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My son is 13 and has been T1 for just over a year. We manage pretty well with carb counting, and every gram is counted. I believe as a growing boy he needs his carbs, and he currently has approx 180g of carbs in meals per day, with 20-30g added for snacks. Do you think this is too much? He...

Exactly as mentioned previously, all supermarkets cater for diabetics within their normal food ranges, it's just knowing what the food contains and making sensible choices. Unfortunately, "diabetic food" is OK regarding having lower carbs, but can be quite bad in other ways, for example may...

Hi. My son was diagnosed 1 month after he started year 7 last September. At first he didn't want to tell anyone, but his diabetes nurse had a meeting with his tutor and group leader and all staff were informed. His school have been great, he has a special room to inject in, but he is allowed...

My son was diagnosed last year age 12. He took it all in his stride, but I just crumbled (not in front of him of course). He is the star patient with the lowest Hba1c, he carb counts, injects his insulin, deals with hypos all by himself, I am just the back-up! And just today he has gone off...

I know exactly what you are feeling. Although my son was 11 when diagnosed, only 7 months ago, it felt like a bombshell had hit us. I am a single mum and my youngest 8 year old daughter has had epilepsy since she was 3. We have no other family support, but somehow we get through each day...

I know exactly what you are feeling. My son was diagnosed in October 2012 age 11. It was devestating for me, and I hate to admit that I took it bad, didn't know anything about T1 or what to do, and then felt extremely guilty "who was I to be upset when it was my son having to deal with this"...

My 12 year old son absolutely loves the Fridge Raiders, chicken bites with only 3.6g of carbs in a packet. He also loves low fat cheese spread on ritz crackers, he makes two cracker sandwiches with cheese spread inbetween less than 10g carbs. Maria