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My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes less than a month ago. After about 2 weeks on insulin, she entered her honeymoon phase. Is this normal?

October 15, 1999
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I have a 5 year old who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about 10 months ago. I give her 100 mg alpha lipoic acid in the a.m. and Bittermelon 200 mg in the p.m. Are there any side effects that I should be concerned about?

October 13, 1999
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I am a 29 year old woman with Type 1 diabetes for 13 years. My internist felt that the insulin pump would be ideal for me and so I began using one. My control improved; however, I began developing severe abscesses at the infusion site requiring incision and drainage.

October 13, 1999
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I had gestational diabetes with my last 2 pregnancies. When I assessed my risk of developing Type 2 diabetes on the ADA website, the fact that I had a baby over 9 pounds raised my risk. How does having a large baby increase your risk of diabetes later in life?

October 13, 1999
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What do you know about an outpatient cell transplant operation being tried recently? It was on our local news, in Seattle.

October 13, 1999
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My son is 2 years old. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 4 months ago. I would like to know if oral hypoglycemic medications are a possible treatment for his diabetes when his blood sugar reading before a meal is normal.

October 13, 1999
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I’m a 17 year old boy and I have diabetes for only one month. It’s all new for me. What I would like to know is the thing about diabetes and alcohol. In Belgium we are permitted to drink alcohol.

October 13, 1999
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Our 11 year old daughter was recently diagnosed (3 weeks ago) with Type 1 diabetes. She had glucose level of 310. Is there a chance that she could have been misdiagnosed?

October 13, 1999
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Please suggest methods for adjusting insulin/food when we make a 6 hour time change during vacation. My daughter is type 1, 9 years old and diagnosed 5 months ago.

October 13, 1999
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What is the difference between Humulin NPH and NPH Iletin I?

October 11, 1999
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