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My 18 year female friend has lived with diabetes for ten years, and unfortunately, about one month ago, she became very ill. Now she needs a pancreas transplant, and the specialists are not optimistic about her survival. Is there anything that can be done to help?

What are the current statistics on people with diabetes? How close is possible cure other than surgery?

I’m about 34 weeks pregnant, and I have gestational diabetes which is controlled by diet. Sometimes, if I have eaten something I shouldn’t have, my postprandial readings are high. Do you have to be high constantly to do harm to the fetus or will just a occasionally high number be harmful?

My husband has type 1 diabetes and is on an insulin pump, but his blood sugars are constantly erratic, ranging from 30 to 300 mg/dl [1.7 to 16.7 mmol/L]. How do you cope with this and the related mood swings?

I’m a 20 year old girl who has type 1 diabetes. Is it true that a person with diabetes cannot donate blood?

Four months ago, my three year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I have a few questions.

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