Diabetes

First couple of hours on Dexcom

We are a couple of hours into the trial and Samuel has gone high. We’re not sure why but the Dexcom showed us, and probably a bit earlier than if we were just testing him alone. He went up to … Continue reading →

Dexcom 7 trial

The Continuous Glucose Monitor turned up this morning, and Nikki unpacked it and put the receiver on charge straight away. When I got home from work, we watched the instructional video’s on the Dexcom website again and then inserted the … Continue reading →

Dexcom Seven Continuous Glucose Monitor

In our continuous quest to keep a tight control of Samuel’s Type 1 Diabetes, we are going to trial a new device over the next two weeks that will hopefully give us more information about his blood levels. At the … Continue reading →

Samuel’s quarterly clinic

This is my first post for a month! Things have changed a bit in the last couple of months and I just haven’t had time to blog. We now test Sam through the night as well as during the day. … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday Dr Banting

World Diabetes Day is on November 14th every year because it was the birthday of Sir Frederik Banting, the Canadian Noebel Laureate who discovered Insulin in the Summer of 1921. Before his discovery, the prescribed method of treating children diagnosed … Continue reading →

Today is World Diabetes Day

You can do your bit – Just tell somebody that today is World Diabetes Day. By just raising awareness, we can all make a bit of a difference. If you want to do more…. Go here… …or here You can … Continue reading →

Keynote done!

The opening keynote of the weekend was a talk by Dr Ragnar Hanas – the man who wrote the bible! A fascinating and inciteful (if that is a word) insight into diabetes care past and present. Next up is an … Continue reading →

Surprise!

Boo!!! Lily-Anne getting some practice in for Halloween!

Run Rabbit run

Grace and Lily-Anne have had their faces painted

Friends for Life UK 2011

This weekend we are attending the third annual Friends for Life conference in Windsor. Children with Diabetes Organised by the American Charity (at least I think it’s a charity) Children with Diabetes (CWD), we hope to learn loads! Hopefully we … Continue reading →