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<blockquote data-quote="wsmum" data-source="post: 199252" data-attributes="member: 33079"><p>I know ... lack of daily support is v.hard. We have a nice DSN but she's so busy that she often calls back the next day, by which time you've had to make a decision. </p><p>When my son was diagnosed he was in hospital about something else, and a nurse treating him (who just happened to be a diabetic) said don't be afraid to experiment a bit when you can't get a response. So that's what we did, pretty much right from the start ... of course, if something really serious was going on I might not take the 'suck it and see' approach!</p><p>If it's a question of tweaking doses, we only change one insulin at a time so we can be sure which one is responsible, and wait for a bit to see the effect. Changes to Lantus (not sure if this applies to Levemir) can take a few days to get established, while Novorapid is faster. I suppose in the end, we all become the experts on our (or our child's) conditions since we're the ones who have to cope 24 hours. But it would be nice if we could have someone on the end of the phone when things go pear shaped ... we are lucky because we're allowed to phone the hospital's paediatric ward if the call is urgent and the DSN is not there.</p><p>This other nurse also told us she got her DAFNE invite a year after being put on MDI! We haven't been taught carb counting officially either and they don't offer DAFNE where we live, but I can't really see how you can do MDI successfully without carb counting :x </p><p>I've been reading a couple of books (Ragnar Hanas and Gary Scheiner) and lurking on this and other forums to get as much help as poss. William is still in a strong honeymoon period (ratios are in the 1:60 range, and has 4 units of Lantus) so I daresay everything is going to change when that comes to an end ... quite nervous about it in fact ... No 'anxious face' smiley available but if there was I'd use it now!</p><p>Catherine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wsmum, post: 199252, member: 33079"] I know ... lack of daily support is v.hard. We have a nice DSN but she's so busy that she often calls back the next day, by which time you've had to make a decision. When my son was diagnosed he was in hospital about something else, and a nurse treating him (who just happened to be a diabetic) said don't be afraid to experiment a bit when you can't get a response. So that's what we did, pretty much right from the start ... of course, if something really serious was going on I might not take the 'suck it and see' approach! If it's a question of tweaking doses, we only change one insulin at a time so we can be sure which one is responsible, and wait for a bit to see the effect. Changes to Lantus (not sure if this applies to Levemir) can take a few days to get established, while Novorapid is faster. I suppose in the end, we all become the experts on our (or our child's) conditions since we're the ones who have to cope 24 hours. But it would be nice if we could have someone on the end of the phone when things go pear shaped ... we are lucky because we're allowed to phone the hospital's paediatric ward if the call is urgent and the DSN is not there. This other nurse also told us she got her DAFNE invite a year after being put on MDI! We haven't been taught carb counting officially either and they don't offer DAFNE where we live, but I can't really see how you can do MDI successfully without carb counting :x I've been reading a couple of books (Ragnar Hanas and Gary Scheiner) and lurking on this and other forums to get as much help as poss. William is still in a strong honeymoon period (ratios are in the 1:60 range, and has 4 units of Lantus) so I daresay everything is going to change when that comes to an end ... quite nervous about it in fact ... No 'anxious face' smiley available but if there was I'd use it now! Catherine [/QUOTE]
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