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As an education worker, I would strongly recommend your parents contact the teacher concerned because that is disgraceful behaviour. They have a care of duty to ALL students, so to try and prevent you getting your kit to treat yourself could have had disasterous consequences. I hope you get a...

Just whip out that pen and inject yourself hon. Answer the questions later. My daughter has self-injected since her diagnosis three years ago. She will gauge the audience for herself. Sometimes she feels comfortable doing it, other times she will go to the ladies if she feels self-concious...

We have just taken up camping - our 13 year old T1 daughter is a born camper! She loves it and goes with guides/church and us. TBH, your daughter will enjoy the freedom of running around and getting lots of fresh air. Our biggest issue was swimming. My kids and I are waterbabies and we spent...

Ok, so we shelled out for a Bayer USB meter, since both the optium exceeds and freestyle lites died around the same time. Over the last two weeks, my daughter has been getting alarming readings, namely 0.6, 2.1 etc. When she retests immediately, she gets a completely different reading like...

Davina got a glowing report at the end of last term. She has been put on the gifted and talented register for academic ability and was made a positive ambassador of learning - a scheme that rewards academic achievement in our school. I watched her in her first concert with the choir on...

Daughter was in advanced stages of DKA and admitted to hospital as emergency. They did blood gases, glucose readings, ketones and a whole raft of tests to determine severity. It was enough for them to work on her all night to revive her. When she finally stayed concious she was told the...

Right, having worked in education for 11 years I can tell you, the school want you to statement her because she is worth more funding for them. She does not require full time support, rather she just needs someone to administer her insulin and recognise when she may need help. At 4 years old...

Despite her difficulties in accepting her diagnosis, Davina is a wonderful child. She is like Luna Lovegood and sees the good in everyone. She loves to sing and has recently been offered singing lessons and the opportunity to join a local Girl's Choir. She turned 12 yesterday and it was...

God bless Ellen. My husband's colleague had to attend the funeral of her niece who died in similar circumstances. She was 19, diagnosed a year and didn't share her condition with anyone. She had always had trouble coming to grips with it all - truth be told, she wouldn't go home and get...

Its only diabetes. My daughter and I got told this last week by a member of a uniformed group staff because her niece has lots of medical complications. I really cannot be bothered to explain the ins and outs of it all. I did point out however that where her niece has had her complications...

Waterloo Road handled the dilemma of a girl who was going DKA because she wanted to lose weight. It was very sensitively portrayed and the information regarding DKA was extremely accurate. Sometimes, the media allow remarks like "diabetes in a cup" to get through, but sometimes they do get it...

Thanks all who did reply to my original post. The D team have referred my daughter for counselling because she threatened extreme behaviour. I've put her with my parents for a few weeks to give us both a break. We are both a lot happier as a result. I really cannot speak to the D team...

My daughter was always getting chest problems as a child - she would literally get over an infection, go back to school and be back to square one that night. I was tearing my hair out because she couldn't stay in school longer than 3 weeks, until she was put on inhalers. She came off them...

Welcome to the forum hon. Can I get this straight, the GP did a blood prick test and said "oh looks like he has diabetes". Was your son referred straight to the hospital? Did the GP test for Ketones? Although we cannot diagnose, the symptoms you describe are similar to my daughter. She was...

Thanks for your response Chloe. I have spoken with girlie and she said she was willing to talk.

I tried to persuade the D Nurse to come into my school because we have 9 T1s on-site (incl. staff) and a handful of T2s. I was concerned the staff didn't seem to know who the diabetic children were and I didn't want that for my daughter. I've also felt the D Nurse can sometimes be more...

Contact the school, speak to the SENCO and the Headteacher and explain what was said by the nurse. My daughter may not be her DNurse's favourite person at the moment, but even she would go mental if she was told to inject in a toilet. There are 7 T1s in her school and they have to queue to use...

I finally let my daughter out of my sight 18 months after diagnosis last year. I sent her to her Father's parents to stay for a few days and I sent her with helpful leaflets picked up from a Diabetes Uk display a few days earlier. The first question I got asked by her Gran was how on earth did...

Welcome to the T1 club hon. Its such alot to take in and even now nearly two years after my daughter was diagnosed, we are still learning. We are still adjusting and you are right, its a big old shock, especially if nobody in your family has diabetes. I was aware of it, but not the...

I have a friend who used to work in the diabetes clinic. She told me never to buy meters - just ask the team or phone the manufacturers. They are happy to give them away because they make their money on the sticks. Abbott are fantastic because they send you the data cable and co-pilot...