finally got the basal right!

[bev]

Hi all,

FINALLY - we have managed to reduce Alex's waking level from 22mmols down to this mornings level of 8.2 - and when we checked him at 11pm last night he was 8.2 too! So, hopefully and fingers crossed we may have cracked the growth spurts etc! At clinic yesterday he had grown 2cm in 12 weeks - so that will explain those awful night time levels.

He has gone to his secondary school for the day - so i am a bit on edge just in case anything goes wrong for him today. He is so excited, but i felt a little sad for him - all the other children just have to remember their lunches, Alex has to remember all is hypo stuff, his insulin, his meter, and he has to be aware of the weather in case he needs to reduce and remember to eat a cereal bar if they do P.E. etc etc etc...I suppose its all character building and will teach him to be organised!😉Bev

 

[Northerner]

Great news about the levels bev! I hope Alex has a good, and uneventful, day!!! Hope he enjoys himself. Has he got friends going there too? When I was his age the people from my junior school all split up to four different schools, but there were still quite a few of my good friends at the new one.

 

[Steff]

great news for alex and yourself and i hope he has a great day at secondary school i remember having to do all that haha x

 

[Patricia]

Great news, Bev -- well done!

I know what you mean about remembering stuff...It sometimes does seem heavy for them to carry this extra psychological baggage. If it's any comfort though, I am now beginning to really believe that our kids take things in their strides in ways we can't imagine. *We* know what it's like to be without all the extra baggage in our teens, so we hope for that for them too. But they don't know what else it *might* be like yet -- and will only ever know it second hand, from friends etc. And hopefully, with good friends, everyone will take it in stride and look after each other.

Saying all that, E is at a world languages day today, completely out of routine and in the burning heat. I can relate to your feelings!

 

[Munjeeta]

Hi all,

FINALLY - we have managed to reduce Alex's waking level from 22mmols down to this mornings level of 8.2 - and when we checked him at 11pm last night he was 8.2 too! So, hopefully and fingers crossed we may have cracked the growth spurts etc! At clinic yesterday he had grown 2cm in 12 weeks - so that will explain those awful night time levels.

He has gone to his secondary school for the day - so i am a bit on edge just in case anything goes wrong for him today. He is so excited, but i felt a little sad for him - all the other children just have to remember their lunches, Alex has to remember all is hypo stuff, his insulin, his meter, and he has to be aware of the weather in case he needs to reduce and remember to eat a cereal bar if they do P.E. etc etc etc...I suppose its all character building and will teach him to be organised!😉Bev

Woohoo! Well done, no mean feat that! 🙂

Yes, lots for Alex to remember, but hopefully secondary school will be a great place for Alex to be as he should get lots of support!
Definitely all about organisation 😛 Drummed into my lovely lot! My class are all away at their new schools today too, I feel a little lost without them! Hope his day goes well, and you'r not too nervous for him

 

[sofaraway]

Thats great, getting the basal right is so important, but often tricky to do. Waking up at decent levels will really set him up for the day. i woke up unusally high today (for me) and felt sluggish to begin with.

Hope he had a good day, I remmeber being very excited but a bit overwhelmed on my visit day to big school. There were over 350 in my year group.

 

[Northerner]

...Hope he had a good day, I remmeber being very excited but a bit overwhelmed on my visit day to big school. There were over 350 in my year group.

Blimey! There were only 350 in my entire school!😱