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Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum My son does a lot of sports and although he wants to go on the pump I'm not sure how well it would work for him. His sugar levels are good except for when we go on winter holidays, their quite high. Would be good to know if anyone is...

Re: When is your Type 1 child old enough to stay home alone? My son has always been independent, he is now 12, diagnosed 2 years ago and has generally good glucose levels. We are quite a young family and I'm known at times to be over protective to my son. We always check his insulin before we...

I don't get comments like that but I have been often told by my friends that if my son (T1) eats this (some root vegetable or leafy thinymajig) he won't have diabetes anymore. Doesn't matter how many times I explain that my son no longer produces insulin, somehow it doesn't get through to this...

Hi Maz, Really sorry to hear about your situation, I really hope all goes well this year. Wishing you and your family the best for 2013!xx

First of all - A shout out to all the courages and wonderful mums who have added Nursing to their long list of jobs! Second - Are there any kids camp or organised group activities for diabetic kids? We live in Africa. My type 1 son goes to a school were there's only 75 kids in total. The kids...