We are coping ok. We are going to see the diabetes team this morning so hopefully they can advise me what to do or change her insulin intake for a while until blood glucose starts to rise again. Its so stressful when her blood level is at 15mmol the drops to 3.2mmol 1 hour later. I dont get it at all
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My 3 year old just diagnosed!!
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We are coping ok. We are going to see the diabetes team this morning so hopefully they can advise me what to do or change her insulin intake for a while until blood glucose starts to rise again. Its so stressful when her blood level is at 15mmol the drops to 3.2mmol 1 hour later. I dont get it at all
Bill Stewardson
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Hello to Megan.
You have picked the best place for advice, everyone here is top class.
Your D team will sort things out , the only way is up.
You have picked the best place for advice, everyone here is top class.
Your D team will sort things out , the only way is up.
Hello Megan. Sorry to here but you will learn every day. I was 3 in 1966 when diagnosed. You will have very hard days & some not so hard. I have never been unemployed in my life. Do your best & learn every day. Good luck 🙂
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Hope by now you've had some proper answers Megan.
However expert any of us is in treating our own diabetes - have to say I wouldn't like to second guess the typical workings of a three years olds innards. The psychology - Oh yes! - easy. (Only one of the grandkids children is under 3 now, so we have had a bit of practice LOL) But not their pancreases.
I read somewhere sometime, that a typical non diabetic adult's pancreas produces the equivalent of 10units of insulin a day. Think how little a tiny child's must produce in comparison. It's hardly going to be confidence inspiring for a parent with such a little person - when you know a mistake will have more exaggerated effects than in a big one!
{{{Hugs}}} Megan.
However expert any of us is in treating our own diabetes - have to say I wouldn't like to second guess the typical workings of a three years olds innards. The psychology - Oh yes! - easy. (Only one of the grandkids children is under 3 now, so we have had a bit of practice LOL) But not their pancreases.
I read somewhere sometime, that a typical non diabetic adult's pancreas produces the equivalent of 10units of insulin a day. Think how little a tiny child's must produce in comparison. It's hardly going to be confidence inspiring for a parent with such a little person - when you know a mistake will have more exaggerated effects than in a big one!
{{{Hugs}}} Megan.
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Good luck with the appt this morning, Megan. I can't imagine how stressful it must be at the mo (I was dx aged 41, so totally different situation). Keep plugging away. It does get easier, honest. 🙂
Hi there. We r not long home from the clinic. Doctor has increased her dinner ratio= less insulin and see how that goes for a few days. But i was already doing that so no difference there. My partner, 4 year old son and myself got blood taken today as part of trail net to see if we are going to develop diabetes. I also said about the mood swings and sweats that she is having and they said thats just part of it.
They said that i will soon notice when she is having a hypo??
trophywench
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Well - you were right! That's comforting anyway - just hadn't reduced it enough yet by the sounds of it.
Hypos - I don't know about kids - but my husband and my supervisor at work who sat opposite me - both said I get a certain set to my mouth when I'm low. I can't tell you what it looks like cos I've never seen myself LOL - just had one of them telling me I needed to test my blood!
Sooooo I presume, like everything else you need to get used to - you'll get used to whatever she does however she does it - and may hopefully be able to ward em off before she drops very low. I don't know cos I've never lived with a T1 ! Mood swings are very common with fluctuating BG - I had a RIGHT rant at the staff in a shop last Thursday about their equipment (computerised tills) not working properly - apparently they're old and 'Head Office' ignore them when they complain. I did apologise of course - but anyway I thought I felt a bit odd, but not odd enough to have second thoughts about the rant which was in full swing by then LOL - when I tested I was in the high 2s. Ooops. Some get grumpy when too high - but I usually just want to be left alone to sleep. Everyone is different.
Hypos - I don't know about kids - but my husband and my supervisor at work who sat opposite me - both said I get a certain set to my mouth when I'm low. I can't tell you what it looks like cos I've never seen myself LOL - just had one of them telling me I needed to test my blood!
Sooooo I presume, like everything else you need to get used to - you'll get used to whatever she does however she does it - and may hopefully be able to ward em off before she drops very low. I don't know cos I've never lived with a T1 ! Mood swings are very common with fluctuating BG - I had a RIGHT rant at the staff in a shop last Thursday about their equipment (computerised tills) not working properly - apparently they're old and 'Head Office' ignore them when they complain. I did apologise of course - but anyway I thought I felt a bit odd, but not odd enough to have second thoughts about the rant which was in full swing by then LOL - when I tested I was in the high 2s. Ooops. Some get grumpy when too high - but I usually just want to be left alone to sleep. Everyone is different.
Its hard to tell when she has a hypo as yesterday after breakfast she wanted to go to sleep which i thought was strange as she has a nap after lunch not breakfast so i jumped to the meter and tested her blood and she was 3.1. Whereas after dinner that night she was running in the garden with her brother and sister and i just wanted to do a check and she was 3.8. So its gonna take me a while to notice them.
I also didnt know that im suppose to check her blood before a bath????
Only reason im asking is because after breakfast last week she was 7.9 so went for a bath, came down and checked her blood as she was grumpy and she was 2.9?? I couldnt have ran faster to the jelly babies.
I also didnt know that im suppose to check her blood before a bath????
Only reason im asking is because after breakfast last week she was 7.9 so went for a bath, came down and checked her blood as she was grumpy and she was 2.9?? I couldnt have ran faster to the jelly babies.
trophywench
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Megan - when the body gets warmer it uses insulin more efficiently - ie needs less of it to do what it does. This gets less apparent as we grow - but we have a hot tub and I can't stay in it much longer than 15 minutes for that very reason - I'll be hypo. My T2 mate Jan is exactly the same as me. I should think an adult in a hot tub is about the equivalent of a three year old in the bath.
If you anywhere a lot hotter than at home, she'll need less insulin too. And less if you go somewhere cold or we have really cold weather - our body has to work harder whens its cold. It's just one of those things you and we have to get used to adjusting for. But anyway you'll get shedload of practice adjusting doses what with the growth hormones (cos they'll affect her levels) as will the female hormones as she nears puberty and from then on, till the menopause.
If you anywhere a lot hotter than at home, she'll need less insulin too. And less if you go somewhere cold or we have really cold weather - our body has to work harder whens its cold. It's just one of those things you and we have to get used to adjusting for. But anyway you'll get shedload of practice adjusting doses what with the growth hormones (cos they'll affect her levels) as will the female hormones as she nears puberty and from then on, till the menopause.
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I find jelly babies are the best for fast acting sugar rather than her drinking 200ml of apple juice. Plus she thinks shes getting a sneaky treat lol
I find jelly babies are the best for fast acting sugar rather than her drinking 200ml of apple juice. Plus she thinks shes getting a sneaky treat lol
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