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My three year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes for 18 months, and I am having difficulty potty training her. Is this normal for a toddler with diabetes?

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How long does one have to run ketones in order for the weight loss to happen? Do people gain that weight back once the body is again stabilized? I ask because, when I announced I was starting the pump, someone mentioned a concern about my misusing it since I have an eating disorder.

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I’m having a hard time with my daughter at lunch. She won’t eat what is on the lunch tray, so I give her money to buy something different, but she ends buying junk foods, and most of the time she won’t eat at all. The suggested taking her to the office to my daughter says if they do that, she just won’t eat. Do you have any suggestions for me or the school as to what to do?

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My 88 year mother has type 2 diabetes and has been on insulin for about 20 years. Lately, she is forgetting more and more. I am very new at dealing with mom’s diabetes, and I do not know what to say. How dangerous is her situation?

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I am 34 years old, and have had type 1 diabetes for 13 years. My glycemic control is very poor. (Last a1c was 14.9%.) Although I know the risks and dangers of poor control, I seem to continually play games with my insulin. I tell my doctors that I check my blood sugars, but I rarely do. I started seeing a counselor lately to help me, but I haven’t come clean with my doctors yet.

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Can stress send your body into an episode of low blood sugar and, if so, do you have any idea how low you go before you lose all self control?

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I can’t get my teenaged son to take control of his diabetes. Once, he took too much Lantus and had a seizure. He doesn’t often take insulin for dinners and is in denial. What can I do? Are there overseas stem cell procedures I can get for him?

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My 13 year old daughter is manipulating her insulin to lose weight. She has been in DKA several times. How can I get her to be more compliant?

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I had a blow out last night with a friend regarding her nine year old daughter who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about two years ago. Is it true that a nine year old cannot be held accountable for behavior (whining, screaming and even being aggressive — pushing, scratching, spitting) when she is too low or too high?

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I have clinical depression and am taking medication, but since having depression I have not had stable blood sugars, and my average was high at my last doctor’s visit. was in hospital with DKA a few months ago, and I just can’t cope. How can I not be stressed? Are my blood sugars all over the place because of stress? Can my sugars ever go back to normal?

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