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My son’s nighttime blood sugars are easier to control only on nights after sports’ activities. Otherwise, they rise or drop. I have to test him every two hours. Is this common?

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My 6 year old son has had diabetes for 17 months. He hates shots and really wants a pump, but our diabetes team is discouraging us from getting one. Why would they do this? Should we get a different diabetes team?

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I have poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, and I am currently on two oral agents that are not working well so they gave me insulin twice, but I had a severe reaction both times. I have been trying to get information on what I can do about this dilemma and have hit a brick wall. Pork insulin is definitely out as I am an orthodox Jew.

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I am a 38 year old male, who has had type 1 diabetes for 35 years. I have retinopathy in both eyes, by so far no other major diabetic related problems. I do have a problem with maintaining my weight loss. I’m now injecting pre-mixed insulin twice a day, and my glucose levels have been a constant roller coaster ride.

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I take Glucophage at bedtime and do eat for two to three hours beforehand. I check my blood sugar before I take my medicine, again immediately after waking in the morning, and find that my blood sugar has risen while asleep. Is it normal for blood sugar to rise while sleeping?

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When my son’s blood sugar is low at meal time and he is not given an insulin injection, are the carbs he eats burned as fuel because of the long acting insulin in his system?

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I have had diabetes for 33 years, have been on the pump for 25 years, and I’ve been getting a lot of higher-than-expected readings in the revolting heat of this week. Although I accept that bodies change in their responses over time, I’m just wondering what is going on.

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I’ve used an intensive program for the last 22 years, have maintained a “normal” A1c level for 21 years, and I have very few known complications. However, I am having a heck-of-a-time with control recently. I am trying to gather enough information that via some means I can regain control of my life and thus live complication free until my predisposed genetic life time is up.

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Somehow, whatever I do, the mornings are high, or I have low sugar at night. In order to identify the exact problem I have at night, I would like to perform an “experiment” in which, every night, all the factors, besides the tested factor will be the same. The problem is, that every night the “factors” vary. How do I simulate the same exact factors every night?

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Four weeks ago, my father collapsed was diagnosed with diabetes resulting from steroid treatment for a brain tumor. He was taken into hospital, given insulin by drip and the steroids stopped. He has now been discharged from hospital and instructed to continue taking insulin. How will we know if the blood sugar levels have reverted back to a level at which his body can control without insulin?

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