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I was recently told by a doctor specializing in diabetes that he wanted me to fast once a week, not take my insulin (70-30 40 units twice daily) on that day and to cut my meals to two a day. Never in my life have I heard of that.

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My 15 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 1/2. He is very athletic and is also growing very fast now. Blood sugars have been varied. Will this ever end?

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My fiance has had type 1 diabetes since age 4; he is now 36. We’ve only been together 8 months and this is all new to me but I’ve been reading a lot and studying hard on the subject. Right now I am very scared.

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I have a 9 year old daughter diagnosed 8 months ago. We have had much difficulty controlling her sugars. We have been trying to get her morning fasting sugars to a reasonable level but find that 6.5 units makes her low in the night with rebound and 6 units gives her too high of a morning sugar.

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My 17 year old niece has type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed when she was 10. I don’t think she has ever gone any length of time when she was completely under control. Yesterday morning she woke up and was 597 and has ketones is her urine. This morning she was 26 when she got up.

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My son is 12 years old and is a Insulin Dependent Diabetic for the past 5 years. I would like to know how many times in a week should we check fasting and postprandial blood glucose levels. Is it advisable to check urine sugar levels every day also?

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My 14 year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes for a year and a half. It seems as if her blood sugars vary greatly day to day despite the NPH I give her. What do the insulin producers think about a future cure? Could they possibly be for it? Or do they hope secretly that it somehow fails?

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My two and a half year old daughter has had a type 1 diabetes for almost six months. Recently and at present, we noticed an almost fruity-like smell on her breath, though our daily ketones test reflects negative. Can you explain the fruity-like smell on my daughter’s breath? Why does my daughter cry about pains in the leg(s), which she had experienced on occasions during the night?

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It was determined through an antibody test that my niece is not type 1. Even though her C-peptide levels are low, her hemoglobin A1c is good. Can she be put on pills? She has been having trouble with being low. In fact if she gets below 90 mg/dl [5 mmol/L], she complains of hunger, back aches and is grumpy. What should their next step or tests be?

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My 11 year old daughter receives NPH and Humalog insulin twice a day. Her bedtime reading may be 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L], but an hour after her snack, she may be between 70 and 80 mg/dl [3.9 and 4.4 mmol/L] or lower. Why is she so low when she just had a snack and was higher earlier?

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