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Morning all had been a long time since I last posted but could do with some advice. My daughter was diagnosed T1 at the age of 14 and started with MDI initially she coped well but started to experience major issues with anxiety and depression culminating in her having panic attacks at school...

Hi all, just a quick question. My daughter is really suffering badly with anxiety at the mo, been building up for a little while but seems everything is getting on top of her. she has a lot on her plate at the minute work school, exams and applying fro uni. Diabetes wise she is really well...

Hello all, especially all the ladies, Just a quick question if anyone has any insight. My 16 year old daughter has type 1, currently on MDM, but should be going onto a pump in the next couple of months, has ok control her last Hba1c was 58, not perfect but I feel not bad door a growing teenager...

Usually gives bolus just as she eats fine with other meals, but might be worth trying a litle earlier with breakfast thanks for the tip

Hi the situation is the same for my daughter as mentioned above by SandraR, also we have been told that if she were to suffer a major hypo in the middles of the paper, we could apply to the exam board for specil consideration with marking. this is mainly because most children may start to lose...

Re: Help with popst breakfast highs in 15 years Old Hi does not really seem to mater what she eats still goes high, but mostly shreddies

Hi all, just a quick question as I have been struggling to reach our DSN for nearly a week !!!! Doing good at mo most of F BM’s are well within normal limits but still struggling with breakfast. She on 25 Lev in the evening and we carb count and use nova for bolus her breakfast ratio is 1-5...

Hi, just wanted to give you some info on metformin. The use Metformin has become more widespred in the preganncy over the last couple of years , this is larlely due to the fact it gives an steady blood suger reading avoiding the peaks and troughs often associated with insulin, a more consistant...

Hi alll, just wondering if any advice on coping with the cold weather. This is our first winter diabetes and ever since the snow arrived my daughters bms have been a bit odd. She will start will a normal pre meal have a normal type meal for her, we carb count, her ratio is 1-5 at breakfast and...

Hi all, some advice needed please. My daughter has been type 1 for a nearly a year now, we havew had many ups and downs but seesm to be getting to grips with things. we now carb count and work out bolus of nova rapid with the accu chek expert and things are ok she has moments of madness, like...

Hi all just a quick question if you have a couple of mins. I collected my daughters insulin this morning, wpuld usually come straight home a put in fridge, but due to circumstances beyond my control i was delayed. In all the insulin was out of the fridge for around three hours so what i...

Hi all, just wanted to seek some opions lantus against levimir. My daughter (14) is currently on 19 units levimir at night and carb counts and uses varying doses of nova rapid during day. the problem is that now late afternoon in to the evening her levels are starting to creap up and the...

Hi all, just a quick question, as school hols just about brave enough 5 months after diagnosis to take my daughter swimming again, might seem a strange question but will the chemicals in the water effect her BM reading so does she need to go back the changing room to wash hands before testing...

Thanks ebony321, F curretly has 12 units of levilmir around 2130, i hadn't consdiered that this might be `running ou` will ask DSN if things dont settle in next couple of days, not sure my daughter would be trilled to add another injection into a regime, of course i assume another injection...

Hi everyone , it is so nice to hear people experiecing the same kind of frustrations as me, thouight it was me doing something wrong. Our DSN has been fab but at the end of the dsy are not on the phone 23/7, so we have also started `playing` with her doses, My daughter had started her period...

Yes have spoken to her nurse, but she currently to more focused on preventing hypos rather that worring about highs ! Very frustrating

Hi all forgive me asking yet another question this is all still so new to us. my 14 year was diagnosed in march and is doing really well, through the day mostly she has acheived resoanable control, but the evenings remain a problem. she will eat her main meal around 5-530pm usually taking 6...

Hi all, we are just in the process of being taught carb counting prior to my daughter ( 14 year old type 1) before being given the accu chek expert BG machine, so she can start to calculate her own bolus and give herself a little more freedom. before we can have the machine we need to complete...

My 14 year old is type 1, she just getting to the stage where she wants rid of her hairy bits escpecially her legs. She has seen and is keen to use a product called sheer skin a pad that kind of buffs the hair off. The product states diabetes should seek advise, just wondering if any one has...

hi thanks for the reply, yes she is on mutile injection nova rapid with meals and levimir at bed. I checked her urine and it was negative for ketones, being only nine weeks since diagnosis things are still very new and we are yet to reaaly discuss with her nurse how to bring down high levels...