Search Results

  1. L

    How long did you think you had diabetes before diagnosis?

    My daughter was diagnosed 9 1/2 weeks ago and we are positive she has had it for more than 18 + months before diagnosis. She has allergies as well and I have no idea why doctors, especially when we have been in and out of hospital constantly for 4 years. This is heartbreaking, what next????
  2. L

    Medical Detection Dog

    Thank you will go and have a look, it's maybe just a scary step for us but this whole month has been scary. She's had a terrible weekend, she hypo'ed badly on Friday and had the doctors thought she has a fit. Was terrifying, and it was without warning, Will definitely be looking through...
  3. L

    Medical Detection Dog

    Thats what we were hoping just to give her a bit of a sense of security, think I will just look at a puppy and hopefully it will be sensitive to her. Thanks for your support!
  4. L

    Medical Detection Dog

    Thank you, that is such a shame, it would be such a comfort to have a less invasive way of helping her than equipment attached to her, maybe we were just hopeful parents that will try anything gentle and comforting rather that frightening. Thank you, I think we have no hope of a dog!
  5. L

    Medical Detection Dog

    Thank you, I think for us it was also about giving her that distraction of stress and as she is so little the hope that it might make her feel a bit comfort. It is maybe a bit romanticised but also a little bit of a comfort for her. I will look into the pumps but am unsure how she will handle it...
  6. L

    Medical Detection Dog

    Thank you, we are seeing the Diabetic Nurse on Tuesday and have a chat about things, I am just not sure how my daughter will handle having a pump attached to her, she has other medical problems that make her terrified of hospitals and all medical treatment. But we will need to ask and deal with...
  7. L

    Medical Detection Dog

    Hi I wondered if anyone had a Medical Detection Dog, as we wanted to find out for our little girl. She has only just been diagnosed and we are all finding it hard to spot her hypos and she had a terrible hypo on Friday with what they thought was a seizure, We are all so stressed and as she is...