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hi, I have two children who have type 1 diabetes. We trialled the Freestyle Libre last year and have now been self funding it for our children for the past six months. We absolutely love it and having not to do all the blood pricks and nightly checks has been life changing. We've spoken to the...

I am about to go on my son's school residential trip next month. The school are expecting me to look after a group of 10 children ( with my son being one of them). My concern is how I'm meant to look after other kids when I am trying to deal with his requirements like food times and having to...

Can anyone tell me if a child with type 1 qualifies for SEN and if so, how you go about getting this funding. Thanks Leggott.

My kids had clinic today and their Hba1cs were both 6.6 ! They are normally pretty similar and I know if they vary dramatically I would feel a tad guilty that I achieved better control for one than the other. Still having the problems at night, but at least my lack of sleep is just a small...

Just thought I'd mention that there is an article in the JDRF Discovery magazine about my husband's quest to run the London Marathon this Sunday. There is a photo of him with the kids and the article explains why running the marathon is so important to him and why he is trying to raise as much...

My sons bg seems to be rising between 2-3am in the morning, so I need to adjust his basal. I was thinking of increasing the rate between 11-1pm, but wasn't sure if I should be increasing the basal a little earlier than that (what time delay should I be working on) ie how long before should I be...

My husband who has had type 1 for over 25 years will be running the London Marathon to rasie funds for JDRF. I am extremely proud of him as he has been training hard and is currently running up to 19 miles, so well on track for 26 in April! Although he only started running this year he has...

To know why that when we correct my son at night we need more insulin than if we increased the basal to covered that period the following night. For example, we noticed that for several nights my sons blood is about 6mmol at 10/11pm when we go to bed, but by 7/8am it has gone up to about 8mmol...

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Firstly, my daughter has been given funding for a pump and our start date is 23rd Aug! Secondly we had her HBA1C today which is 5.8mmol and finally her blood which had shown the presence of antibodies for thyroid disease is still at ok levels, so no intervention required. I'm still awaiting...

Well we had my son's first check up since being on the Omnipod pump now for about 6 weeks and although his HBA1C hasn't lowered, it has remained the same at 6.3. I'm really pleased as although there hasn't been an improvement his control is much tighter. All in all the pump has made our lives...

Hi. we are two weeks into pumping and although it has been hard work I have to say we are so pleased to be off MDI. Anyway, we are having problems with the basal at night. The lowest I can set the Basal per hour is 0.05, which between the hours of 12-2am is too much for my son, which is...

So my son is nearly one week into pumping and all is going well! We are doing lots of testing to try and get basal right. We were always led to believe that insulin requirements when pumping were less than MDi often by around 30%. We have kept on reducing his basal and now his total amount per...

Hi, Finally we have been told that my son will get his pump on May 16th! I know we will have some night time testing to get basal right, but I'm currently getting up at 4am to give him novorapid to stop him waking up too high! And so used to nightime testing anyway. They both had their...

My daughter who is 8 came home from school yesterday telling me that another boy also a type 1 diabetic had to use her finger pricker as the cap from his was missing! She has a multi clix device and was smart enough to twist the end and change the needle when the other boy used it and again...

The future is looking good! A mum at the school is marketing these products which I've been told should hit the market in the next few months! http://www.mtbeurope.info/news/2010/1008001.htm Google bgstar

My 6 year old son and my husband have just trialed the Omnipod. I have to say that it seems amazing! The pod itself is very small and in fact the pods will be 40% smaller in the next year or two. My son wore his on his tummy just by the side of his tummy button. He didn't notice it at all and...

We got the results back from my sons biopsy and it was all ok. They had thought he may be coeliac as he had antibodies in his blood, but all is ok. We also got the results back for my daughters latest blood test. She was showing thyroid antibodies at a test done in Aug last year. There are...

I wondered if anyone can give me some guidance. My 6 year old has even having erratic bg through the night. After doing lots of testing we noticed that shortly after going to bed at 8pm his bg would rise significantly, going from about 6 mmol to 12mmol at around 10/11pm. We tried upping levemir...

Hi, I have just received a letter following my daughters annual review. We have been advised that the she has raised Thyroid peroxidise antibodies, suggestive of autoimmune thyroid disease. However, her Thyroid function is well within target range and no treatment is needed at this stage. As...