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Our newly Diagnosed son has had fun ordering a selection of 'Free' BG Meters via the diabetes.co.uk Facebook links to try and find one he likes, that is quick and easy to use and suits his lifestyle . We have been trying each one and comparing results and are a bit concerned by the different...

Hi Phoenix Thanks for the help so far. I've had a look at Runsweet.com and put a couple of posts on there but its seems a bit of a dormant site which is a shame. We've also had a lot of contact with Team Novo Nordisk. It is very inspirational what those guy's (and girls) are doing, some very...

Hi, Looking for some help here. Our son who is just 13 was diagnosed Type 1 six weeks ago. He has raced as a cyclist for the past 6 years and has reached a high level even racing nationally and lives with the hope of one day being a pro cyclist. In the normal day to day life of school, family...

Thanks Lucy, We are using Dextro's, coke etc to treat the Hypo's then test again 10 minutes later and give him Digestive biscuits, Wholemeal Sandwich etc to keep the levels up. The Hypo's always happen after main meals and Insuln. I think his insulin dose is too high but he is now only on 3...

Hi, Seem to be struggling on a few things. Its not yet 2 weeks since our 13 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1. Today has proved difficult with 4 Hypos. He has reduced his Rapid to 3 and his Lantus to 4 - (We are not Carb counting yet) We seem to be making him eat more than he wants to just...

Thanks - Yes he is very active and an active Racing Cyclist, although his last training session was yesterday evening (1 1/2 hours) his readings after his workout was 9.1 and around 5.5 at bedtime before his Lantus. This morning he was 6.1 - had Shredded Wheat with Skimmed milk for breakfast...

Hi, Our 13 year old son has now been diagnosed for 10 days. He is having Hypo's quite soon after morning and lunchtime and evening meals, not everytime but sometimes as soon as 1 hour after his meal. We are trying to get our heads around the whole living with diabetes / Insulin, testing...

Thanks for the advice - Sorry but my heading is incorrect as our son is 13....not 3! I think your correct regarding to large a dose of insulin - but this is the second time in 2 days he's gone Hypo within 1 1/2 hours of a healthy meal. I'll speak to his nurse today

Hi, Our son was Diagnosed type 1 last week. He is 13, we are trying to get things settled and our still on prescribed insulin doses. He had his 5 units of insulin with a BG reading of 7.1 before a large dinner this evening of Wholegrain Brown rice, Chicken, egg, onion, sweetcorn, peas etc (Own...

Hi, I am 13 (just). On Monday of this week I discovered I am Type 1 Diabetic. I am a superfit 13 year old who has competed regularly in cycling races for about 4-5 years now with dreams of one day being a pro cyclist. On Monday my world came crashing down when I thought I could never ride or...