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We do something very similar, just because its Easter doesn't mean our children need to feel excluded. Andrews school phoned me for the 1st time on Friday (this will be Andrews 5th Easter) asking if an Easter Egg would be suitable because he is diabetic, my reply, you should be more concerned...

I bought a fantastic bag in Ikea for £5, its meant as a toilettery bag but its fantastic for storing all Andrews bits and pieces, especially on holidays or long trips away from home. Theres room to slip a frio bag in, space for two bs testing kits in their own pouches, small tupperware tub of...

Hi Mark, Had the same trouble myself, so took mine to the local dump, where the nice man said i could put them in with the sharp knives recycling bank. Worth a try. Suzi x

You'll be glad to know that Callums DLA should increase after the age of 5 to about £63 per week (my 11 yr old gets it for low rate mobility and medium rate personnal care), Mum's carers allowance will remain the same. Then you have to re-apply at the age of 12 to get it continued, though i have...

Andrew makes us laugh every day, despite how he is feeling. As a baby Andrew brought sunshine into the room with his infectious laughter and ready smile. As a toddler he was drawn to anything furry, especially if it meowed, and we now have 2 cats, 1 hamster and 2 gerbils.(when we got the cats as...

Hi Vigman, My son Andrew whos T1 and 11 yrs old, took frequent bouts of chronic diahorrea 3 1/2 yrs ago. about 6months after diagnosis of diabetes, he also begain to lose weight again. During a Hba1c test they sent some bloods of for testing for thyroid and coeliac disease and unfortunately it...

There the same thing, Coeliac is the prefered english spelling and Celiac is the american spelling. Having a son who has both T1 and Coeliac Disease, i can tell you it's no fun juggling them both. Suzi x

Hi Annett, Welcome to the forum, you'll find plenty of support, help, advise and ((hugs)) here. I'm Mum to Andrew whos 11yrs old and diagnosed T1 4 yrs ago, believe me when i say it does get easier. We have a fantastic Mum on line, Jen has a 3yr old son Khaleb who was diagnosed T1 at 8 mths old...

Hi Chloe, You have come a long way in the last 18 months. To offer help and advise to another young girl with diabetes is very mature. I hope she takes you up on your offer. Hope all is well, Suzi x

Just watched a video on youtube for Naltrexone and it does seem like a wonder drug. My 11 yr old son Andrew suffers with both T1 diabetes and Coeliac disease and given the choice when asked if he could get rid of one, he always replys Coeliac. Because he can't eat the same as everyone else and...

Thats fantastic, she's a real star. As she's taking such an active part in the management of her diabetes so early on, imagine the self sufficient adult she'll become. Well done to Mum too. Suzi x

Hi Matt, Insure your daughters teacher looks at her bs readings, and treats anything below 4 as hypo, even a 3.9 can continue to drop if left untreated. Always treat a hypo with fast acting glucose (we always use lucozade) and follow it with a slow acting carb ie biscuit. Its a good idea when...

Hi Mark, your hospital should really send you on a course to carb count, or do it via the net. What carb counting basically is, is injecting your bolus to cover the carbs you eat. ie 1 unit of bolus(novorapid) to 10g of carbs. Naturally everyone is different and some people need different...

Hi Mark, to be able to know how much insulin to inject you need to carb count, have you been doing this? Pizza is one of those foods full of carbs/fat that play havoc with bs numbers. After a lot of trial and error we found my son needs half his insulin dose before and the other half about half...

Ah Jen, Poor you and Khaleb, i hate it when there sick, it's such a juggling act. Hope he's better tomorrow and its just a 24 hr thingy, (((hugs))) to you both, Suzi x

Lots of ((((((hugs)))))) coming your way Sue, if your cold has lasted that long i'd go and get it checked out. I suffer badly with hayfever and allergies, and it could be one of those, even at this time of year(pollen from trees starts my HF off in Feb/Mar. If i leave an allergy/hayfever left...

Have a fantastic day, i'm so envious, enjoy every minute of your pampering. As a woman i'd have done the exact same thing as you this morning. Enjoy Suzi x

On Friday night we went to the 'posh' chinese, you know the one where a meal for 4 costs the same as a weeks groceries! Andrew, my fantastic 11 yr old was diagnosed T1 4ys on 2/2, and Fri night was the first available night we could take him out to say well done for coping with another year. He...

If Sophies getting a morning dose of Levemir and her readings are good at lunch and teatime, but her morning readings are still a little high , then its her bed time units that need increasing. If its usually around the 10 mark i would just increase bedtime dose by 1 unit and see how it goes...

Hi Fuji, good luck with the project, i couldn't imagine any diabetic remembering any of that whilst have a hypo! But as where emmigrating shortly to Malta and travelling through Europe to get there, i think it best i get it printed out onto laminated card. Many thanks, you've just saved me...