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    Dexcom CGM sensors have just gone from expensive to ridiculous!

    With an active 5 yr old, we seriously cant get more than 5-7 days max out of a sensor. Once ??? Start popping up reading are inaccurate so we just save the hassle and change it every week:(
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    Dexcom CGM sensors have just gone from expensive to ridiculous!

    I had no idea you can restart will give it a go, they have actually just email me and have sorted it but we not getting more than 5 days from her sensors:( to keep asking for replacements starts to cause confusion!
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    Dexcom CGM sensors have just gone from expensive to ridiculous!

    anyone having a problem with advanced Theraputics? We received a box of sensors and each sensor lasted no longer than three days, Amanda replaced a box me thinking under warranty as they should last 7 days, to pay again in December but to be told that it was from the last box they sent, which we...
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    Test Strips - Complaint Response from the Dept of Health

    my daughter is 5, they refused her prescription once, I wrote a letter to the gp with detailed info on her tests etc and what they supply us didn't even cover normal testing times the nurses had asked us to test her at. never mind the extra we have to do on her.
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    How long have you been a diagnosed type 1?

    My daughter was diagnosed 9 months ago, it's up and down, she's 5. It's good to see how it affects long term, it's constantly on my mind especially when we trying to stable her and she's high. Reading all comments does give me some hope she will be fine in future.
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    Correction dose before bed?

    Hello, my daughter uses a pump, we having problems with her going up after 7 at night even with making changes, I give her correction doses at all hours of the night, this morning was half 4, we have a Dexcom CGM so it's a lot easier as it alarms when she's low, but when we do correction we...
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    Insulin pumps

    good news for you, my daughter uses accu-check pump and we have a Dexcom to monitor her, its a good thing to have when running temp basal rates:)
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    Insulin pump and dafne

    We have not done the course, my daughter has been diabetic for four months and shes just been put on a pump, we have a great team and hospital, sad so many are struggling to get the pump, shes still being adjusted but shes not as high as she was and the freedom for a child is huge. She loves her...
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    Continous Blood Sugar Monitoring System

    Hello. new on here, my daughter is type 1, shes 4 and can not let anyone know shes hypo, was thinking of getting her one from dexcom, its over 900£ for the starter pack and 250£ a month to replace the sensor, this is a huge cost and now i am thinking of applying for one which is funded as its a...