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I am in a small community and question my doctor’s diagnosis that I am “diabetic”, but with low sugar levels not high normally associated with diabetes. Is it possible to run extremely low sugar levels and still have diabetes?

I work with a four year old child with both Pervasive Developmental Disability (mild) and type 1 diabetes. I am trying to assist the parent with a program for toilet training, and am wondering how to handle the problem of frequent urination, especially when away from home?

I have been taking Synthroid for five years now. My levels of medication keep going up. Does this increase of medication cause any type of infertility? Will I have trouble getting pregnant?

What would be some of the causes for a child with reasonably good blood sugars (150 mg/dl [8.3 mmol/L]) to be spilling glucose, but not ketones, in fresh urine samples? She is a type 1 diagnosed about six months ago, in good health, HbA1c down to 7.5%, and otherwise well.

My two year old son has noticeable changes in behavior after ingesting refined sugar. He drinks a lot of fluids and urinates a lot during the day and at night. When I limit sugar he improves. Could he have some type of diabetes? Is he just highly sensitive to sugar?

I’m currently 16 years old and have had diabetes for 11 years. I’m looking into getting an insulin pump, but I would like to know approximately how long a pump lasts before it needs to be replaced.

I am a buyer of jam and am concerned I am not catering for people with diabetes. We currently offer reduced sugar jams, standard jams and jams made with grape juice rather than sugar. Are these jams suitable for people with diabetes? Is a jam made with sorbitol better ?

My son is 11 and was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I cry everyday because of this diagnosis. I feel like I’ll never be able to leave his side. Is this normal and what do I do?

My six year old son has type 1 diabetes. Ever since he started taking insulin shots, he’s been clearing his throat a lot. He said it’s itchy and he points to his hard palate. Has this anything to do with his diabetes or his insulin shots?

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