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<blockquote data-quote="marktw" data-source="post: 69572" data-attributes="member: 7189"><p>my son was diagnosed last year, apr 28, age 13. It started with him drinking lots of fluids and comlaining of being thirsty, he hadnt had a virus or anything like that, just sort of crept up on us. prior to him being thirst all the time, he would make a glass of milk last about 2hrs at tea, same with other drinks, but we noticed he was drinking loads, didnt realy notice the weight loss as he was/is skinny plus he was playing loads of football for his village team</p><p></p><p>i mentioned to my wife about him being thirsty all the time and that it could be a sign of diabetes (have a friend who is type 2 and he mentioned when he was diagnosed, he was thisty/drinking a load) so i went and got a home testing kit from superdrug and we did two home tests, that showed his blood sugars to be high, so we booked into see the gp</p><p></p><p>went to see the gp a couple of days later, explained the sysmptons and he got a testing kit out and did a test there and then, meter showed HI, so he asked us to wait in the waiting room while he phoned the hopsital to get him admitted and also to verify the result of the meter reading</p><p></p><p>went to hospital where they re-did the test and aslo keytone tests. His blood sugar was 27 and keytones were 3, though he wasnt feeling poorly, and that was that, he stayed in overnight and we saw the consultant the next day and came home totaly different</p><p></p><p>think we caught it early, as he has had a good honeymoon period, nearly 11 months, he was taking no insulin for about 3/4 months last year as his body was producing enough to cope. in fact it got to the stage where the diabetic team werent to sure what was happening, so we had a glucose tolerance test in mar, just so they could see what was going on, but it looks like his honeymoon period has come to an end, though he is still able to bring himself down during the night, so he's on Novorapid prior to meals, varying doses due to carb counting and levemir 6 units in the moring</p><p></p><p>we seem to be getting caught out a lot more will lows now as well, seems to be having them every other day or so. We keep adjusting the carb to insulin ratio with meals. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marktw, post: 69572, member: 7189"] my son was diagnosed last year, apr 28, age 13. It started with him drinking lots of fluids and comlaining of being thirsty, he hadnt had a virus or anything like that, just sort of crept up on us. prior to him being thirst all the time, he would make a glass of milk last about 2hrs at tea, same with other drinks, but we noticed he was drinking loads, didnt realy notice the weight loss as he was/is skinny plus he was playing loads of football for his village team i mentioned to my wife about him being thirsty all the time and that it could be a sign of diabetes (have a friend who is type 2 and he mentioned when he was diagnosed, he was thisty/drinking a load) so i went and got a home testing kit from superdrug and we did two home tests, that showed his blood sugars to be high, so we booked into see the gp went to see the gp a couple of days later, explained the sysmptons and he got a testing kit out and did a test there and then, meter showed HI, so he asked us to wait in the waiting room while he phoned the hopsital to get him admitted and also to verify the result of the meter reading went to hospital where they re-did the test and aslo keytone tests. His blood sugar was 27 and keytones were 3, though he wasnt feeling poorly, and that was that, he stayed in overnight and we saw the consultant the next day and came home totaly different think we caught it early, as he has had a good honeymoon period, nearly 11 months, he was taking no insulin for about 3/4 months last year as his body was producing enough to cope. in fact it got to the stage where the diabetic team werent to sure what was happening, so we had a glucose tolerance test in mar, just so they could see what was going on, but it looks like his honeymoon period has come to an end, though he is still able to bring himself down during the night, so he's on Novorapid prior to meals, varying doses due to carb counting and levemir 6 units in the moring we seem to be getting caught out a lot more will lows now as well, seems to be having them every other day or so. We keep adjusting the carb to insulin ratio with meals. :D [/QUOTE]
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