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    Please help

    Daughter woke up she is on the pump and her Canula had come out in the night her BG was 21 and ketones 2.8 we corrected and inserted a new Canula. She came down but her ketones have stayed at 0.1 all day she is still complaining of tummy ache. Is it ok for her to be 0.1 and what can I do to...
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    Gluco gel

    Hi my daughter has just had her first major hypo where she was staring into space and twitching. We did her b.g and she was 3.0 gave her juice she couldn't drink it gave her gel then came round had the rest of her juice after 5 minutes she was sick? Is this due to her bring low or glycogel or...
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    5 year old Still having tummy ache. Results are back

    Hi i have posted on here before about this but my daughter is still having tummy ache. She was diagnosed last november (4 yrs) She is now 5 and seems to be coping well. We test her bloods about 4-5 times a day which she does herself with support. her Hba today at the hospital was 7.1 But she...
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    daughter with tummy ache???

    Hi Just wondered if any one can help me. :?: My daughter was diagnosed last november . We have gone from 2 injections to 4 injections now on the pump and she loves it. My only problem is that she is still complaining of belly ache alot!! She also has a lot of wind (sorry). She had the coeliac...
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    Going back to school

    Just wondered if any one can give me advice, :? My daughter is 5 going into year 1 she is on an insulin pump. When she is at school she wears a badge for lunch times. But that is it. Should i put on her medi-alert braclet while at school? She normally wears it outside of school just incase...
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    pack lunch ideas

    Hi my daughter aged 5 is on pack lunches at school. We are on a pump and found it so hard to carb count the school lunches since the meals are on a 3 week rota. She is so fed up with sandwichs and to be honest so am i. Just wonrdered if anyone has got any brilliant ideas :?: . We have tied...
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    help with 5 yr old tantrums

    Hi just wondered if any one has any advice. :?: My daughter has reached the age where she thinks she knows best, and argues over anything. When she is then told off and cries she gets so upset it sends her blood sugars low. She had a tantrum the other day that lasted for 20 minutes about...
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    Trial pump

    We have been given a pump on trial. My daughter has just turned 5, (was diagnosed novenber 2010) was doing ok on the 4 injections aday but levels were sometimes all over the place. Given the option of having the pump on trial, so took it. Finding it alot of work but her levels are more stable...
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    carb counting scales / advice!

    hello Just wondered if anyone can help me? We have just started carb counting for my daughter, and the diabetic nurse told me you can get food weighing scales to help which tells you how many carbs. Just wondered if anyone uses them and which would anyone recommend had a look on the net but...
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    tummy ache

    My daughter was diagnosed last november. She has just moved onto 4 injections aday. But since being diagnosed she is complaining of tummy ache and often has bad wind. She has had a celliac test about 4 months ago which has come back negative. Jus wondering is this normal in type 1? Her diet has...
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    caarb counting

    My daughter was diagnosed in late November 2010 having type1. She is 4 yrs old and on Nova mix twice aday. I was wondering about carb counting. Should we start since it is all new to us? and we will have to start it later. Just wondering if any one could help us? :?:
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    help for my 4 yr old with the injections???

    My daughter was diagnossed with type 1 diabetes on 23rd November she is 4 years old. I am really struggling toget her to stay still while i do the finger prick and her insulin. She keeps runing away and moving. Has anyone got any help to try toget her to stay calm. Its all so new if anyone could...