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Hi,
We are probably moving to the Uk shortly and need to establish a few things (and forums always offer great advice).
Our toddler was diagnosed type 1 (in Australia aged 19 months) and was on epi pen injections for almost 1 year. His appetite was always masked by his condition and his sleep erratic (which results in us also looking like zombies) due to him waking up 3-4 times a night and attending him.
We started him on a medtronic pump 6 weeks ago with great results, he is asking for food and generally sleeping better with very few hypo's although he can still go quite high especially mid morning. We are still tweaking his basal rates as its early days. We just have to slowly train his body to accept / feel ok at normal BGL's as he was so used to running high. We hope then he will go all night.
Anyway, does anyone know if the NHS will fund his pump supplies as it can get quite expensive. (We get subsidised in Australia and all in it costs us about 30 quid a month).
Cheers
RJM
We are probably moving to the Uk shortly and need to establish a few things (and forums always offer great advice).
Our toddler was diagnosed type 1 (in Australia aged 19 months) and was on epi pen injections for almost 1 year. His appetite was always masked by his condition and his sleep erratic (which results in us also looking like zombies) due to him waking up 3-4 times a night and attending him.
We started him on a medtronic pump 6 weeks ago with great results, he is asking for food and generally sleeping better with very few hypo's although he can still go quite high especially mid morning. We are still tweaking his basal rates as its early days. We just have to slowly train his body to accept / feel ok at normal BGL's as he was so used to running high. We hope then he will go all night.
Anyway, does anyone know if the NHS will fund his pump supplies as it can get quite expensive. (We get subsidised in Australia and all in it costs us about 30 quid a month).
Cheers
RJM