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I’m told to have an evening snack, but I don’t quite understand the effect of the snack since if I do or don’t have an evening snack my A.M. fasting is really the same. So what purpose is the evening snack really serving, I’d rather not have the additional calories?

I took my 6 year old for a routine check. A urine test was positive for sugar. He is asthmatic and had been on steroids for 5 days. They did a finger prick glucose test which was 305. The doctor on duty thought it could still be due to the steroids.

My daughter is 10 years old and was diagnosed three months ago. Recently her lunchtime sugars have been high so we may give her some Humalog to bring it down at lunchtime. Would we be better off to give 4 shots a day (Humalog at the 3 meals and NPH at bedtime)?

I am 30 years old and 11 weeks pregnant. Over the past 2 weeks I have been monitoring my blood sugars as I had been feeling quite light headed. I have often found them to be 2.5 and 2.8 only 1-2 hours after eating a full meal. Could the hypoglycemia be the beginning of gestational diabetes?

Our daughter, age 10, tests her blood sugars at least four times a day. My mom, 84, was diagnosed Type 2. Because of our daughter’s strict control, I have a problem with the fact that my mom’s blood sugars are monitored only once a week.

What is the success rate/statistics of Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation? My husband is 30 years old and has had Diabetes Type 1 for five years. He is interested in getting this transplant.

Today I received a phone call from my cousin in Mexico City, Mexico. Her little 5 year old has diabetes and they were told that there is a new medication in the USA that will help them stop the injections. Is there any place they can find this medication?

In Type 1 diabetes, do you lose weight from having high blood sugars, or by having high blood sugars and no insulin?

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