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Blood Tests and Insulin Injections

When I mix insulins, apparently the Novolog is being contaminated. There are shredded particles that are floating around in the Novolog. I have talked to the pharmaceutical company and as well as my physician who have said I am using the proper procedure and can’t explain why this is happening.

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My five year old son, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes two years ago, is not cooperative with blood tests. Is necessary to do multiple finger sticks? We need to know about the non-invasive glucose monitors. Are they available outside the US? Do they work?

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We test our 13 month old at least once and often twice during the night, and she often will sleep through the test if we do it in bed with out moving her too much. We don’t know what is better to preserve the bed as “safe” or to minimize the disturbance. Should we take our daughter out of bed to test her glucose levels and/or inject her with insulin?

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My four year old son is receiving only 1 unit of NPH per day, and the doctor had said we could stop the insulin, but we thought we shouldn’t. I would like to put him on the pump because I sometimes feel I am feeding his insulin. Do you think the pump is a good idea? Do you think he should have a C-peptide done?

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I have just been diagnosed with diabetes, and I need to practise giving injections. Is it okay to inject plain water, or is it better to use saline?

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I am the first patient my primary care physician has put on the pump. He and I have an on-going argument about testing. He feels that I should be testing only 4 times a day and wants to write the scripts for that. It seems to me that I should be testing at least 6 times a day. Can you point me to documentation that specifies how many times an insulin pump user should test?

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The pharmacist wanted to know why we test our four year old’s blood sugar seven to ten times a day. He seemed to feel that was excessive. How often do you think is “reasonable and necessary”?

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Other than finger pricks, is there a less painful way of testing my son’s blood sugar? At what age can my four year old get a pump? Our doctor, here in the UK, won’t consider it.

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We have a seventh grade transfer student with type 1 diabetes, and in the records from her previous school. it states that she is able to manipulate her blood glucose monitor to give lower blood glucose readings. How could this student manipulate the monitor and results so they are lower than actual?

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My teenaged daughter is “sick of diabetes” and has not been testing regularly. What can I do if she won’t help herself?

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