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Just diagnosed, my adult son takes insulin for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but what should he do for evening/dinner insulin if he has a late breakfast and lunch, skips dinner?

September 21, 2016
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If a Lantus injection were injected directly into a vein, could the Lantus start working immediately and cause a person to go low?

September 1, 2016
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Working in a pizza place, our teen son is not hungry after work and is having overnight lows. Should he find a different job?

August 25, 2016
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My daughter had elevated blood sugars when at the ER three times for kidney infections, but testing was negative. Could she be in the early stages of type 1?

July 18, 2016
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My wife believes that type 1 “goes sideways” genetically, that because her siblings have it, she is a carrier of the disease. Is this correct?

June 4, 2016
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My nephew’s blood sugar drops very low for a couple of days, then goes up, so he needs insulin. Tests have not explained why he has this repeating pattern. What are your thoughts?

May 5, 2016
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My daughter’s C-peptide has gone up since diagnosis and she was negative for antibodies. Could she have type 2 or MODY?

April 19, 2016
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Diagnosed last August, my son was negative for antibodies, is now off all insulin. Can you tell me your thoughts about the doctor’s recent recommendations?

April 12, 2016
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Tests indicate my son has MODY 5. He has been on Humalog, is supposed to start on Lantus. What is the treatment for MODY 5? It seems very few people know.

March 20, 2016
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When diagnosed with type B flu, my daughter’s blood sugar was elevated. She got one shot of long acting insulin, but has not been very high since. Could that one injection cause her to start her honeymoon? Was the high blood sugar a one time event caused by the flu virus?

March 16, 2016
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