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You have to decide if you want to homeschool for you or your child, is it because of being T1 only? Is it the fear of loosing control a little? I think it's important for a T1 kid to want to be normal, to want to fit in, to want to be the same as everybody else. Homeschooling can be a little...

Thanks for your replies. This is all new to me so stupid obvious questions will be asked! I don't want to damage or take any risks to the precious pump! I was reading over the Medtronic leaflets and this is what threw me; 'Do not expose to xray devices or other devices that generate very strong...

My daughter is going to the dentist shortly, obviously needs to take pump off if xrays being taken, but how about regular cleaning, is it ok to leave the pump on? Heard machines with strong magnetics, some fairground rides etc and the pump needs to be taken off????? So just wondered about the...

Thank you for your replies. Got in touch with the clinic, and they presumed that she had starvation ketones as opposed to diabetic ketones (never knew there were different ones) So I proceeded to give her full sugar 7up and within 20 minutes she asked for an apple, so I had to give more...

Daughter is rarely sick, so hence the probable obvious question! Overnight she has developed a vomiting bug, younger sibling had it during the week. Her morning reading is 11, which is high for her, usually 5-6. Have tested her for ketones and I'm getting a reading of 3.6. Diabetic clinic not...

Looking for funky wallets to hold 2 pens for my daughter, the ones she has are apparently not trendy enough! I have the Frio ones for travel, it's just Novodisk don't seem to supply nice kids ones..or do they? Is there any website that sells this stuff?

My daughter is T1 and is on a basal/bolus regime, she has to have insulin for lunchtime in school. I visit the school every day and inject her. The school wouldn't even consider getting a teacher to inject her, or even supervising her if she injected herself. She is still too young to let alone...

Danielle0106, my daughter has a phone and texts me her readings when she is out, or in school. There has been no issue with her having it with her, in fact, I'd have an issue if someone taking care of her would have an issue! My daughter would also go hypo in the bath if it's an hour or so...

Thanks. Yes, I am increasing her ratios again. The thing with the snack is though is she has a small appetite as it is, she already gets a 10-12g snack after school, mid-morning etc, so by increasing it, she will eat less of her main meals, vicious circle! I have also talked to her diabetes team...

Well, after a week of taking all the lows after 4 hours after Novorapid, it was decided it was the Levemir that was too much, took her off the 0.5 units of it (she had her last 0.5 yesterday, over 30 hours ago) and she has been falling the same as always 4+ hours after the last shot of...

Yes, J&K she's only on approx 10.5 a day. Diabetes nurse says the consultant is hesitant about taking her off the levemir altogether. I would agree with the fact that she might do better with having the levemir at night time, but I wonder would she still get lows then too, possibly worse as...

She has been on 3 units of lev with a while, but because the hypos were literally all over the place, we reduced little by little, down to 1 unit every morning, but more hypos the last 3 days so we brought it down to .5 lev. Here is what a typical day would look like Waking BS 7.4 Lev 1 unit...

My daughter is 9, T1 with 18 months, but honeymooning at rest from what we can tell. Her last insulin, Novorapid, is at dinner time and nothing until morning, very small units, or so we are told. We hope to go on pump soon, so we are doing basal/bolus regime. Levemir/Novorapid I cannot control...