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I have type 1 and am seven weeks pregnant. I have a cyst in my abdomen that needs to be removed surgically. What is the risk to the fetus? How will I control my blood sugars during the surgery?

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Is it safe for some with diabetes to get a tattoo?

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If I use Insuflon, can I inject Ultralente and Humalog into it? Can it be a mixed injection? Can you explain in what order you draw up insulin into a syringe?

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At birth, my now teen daughter was in the 90th percentile. She is now in the third percentile. Will she continue to grow considering she had already begun the menarche?

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My daughter has had abdominal pain for five years and now feels pins and needled in her extremities. Might she have autonomic neuropathy? What tests should she have? Do others diagnosed with diabetes at a young age suffer these same symptoms?

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What effect does Sugar Free Red Bull have on blood sugar levels for a type 1 diabetic? Does the consumption of so much caffeine influence insulin? When can it be consumed?

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If someone is to have fasting blood work to test for diabetes, will the test be affected if he/she drinks a Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi before the test?

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Is it safe to say that one need not panic every time their child with diabetes vomits?

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Since he was diagnosed at 23 months, my son’s doctor ordered antibody tests to see if my son has non-autoimmune diabetes. What do the results mean? Could he have non-autoimmune diabetes? What will tests for the KCNJ11 mutation show?

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After seven months with diabetes, I still do not know what type of diabetes my son has. His blood sugars are in range unless he eats more than 80 grams of carbohydrates per meal. Could he have both insulin reistance and insulin sensitive at the same time?

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