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<blockquote data-quote="Niamh&#039;s Mum" data-source="post: 334332" data-attributes="member: 24269"><p>Hi, I have a daughter who is Type 1. Diagnosed nearly three years ago. She turned 14 yesterday. We were turned down a couple of weeks ago. Similar to you, we are going through the worst phase of the diabetes we have ever seen. To put this into perspective, she is in Year 9 at school. I have only every been called to the school twice in 2 1/2 years. In a 10 day period, I was called to collect her 7 times! Hypers followed by hypo's consistently. The school nurse is also a nurse at A&E in our local hospital. She told me that she didn't have any control with Niamh's sugars. She had dropped to 2 without feeling the onset of the hypo and with 4 glucose it only brought her up to 4.3 half an hour later. I can only begin to imagine how she feels half of the time and believe me if I could swap places with her this minute, I would. </p><p></p><p>We have appealed and I will let you know the outcome. We were awarded middle rate when Niamh was diagnosed. We have been warned not to expect to be awarded similar. Can only try and then will accept the outcome. C'est la vie....</p><p></p><p>Gayle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Niamh's Mum, post: 334332, member: 24269"] Hi, I have a daughter who is Type 1. Diagnosed nearly three years ago. She turned 14 yesterday. We were turned down a couple of weeks ago. Similar to you, we are going through the worst phase of the diabetes we have ever seen. To put this into perspective, she is in Year 9 at school. I have only every been called to the school twice in 2 1/2 years. In a 10 day period, I was called to collect her 7 times! Hypers followed by hypo's consistently. The school nurse is also a nurse at A&E in our local hospital. She told me that she didn't have any control with Niamh's sugars. She had dropped to 2 without feeling the onset of the hypo and with 4 glucose it only brought her up to 4.3 half an hour later. I can only begin to imagine how she feels half of the time and believe me if I could swap places with her this minute, I would. We have appealed and I will let you know the outcome. We were awarded middle rate when Niamh was diagnosed. We have been warned not to expect to be awarded similar. Can only try and then will accept the outcome. C'est la vie.... Gayle [/QUOTE]
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