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I have diabetes and I am a vegetarian. My cholesterol is high. I need a vegetarian menu — no meat, no fish, no fowl and low fat.

August 18, 2000
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I am a 40 year old police officer, recently diagnosed and likely soon to be unemployed due to my diabetes. I have been told that if I wasn’t insulin dependent my employment would be no problem. What protection is there against discrimination in the work force for a person with type 1 diabetes?

August 18, 2000
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A 19 year old type 1 said she gets a funny taste in her mouth when she has a low. She asked her diabetes nurse and she more or less blew her off. Do you know of anyone complaining of a funny/odd taste in their mouth after a low?

August 18, 2000
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I am 19 years old and have had diabetes for about five or six years. What the best type of exercise is to keep my blood sugar in the normal range?

August 18, 2000
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What advice would you give a 17 year old male who has had diabetes since the age of five? What about the effects of consuming alcohol and smoking or chewing?

August 18, 2000
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Is celiac disease associated with diabetes?

August 18, 2000
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A TV broadcast mentioned a study that succeeded in stimulating insulin production in type 1 patients under age eight through the use of a high-fat diet. Are you familiar with any such report or study?

August 18, 2000
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We have twin boys who are 6 weeks of age.They sometimes sleep six to seven hours at night. We were advised to wake them at five hours until they are two months of age to prevent hypoglycemia. Should we follow this doctor’s advice?

August 18, 2000
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I am a 60 year old female who has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the past week. I am obese, but I have lost 12 pounds in the past year. The only change that I can see is that I have been taking diuretics for the past year. Can there be a correlation between the diuretics and the diabetes?

August 18, 2000
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My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes several months ago. He is taking six to seven shots a day, and he is still having trouble keeping his readings anywhere near normal. The doctors here are trying but aren’t having much luck and we’re thinking of finding a diabetes clinic.

August 17, 2000
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