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I’ m 15 years old. I always take my insulin shots twice a day, but, because of the terrible feeling of having my sugar low, I can’t have my sugar normal. I always have it high, and, if my sugar goes normal, I feel like it is low. How long can my body stand my horrible high blood sugars? Do you have any advice on how I can get back on track?

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My friend’s daughter has had Type 1 diabetes for a couple of years now, and now she has developed antigens against insulin. They have not been able during this time to get her insulin doses stable.

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My son is 10 years old and was diagnosed five months ago. Recently he has had some high readings. I discussed this with his doctor and he adjusted his insulin. My ex-husband disagreed with the changes. Am I harming my son by giving him the additional insulin or could my ex be harming him by not giving him the additional insulin?

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I am 16 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about six weeks ago. After two weeks my blood sugars were consistently between 75 and 100, but then they slowly started going up. Increasing insulin doesn’t seem to work. A few doctors have suggested that I get an antibody test to see if it is a problem with the pituitary gland.

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Taking Regular solved the problem of my blood sugar peaking after dinner and the lows before bed, but now I am high (13-16 mmol/L [234-288 mg/dl] )some mornings. I thought at first that I was dipping low in the middle of the night, but I have checked a couple of times and wasn’t low. What could be causing the high blood sugar in the morning? Should I start to increase the NPH before bed or decrease it?

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My 12 year old son, who has had Down’s Syndrome since birth, was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Is this rare? What other health risks are there with the combination of the two? I imagine he will never be able to give his own insulin. Is there any added financial help or care we can receive?

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I am a 34 year old woman with type 1 diabetes for 10 years, who is on an insulin pump with a total daily requirement of about 110 units on average. Since I started taking insulin, I have gained weight, which I am trying to lose, and my doctor has said will be difficult. If I am insulin resistant, how can I take less insulin?

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I am a 69 year old male, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about two year ago, and I was put on Amaryl. Within a year, through hard work and a strict diet, I was able control my diabetes without tablets. Am I cured of the disease, or do I still have diabetes, however well regulated?

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My eight year old son, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about five months ago, appears to have to come out of his honeymoon and now has run an alternating large ketones, then no ketone, then large again pattern for a week.

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My 10 year old son, who was recently diagnosed and is taking twice daily NPH and Humalog, is very hungry and wants to eat more. I feel it is wrong to stop him from eating so I have been increasing the Humalog, but I am afraid this might be wrong. Will it make the medicine less effective if he takes too much? Am I doing something that will hurt him in the long run?

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