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for quite a while now we have had high readings 2 hours after breakfast,(today she is 18) if i correct it, then she'll be hypo before lunch, if i leave it, she'll be on target before lunch, but i dont want the high reading in the 1st place...................any ideas what i could be doing wrong...

hello all, my little girl was diagnosed oct 10 and since then, apart from maybe 2-3 weeks, she has never been stable, the past few months her readings have been mainly high and the DSN has now said we're to try the pump (going on Monday to start the training). i can see the pro's of her being...

hi, anyone got one of these meters yet, how are you finding it, is it worthwhile me changing over. i'm getting one next wednesday for my daughter and am hoping it'll make things easier. :D

hi all, my niece is 3 this coming August and since my daughter has been diagnosed with T1 we are becoming more aware that she is showing symptoms of it too, she can be quite moody, but not weepy like Mia constantly was, she eats and eats anything she can lay her little hands on, and as for...

i am so stressed at the moment, as you know, we tried the basal/bolus regime and it didnt work for us at all, so we went back to the Novomix 30 twice a day, was fine for a week or so and now her readings are all over, she tends to eat the same each day but the past few days her BSL's are really...

hi all, just wondering if any of you can shed some light on this until i can get hold of the DSN. Mimi was changed from 2 injections a day to 4 last week, Novorapid with meals and Lantus at bedtime, we was told to give her 2 units of Lantus, did that and during the night she had a hypo. DSN then...

hi there, i have always wanted a little brother or sister for my daughter but now that she's been diagnosed got me to thinking, if we had another, what are the chances that child would end up diabetic too? EDIT, my nanna on my dads side is T2, as is my mams brother, no one with T1 on either side...

Mimi has been diagnosed now 7 weeks, we was on 2 injections of novomix daily and today it's been changed to one lantus injection at night, 2 units, and then novorapid at each meal time, i think this will allow us to be alot more flexible in what and when she eats but i am worried now about...

hi all. since my daughter was diagnosed (5 weeks now) i have basically blagged what i'm doing with her as i feel i've not had any support at all from her dsn, not even a phonecall just asking how were getting on with it, yes, they get back to me if i ring them but i really did expect them to be...

just a quickie. i have a basic accu check meter (cant remember the name, a chunky little grey one) and a accu check mobile device which i only started using today. at dinner my daughter had a reading of 12.9, i thought this was a bit high so re tested with my usual meter an got 8.9, which would...

hi all, my daughter has been diagnosed for only 4 weeks now, she's 3, and her DSN has said they want to put her on the pump, i don't know why but i think it's too soon, she's only just getting used to the injections and to change everything now will put us back to square one. i would love to...

i am stressing a bit right now and would love if some of you more experienced people could help me out. as you know, Mia is 3, and loves a good tantrum when the mood takes her! she's in a foul mood this evening and is refusing to eat her tea, she's not long had her insulin so she really needs...

after our diabetes nurse went into school, informed my daughters teachers all about the condition, what to do, when to do it, how to check BSL's everything was going fine, Mia's teacher was doing her BSL's without any problem, i have now been told this morning it has to stop as theres too much...

me again :oops: i am sending my daughter to school tomorrow for the 1st time since she's been diagnosed and was wondering what should i take to the school for them to keep incase she has a hypo? she's only in nursery so does 9 til 12 but at her age (3) she is on the go non stop, at home she is...

hi, as you know, my little girl was diagnosed T1 last monday, i dont know all the medical jargon but at the mo, she's allowed 160g of carbs(?) per day, she has 40 for breakfast, 20 mid morn snack, 40 for dinner, 10 mid afternoon snack, 40 for tea a nd 10 for a supper snack (does that make...

hi all, my 3 year old daughter has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and well, i'm lost. she's just been discharged from hospital and i feel as though i dont know what to do, i have given her all her insulin injections and BSL's for the past 24 hours but feel as though i've been...