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I’m a teenager with type 1 diabetes. I’m planning to go on a college-visiting trip for a few days. I keep good control and don’t have problems with really low or high sugars usually. Is it necessary to tell collage administrators or others that I have diabetes?

April 19, 2000
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My son was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 10. He is now 14 years old and has never had regulated sugar levels. We have the pump but his doctor refuses to put him on it until he becomes regulated. I have always been under the understanding that this is a reason to go on the pump. What if we just went ahead and did it?

April 19, 2000
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My wife (49 years) has had Type 1 diabetes for 22 years. She developed what we thought was a case of a flu virus going around which caused vomiting and shot her glucose levels up into the forties and admittance into hospital.

April 18, 2000
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I am 18 and have had type 1 for a year. A month after diagnosis, my ophthalmologist said I had cataracts on both lenses. Five months after that I got severe diabetic cataracts on both lenses for which I had lens replacement surgery. Do I have an increased risk of retinopathy?

April 18, 2000
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Exactly what hormones are involved in hypoglycemic reactions that make you feel bad? Can you have too much of these hormones in your blood stream making you feel low even if your blood sugar is in range?

April 18, 2000
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I am contacting you on behalf of my diabetic brother, who is currently in a private correctional facility. My father and I are desperately trying to get him proper medical care for his diabetes. The treatment he is receiving is extremely inadequate and the symptoms from his illness are life-threatening at this time.

April 18, 2000
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My son is 15 1/2 and has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes for over one half year. Since his diagnosis he has suffered with headaches! He never had headaches prior to his diagnosis. Could it be due to the high carb intake or diet related?

April 17, 2000
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Has there been any research done on the functioning of diabetes teams? I am unhappy with the team we have now for my 5 year old daughter, and would like to know what to look for. What makes a team work well?

April 17, 2000
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I was told recently of an eye disease that has almost taken one of my daughters’ friends sight. I can not remember the name but it is common in younger diabetics. It is not retinopathy.

April 17, 2000
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My 10 year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes for 6 years and just been diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid disease. Is there any research done that shows that she will be more likely to come down with other complications as well?

April 17, 2000
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