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    Type 1 How to put on Weight type 1

    My son ( 15 yrs)is losing weight and is so thin that injecting hurts. He is getting taller 173 and only 41 kilos. I don’t know what to do. Dr says he is 2 kilos underweight and should try to eat more good fat foods. He is starting to get tired more often. I don’t know what to do . He tried the...
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    New monitor

    https://www.pkvitality.com/ktrack-glucose/ Has anyone heard of this? It looks great.
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    Terrified about everything!

    Oh your poor little boy I feel for you. My son (15yrs) was diagnosed 4 months ago and we are constantly learning about diabetes type1. It helped us by using the freestyle on the arm as it was easier to monitor than finger pricking. You will understand more and more everyday about Diabetes type 1...
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    Outbreak of diabetes in our area

    Yes we have an appointment with the endocrinologist at the hospital the end of August and I will ask how many in total have been diagnosed so far this year. She may not want to tell me but I will ask anyways. She will know as everyone has to go through her with diabetes. All I know is none of...
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    Outbreak of diabetes in our area

    Yes sorry I am not very technical it’s my son who is 15 who has diabetes. Even writing on these forums not sure if doing it right. Anyways I live in the South of France. There was no one in his school with diabetes and all of a sudden 5 kids have it , my son is the oldest as the other kids are...
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    Outbreak of diabetes in our area

    Hello, I just found out that 5 children in the last year in my sons school have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I thought this strange and mentioned it to our Endocrinologist and she said yes there was a sudden outbreak in the area in the last year. They don’t understand why and have no...
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    Type 1 Frozen insulin pen in fridge is it still good to use once it warms up? For type 1

    Thank you for the information, I guess we need a new fridge but everything else in the fridge seems fine.
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    Type 1 Frozen insulin pen in fridge is it still good to use once it warms up? For type 1

    Gosh it all really happening today for us. Highs, lows and frozen pens. Thank you for responding.
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    Type 1 Frozen insulin pen in fridge is it still good to use once it warms up? For type 1

    Gosh thanks. What a waste but better safe than sorry.
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    Type 1 Frozen insulin pen in fridge is it still good to use once it warms up? For type 1

    Hello, we have a box of insulin pens in the fridge and today we need to change pen but it seemed to be frozen can we still use it once it warms up?
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Thank you. He woke at 5am feeling weak and felt like getting sick but his level is back to normal. So weird. Thanks again.
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Thank you for taking the time to respond. Much appreciated. Just when you think everything is going ok something happens and throws levels off, it’s just very frustrating and hard to deal with sometimes. It could be worse I suppose.
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Oh God what should I have done. He is 199 now and yes feeling tired but we thought it was from the antibiotics. I find it very difficult to understand. My husband think I worry too much although he did think 350 was very high. I will send a message to Dr now. Thanks. What would I do with you all.
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Hello, he went over 350 last night, this is the highest he has ever been since being diagnosed. Apparently that is not too high as Dr had a case of someone over 1000 last week. It is just not normal for him and even though he took more insulin he was still at 290 @ 3am but he managed to fall...
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Thank you. Have a lovely Sunday.
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Oh we didn’t know this. We have our first checkup in the hospital on Thursday do you think it can wait or I should go to my local dr before? It’s all so new to us. Your so good to reply thank for your help.
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    Type 1 Antibiotics type 1

    Hello, as he doesn’t have a pump we were to understand that keystone is only when he has a pump. I did ask about getting a keystone monitor but the Dr said he didn’t need it. Thank you for replying.
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