) If you are injecting insulin with every meal (MDI), you...

OP should have posted in 'soapbox' 8)

Hello Pipstick Not sure if it's what you're after because it isn't to do with changing patient behaviour, but on the day of diagnosis my son's consultant mentioned neuropathy and amputation as consequences of poor control!! I was not impressed - he was 13 at the time.

Do you see your GP or go to a clinic? If your GP, you could ask for a referral to a hospital clinic. They have much more expertise there and there should be a diabetic nurse on the team too. If you're already at a clinc, maybe you need a change if you're not getting the help you need? My type 1...

When people have posted about this before, the usual suggestion is to try running a bit higher for a while. If you like to run low, this might be the reason for losing your hypo awareness. Some people have reported success with this - ie. symptoms coming back at around 4 mmol/l (72 mg/dl) - if...

I have just read the Pulse article, and notice that there is a distinction being made between type 1s and 2s, which lets my son off the hook. I would be interested to know what type 2s think about this. Do the older insulins give you what you need I wonder?

Blimey - they'd be better off issuing tesco vouchers for the gluten free bread ... My bate with this research is that the economics of it are much more complex than implied. Leaving aside the issue of whether 'only modest improvements' (quoting the research) are worth all that extra money, and...

Other research has shown that even a marginal improvement to H1A1C makes a big difference to clinical prognosis ... Surely any cost analysis should be looking at long term as well as short term savings - fewer complications down the line will be worth millions. To say nothing of improvements to...

Just found this thread on the insulin pump forum which gives lots of advice viewtopic.php?f=14&t=19874