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Morning all had been a long time since I last posted but could do with some advice. My daughter was diagnosed T1 at the age of 14 and started with MDI initially she coped well but started to experience major issues with anxiety and depression culminating in her having panic attacks at school...

Hi all, just a quick question. My daughter is really suffering badly with anxiety at the mo, been building up for a little while but seems everything is getting on top of her. she has a lot on her plate at the minute work school, exams and applying fro uni. Diabetes wise she is really well...

Hello all, especially all the ladies, Just a quick question if anyone has any insight. My 16 year old daughter has type 1, currently on MDM, but should be going onto a pump in the next couple of months, has ok control her last Hba1c was 58, not perfect but I feel not bad door a growing teenager...

Hi all, just a quick question as I have been struggling to reach our DSN for nearly a week !!!! Doing good at mo most of F BM’s are well within normal limits but still struggling with breakfast. She on 25 Lev in the evening and we carb count and use nova for bolus her breakfast ratio is 1-5...

Hi alll, just wondering if any advice on coping with the cold weather. This is our first winter diabetes and ever since the snow arrived my daughters bms have been a bit odd. She will start will a normal pre meal have a normal type meal for her, we carb count, her ratio is 1-5 at breakfast and...

Hi all, some advice needed please. My daughter has been type 1 for a nearly a year now, we havew had many ups and downs but seesm to be getting to grips with things. we now carb count and work out bolus of nova rapid with the accu chek expert and things are ok she has moments of madness, like...

Hi all just a quick question if you have a couple of mins. I collected my daughters insulin this morning, wpuld usually come straight home a put in fridge, but due to circumstances beyond my control i was delayed. In all the insulin was out of the fridge for around three hours so what i...

Hi all, just wanted to seek some opions lantus against levimir. My daughter (14) is currently on 19 units levimir at night and carb counts and uses varying doses of nova rapid during day. the problem is that now late afternoon in to the evening her levels are starting to creap up and the...

Hi all, just a quick question, as school hols just about brave enough 5 months after diagnosis to take my daughter swimming again, might seem a strange question but will the chemicals in the water effect her BM reading so does she need to go back the changing room to wash hands before testing...

Hi all forgive me asking yet another question this is all still so new to us. my 14 year was diagnosed in march and is doing really well, through the day mostly she has acheived resoanable control, but the evenings remain a problem. she will eat her main meal around 5-530pm usually taking 6...

Hi all, we are just in the process of being taught carb counting prior to my daughter ( 14 year old type 1) before being given the accu chek expert BG machine, so she can start to calculate her own bolus and give herself a little more freedom. before we can have the machine we need to complete...

My 14 year old is type 1, she just getting to the stage where she wants rid of her hairy bits escpecially her legs. She has seen and is keen to use a product called sheer skin a pad that kind of buffs the hair off. The product states diabetes should seek advise, just wondering if any one has...

Hi, some advice would be great it you have the time. my daughter was diagnosed 9 weeks ago as type 1 , and after a few rocky weeks things finally manged to settle down and we are magnaging with the odd tweak to keep her BG reasonalbe stable. she started to devolop a cold yesterday not to bad...

Hi all My 14 daughter was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and is doing really well and manging to keep her blood glucose between 4 and 8 most of the time with only the odd mild hypo and random highs!!. She saw her consultant for the first time this week who asked her to add night time BM tersting to her...

Hi all and thanks of you that responded to my last post it is really nice to that there are others out there feeling excatly the same as me. I have another question if you an help, since her diagnois and commencing on insulin my daughter is hungrey all of the time I have been reasured that this...

Hi all, i would really like some advice regarding mu daughter. She diagnosed last week with type 1, And started on an mutiple dose insulin regime. We are now home and begining to come to grips with the news and the regime. My question is why would her post meal BMs be lower than her pre meal...