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my son lost a stone, which is a lot as he's not tall and very sporty, so no fat at all. his wee was off the scale with ketones too. since insulin has made him feel better, he has had a ridiculous appetite. he has put 8 pounds back on already and his appetite is decreasing slowly.

2 weeks and 1 day for my lovely son, billy. :( :( :(

thanks dillinger.....how many lucozade glucose tablets do you reckon i should give a 9 year old, i don't want to over do it. liking your post though, all very reassuring. every day i learn a little more, from here and from books, and i pass on all the good, positive stuff to him every evening.

i don't care. it's just great to see him laugh after the last couple of weeks. diet has changed a bit i guess. all bread is now wholemeal, more vegetables.....less sweets!

thanks sophsmam....i'm liking the positive vibes i'm getting back!

what a great idea!!! i SO wish they had done that to my son in hospital. it makes complete sense. the child would feel secure as they would be in a controlled enviroment with qualified help by their side, and would know from that moment on what signs to look out for. i reckon he'd feel more...

but, is flatulence a side effect of insulin? my newly diagnosed son is trumping like a goodun, which he finds highly amusing! jonesy.

i just went for the mother/baby type monitors.

hey hanadr..... they arrived today! i talked about it with my son and he said he would be more comfortable and feel more secure if i could hear him throughout the night. he knows he can call me if he feels the slightest bit odd and i'll go to him, rather than him struggling in the dark to get...

what a minefield!!

yipster......thank you. i look like a paramedic when we go out!! glucose sweets,lucozade,glucogel,glucagon injection. he has a snack at 20:45 when he injects his levemir, so sounds like i should keep that up. not too much, a toated bagel or a small ham or chicken wholemeal roll or 2 slices of...

kegstore...thanks again. we plan to keep good control, so hopefully, we can limit them. as much as i have been dreading his first one, in a weird way i want to be past it, so we all know what we're dealing with. i have visions of seizures,fits and exorcist style head spinning, so have obviously...

thank you very much. our worlds have been turned upside down right now, and feeling v nervous about the future. i want to learn as much as i can about this awful illness so i can help, but a lot of what i read just scares me!

my 9 year old boy diagnosed type 1 two weeks ago. both my son and i are extremely nervous about hypos. my son is very scared of having a night hypo and wants to sleep in my room every night, so that i wouild be there to help him should he have one. i have no experience of being around a hypo...

i think you're talking about just glucose monitors. i was asking about a combined pump and monitor. but, thanks anyway.

is this the only insulin pump that comes with a CGM?

kegstore....i am very new to all this. my son has recently been diagnosed type 1. you mention your alarm going off. do insulin pumps constantly measure BG?

thanks very much guys. i really appreciate you taking the time to answer. maybe i just need to get over his first hypo. i guess a lot of it could be fear of the unknown. i have this awful dread that he could have a really bad hypo and something awful happen.

i wish you all the best with your littlun. my son is a little older, he was 9 in july, but was diagnosed type 1 only last week. i am still in a complete state about it! this is my first day on here, but looks like it's full of very helpful people.

unfortunately my 9 yr old son was diagnosed with type 1 last week. my wife and i are trying to come to terms with this, as is my son. he is doing quite well most of the time, but has had a couple of very low, tearful moments. i am very nervous about his first hypo! at the moment he is taking...