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hi all just wanted to share how proud i am of my 9 yr old son i think he is amazing, he never lets anything get him down and diabetes does not stop him from doing what he wants to do. for example last night he went to taekwondo and the instructor commented how well he is doing and how hard he...

hi all not been on in a while as all been going smoothly but have removed a site tonight after it being in for the 3 days with no complaints from dylan at all, but there are 2 blisters either side of the site hole and im not sure what to do about it we have never had this before. does anyone...

so dylan has been getting very aggresive when hypo and im not sure what to do about it we have had football training tonight dylan has punched another boy in the face because they were arguing ive tested him after a dressing down and he was 3.2. anyway my question how can i stop this besides...

so we went for a checkup last thursday and the DSN was surprised by how little insulin dylan is on she said she would expect someone on so little to be making their own insulin but we have done the c peptide test and he isnt making any himself. anyway just made me curious about how much other...

well my 9 year old son has developed a nasty cough so i thought i better pop to the supermarket and find a cough medicine now i have bought some before so i dont know why it was so hard this time, i looked on all the shelves in tescos with no luck they were all full of sugar so i went to asda...

well its the start of the football tournaments tomorrow and the first time we have done the tournaments with a pump, we have done some matches tho but the tournaments last all day and am wondering the best way to deal with it esp with the hot weather we have had today. now sometimes he might...

just looking at this meter online and wondered if its worth the 24.99 price tag to get it. we have several meters at home but just liked the idea of transferring everything and being able to read all the results and spot trends easier any thoughts appreciated anna marie

our hba1c came back today not perfect but after 2 months of pumping its come down from 10.5 to 9.2 which when u think in 4 years we have not been under 10 i am over the moon with it, still room for improvement tho and ill hope for the next one to be under 9 :D i spoke to his nurse and she was...

hiya all well we thought we had cracked the pump but dylan spent all day yesterday in the 2s and 3s even after treating so today had to change everything again still low at lunch tho, thought once we had set everything up it may need tweeking occasionally but not the whole lot of basals and...

so as the title says we had football again yesterday so another chance to experiment i decided to leave the bolus alone and leave it normal ratios and reduce the basal to 60%. first thing he was 9.0 i didnt test before starting as it was too close to breakfast and not long after the 9.0 so...

hi so we have only had 2 matches since starting on the pump but not managed to get it right yet last time i changed nothing and dylan came off 2.4. today i reduced basal an hour before to 80% now it was really sunny today so could of made a difference but really struggled to keep him up out of...

hi all and incase u hadnt realised from the title im abit excited :lol: so we have been on the insulin pump fora month and a half and altho dylan has been much more stable we just havent had that eureka moment when everything has fallen into place, that is until yesterday :D let me just...

well my little man is 9 today and just over 4 years with diabetes, hes going to have the best birthday ever today thanks to his insulin pump. we are taking him and his friends to mcdonalds for tea and then coming home for cake and a play its lovely to think he can have the mcdonalds and cake...

so after a month with no problems we have now starting getting bubbles in the tubing of the set, last night for example dylan went to bed with a reading of 6.1, i went to bed just over an hour later an did my routine test to find he had shot up to 17.3 :shock: i examined the tube and there was...

hello so we have avoided pizza since the first try and the huge spike hours after so we are going to try again as dylan loves pizza and i dont want to have to say no never again. anyway do i try a square wave or dual wave bolus and how many hours should i do it over or percentage of split, i...

hiya so after just over a month on the pump i decided to go on a night out for my birthday leaving dylan with his dad, i only drank coke as im not a big drinker and its a school night :D, so anyway i return home about quarter to 12 and went and tested dylan b4 getting into bed which i always...

ordered some consumables from the medtronic line last wed and im sure she said they would e here mon 14th ut they havent arrived yet so did i miss here the date could it possibly have been that far in advance and she said next mon?? or maybe it could still appear tonight im not sure but hoping...

hello all just wanted to say after a weekend of results that werent fantastic, today we have had 2 blood tests so far dylans waking was 4.7 and his lunch was 7.6 which has been the best we have manage for a lunch time i know its still not perfect but it made me smile :D :D anna marie

so its been a week and no we havent had perfect results but they r getting there today for example we started with a blood result of 13.2 not perfect but better than it has been then lunch was 3.6 then after school 14.8 did a correction and had a result of 4.6 before tea then just now before...

hello all i have read somewhere that people name their pumps so dylan has been trying to think of a good name for his but we are not having much luck so what have u named urs to give us some more ideas thanks anna marie