Type 1 Diabetes & Alcohol are not a good cocktail…they don’t mix well. Worse than that they can be a downright dangerous, lethal cocktail. The purpose of this post is not to preach, but to prepare parents of what to expect when alcohol becomes part of their teenagers life and to give some tips on
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We all know that hormones play havoc to overnight blood glucose levels in Teens with Type 1 Diabetes. We’ve just come through a particularly tough week, trying to work out what changes are needed to get better numbers overnight. We use the freestyle libre so we can see what blood glucose levels are actually doing between
Read moreSo this week it finally happened. Our first Type 1 Teen Trauma. Technically he’s 12 so not a Teen yet but Jack started secondary school in September and our lives have changed seemingly overnight. Being an active member in the support groups for parents of Type 1 Children on Facebook, I knew it was only
Read moreWhat is the Average HBA1C By Age? Do childrens’ HBA1C results change as they get older? As part of my recent study to understand what affects HBA1C results in Children with Type 1 Diabetes, I wanted to look at the average HBA1C by age. The aim is to find out which are the easiest years
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