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    Teenage parties

    Can any parents of teenage T1s give me some guidance on how best to handle the issue of teenage ****-ups? I am worried about the possible implications of my son drinking in the company of an group of mates who are pretty much incapacitated. He is realy quite sensible and I don't think he would...
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    Unexpected High

    Last weekend my lad (T1 since Feb 2009) was playing his fiddle in an evening concert. Before he ate, BS was normal and he did an onjection to cover his grub. Then he did the performance and on the way home was flying - all pumped up after the performance. Did his pre bedtime test and it was...
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    Morning highs

    My son's sugars are rather high in the mornings at the moment. He normally has his evening meal around 7pm and does a test just before he goes to sleep about 10pm. Usually his bedtime test is about 8 - 9mmol. Tests on waking have recently been around 12mmol, but were 16mmol this morning. Is...
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    Diabetes and puberty

    My son is rapidly approaching puberty - now 13.5. In the last coouple of weeks his levels have gone from being stable and well controlled, to being a roller coaster, seemingly no sense to his readings. They seem to be totally unpredictable and not related to his meals or his dose rates. I...
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    Can someone explain...

    I have seen in a couple of threads recently that if BG is over 13mmol, that you shouldn't exercise. No-one has ever told us this. Could someone explain the reason for this please?
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    Struggling a bit to get my head around.....

    Carb counting. Not so much the actual adding up and working out of carbs in a plateful of food. I have scales, I have a carb counting book, pen, paper, calculator and even a rough guide on carb ratio to start on. My problem is how to deal with the practicality. My son (13) does his injection...
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    retinopathy

    Not really sure if this is the best place to put this, but no doubt someone will move it if it should be somewhere else. My son (13 and T1 for 18 months) had a letter yesterday saying that his retinopathy screen showed changes in his eye and we would be refered to an eye specialist. Absolutley...
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    Can anyone recomend..

    ...a decent carb counting booklet?
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    levels all over the place

    My nearly 13 year old has been having pretty crazy levels over the last week or so. We went away for a few days last weekend and prior to that his levels had been good, especially as it had been half term so he was out and about doing stuff. While we were away they were abit up and down as we...
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    something to suck

    On the rare occasions we all go away as a family, we like to have a couple of bags of sweets in the car to pass round. Since Iestyn was diagnosed we have all been very abstemious and none of us have had any sweets on journeys. This year we have three or four long car journeys to get through...
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    how to deal with vomiting

    Iestyn has been diagnosed 12 months now and he hasn't had a tummy bug in all that time. His sister has come home from school today and has spent most of the evening with her head in a bucket so in all likelihood he will pick it up. The DN did tell me how to cope and keep is BS levels up, but...
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    Accessing support services

    There is a report on the BBC news site suggesting that some Type 1 children are having a job accessing support services. I have to say that the Diabetic team have been really good for us. I'd be interested to know others experiences. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8501360.stm
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    medical tags

    My son, nearly 13 and type 1 for the last year, is going to visit his aunt in London over half term - his first outing away without parents since diagnosis. I really think he should have some type of medical tag before he goes, but being teen in a rural farming community I can't see him taking...
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    too cold?

    Yesterday my son went to do a test and the meter told him there was an error as the machine was too cold. Apparently it wont work at below 6degrees C. Any one else come up against this?
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    News Item

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8359959.stm Nice to see some publicity regarding Type 1 on a mainsteam website as so much tends to be type 2 orientated. I wonder though if it really has such a big impact on other type 1 families. In truth my son's diagnosis hasn't made a huge difference to...
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    changes in Bg levels overnight

    My son (12 - diagnosed 6 months ago so probably still honeymooning) always does a BG test before going to sleep. We generally eat quite late, so sometimes there is only 45 minutes of so between eating and the last test. Before dinner he has his Lantus (9 units) and if his BG is lower that...
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    what does the future hold

    Thinking ahead to my son's future, I am quite sure that I don't (and nor does he) want his diabetes to rule his life. However, I am aware that he may face various health issues and complications as he gets older, but nobody has said what they are, how likely he is to be affected, how far off...
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    introduction

    Just a quick note to introduce myself. I have been eyeing this forum for the lat couple of months - my 11 year old son was diagnosed as type I in late February this year. I am looking forward to being able to pick the brains of other mums as to how to get stroppy teenagers to look after...