Search Results

hiya richard we had the sensor end after 3 days instead of the 6 the nurse had said so we did exactly the same went to start new sensor and it worked for a furthur 3 days have just had a new sensor put in so should get a furthur 6 which is great as only 7 days left of school peace of mind for...

hi again just got back from the hospital and dylans had his sensor replaced with a new one as they had one due to expire the end of this month and noone booked to use them so said i could have it if i wanted it, did i want it what a question lol i nearly bit their hand off so get to keep it for...

hi guys thanx for ur replies, i dont think anyone gets to use these permantly i have borrowed one from the hosp and his nurse told me last night she would love to keep dylan on it permanantly but it just wont happen, we are on the way to getting a pump as they do feel it will be a benefit to him...

hello my 8 year old son has been put on the mini link real time blood glucose monitor in the last week and i think its a great little machine, just wondering if anyone else has used any cgm's or if anyone has heard about ones you can fund yourself and if so how much they are. i wish he could...

hiya marc things are moving but slowly, the nurse went into school to talk to as many teachers and teaching assistants as possible and ended up with only 6 there she was not happy and neither was i but what can u do. on the plus side dylan has been put on a cgm for the last days and its been...

hello my son is waiting to a choice course which is apparently dafne for kids hope this helps anna marie

hi jen no luckly he stabled out i made sure he was where he should be when i left school waited 45 mins b4 leaving he was 6.8 and when he left school he was 8.4 so was very pleased with his results for the afternoon as i like u expected some high readings. its just so worrying all the time ive...

hi again all, dominic he was having huge problems on levemir and i was talking to his nurse every single day sometimes twice a day to get him sorted, she agreed levemir was not suiting him with highs of 20 odd to lows of 2 or 3 within 2 hrs so he has now changed to lantus which seems to have...

i wont be going in all guns blazing dont worry plus i dont think i need too i am right in what i am saying he has been treated badly and im sure when i see the deputy head tomorrow she will feel the same as her husband has diabetes so she knows the ins and outs of it all, his class teacher is...

thanks both of u it makes me feel im not making a fuss about nothing i felt she was both rude and uncaring, she really didnt see she had done anything wrong i asked her how she would feel if it were her children cnt even remember her reply i was so angry

hiya just wanted a rant to some people who would understand, my 8 year old is diabetic and has recently had his insulin changed anyway i work in his school at lunchtimes and am so glad i do, he was waiting in the dinner queue and a teacher came to get him she took him back to the classroom for...

hiya he had 2 crumpets for breakfast that was it he doesnt have mid morning snack at school, he had 8 units of rapid at breakfast and 7 units of levemir too which is what he has every morn but never had the feeling go in his hand before anna marie

hiya my 8 year old is really struggling at the moment with a long list of symptoms but today has had a new one and im wondering if it was because his blood sugars dropped rapidly these were the results on his blood meter 7.30am- 6.1 10.40am- 24.4 11.41am- 12.2 12.23am- 4.6 the symptom he had was...

hiya all thanks for ur replies they have eased my worries abit i think we will give it a try as levemir doesnt work for him at all (violent moods swings and very unstable bloods) and at this point have to give things a go im hoping for a pump but in the mean time we need to find something that...

hi all just been talking to my sons nurse this evening and its been decided that levemir isnt working for him so next week we are changing to lantus, now a friends son is on it and has has great results but have read a few posts and there seems to be some issues with lantus so what do i do for...

im sure it does limit things quite abit fortunatly i can bake lol so hope that will help things dylan loves his bread and im sure he will miss it greatly having heard that gluten free bread isnt very nice at all lol, he did have the endoscapy when he was 5 but it showed nothing but his blood...

wow great suggestions thanx some of these i wouldnt of thought of i do find we get very diff results if i just wash his hands to when i dont it can make a huge difference so i do like to make sure his hands are clean everytime

oh suzi how glad i am to find someone who has the both thought we were on our own :D , dylans coeliac is latent at the moment but we suspect it may be rearing its ugly head he is going to be examined next thurs and they will decide from there if we need to do the biopsy again to confirm until...

i think the moodswings are from his blood sugars i feel for him because he must feel awful with all the swinging about all over the place, he doesnt know when hes low very much i praise him loads when he gets it right tho and i always tell him what his results are in the hope he will learn to...

Hello, just wondering what everyone has found the best for making sure their hands are clean when they go out if no soap and water are available, i did try wet wipes but was told they can influence your result so am at abit of a loss at what to use, i did think of the gels but was unsure if they...