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Old Holborn
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Hi Tania and welcome. 🙂
Chloe was diagnosed 3mths short of her 6th birthday, she's now 10yrs old (Aug 2005). She is the oldest of 3, Kyle 8, Aimee 6 (4 & 2 when she was diagnosed).🙂
Hi,
He was diagnosed 16 months ago and we tried MDI for 9 months. His hba1c was 9.6😱 on MDI. After using the pump for 2 months it was down to 8 and then at last clinic it was 7.1% - he only started pumping in August - so we are very pleased with the pump and he loves it. He wouldnt want to go back onto injections as he hated them.🙂Bev
Chlo's hba1c is 9.7😱 we were at clinic today her levimer dose is correct it's just trying to adjust the novorapid!
Chloe is very slim and very tall she has a couple of bad sites she keeps injecting into hence they think this is why her hba1c is running higher.
Fingers crossed we'll get her levels down, if not I can see her having to go onto a pump which she doesn't want to have.
Northerner
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Hi Tania, welcome to the forum, glad you found us 🙂
Hi,
I hope I havent made you feel bad mentioning the hba1c. All children are different and its a juggling act as you say. If Chloe has had a growth spurt this wont have helped with the levels - Alex is starting to have random highs and i suspect its his age and hormones!
I know a lady up in Scotland who is fighting hard to get her son on a pump and it seems that Scotland arent keen to fund them, this is awful. I must say - I dont think we could have gone on much longer on injections - it just all got out of hand and i think its because you cant get the doses accurate enough. On a pump you can do 1/40th of a unit - its such a tiny amount - but if your carb counting and needing low basals its a brilliant tool and i think this is why we are able to get on top of his levels. I hope things get sorted for Chloe soon and levels come down. Do you have different ratios for different times of day? Alex is on 1:14 1:15 and 1:16 and I am in the process of working out different ratios for his snacks late afternoon as i cant seem to get it right.
🙂Bev
grahams mum
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hi and welcome
Hi,
I hope I havent made you feel bad mentioning the hba1c. All children are different and its a juggling act as you say. If Chloe has had a growth spurt this wont have helped with the levels - Alex is starting to have random highs and i suspect its his age and hormones!
I know a lady up in Scotland who is fighting hard to get her son on a pump and it seems that Scotland arent keen to fund them, this is awful. I must say - I dont think we could have gone on much longer on injections - it just all got out of hand and i think its because you cant get the doses accurate enough. On a pump you can do 1/40th of a unit - its such a tiny amount - but if your carb counting and needing low basals its a brilliant tool and i think this is why we are able to get on top of his levels. I hope things get sorted for Chloe soon and levels come down. Do you have different ratios for different times of day? Alex is on 1:14 1:15 and 1:16 and I am in the process of working out different ratios for his snacks late afternoon as i cant seem to get it right.
Hi Bev, no you didn't make me feel bad about mentioning the hba1c, Chloe is on 4, 3.5, 3.5 novo, and 8.5 levimer, i suppose she's 10 so her body is changing plus she stretched again. She doesn't gain weight easly very active girl, dancing, swimming, running, guides, and the usually home activites. Chloe is obviously insulin senstive as we can't up her dose to quickly we need to do it over a period of time or she crashes
I'm sure with the advice we've been given hopefully when we go back in three months her levels will go down again. We stay in Aberdeen I think pumps aren't too much of an issue at the mo here as I know a few of the children have been offered one. Chloe doesn't want a pump she doesn't mind doing her injections so until it suggested by the clinic we'll just have to work harder to get levels sorted.
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