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how long is it ok to keep insulin (novorapid) in the resrvoir. is it ok to fill up completely and keep going till it's empty, or should you only put a certain amount of days worth in and then change??? at present my son fills completely and doesn't change till empty. this can be quite a while...

how much glucose do you take to treat a hypo, and does it depend how low you are? my son is 11 and we are told to treat any hypo with 15g. unfortunately this can send him sky high! we also find that glucose tabs don't do it so much, but 15g glucojuice can send his BG flying! jonesy

my 10 year old son was diagnosed type 1 in aug 09 and went on a pump in sep 10. last week his football team were due to go on a week's tour in jersey. we didn't want him to miss it, but we were too scared to let him go alone at this age and early stage of diabetes and pumping. our way round...

before my son got his pump, i was advised to go to a site dedicated to helping people obtain a pump. it was run by a really helpful guy, who offered sound advice that really helped us. now i want to recommend this site to a friend and can't remember what it was called. sorry for being so...

now that the flexlink plus has been recalled, my son is going to try the Rapid D. however, i read on another thread that you have to prime it in a different way. can somebody tell me how please, as we're expecting them today. jonesy

at the hospital, when first getting pump, we were taught to change cannula every 3 days, however that doesn't work on my son, so we change every 2 days. he runs high if left in for 3rd day. my question is this..... when you change cannula, do you always change cartridge and tubing too? we were...

what is the ratio of type 1 sufferers to healthy people? am i right in thinking around 1 in about 100,000? jonesy

my 10 year old son has been type 1 for a year and a half now and over that time he has started having noebleeds. these are fairly infrequent and never very heavy at all, but today at school he had a very heavy one that lasted about 20-30 minutes. he had not bashed his nose at all, it just...

i like the look of this pump for my ten year old son. apparently it's the lightest pump, which i think is important on a kid. also, we really want a remote, so that he doesn't have to keep on putting the pump on show, and the remote on this one looks so much better than the 'brick' that comes...

this may seem like a silly question but....... if you are splitting, is it best to have both doses equal? my son is currently on 7 at night and 3 in the morning. i just assumed it was best to take equal doses and was going to gradually work to 5 and 5. makes sense to me....but am i missing...

i make my son change his lancet every test, but i've been reading on another forum and it seems some people use the same lancet till it's blunt or change it 'every july'! some people on there were saying they can make a multiclix barrel last weeks. am i being over cautious??? what's the norm...

Billy is type 1 and has been for 1 year exactly. he is 10 years old (just). we have coped well, carb counting from the second month. his first 2 HbA1c's were 7 and 8. these were achieved on ratios of 1:30, 1:45 and 1:40 for breakfast, lunch and dinner. however, the last few weeks everything...

so, after months of banging on to our care unit at hospital and getting nowhere, we asked our GP to refer my 9 yr old son elsewhere. the referal took a while. the first 2 letters went unanswered, but we finally got through to the right person. last week we had our first meeting with a...

my wife seems to think that it's ok to give my 9 year old type 1 son choc, ice cream, deserts as long as it's with a meal and the right amount of novorapid is injected. i think it's ok now and then, but not all the time. however, i need reasons to convince her. or am i wrong and she is...

not had to do this with my type 1 son yet, but will be doing it soon. do we have to get a 'fit to fly' certificate from gp? what about insulin, needles, glucagon syringe,lancets etc....will we need some kind of letter/certificate to carry them on board in our hand luggage? what about spares...

my 9 year old son was diagnosed Type1 last august and we had his first ever HbA1C today. result was 7. that's good right? jonesy

this may well be a stupid question. apologies if it is. the other night my boy injected novorapid instead of levimir by mistake. we worked out that we needed to get about 160g of carbs into him to counteract the dosage. now....if i give him glucose tabs or lucozade, i know that these contain...

i have noticed air bubbles in my son's insulin. is this normal, and is it anything to worry about? jonesy

new product in the US . diabeteze.com anyone tried this? i've just ordered a couple of boxes. jonesy

my 9year old boy has got a virus (cough, snotty, bad throat, aching body, high temp) and his levels are going mad. on monday they were up around 12 and 13, but yesterday they were around 18 in the afternoon and at 25.8 before bedtime! is this normal? jonesy