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Hi there I had exactly the same thing I was so delighted about the idea of the freestyle and the thought of not having to prick his fingers to test all the time but was very upset with his reaction. It took him about four days to pluck up courage to use it and 40 mins of tears to put it on In...

My son 11 has recently started to use the sensor he is very conscious of it and says it hurts from time to time results are not accurate and he still pricks before meal times i had high hopes with this but only time will tell he is particularly worried add he plays rugby two to three times a...

Hi there we have been told it is very much s postcode lottery and very much dependent on local authority we are going to try the freestyle self funded for my 11 year old and see if it suites as it doesn’t suite some people

Hey there can someone help me my 11 year old is really struggling with the finger pricking and all his fingers are black and hurt him I am very keen to move into the freestyle but have read many posts saying how they fall off My son is very thin and has very little flesh in his arms I know it’s...

I have tried to get him to inject in his bottom but he just won't

My son is 11 and was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with T1 he says that injecting in his stomach is very painful after doing it for a week he prefers his thighs but now I can see that this is becoming difficult. His mood has changed a lot guess it’s something we just have to cope with

I have one question at lunch times my son is usually 3.9 to 4.9 I know the guidelines say this is a hypo situation but he knows when he is hypo and does tell me when he us feeling this way The question I have is what should I do should I get his BSG to normal levels retest after 15 mins and...

Hi all My 10 year old son has recently been diagnosed with type 1 and it's been difficult to get our heads round it I am learning all the time but I still get things wrong please tell me it's normal