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Thanks. At the moment he is on mixed insulin so he has to have something to eat - which is a right pain for when we are places he doesn't like food or he is poorly but the upside is that he only has to have 2 injections a day. He will changed to seperate injections at somepoint but not sure...

Hi! I'm new here too. My son will be 7 in July and was diagnosed in May 2010 - so fairly similar. He is on 2 injections a day of mixed insulin so think it is different but I find he can be going along at good levels then suddenly they go through the roof for a bit and then the next week at...

I can't help on the original question, but just on the storage thing I was recommended 'Frio' bags. You put the bag in cold water and the crystals absorb the water then as it evaporates it keeps cold. You keep your insulin in these and they stay chilled for a long time (can't remember exact time...

Hello! :wave: We are thinking about going abroad on holiday for the first time since our son was diagnosed with Type I (he is 6 1/2 now). We were going to be going to Florida next Easter but that is temporarily on hold so it will probably be Europe somewhere. I'm after any general advice or...

My 6yr old is on Novomix and has been since diagnosis. He has 2 injections a day - one with breakfast and one with dinner. He often has high readings pre-breakfast and first injection and has been 'diagnosed' with dawn syndrome (I think that is what it is called). His consultant has said that...

My son is just coming up to having been diagnosed for 2 years. We only found out fairly recently that he is entitled to this and have been wading through the form. This link has been really really helpful...