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If your blood glucose results are ranging between 13 and 21 on the insulin you have been advised to take you should probably contact your diabetes team it sounds like you need a bigger dose of insulin. I'm not sure how it works for an adult but for my son he has so many carbs per meal and snack...

Hi there, yes you have helped me. Thank you, i feel much better now that i have found somewhere that i can get advice and hopefully give some out.

Hi there, i am also new to the forum, however my son who is 7 has had type 1 for 2 years now, he was diagnosed when he was 5. So hopefully i can give you some advice and vice versa. When my boy has a tummy bug etc i just keep the lucozade on side and he sips this, either that or orange juice.

Hi there, my son (7) does martial arts and he does p.e twice a week at school. Things will be different for different people of different ages etc but my son just has a funsize mars bar before any activity and it normally is ok. During his Taekwondo half way through he comes over and has a big...

this is a very interesting post. I asked my 7year old son what he feels like when his blood sugar goes low, he replied that he feels unsteady on his feet, shakey and 'bonkers' were his words. He knows to check when it feels low and he normally says to me that his blood sugar feels like 3 point...

Hi there, new to this forum. I know that there is already a topic about moodswings, however didn't want to hijack it lol. Just looking for a bit of advice, it is my son who has type 1, he is 7 years old and has had it for exactly 2 years. However i constantly find myself asking him what is...

thanks guys, i can't believe i have never thought of this before, when i think how hard it was 2 years ago coming to terms with everything, this is the place that i needed. However i'm here now lol. It will be great if i need advice. Thanks again, oh and hopefully i can give out some advice...

Hi there, my son was 5 when diagnosed. At first he had a classroom assistant take him and test his blood sugar level before lunch, now he is doing it himself but supervised by a classroom assistant. At first i was worried sick how he would cope at school, but things went smoothly. Give the...

Just wanted to introduce myself. I have a son with type 1 diabetes and he is 7 years old. He was only 5 when diagnosed , so i found this forum and thought i would join to get advice and hopefully meet some people in the same position as myself.