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Sarah is 6 and has the accu chek. She wears her pump in a spibelt and if the dress is loose you cannot see it. She also has a spandex belt from Australia, for tighter dresses, but the pump isn't as secure in it we find. The best one is the spandex 'thigh thing' - supposed to be a garter for...

Hi, What worked for us in year one is this and so it will continue into year two: We have a pencil case (red so visible, pencil case so not shouting "medical") that goes everywhere with S, carried by her teacher and transferred from one teacher to another if they are having a session with...

Hi, I can't help with the puberty thing as S is only 5, but can with the carb counting. Have you heard about carb factors? It is a really easy way to be really precise with the carbs when making your own food. Basically you note down the percentage of carbs in each ingredient, add them up...

We had something similar a couple of weeks ago. S got a vomity bug in the middle of the night, spent all night fairly low (I even reduced the basal on the pump) and ketones were the last thing on my mind as she was never above 6.2. I phoned the hospital team for advice about 7am and they asked...

Well done on the pump! S got her pump at the beginning of March. I too was concerned about nights and bought a belt from diabete-ezy (from Australia) as that sits really close to the body and doesn't have any buckles etc. I also bought a spibelt (from America) and she tended to wear that in...

Hi, I am horrified at this treatment of your son. I saw your post on the CWD site and thought the advice excellent so didn't add my own two penn'orth then, but will now. I think I remember you said it was an independent school. It is easy to assume the worst of the school and want to go in...

We were living in Australia for a couple of months earlier this year and found that while Sarah needed the same amount of insulin in the hot weather it was absorbed quicker and lasted less time. We couldn't have a meal out and then walk along the beach to get an ice cream - the ice cream had...

I'm not surprised you want to move. You need people to make it easy for you, not for you to have to check they have done it right. Let the surgery know exactly why you are moving. What you want is to sign for the next prescription whenever you pick one up so there is always one ready for you...

Hi, Well done on your first clinic! When we left hospital I think the Diabetes team gave us a print out of our prescription to give to our surgery. Ever since then all the stuff still has "as directed by hospital" on the labels. If the surgery is getting it wrong it might be worth asking the...

Hi, Our daughter was diagnosed in October last year aged 4. I can remember the shock as if it was yesterday, but two things kept me going during that day in hospital. Firstly I kept saying to myself that there was probably someone downstairs being told much worse things about their child...