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Blood Tests and Insulin Injections

I am a 29 year old female who has had type 1 diabetes for 27 years, I have just recently switched to a three shot per day regimen, and I was told to only use my abdomen for injections. I am having difficulty with stinging pain, lumps on my belly, and needle phobia.

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My nine year old son is on a pump and was previously on Humalog, but developed lipohypertrophy and had large amounts of antibodies so his doctor switched him to Regular. However, he still develops new lipohypertrophy spots on the abdomen. Are they ever going to go away?

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Two years ago, I was diagnosed with diabetes, and my problem is that my medical team still isn’t sure what type of diabetes I have. Is my Gad65 result negative or what?

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My four year old son has developed lipoatrophy on his buttocks and thigh, and I am sure I have rotated properly. Could the combined insulin be the problem since it’s not appearing on the arm (where he gets only one type of insulin)? Could it be the silicon in the syringe?

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I am an 18 year old who has had type 1 diabetes for seven years and recently has been getting bruises whenever and wherever I give my injection. I’ve never had this problem before. What could be the cause? Is there anything I can do?

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I would like to start checking my daughter’s post-meal blood sugar. What is the standard length of time I should wait before checking this?

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My seven year old daughter, newly diagnosed, is doing well with the insulin shots but detests the four to five time a day finger pricks. I’ve heard about some new methods coming out for obtaining blood sugar readings. Is anything else available to her at this current time?

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I am an 18 year old female. In the past six months I have had two separate cases of cellulitis: once from an insulin injection and the other time from the pneumonia vaccination. I was wondering what is the significance of a diabetic having this happen to them if there is any.

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Has anyone tried the new AtLast monitor by Amira? It uses blood from the forearm and thigh. My daughter has had diabetes for 4 years (she is now 6) and her finger tips are quite calloused. This new monitor seems like a good idea.

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Are Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems available in Australia? How much do they cost and what computer requirements are needed to download the readings?

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