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My four year old daughter has had type 1 diabetes for 13 months. Do you think that it is possible for her to have a hypo during the night and not have any side effects of it other than high blood sugar later?

February 19, 2003
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Will my niece be more likely to have seizures now that she has already had one? Can we now expect convulsions to be a regular part of her disease? Why would she have a convulsion at one blood sugar level but not at a lower one?

February 19, 2003
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The pediatric endocrinologist gave us some infusion sets to practice with when we feel our son is ready to try them, and I want this to be as stress free of a process as possible. Are creams, such as ElaMax, effective? What

February 19, 2003
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Doctors have suggested that my 56 year old father have bone taken from his hip and transferred to his mouth because the bone there has decayed, and I am worried about the risks involved with a surgery like this for an older person who has diabetes. Is there anything we, his family, can do to reduce those risks?

February 19, 2003
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There are two children in my son’s third grade who have some form of diabetes and cannot have sweets when we have parties. What alternatives can we offer them instead of the sweets that the rest of the class gets?

February 19, 2003
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My boyfriend is 20 pounds overweight, in partial diabetes denial, and he”sneaks” sweets too often. I am a new student to diabetes and I’d like to keep him around a long time. How can I encourage my boyfriend to change his eating habits or at least address nutrition?

February 19, 2003
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My eight year old grandson has type 1 diabetes and is on a pump. Even though he is not obese and is solid, I am concerned about his weight. What effect does the diabetes have on his metabolism? Does the pump allow him to eat things he should not by its ability to compensate with a bolus?

February 18, 2003
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My son had good care in the hospital, but now we are having trouble with his doctor. I called the emergency pager number and, boy, did he yell at me for doing this, even after I told him I called his office and left three messages. Is this normal?

February 18, 2003
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My seven year old granddaughter, who had cystic fibrosis diagnosed as an infant, was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Is diabetes a complication of or a spin off from the cystic fibrosis?

February 18, 2003
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I am currently on two medications for my diabetes, and a week age my family doctor told me I have high protein levels in my urine, so now I am on another medication. Is this common? What do the high levels mean as for as my diabetes is concerned?

February 18, 2003
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