icon-circle-smiley-face

Other

My young daughter, diagnosed with type 1 in July 2004, has been waking at night with pins and needles in her feet. Will she need to have her feet amputated?

Read More

If my daughter wears a medical ID resembling a jeweled bracelet, will medical personnel recognize it? Won’t they recognize her insulin pump?

Read More

I am looking for someone who has tried the Lasette machine. Does it hurt less than the lancet? What has the experience been?

Read More

After eight months of intermittent diabetes symptoms, I was diagnosed with “pre-diabetes.” What does this mean? Will I develop diabetes? Which type?

Read More

After my son received the flu mist vaccine, I read that it is not recommended for diabetics. Is this true? What harm might the mist have caused my son? Why didn’t the doctor discuss this?

Read More

A Swedish study indicated that children and adults may have blood sugars less than 3 mmol/ [54 mg/dl]. Should parents consider this “normal” and not needing immediate action?

Read More

My daughter has PCOS and insulin resistance. The family doctor says she has impaired glucose tolerance, but her endocrinologist says that she has type 2 diabetes. Which is it?

Read More

My five and a half year old son will enter a town-run/sponsored camp. They have an EMT on staff, but they’ve informed me that ‘technically’ their guidelines say that they are not to administer medication, they will only supervise self-medicated children. Don’t town or publicly sponsored activities have to provide more accommodation to children with disabilities?

Read More

We are considering giving our daughters, one of whom has diabetes, vitamin D supplements. Could this possibly provide some additional protectiveness?

Read More

I had a alcohol urine test with a low positive reading, but I did not drink any alcoholic beverage. What could have caused this reading?

Read More