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Hi yes it says it respond to reactions in your body when you hypo and alarms you, but i dont know of any child wearing one so would like to know if they work on children, there supposed to be great for adults Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Her consultant said that she would greagly benefit fom one of these but the criteria that our hospital needs to be able to sdnd off for the nhs to fund is that she needs to be going unconsious when she hypos, but i dont leave her that long for that to happen i test her every 2 hours and treat...

I think they have to be 4 years old and upwards to use that and she is only nearly 3, i dont know what else i can try i was thinkin of trying a hypo alarm bracelet on her but dont know of any children that use it, and if it actually works on kids Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk...

Does anyone know any children that wear a hypo alarm bracelet as im thinking of getting one for my daughter who is nearly 3 just untill i can try and get a cgm, i just wanted to check if they actually work on children Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Hi yes its very expensive her dsn has said its around £1500 for the set up and then you have to keep buying the sensors for it at around £50 each, her dxn said she would really benefit from this but there is no funding for it so have to buy myself, i to am the only income in thrme house and cant...

Ok thankyou for that, well she deffinatly has hypo unawareness, but ive been told i need to self fund the dexcom and its nearly £2000, Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

My 2 year old has just gone on the pump 4 weeks ago and she is gettinf frequent night time hypos which are very worrying as she doent wake up wen she has one she hets no symptoms so for the last 4 weeks ive been testing every 2 hours during the night and every night she has a hypo despite...

Hi thanks for the reply do you know which charity you used please and what area are you in if you dont mind me asking, we are chesterfield royal hospital Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

I need as shes having hypos every night and im testing evrry 2 hours for the last 4 weeks im so shattered but im scared to sleep in case i miss my alarm to test her as she doent wake up herself, she has had her basal rates lowered everytime and is on the lowest rate but still no luck, her dsn...

Hi has does anybody on here know of anyone that has got funding for a cgm and if so what area are they in please, im looking into one for my daughter but didnt realise it would be that much, her dsn said if i can find another hospital that has funded it they can contact them to get the paperwork...

Hi @Joy0524 my faughter is also newly diagnosed in march this year she is nearly, 3 and she is getting quite a few night time hypos, i dnt get any sleep as im so worried i wont wake up to test her and treat the hypo, ive been told about a cgm monitor that alerts you when there low so im looking...

Hi no ive not tried any other insulin she is on novarapid, i wasnt aware there was any others, other than the levamere she had on the pen therapy, regarding the cgm i would be happy to fund it myself i just dont know how to go about it as her dsn as never mentioned it, i only heard about cgm...

Hi yes shes had temp basal on and she falls hypo at different times, all through the night, so her dsn has changed her basal rates one hour at a time aswell but with no luck, if she falls hypo at 1am the next night it cud be 3 am n then 5am on a different sum times it was 11pm so her dsn changes...

Do you know how they got these was it funded or did they have to get there own !!! Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

She is having her basal rates changed every other day but still getting the lows, i test every 2 hours and have done sonce she went on the pump, this is why im wanting a cgm as im so tired with getting up every 2 hours in the night for the last 4 weeks, and then having to wake her up to treat...

Thankyou for your reply, she is on the aviva insight pump, i would be happy to fund it myself if this was the only option, i will take a look at the links and speak to her dsn and thankyou !!! Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Does anyone know how old children have to be to go on to cgm and how would i go about getting one of these, my daughter is nearly 3 and is on the insulin pump but getting lots of night time Sent from my SM-A300FU using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Thanks for your reply i was just taken aback by them saying its not nessesary to do blood sugar at night time, yet if i had not have done this she would probly have been unable to wake up as she was hypo at 1am and doesnt wake up till 7am. And they made it sound like its just me that is doin the...

Hi i wondered if anyone else has had this same problem, my DSN told me to send off for dla for my 2 year old daughter and the desision came back that she only gets low rate care as they say that she shouldnt need testing in the night as veing tested in the day will keep her levels ok at night...

Hi my daughtee is 2 years old she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 3 months ago, she is currently on the insulin pump, and has been getting night time hypos, has anyone elses child experienced this, as i wondered what would happen regarding the hypo in the night if i wasnt testing her through...