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  1. lozboz25

    High Temperature - Sick days

    Hello I am just looking for a little bit of advice. My son (7 years old) has a high temperature of 38 and doesn't feel well. His blood sugars have been ok, but I've just checked him now and his bloods are 7.2mmol and his ketones are 0.4mmol. I know at the moment not to worry and to just keep...
    • lozboz25
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    • advice needed concerned parent feeling sick looking for advice sick sickness
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    • Forum: Parents
  2. W

    Impact of bad cold on sugars?

    I'm just at tail end of an awful cold and although feeling much better (aside from a chesty cough) my blood sugars are still way higher than normal. I'm a well controlled LADA sufferer. Anyone else experienced a lag in sugars normalising post illness? I've upped my lantus etc but is a challenge...
  3. B

    10 years and still struggling...

    I was diagnosed in 2006, through having ketoacidosis and nearly losing my life. 10 years later, at 19 years old I am struggling with T1D more than ever... I need help. I do every bedtime insulin, maybe 1 daytime insulin and NO BG tests...I don't even know where my machine is. Ask you can imagine...
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