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Hi thanks for the help. I thought I was correct in needing to lower it. Thanks. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi, I need a bit of help please, my daughter has been having high blood readings over the last few days, she uses the aviva expert with time blocks and carb ratios. If her bloods are high do I need to lower her carb ratio or up it her ratio in the time block when she tends to be high is 1u to...

Ok thanks I'll give it a go. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I haven't been able to get on to my app either so I have deleted it. I have then gone to apps to try and find it and reinstall but it's not showing in the apps. Any ideas what's happening? Thanks Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

hi daibell we're in corfu, i'll just have to keep an eye on it and try and remember for furture holidays that it might go up not down, just a bit of a suprise really as i was expecting hypos not hypers. thanks for your help.

Hi We are currently away on our first holiday abroad with our 11 year old diabetic child. I am having problems trying to lower my daughters blood sugar readings, they are between 10 and 17 throughout the day and first thing in morning. I have altered her lantus by 1 unit but it is still high so...

Thanks for your responses. DivaAlena do you test throughout the night as well? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thank you all for your replies. I feel a little bit better after reading your replies. I'm sure we will be fine once we get there. Do you all check blood sugars every two hours whilst your away or just as normal like when your at home? Can you take food in your suitcase when you fly? Sent...

We are due to go to Greece in a few weeks, this will be our first holiday abroad since my 11yr old was diagnosed last November and I'm really worried about how her diabetes will be and about working the carbs out whilst we're there. Also how much equipment should we take, if I'm honest I'm...

Hi my daughter has 5 units of lantus at 8 o'clock every evening. We we're advised by our diabetic nurse that they like the blood reading to be around 8 or 9 at bedtime. If its low she normally has a hot chocolate to keep her levels up and up to now (touch wood) we haven't had any night time...

Hi thanks for your response but I've managed to get in touch with my daughters consultant today and explained everything to him. I'm goi g to lower her ratio. Thanks again. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi when she woke yesterday her blood was 3.9 then her lunch reading was 12.9 then she had a hypo about an hour after which was 3.7 this went back up to 5.3 then about 2 1/2 hours later it was 10 then 45 mins later at tea it was still 10 her bedtime one was 8.5. She's had one hyper today which...

Hi my daughter was diagnosed as type 1 at the end of October last year, we have been going through the honeymoon period over the last few months having lots of hypos and adjusting her carb ratio but these last few days she's been having hypers. She isn't unwell, could it be that her ratio needs...

Thank you both for your response. Happy new year to you both.

My 10 yr old was diagnosed just over a month ago and I'm trying to figure out if she can have her novarapid as well as her lantus within a few minutes of each other. We are having a party tonight so she will be having some buffet food later around 8pm so I obviously need to give her novarapid...