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Our newly Diagnosed son has had fun ordering a selection of 'Free' BG Meters via the diabetes.co.uk Facebook links to try and find one he likes, that is quick and easy to use and suits his lifestyle . We have been trying each one and comparing results and are a bit concerned by the different...

Hi, Looking for some help here. Our son who is just 13 was diagnosed Type 1 six weeks ago. He has raced as a cyclist for the past 6 years and has reached a high level even racing nationally and lives with the hope of one day being a pro cyclist. In the normal day to day life of school, family...

Hi, Seem to be struggling on a few things. Its not yet 2 weeks since our 13 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1. Today has proved difficult with 4 Hypos. He has reduced his Rapid to 3 and his Lantus to 4 - (We are not Carb counting yet) We seem to be making him eat more than he wants to just...

Hi, Our 13 year old son has now been diagnosed for 10 days. He is having Hypo's quite soon after morning and lunchtime and evening meals, not everytime but sometimes as soon as 1 hour after his meal. We are trying to get our heads around the whole living with diabetes / Insulin, testing...

Hi, Our son was Diagnosed type 1 last week. He is 13, we are trying to get things settled and our still on prescribed insulin doses. He had his 5 units of insulin with a BG reading of 7.1 before a large dinner this evening of Wholegrain Brown rice, Chicken, egg, onion, sweetcorn, peas etc (Own...

Hi, I am 13 (just). On Monday of this week I discovered I am Type 1 Diabetic. I am a superfit 13 year old who has competed regularly in cycling races for about 4-5 years now with dreams of one day being a pro cyclist. On Monday my world came crashing down when I thought I could never ride or...