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Message: <blockquote data-quote="leggott" data-source="post: 126779" data-attributes="member: 20065">Hi, my 2 children were diagnosed within a day of each last May.  At the time they were both put on novomix.  We found that it was extremely inflexible and found that we were always having to correct with novorapid for high readings and we were giving the novorapid if every they wanted something in between meals.  We also found that they were having large snacks before bed time which was taking their blood readings up high overnight, which was something we wanted to avoid. We initally switched my son to basal/bolus as we wanted to get better control - which we have now got.  My daughter seemed to get excellent control with the novomix but last Xmas we changed her because it was not as flexible.  We were also encouraged by the hospital to changer her over as the basal/bolus regime mimics the way the pancreas works, so it should result in better control as well as greater flexiblity.   In my opinion basal/bolus is much better and its probably better to go straight onto this rather than having to change down the line, and possibly coming up against some resistance from your child.  My kids find that having greater flexibility with what and when they eat has far outweighed the extra injections which they are used to.   It is though down to personal choice and what is easier for you and your daughters is also a factor to take into account when making your decision.</blockquote>

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