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Advice to younsters

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Always thought it would be good for a young kid, with type 1 to have an older mentor whose had same for decades. I think, possibly being able to pass on advice and knowledge gained could be helpful?
 
Neil1959 said:
Always thought it would be good for a young kid, with type 1 to have an older mentor whose had same for decades. I think, possibly being able to pass on advice and knowledge gained could be helpful?
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I would be surprised if schools didn’t offer to link up students with T1, and it is good advice for parents/students to ask about this.
 
My tip would be around exams
You must be allowed to have your test kit and hypo treatment with you. Talk to the schools Exams Officer about special arrangements. Schools might suggest that you do your exams in a separate room in case you need to extend the time. Some students are reluctant to do this but it can be helpful to be away from the large exam halls.

It is quite likely that your levels will rise with the additional stress, but for some this reduces BG. You could use internal exams to assess what happens to your levels. If we hypo we have to wait 45 minutes before we drive again. If you hypo during an exam give yourself time to recover.

Using a sensor can make life a lot easier as you can head off problems and adjust as necessary.

Just make sure that you allow yourself to perform at your best in an exam.
 
SB2015 said:
I would be surprised if schools didn’t offer to link up students with T1, and it is good advice for parents/students to ask about
SB2015 said:
My tip would be around exams
You must be allowed to have your test kit and hypo treatment with you. Talk to the schools Exams Officer about special arrangements. Schools might suggest that you do your exams in a separate room in case you need to extend the time. Some students are reluctant to do this but it can be helpful to be away from the large exam halls.

It is quite likely that your levels will rise with the additional stress, but for some this reduces BG. You could use internal exams to assess what happens to your levels. If we hypo we have to wait 45 minutes before we drive again. If you hypo during an exam give yourself time to recover.

Using a sensor can make life a lot easier as you can head off problems and adjust as necessary.

Just make sure that you allow yourself to perform at your best in an exam.
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SB2015 said:
My tip would be around exams
You must be allowed to have your test kit and hypo treatment with you. Talk to the schools Exams Officer about special arrangements. Schools might suggest that you do your exams in a separate room in case you need to extend the time. Some students are reluctant to do this but it can be helpful to be away from the large exam halls.

It is quite likely that your levels will rise with the additional stress, but for some this reduces BG. You could use internal exams to assess what happens to your levels. If we hypo we have to wait 45 minutes before we drive again. If you hypo during an exam give yourself time to recover.

Using a sensor can make life a lot easier as you can head off problems and adjust as necessary.

Just make sure that you allow yourself to perform at your best in an exam.
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Pump, over my head lol. Young children 5 onwards would benefit from advice of an older diabetic. They should have a register with details of mentors from primary to university
 
Most children are offered pumps sooner rather than later these days Neil! There is so much more help available for both the kids and their parents including schools being legally obliged to make proper informed and caring provision for the children whilst they are in loco parentis - and of course, specialist paediatric D clinics rather than seeing the same consultants and DSNs as us old uns - it's at least 1000% better than it was in your day - I say your not our, cos I was 22 by the time my immune system killed bits of me it shouldn't and I'd rather have kept fully functional.
 
trophywench said:
Most children are offered pumps sooner rather than later these days Neil! There is so much more help available for both the kids and their parents including schools being legally obliged to make proper informed and caring provision for the children whilst they are in loco parentis - and of course, specialist paediatric D clinics rather than seeing the same consultants and DSNs as us old uns - it's at least 1000% better than it was in your day - I say your not our, cos I was 22 by the time my immune system killed bits of me it shouldn't and I'd rather have kept fully functional.
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I didn't know that. What I had in mind was kids to see us and think wow, this isn't going to beat me. With odd anecdote thrown in. Lol
 
If you venture into the 'parents' section of this forum, you'll find out all sorts of things available to children of all ages with diabetes which hadn't even been imagined when you and I were youngsters. For instance, there's a darned good book designed for parents of children with D in normal ordinary English rather than 'medicalese' which is equally helpful for ANY PWD, especially but by no means limited to the newly diagnosed Type 1 - so get over the title of it and see what else you didn't already know about if you're interested enough to invest in it!

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trophywench said:
Most children are offered pumps sooner rather than later these days Neil! There is so much more help available for both the kids and their parents including schools being legally obliged to make proper informed and caring provision for the children whilst they are in loco parentis - and of course, specialist paediatric D clinics rather than seeing the same consultants and DSNs as us old uns - it's at least 1000% better than it was in your day - I say your not our, cos I was 22 by the time my immune system killed bits of me it shouldn't and I'd rather have kept fully functional.
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heal my Dear , trust u well kids today glad they can teach em how to be highly skilled and most self taught on SMART PHONES AS IN MY DAY
did not have to be very smart to add 5 drops of urine to ten drops of water drop in a tablets BLUE YOU WERE GOOD QRANGE RUN RUN RUN AWAY AND HIDE 1959 thats was great on all you kids to manny nannies do it your way you will soon learn VIC THE HILL
 
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