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My 14 year old daughter has just been diagnosed with high blood sugar, and she is 50 pounds overweight. The doctor said this can be controlled by diet and advised vegetables and fruit. What types of food she should be eating?

Before I knew what was wrong with me and went in to the doctor, I had delusions. The doctor did all kinds of tests and all that was found was diabetes. Do you think that this is normal?

My 15 year old daughter was just diagnosed with hypoglycemia. Do you feel that she needs to be on a strict diet for hypoglycemia or can we monitor the amount of sugar that she eats and cut down on the sugar and eat more frequently?

I am 16 years old, have type 1 diabetes, and am currently on Synthroid. If I forget to take my pill, will it make my sugar levels higher the next day or two?

I am 32 years old and was diagnosed with type 1, but I am not insulin-dependent right now. I take oral medications. Explain why I am type 1?

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