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Flash glucose sensing available on NHS (Libre) Evening All With the recent news that devices such as the Freestyle Libre’ from Abbott, subject to local health authority approval. I live in an area which has stated that they will not be supporting the product. I am interested in which...

Hi My son (type 1 , diagnosed at 20 months now four and a half) is now on a pump and has been for over a year. Shortly after his diagnoses I pushed for the pump but the process took a while and we can’t fault the help we got from our care team at the local hospital. My view was that after being...

Elainechi You mentioned that your” child Tax Credits went up as well” I would be interested in mote info on this, thanks

HI my son is 3 and ¾ Type 1 and on a pump now. Moving over from Standard delivery to Multiwave and extended deliveries dependant on foods. Sorting out the foods to be given as Multiwave and Extended strait forward enough working on the GI index etc. Teenagers / adults taking thee dose as...

Our son(3 ½ Type 1 using a Roche Pump) goes to a main line pre school. They are happy to carry out a blood test and take a reading but will not administer the correction factor if required. It is early days of the argument over this but I am looking for information as to wear we stand. Does...

Just finished reading it, fond it informative and filled a couple of blanks in relation to other information received from various sources. Comes across with a common sense approach. Well worth a read.

Callum, 3 yrs old and a bit now , type 1 and on a pump, Going to school next September, I know a bit early to worry, I think but wife is panicking,,, When in school, what responsibility does the school have to ensure he has taken his medication (luckily via a pump now), as parents it is not...

Pump Fitted Today !!!!!! :D Callum, now 3yrs old, Type 1 since 20 Months old. Well Finally,,,, pump fitted today, so far so good. Although he knows no different and can’t remember a time when he did not need to have injections ,,, ,,, he has informed us that he no longer need injections as he...

Thanks All I have ordered a samole.

Shortly going onto the pump after the recent trial with saline instead of insulin loaded into it. We are using the Accu Check Flexlink Needle to deliver the bolus. Fitting the needle is not an issue but removing it caused tantrums as Callum is only two and a half. We have used ZOFF pads to...

During one of our hospital sessions an other family told us that there family dog had started changing his behaviour and it coincided with the lows that there son was having, the dog was not trained specifically but seemed to be instinctive. When my son is bit older then I have now found the...

Spring time, better whether, more activity outside, child uses more energy, child more prone to lows as a result, This was one of the points to note when our son was 1st diagnosed, a general point to note from our Diabetes Nurse Just a thought, but I do have an open mind.

Hi My son has T1 he is two and a half My son gets the middle band of DLA as standard. “ this is automatic after application” £44 per week. My wife is entitled to carers allowance £53.13 per week, as she looks after him more than 35 hrs a week as long as she does not earn more than £95.00 per...

Hi All Thanks for your replies, much appreciated. The majority of the time we are able to help reduce instances of Hypos by regulating his medication. As he is getting a lot more active then this is more critical. When we miss out and he does get a Low at night we give the Gel as normal but if...

Hi My son is 2 and a half, T1 and is about to go on a pump. During the day all is well. Lately he has started to go Low at night, we are lucky as he recognises this himself even at his young age and calls out. We give him his gel and that sorts out the immediate need. As he is now coming off...

Hi My son is two and a half and T1 for a year now, we were granted DLA and we recently also applied and got Carers Allowance as long as my wife does not work more than a certain amount of hours a week. You are entitled to it. Again a long form but worth it.

Carbs v Complex Carbs My son is 32 months and diagnosed at 23 months. We carb count and administer insulin quite successfully. That aside should be dosing at a different rate to match the different types of carbs he is eating?

Re: Pump as a wireless monitor Update Thanks all Following our recent Hospital visit our doctors and nurses are recommending that my son goes on a pump and the one with the monitoring function is one of the two they are recommending.  We are awaiting the process now of a discussion with the...

I have a 2 year old son Callum with Type 1 diagnosed 3 months ago. Looking at the insulin pump option for him, at this stage using the wireless monitoring element only to monitor his blood levels especially at night wear he goes low. It would not be our intention at this stage to use the pump...