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My 13 year son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a few months ago. However, he gets colds on and off. Is any decongestant that he can take that won’t raise his blood glucose too much?

My 15 year old daughter had blood in her urine at her last doctor’s visit. Two weeks later, on a repeat sample, there wasn’t any blood, it showed 4+ sugar and 1+ ketones. How can she be spilling sugar (is 4+ a lot?) when her diabetes is under pretty good control? What about the ketones?

This is a cry for help. I’m 13 years old, and I think I might be dying because of my diabetes. My mom stopped helping me control my disease when I was 11 because she thought I was mature enough to handle it myself, but she was wrong.

I am interested to know when the Therasense FreeStyle meter is likely to be marketed in the UK.

I would like to know what fruits and vegetables a person with diabetes cannot have because they are loaded with sugar.

Do you think any of about the various dietary supplements that are being marketed right now will be helpful in controlling blood sugar?

Our doctor said the hospital will not do an HbA1c through the fingerstick method, although he admits that it is less threatening. I cannot find a lab that will do the HbA1c with the finger blood. Would you know of any in my area that I can try?

My eight year old son was diagnosed with type 1 six months ago. Do you have any information on how a cocktail of NPH, Regular and Humalog works?

I am 29 years old and have been diagnosed with diabetes for a year and one-half. My fasting insulin is 3.4. My hemoglobin A1c decreased from 8.9% to 7.4% after taking Glucophage for the last three months. Could this mean my insulin level is okay and I might be type 2?

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