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High Readings

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Should have added advice to wear nettle and thorn proof trousers for summer geocaching. Actually, it's easier all round in winter, with no leaves on deciduous trees to block out GPS signal; nettles, brambles, bracken etc die back. Gorse doesn't go away, sorry...
 
Also - gloves are a must for searching in the undergrowth!! And don't forget a pen!
 
I find the easiest way to exercise is to try to build it into your day - can he walk or cycle to school, to the shops etc?

Another exercise that I do is trampolining - I go to a class at the local leisure centre and lots of teenagers go. I don't know if that might appeal as it is more fun than your typical sports.
 
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I find the easiest way to exercise is to try to build it into your day - can he walk or cycle to school, to the shops etc?

Another exercise that I do is trampolining - I go to a class at the local leisure centre and lots of teenagers go. I don't know if that might appeal as it is more fun than your typical sports.
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Isn't trampolining to school a little dangerous, not to mention impractical? :D

Andy 🙂
 
Hiya

My son is 14, diagnosed for 19 months now, and on a pump. We are fortunate in that partly due to the pump we've managed to help him to a good HbA1c.

But that's not what I want to say! What I want to say is that I can relate to the no exercise thing. My son doesn't need to lose weight, but is often if not always completely uninspired to exercise, despite (or maybe because of?) the rest of us doing it. We have found two things:

1) football in the garden. He will sometimes do this with his sister or father for an hour or more. A new development. No rules, penalty shots only! Good fun.

2) bribery. We have made a deal that if he runs with his father three times over consecutive weekends, he will receive ?15. This is a one-off, so he gives running a chance. Some of his problem is that he doesn't 'fancy it' so doesn't give it a try. We may well go on to try other things with him in a similar way, in the hopes of finding something he likes.

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Re your son's high readings... I'm so sorry to hear this. It's so hard on all of you. My son's levels are FREQUENTLY all over the place,and so hard to predict it's infuriating. But it does sound as if your baseline insulin amounts need looking at, so that you are starting from a more stable point in order to then deal with his adolescent irregular levels without such catastrophic results.

I would *strongly* advise against reducing your son's calorie intake unless he eats junk etc -- in which case I'd encourage good food. Kids need calories to grow! My son eats ALL THE TIME, and is growing like a beanpole. This is natural and should be encouraged!

So I guess I'm really agreeing with everyone here, but from the point of view of a parent of a same age teen: look at the basal (Lantus) level first. Post your blood sugar readings here if you like, to get a start. But I would think that at least the lantus needs to go up, so start there. Once you can get a decent morning level (not every morning -- we find that my son's levels in the morning vary HUGELY because of growth hormones -- but generally), then adjust the novorapid.

Keep coming here. We'll help.

Do you have a good DSN? Sometimes (ahem) the doctors are really not the best ones to help you.

Good luck and I look forward to hearing how things are going.

Patricia
 
Sorry for not posting for a while, I have moved away to work (and am not sure how this will affect George's readings). His readings do seem to have settled down, although sometimes can be on the high side. I have not seen that much of his DSN, the upside of moving is that they do diabetic clinics which will hopefully help. It is difficult to do things from a distance but I will try to get him more active, I do not normally subscribe to bribery but in this case may have to. Thanks for your advice and support, it's nice to get this from somebody in a similar situation.
 
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"bribery" for running

Just to add that Parkruns offer a "bribe" T shirt to juniors for 10 runs (don't need to be consecutive nor at same location); adults have to do 50 runs to get a T shirt.
 
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