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Well we got back from Goa on Monday morning, it's bl**dy freezing here after 90 degree heat so just getting used to it again. When we arrived in Goa we reset Lily's basal profile to no. 2 to allow for the heat and she was fine for the first few days with good numbers on the whole, but then we...

As the title says, we have all sorts of boxes and bags and goodness knows what else and we have some on top of a cupboard and some inside. My wife gets really peed off with it all and says anyone would think she was terninally ill. Do you have a dedicated cupboard or is it just where it will...

Maybe a silly question but here goes. We are going on holiday in February and it will be really hot, Goa, :D ,so will we need to change Lily's insulin regimen or will it be OK as it is? ie basals and I:C ratios. We have heard that in hot weather that she won't need as much. She is only on a...

Do any of you know of a local anesthetic (preferably spray) that can be used prior to changing a cannula? We have been using emla cream but it needs to be on for at least an hour before it takes effect. We would not object to buying it over the counter if something was available. My daughter...

I was at work this afternoon when I got a phone call from my wife. She was in a right panic. She had given Lily her tea at 5pm and she had crusty bread and roast chicken, followed by a Cornetto which is pretty usual stuff that she has had many times and then some cherries. Her BG was 9.8, a...

Might be a daft question but, we are using flexlink plus cannulas and the DSN told us to prime it with 0.7 units when we do a change. This has seemed to work OK for us but I have just been checking the official site and it says to prime with 1.0 units. Now 0.3 might not be a huge amount but it...

My daughter started on a pump last Monday and I know that it is still early days but her numbers are much worse than when she was on injections, and they weren't so good. We have had really good night time levels on a couple of occassions but generelly they are poor. Yesterday we had to change...

Hi all, I'm Harry and my wife is Liz, my daughter, Lily, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on 2nd June this year. She is 7 and is finding it really tough. It was a hell of a shock as she has never been ill in her life and is as fit as a fiddle. She is doing ok at the moment and does her own...