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Re: Worried mum of a newly diagnosed type 1 twenty month old My son was 8 months at dx. The first year is very hard to adjust for the whole family. At the start kids often go into a honeymoon period so your medical team will mostly keep blood sugar levels higher during this time in case the...

My son is a bit young compared to yours but he also has Down syndrome. I do believe, in moderation, all foods can be eaten. I would be a little concerned that food coloring and preservatives may make your son's other conditions harder to deal with. If they are not a factor and it is only...

Hi, my son was dx as an 8 month old and he was having weetabix for breakfast and still is as a 6 year old. I actually cut banana out of his diet for a while as I found it impossible to carb count. The riper the banana the more carbs and then hardly any in a just ripe banana. I still have a...

The highest my son has been was at dx. His blood sugar was recorded at 86 mmol/L and the lowest was a 1.6 in the middle of the night. He seemed quite fine when I asked him if he wanted something to eat.

I haven't been in the forum for ages but your post has prompted me to let you know that it will all be okay. There is so much to learn at the start just to get through the day but over time everything gets a little easier while your bag gets a little heavier. My son was dx at 8 months and turns...

Khaleb is on a basal/bolus (MDI) regime and I find to keep good levels there still needs to be a certain level of carb monitoring. It is easier to spread his carb quota over the day than have it in big lots. Glad things are improving for you in so many ways.

Children with type 1 diabetes really need insulin. Having a healthy diet and doing exercise is good for everybody.

That's great to hear. You should see some big improvements next clinic visit.

Glad things seem to be settling down. I think there is nothing worse than a gastro bug with diabetes. If your child will drink those hydralyte or gastrolyte they will make a big difference in the recovery process. For being so new to diabetes you seemed to have done all the right things. I...

Really the urine test should show glucose to indicate diabetes. Protein may be in his urine because of the stomach pain making him not want to eat enough and him burning his own fat stores. Hope you get some answers.

Hi, it is a lot to get your head around but does get easier .

I don't care who's watching or where I am with my son. I would try to be discreet but sometimes that backfires. My older son used to slink away when I would inject Khaleb but doesn't anymore. The testing and injecting goes with the meal so they are done in the same place.

I think you can still use the ones you have got. Have you tried them? The Optimum is changing over to being called Freestyle and don't require coding any more.

I suppose there are a few things that could have happened. He may have had a hypo but because he was so excited about the game his adrenalin kicked in and raised his bsl. He might have just got a dose of hormones and his bsl just kept going up or it could be some random excursion that you...

Don't do it in Australia as they will not medically pass you to scuba dive here.

Well done. I just read your other post too with the Optimum. If you change the date in the Optimum prior to the date on your expired strips they will work but they wont guarantee the accuracy. Obviously not good to be using really old strips.

Maybe the worms have a strange by product. Yes, we worm here but no idea if any of us have ever actually had worms or not.

Hi Jill, Virtual Moral Support is heading your way. Welcome to the forum. We understand where you are now and can tell you the future is a whole lot brighter than what you are going through at the moment.

Yes, Khaleb was DKA at dx and spent 4 days in the intensive care unit and nearly a month in hospital after he got sick while in there also. He was only 8 months old at dx and very hard to stabilise. Older kids that have been diagnosed early would do better not spending time in hospital as if...

Jen I note Khaleb also has downs syndrome as well as diabetes. I found this which may be of interest People with Down's syndrome, who have three copies of chromosome 21, almost never acquire diabetic retinopathy. This protection appears to be due to the elevated levels of endostatin,[12] an...