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On the 24th of this month it will be a year since the doctors at the hospital uttered those words that turned our lives upside down completely. Words that will stay with us for the rest of our lives. Walking into the hospital that morning we didn't know how seriously ill our daughter was...

No but it is very good at showing what bloods have been up to in between checks and overnight. It's very easy to insert. My daughter has been using it since July and refuses to give it up. It had greatly reduced the amount of times she pricks her fingers

Hi. Sorry I can't give any advice, we use the libre

Thanks @himtoo. Hope you have a good xmas x

Hi all, ellie started the omnipod this week, things aren't going too bad so far. When she was on injections she would run high for a while after eating certain foods such as pizza, pasta, McDonald's. I've noticed that you can split/extend the bolus with pumps. I know everyone is different but...

Her nurses are fab, and have been very supportive along the way. We will have both of them with us tomorrow even tho one started her xmas leave on Friday and the other has already told us she will be on standby 24/7 if we need anything. I just wonder if it's nerves about tomorrow that's making...

Insulin was changed on Friday so I know it's not that. Definitely no extras either as that was my first thought so I've been watching her very closely [emoji848]

On Wednesday I enjoyed a magical day upon the santa express with Ellie. As expected all the excitement sent her numbers flying up, we corrected as we went and didn't let it stop us from having the best time ever [emoji846] Thursday saw another day of high numbers and I presumed she was still...

Good I'm really pleased x

Ellie has been diagnosed for 9 months so we're still quite new to it all compared to some. I use to spend night after night reading up on things and to be honest it didn't do me any favours, it just sent my head round in circles. Ellie was always hungry in between meals and we found that...

I very pleased to say I've come a very long way since my burn out and I've learnt how to manage everything better [emoji4] Thank you all for your kind words, it really means a lot x

Thank you both [emoji846] I must admit I've had 'wobbles' along the way and being gentle with myself didn't factor in my day to day life for a while. Ellie is the youngest of 3 children and my job is very demanding, I work in a school supporting students,with behavioural and emotional issues...

So Ellie had her 9 month review today and left with very mixed emotions Only 3 hypos in 3 months [emoji846] Coming out of the honey moon period so hba1c has gone up from 55 to 61 [emoji53] Date set for the pump, 10th December [emoji846] 2nd confirmation of coeliacs disease [emoji53] Ellie now...

I really feel for you [emoji53] We've had a few frustrations with school along the way but all of Ellie's out of school activity leaders (swimming, scouts and majorettes) have been really good after they got over the initial shock of it all. Could you ask your DN to make contact with them to...

Quick update[emoji4] Didn't sleep a wink that night but dance comps went well. 1x1st place, 1x2nd place and 2x3rd place!! School residential also went really well, teachers were amazing and kept amazing control of numbers[emoji4] Ellie was also part of the local remembrance parade with 1 of...

Hi there! Our daughter Ellie is 10 and it will be 9 months this week since diagnosis (my god that has gone quick!). We took Ellie to the doctors on a Monday night with similar symptoms, Tuesday morning she had blood test, 8am Wednesday morning she was been called to the children's ward at our...

Sorry for the delay in replying I have to admit I was a bit in denial when our DN told us to apply as it was hard to think of Ellie having a disability. The best piece of advice she gave us was to do it while everything was still new and we were still learning otherwise we would 'forget' to...

She keeps telling me I'm worrying about nothing [emoji23]. The only worry she has is about her teacher doing her lantus injection as she has it in her bum and can't do it herself. If that's all she's worried about then she's doing better than me [emoji23]

Haha possibly so! Ellie also goes on a school residential trip for 3 day on Wednesday so I'll not sleep from worrying then! I'm already looking forward to my bed next weekend [emoji23][emoji23]

Good day at a friends wedding today. Ellie's bloods ran high after tea but nothing to worry about too much. Managed to convince her to go to bed an hour ago as she has a dance comp tomorrow, bloods were 7.3. I just checked on her as I was going to bed, 3.7 hypo [emoji33] Having to wake her up...