Need Help Submit your question to our team of health care professionals. Current Question See what's on the mind of the community right now. Meet the Team Learn more about our world-renowned team. CWD Answers Archives Review the entire archive according to the date it was posted. Submit Your QuestionCurrent QuestionMeet the DTeamDTeam Archives DTeam Archives I am trying to set up a support group for high school kids with diabetes in a rural county here in Utah with one of the highest DM rates in the state. My focus is more of a “you’re not alone” psychological approach rather than a medical treatment group. Do you have any advice or could you recommend any good resources (readings, etc.)? November 4, 1999 Posted in: Social Issues: Community Resources Read I’m in between specialists now and want to confirm the glucagon dosage for my five year old daughter. She is type 1, has had diabetes for 22 months, and is forty pounds. My old specialist said to mix all of the glucagon but to only inject her with half of the vial. November 2, 1999 Posted in: Hypoglycemia Read How does my doctor determine how much insulin I need to take? She looks at this card with the time the different insulins take to work and then tells me to take, like 24 units in the morning? How does she arrive at the number 24? November 2, 1999 Posted in: Insulin Read We’ve had issues with meter accuracy, particularly in the lower blood sugar range. Beyond replacing our current meter we have with a new but the same one, we haven’t made a decision regarding an alternate meter. November 2, 1999 Posted in: Blood Tests and Insulin Injections Read I am a kindergarten teacher who has a little boy in my room that has been diagnosed with hypoglycemia or low blood sugar, not diabetes. His mother claims that when his blood sugar gets low he will become very active and talkative. I want to know if this is true. November 2, 1999 Posted in: Hypoglycemia, Social Issues: School and Daycare Read I am 27 weeks pregnant with my third child. The baby currently weighs 1 pound 15 ounces by ultrasound. I have had IDDM for 11 years and have no complications. I keep in good control is it likely my baby may be of normal size? November 2, 1999 Posted in: Family Planning Read Our 12 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 approximately 6 weeks ago. Her blood sugar range is 60-150. She is within range in the morning, at lunch and on the weekends, but every afternoon after school, she is over 500 and sometimes 600. November 2, 1999 Posted in: Meal Planning, Food and Diet Read I have been doing some web-reading about ‘night eating disorder’, and wonder if I have it. I have always found breakfast a problem. After years of lying to doctors, or making promises I broke, I just stayed honest: I don’t do breakfast as I should. October 31, 1999 Posted in: Meal Planning, Food and Diet Read I am keen to continue skydiving following a successful tandem jump but I can find no information or research into the effects of skydiving on diabetes. October 31, 1999 Posted in: Exercise and Sports Read I am 22 and 35 weeks pregnant. I had a glucose test 2 weeks ago which came back at 186�mg/dl but the glucose tolerance test came back normal. I was wondering if I should have a second GTT? October 31, 1999 Posted in: Gestational Diabetes Read « Previous 1 … 1,518 1,519 1,520 1,521 1,522 … 1,587 Next »
