Diabetes

A marathon for Diabetes UK – Done!

In an update to my previous post, I got news this morning that Nick completed the Sussex Marathon yesterday “around the 4 hour mark!”. He actually did it in 4 hours and 10 seconds!!! A very respectable time – certainly … Continue reading →

Quarterly Clinic Report – March 2012

So yesterday was Samuel’s quarterly clinic appointment with the Paediatric Endocrinology Consultant at Bassetlaw. This was his first appointment since we got the Dexcom CGM and I was expecting to see a rise in his HbA1c. We have been using … Continue reading →

Dexcom Sensor no 2

Well, the second Dexcom sensor failed on Samuel this afternoon. The first one lasted 18 days. The second 19 days. I can’t argue with that, given they’re only guaranteed for 7 days! I doubt we will keep that average up. … Continue reading →

Dexcom’s and Basal Rates

It’s hard to believe as it’s flown so fast but Samuel has been on his Dexcom CGM for 4 weeks already! We’ve been threatening to do it for the last few days and finally got round to looking at the … Continue reading →

DGap blood tests

We got involved in the JDRF sponsored DGap study early last year. Nikki found out about it from someone on the Children with Diabetes (CWD) support mailing list. All the details of this study can be seen here, but essentially … Continue reading →

Dexcom trial – done!

Well the two weeks are up. (For those of you just joining us here for the first time, we have been trialing a Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor for my Son Samuel) The trial started on the 19th December and was … Continue reading →

The challenge for 2012….

After much postering and pondering, I have decided on the challenge I will set myself for 2012. As always, the goal is twofold. To raise awareness of this condition that blights my sons life – Type 1 Diabetes, and to … Continue reading →

The Dexcom trial continues

Just a little update from the land of CGM’s. We are now over two weeks into the trial – which is only supposed to last two weeks anyway. Two weeks and a day to be precise, as we started on … Continue reading →

Christmas Day on the Dexcom

It was all going so well… Until we sat down to watch Cars 2 and opened the chocolates… Looking from the left, the little red crosses are blood meter tests (fingerprick tests) and the blue circles are readings from the … Continue reading →

24 hours into the Dexcom trial

So 24 hours in… what to report? Well, he hasnt had a low… at all. Not one, in a whole 24 hours. That hasn’t happened for a couple of months, at least. Having said that, he has been higher than … Continue reading →