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My nephew has got the same problem. He is very tall and obese. And his mother don´t know why. Is your daughter sad about being obese? Then it will be easier. She should eat less fatty things. No Mac and cheese. Try to give her whole grain noodles with tomatoes. Same with Pizza. Use less cheese...

Carbs are sugar. The white sugar we use to sweet our meals is a fast sugar. Our body splits the sugar. The fast sugar needn´t to be split like dextrose. That´s why you eat that when blood sugar is low. Other carbs are in bred for example. Here our body has to work and to split it. So the...

Hello Jan, my daughter had the same problem and I asked the same question at a German diabetes forum. Some people gave me good advice. The high bloodsugar is caused by adrenalin. So if you are nervous because of a test the bloodsugar goes up. When the test is done and you relax the bloodsugar...

It´s o.k. to feel sorry for yourself for sometimes and for some people it´s an important step on their way to accept diabetes. Hope you feel better now. Your daughter needs you. Also to learn to live with diabetes in a positive way. Sometimes diabetes is sh… but it is nothing you cannot handle...

My daughter (also 12 when diagnosed) never had honeymoon at all. So enjoy the time with no insulin. Time will come back when you need it.

Yes, we parents often cannot imagine what you are going through and how it´s really like to handle diabetes. And we´re so old :) Most of us have forgotten how it is to be young and some of us remember very well and are afraid that you are going to make the same mistakes. And we know now what...

My daughter´s a type 1 so she can eat everything but she´s not allowed to drink anything. She told me she misses to drink juice.

Hi, I think at your age it is very difficult to have diabetes. You want to do all the things your friends do normal without thinking about bloodsugar and carbs. If I had to do injections it would be difficult because I can´t hurt myself. I even cannot pluck my eyebrows. So you have my respect...

O.k. I think I found the information in your last posts. 6 years old and t1. Is it right that you only have to give him 1 unit lantus and novorapid only to correct? Sorry for asking but I´m sometimes not sure if I understand things right. I never heard of anyone t1 given so less insuline. If...

How old is your son? And which type of diabetes has he got?

Re: anyone else get "why can't you do it in a toilet?" comme Hi Kirsten, when my daghter was diagnosed she was 12 years old and two girls of her class thought diabetes was infectious and ran away from her. My daughter laughed about such stupid girls. When she was doing her injections her best...

To be a mother of a teenager is normally really difficult. With diabetes it´s more than really difficult. My daghter is a type 1 ,too. She´s 19 years old now and we had very difficult times here. She "forgot" to check her bloodsugar and even forgot to give insuline. We have a very grat doctor...

I think it´s normal that you feel this way. It is very diffccult to see the own child suffering. When my daughter got diabetes we both went to hospital for 2 weeks. There was a child with cancer and another who couldn´t even move the head. So we thought that we got luck with the diabetes...

Hi Becky, my daughter was advised to have the pump by her diabetic doctor. At first she was afraid. She got the pump for three days to wear (with water) so she could try if she likes it. Now she never would give it back. Good things about the pump are: You can eat when you want, you have to...

How much insulin do you give for pasta? I´ve heard about different ways.

I think they have to do this, but you are right it is not a good way for your daughter. Is there a chance to get an insulinpump? Then she would wear the insulin with her. Life got a lot easier for my daughter when she got her pump.

Poor mother, it must be hard to hurt the own child without the possibility to explain it. Maybe there is the possibility for an insulin pump? Then you have to change the canula every three days. It will be hard, too, but not three or more times a day. And then you can use a plaster which numbs...

Are you checked up every 6 month? Here (Germany) they check your HbA1c every 3 month. I think if you feel unsure and you think you need help you should get it. Sorry that I can´t give you mor advice. Vera

Yes, she manages everything on her own. There´s a calculator you can use. So you only have to supply(?) the carbs and the bloodglucose level and the pump calculates the insulin. That´s a lot easier than the pen. Vera

Thank you for your experience. My daughter also never had problems but I know from other children that they are not allowed to go with the class or to go to another country for an exchange. Do you have diabetes doctors in UK or do you have to go to a nurse? Or are the nurses at school? We don´t...