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Is it possible for you to give me a sliding scale to use at school for my son who is on Humalog? Is there some kind of chart on this?

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I am 18 years old, I was first diagnosed with diabetes at the age of nine, and I am going to leave home to attend a university in London, England. My doctor was not happy with latest A1c of 7.6%. Can you give me some advice as I will be far from home?

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Our doctor said the amount of insulin my nephew is taking was killing him, and the doctor wants to put my nephew on Actos. His goal for my nephew is the Actos with 10 units of NPH in the morning and 4 units at night. Will this really change his insulin requirements without hurting him?

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My 21 year old son has had type 1 since the age of 18 months. His A1c’s were high until he became old enough to work with his diabetes. Now our son is on a pump and hiss A1c level are in the 6% range. He was diagnosed with stage one kidney disease a year ago. We don’t understand what this means in terms of life expectancy and quality of life.

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My son was diagnosed over a year ago with diabetes type 1. Last week he went to a birthday party for 3 hours without me or his mother. I told the birthday boys’ parents that he has diabetes and that he knows what he is to do and not do. Do you think is was right for me to inform the parents?

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My son was diagnosed with diabetes at age three; he is now six years old. I am getting at my wit’s end as to what to do to get his blood sugar numbers where they need to be. I feel we need to get this under control. Any suggestions to this constant high/low battle?

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My 15 year old foster daughter has had diabetes for 4 years. The last couple of days we can’t get her sugar level up. She had a seizure several days ago. But she had not had any insulin since two days earlier.

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My grandson’s blood sugars are high. My daughter said that he could be getting sick. Could this cause it? He is on carb counting, but the doctor doesn’t put a limit on the sugar content of the food, only the amount of carbs. Could this be why he runs so high?

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My 12 year old nephew was diagnosed earlier this year with type 1 diabetes. Although he regularly injects himself with insulin, his sugar levels seem to be out of control His parents were told he may have a rare form of diabetes. What does this mean and how is this likely to be treated?

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My daughter, age 15, has recently gotten her Hemoglobin A1c results back and it was the worst ever: 13.1! Her readings are generally in range, 80-180. How can this Hemoglobin A1c be so high?

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