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Can anyone suggest how to calculate the carbs of a chicken breast, lightly dusted in flour? Help! Also has anyone made home made sushi? How do you carb count for that? Thanks in advance for any advice... Erica

We are about to head out for our annual camping trip, but it's our first time since my DD was diagnosed with T1... We'll be doing most of our cooking at the camp site, but we need to understand the carbs in local produce. So main question is - would the carb count of a French Baguette be the...

Of how to manage a cookie/cake decorating party? DD invited to a friends 10 birthday party and they are doing cake decorations. Works love to get advice re how to manage this or just accept that we will have highs that day [emoji13]. Is it possible to take a unit insulin just to cover...

With the results we woke up to - does anyone know if will this have any effect on the care T1 children get in England? Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

And once again I come to this dialogue asking for advice :cat: How do you deal with hyper induced anger? When your child, who is usually OK and 'gets' the treatments and why she needs to do this, is hyper and angry and yelling and just does not want to see a needle much less use one. We get...

Are there days where you just can't get control over you little ones levels? DD has been all over the place since last night. Hypo to hyper to low hyper to normal to hyper. We haven't been able to control it or manage it at all. All foods been counters lots of exercise. Not enough sleep is the...

So day 3 of holiday. It's 23-27 degrees in day. DD's been great. Averaging on 5.3 with only 1 spike so far and knock on wood no hypos. Still staying alert and asking her how she's feeling way too much... [emoji18] She's just created an account on the forum so she can find other 9/10 year olds...

Does anyone use Jelly Babies for hypos? If so how do you know how many to take? Thanks!

Does anyone have suggestions for treats/snacks in the car? Going camping in France in Aug and will need snacks for the drive... Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I've been reading several posts that say, or suggest, that porridge is not good for T1's. The nutritionist definitely said that we do not need to change our daughter's diet, just carb count and provide appropriate insulin. And to go for the low GI as much as possible. So what's the story with...

Last night DD had her first real hyper since leaving the hospital. I know it's not good that they wee their BG in a hyper but it's good that it alerted us and we dealt with it. She was back to 7 two hours later and woke up at 5.6. I knew the sleepless nights would come back but thought it would...

Does anyone have recommendations to how I can protect my T1 DD from mosquitos while we travel? Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

My 9 yo daughter was diagnosed 4 weeks ago with T1. It's been a crash course in a totally new life for us all, and she has been amazing with the whole shift. Most of the time she takes it in her stride but every now and again she'll get really sad, as if realising that this is it - the BG...