icon-circle-smiley-face

Daily Care

Two years after diagnosis, it now takes our daughter longer to come down from a high and up from a low. Why would this be happening? How can we increase her reaction times?

Read More

Is it common for people with type 1 to need less insulin in the early morning? Why is it that I need LESS insulin for corrections when I’m severely high? Could I still make insulin 24 years after diagnosis? Why do insulin needs increase during menstruation?

Read More

Since his diagnosis a about a year ago, my son has experienced episodes of hypoglycemia that persist for several hours despite repeated treatments and then hyperglycemia. He also gets hypoglycemic without exogenous insulin. Has this happened to others? What do you recommend?

Read More

My son is taking insulin and ayurvedic treatment simultaneously. Might there be any side effects?

Read More

Newly diagnosed, our daughter’s blood sugar was 250 mg/dl [13.9 mmol/L] at 11:30 p.m. We gave her two glasses of water. Should we do a correction or wait?

Read More

Our son will be attending robotics camp for 21 days. We check him overnight. How should we accomplish this at camp? Should the nurse be asked to do this? We are worried about an overnight low.

Read More

Our adult daughter, whose diabetes has been described, as “different,” has roller coaster blood sugars and will not take advice about how to have better blood sugar management. What do you recommend we do to help her?

Read More

My 10 year old son is on an insulin pump. He is very active in sports and has been in good control. Recently, he has had hypoglycemic reactions in the middle of the night, with seizures. His blood glucose level before bed was fine. I check his sugar at 3:00 am about every other day, and it is usually high. Our endocrinologist is unsure as to why this is happening.

Read More

My 17 year old daughter was diagnosed with diabetes about two months ago. Her blood sugars have been in the 200s during the morning and seem to steadily increase by the end of the day into the 400s. I am getting somewhat concerned that her levels are not coming down.

Read More

Are there any charts you would suggest for us to use to track blood sugars and shots given?

Read More