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Hi, My 10 year old son was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and on Saturday he plucked up the courage to do his own Novorapid, now he does it himself before every meal. He was so keen to do it like yourself but just couldn’t. I pinched his skin for him the first couple of times while he injected the...

Does the heat make your BG levels rise? My son had exactly the same for his tea as yesterday (carb counting) with the correct units of insulin read 7.2 before bedtime last night but tonight was 13.9??!

Hi, he’s much better thanks. His BG was 9 @5am then back down to 6.7 @ 8am, had good readings all day too before meals just had a little hypo before PE. I’ve just said to another person on here, we have good days and bad - mainly good as it’s only 3 weeks since he was diagnosed. We’re both...

Thanks Gareth, sounds like your daughter is doing great. Yes I will know for future now. I was just stumped what to do and then panicked when he fell asleep @ 7:30pm then woke up all confused at 11pm.. it’s just hard to see sometimes and we have some bad days but mainly good considering he was...

Thank you so much. Jayden’s levels came down to 9 @ 5am then 6.7 @ 8am before breakfast and has had great levels today apart from the one hypo before PE at school. It is definitely lesson learnt and yes I will take my time, I know there’s so much to learn/know. Thanks again.

Thank you, I certainly will do this next time, it’s just we’ve eaten at home pretty much since he was diagnosed and I’ve been giving insulin 10 mins before food as advised - it’s just easier when you’re doing the cooking!

Thank you, I’m so proud of him. His reading was 13:02 so it’s coming down - just very slowly. Shall I check his BG every hour? I’m not sure how often to check, when it’s been high in the past I just check him once through the night.

Thank you so much, thermoset, your reply has made me relax a bit and made so much sense.. everything is so new for us I know it isn’t going to be easy but we’ve not come across anything like this so I was so worried. I have read up on the correction doses but yes as you say, I don’t have any...

I’m sure he will get used to it considering he was only diagnosed 3 weeks ago and he did the injection (himself) at the table. We were not made aware that there was even a slight delay in the food arriving which resulted in him having insulin and no food until an hour later. It’s all new for us...

Thank you for your reply. I’m sure all mums worry it’s just that I’ve never seen him fall in to a deep sleep like this. I have been reading up and I think because his food was really delayed and he had a high card meal that’s what the issue is, it makes you sleepy apparently. I hope you’re...

My son was diagnosed type 1 almost 3 weeks ago. He’s coping well for his age and I’m very proud of him. We’ve just started carb counting and so he has more flexibility with his insulin dose. My problem is that we ate out at tea time today and he had his insulin but the food took over an hour to...

Thanks Mrs Allport :) yes I’m sure he’s happy to have the biscuit after being able to eat what he likes over the years - he’ll be glad to hear :) thanks again xxx

Hi, Thank you for the advise, I will keep it in mind. He was only diagnosed a week ago so I guess it’s all a learning curve that’ll become easier over time.

Hi, Thank you, that makes sense and I will certainly think about it in the future. He was only diagnosed a week ago so have lots to learn as time goes by.

Hiya, thank you for your response- it was perfect [emoji5]

Hi Debora, Thanks for your reply. So is it still classed as a hypo even though his BG is above 4? He feels shakey when it is low but not below 4.. I’ll have a look at the book, thank you :)

Thanks Hodders, I was advised that if not below 4 don’t treat as hypo so it confused me slightly that he was showing and recognising signs. I gave him a rich tea biscuit which made him feel better. Also, it’s happened twice over the week since diagnosis so I will keep my eye on it and speak to...

Thank you so much for your reply! :)

Hi my son was recently diagnosed with type 1, we are getting to grips with things but I have a question I need some advice on. He has experienced a hypo which was treated easily however a couple of times now he’s complained that he feels shakey but when his BG is tested it’s not quite below...