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Blood Tests and Insulin Injections

What blood glucose levels are considered normal? Is it between 6-10 mmol/litre?

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I have been insulin dependant for 48 years and reading questions etc. I can’t understand blood sugar levels of 100, etc. Are blood sugar readings done differently in the US to Australia?

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Do they sell extra strips that test your glucose meter and if so could you tell me where? Because I kind of misplaced mine.

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A person at work, who has diabetes, did my blood sugar levels. They seem to be very low. I can’t get in to see a doctor so what can I do to get my sugar level up to normal?

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My four year old son is on shots twice a day and was fine with them, but in the last couple of weeks, he is having a hard time with them. Could we be doing something different to help ease the pain when he gets his shot?

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My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes seven months ago and takes premixed insulin. Please tell me about insulin pens. Which one can be used with her insulin type? Which one has the thinnest needle?.

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My two year old daughter really hates the injections she fights them, and, at a gathering for kids with diabetes, someone gave me an Inject-Ease and told me this might help. She briefed me on how to use it, but I would like to know if you can give me some more specific instructions. I am dying to try it out.

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How many times can you safely “reuse” a needle on the Novo Pen? The doctor says 10 times but my daughter is bruising and the needle is very hard to even enter her arm after 3 to 4. It feels as if you have to force it in and she complains of pain. I am thinking that the needle should be changed every time it’s used. What should I do?

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I have several home glucose monitors, and I can test at the same time from the same finger and get an 80 mg/dl [4.4 mmol/L] difference between the three monitors, while at other times they’ll all be right on. How do I know if they are trustworthy?

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I have just been lancing a different finger each test and when I’ve used up all fingers, I use my arm, but a friend told me that I could use my finger more than once for a test. How many times can you lance your finger before its time to move to a different finger ?

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