Hi all, I am new to the forum although have been looking through the website at all the good information! We are English but live in Cyprus and my son has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes after we realised he was drinking lots of water, feeling tired and losing weight so went for a check and his sugar was very high and his Hb1Ac was 13% and he had high ketones in his urine. We spent 5 nights at the hospital and are now home trying to come to terms and understand what we need to do!!! In Cyprus they measure the sugar level differently so the doctor has told us to try and stay between 140-180 but reading information on here this seems quite high? Also, in Cyprus there appears to be no diabetes team so we r having to seek a lot of basic help privately or through internet which is all very worrying!?!? I hope this forum will help with some of the information we r lacking here and any help would be greatly appreciated! I feel so tired as doctors want me to check his levels every two hours through the night as well!
Many thanks Helen
Many thanks Helen