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Hello debs73. Empathy? - I have type2 and if I'm still around in 20 years, it could be my daughter posting to this site saying exactly the same things as you have said.. You are obviously really concerned about your mum, and you have found a great place to talk. Are you alone in looking after...

Just to say a very big thanks again to all folk in this thread and on this site. A quick update, and then no longer needs to be in the "greetings and introductions" bit. Daughter home from hospital today, ready to go back to school tomorrow. The hospital(s) and school putting in place a...

Hi Radek_CZ Similar position to you, very glad you found this site. New here as well so wishing you and yours the best. One thing might be that different countries have different measurements (just going by your comment about HbA1c in September 6,5 then in January 7,0 and now 7,8 - as I said I...

Hi robadob - pretty similar here, 8yr daughter diagnosed a week ago. Hope all ok with you and yours.

Bought the paper as well today. Cynical by nature, and when I mentioned it to my wife before showing her the paper she said - don't tell me - the DE. So apparently they do diabetes headlines (who knew?) Anyway, taking the positives out of it, as others have said these sort of things come along...

Hey donnellysdogs, no worries, blunt is good, advice taken in the spirit meant, which was helpful. Think journal is a great idea. She's home today for a bit for the first time since Monday, but has to go back to hospital tonight, hopefully home for good on Tuesday but we will see. Had a...

Hello donnellysdogs Big thanks for the reply, info and advice. Yes on all counts - will be different for daughter than it is for me, but diet is one of the positive things I can help her with. Haven't even considered the adolescent stuff yet (hormones, rebellion, boyfriends) - she is only 8 and...

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Big thanks Sue - she has been moved to a different hospital - when I was there with her, there were so many other kids who had other more awful things. Diabetes type1 is manageable for our family. I'm so glad we joined this forum for support.

Hello cezli84 - I'm new here as well - and have already found out more from your post and this site than I found from the hospital (especially the info re: different insulin injections,(Lantus, novorapid, levemir) Big Thanks, I had thought there was only one insulin type before.I'l talk to them...

Hi JAY1JAY1 - big thanks and that's why we are here. Like you say, kids pretty much cope with these things better than us. She isn't fazed at all - (So I cried in front of all the nurses, brought her so many toys to hospital in the way that Daddies just react lol- It's a lifestyle change for her...

Hi urbanracer - thanks for the welcome & glad to be here. She is 8 and I'm so proud of her - very resilient with all these changes. She is doing the blood sugar pricks herself already. Today for the first time in hospital she did her own insulin injection (under direction from the nurse)

Hi poacher_joe - I'm new here too, but the advice from urbanracer is pretty much on the ball (I think) - big fluctuations with the blood sugar just means that the insulin is doing it's job but needs to be balanced with the carb intake. So maybe a higher insulin dose around breakfast or a lower...

Hi All Diagnosed 5 years ago with type-2 - managing ok with medication (metformin / glimepiride), blood sugar pretty much under control although have never been too disciplined with the dietary requirements. Not the reason I have joined though. Daughter was diagnosed a few days ago with...