Reducing The Occurrence Of Diabetes in Children
The incidence of obesity in children has led some to describe childhood obesity as a crisis. Unfortunately, diabetes in children is consequence of the childhood obesity crisis. The incidence of diabetes in children has multiplied ...
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Diabetes - School - ATTORNEY!
Our school district is 2200 children, and next year we will have 6 children with Type 1 - 3 of which will all be in kindergarten -and no school nurse! There have been lots of concerns raised and none addressed. ...
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Embryonic Stem Cells Make Insulin
"Doctors may be one step closer to using stem cells to cure diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at the stem cell engineering company Novacell, Inc. in San Diego who report that they managed to convert human embryonic stem ...
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Pump case with magnet
Ok me and my mom were at the store and saw a cell phone holder that had a magnetic closing and i thought it would be good to use as my pump case but then i sew the magnet and wondered if it would hurt my pump. do you think it will hurt ...
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By-mail suppliers
Hi, After 20+ years with Kaiser my husband's employer is changing insurance plans. March 1st we will be starting all over. Find a new endo, pediatrician, etc. While I have never been crazy about Kaiser I am used to their system and they ...
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Painful eyes...
I have been having pain, it's kinda like in the top of my eye sockets in the back of my eyes. Could this be from being on the computer too much? Has anyone else had this happen? It's even waking me up at night:( Dry eyes?:confused:
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Stats? Number of people using CGMS
Can you tell from my threads that I have been working on this appeal all day? I am searching high & low, but can't find any statistics on the number of people who are using CGMS. Has anyone seen anything like this? Thanks!
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Help! I need links for CGM appeal & companies who cover
We conclude that real-time continuous glucose monitoring for periods up to 72 h is accurate and safe in insulin-requiring subjects with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This study demonstrates that availability of real-time, ...
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Calculating doses of insulin?
Since I'm new to all of this, I'm trying to figure out how you all know how much insulin to give to your children every day. Right now we are still calling our Endo every evening and reporting the sugar levels for the last 24 hours and ...
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Hi, I'm new here!
My name is Sam and about 3 weeks ago we found out that our 4 year old daughter, Grace, has type 1 diabetes. We live in the Bahamas, so we had to fly to the US to meet with a diatician, a nurse, and of course the main doctor, the Endo. ...
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What am I doing wrong??? Honeymoon???
Honeymoon??? I'm not sure why they call it a honeymoon. Noah is all over the place. Just when you think his numbers are looking good he has a major low or a major high. Is this a normal honeymoon, or is he ever going to have one? ...
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Meters
How often should we be replacing my son's meter? We've had a wild couple of weeks. First, he finished his last Lantus pen given him by the NP at his last appointment and then went back to the bottle of Lantus he's been using IN NOVEMBER ...
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Do you think I did the right thing?
So my stepdaughter went back to school this week (first week since being diagnosed). My husband calls my stepdaughter's mother last night to see how our daughter is doing. Mom tells us that the after school daycare gave our daughter ...
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Knowing neighbor/coach???
So yesterday I stop by my friends local store, she has one of the letters I wrote asking for sponsorship up on her wall:D One of Seth's old soccer coaches sees his pic up on her wall. After reading it he says to my friend, ...
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A weenie dog walks into a bar...
And he asks the bartender, "What's your name?" And the bartender tells him. Then the Dauchsund asks, "How old are you?" Again the bartender replies. So the weenie dog asks, "Have any kids?" And the bartender says, "Boy mister, ...
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you hear the one about the check is in the mail well
her pump is in the mail :DI just got an email MM mailed it out yesterday...that was after having a hissy fit yesterday :p It should be here on Monday then sometime in March we start classes ( Dr has to call back with a date and time) ...
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which meter do you like best?
I have the one touch meter but last night I forgot her strips at home so I had to use someone elses meter ( but her finger *****) they had the accu-check it looked like it took less blood then the one we have. ...
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I could kick myself :(
Remember that I wrote that I have been sick recently. Yesterday I was so tired. Really tired. I spent a lot of yesterday sleeping. I dropped off Deacon at my parents and took an afternoon nap. Last night, I put everyone to bed early and ...
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Has anyone had this happen?
Today my kids left on a school overnight trip. It is the first one Adyson has gone on without me....so....I'm nervous enough and trying to cover all our bases, pack everything, think of every senerio...so I deceided to change the ...
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Jumping around in the honeymoon
I heard the honeymoon was a good place to be. I get that the insulin needs are lower and that's nice. BUT, every day is a different outcome. My son can have the same amount of insulin, same carbs and same activity level and the results ...
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could this be some hope...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/he...WYWhy7+Uaam0pQ.
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low bs with NO symptoms
Having a bad morning here! Ben has been low a lot lately with NO symptoms. Ex: this morning he tested 46, (I triple checked) and was playing like a madman with his sister, didn't act hungry, etc...this has been happening lately, ...
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Diet and exercise can help protect children from diabetes
By Susan Flagg-GodbeyOnce a health threat for a small percentage of older people, type 2 diabetes is ...
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Why am I still up?!?!
Answer: reading/posting on this board I've got to get up for a 2am BG check in less than 1 & 1/2 hour :cwds: I think you guys are addictive ;) :rolleyes: Have a great night - I'll catch up with ya'll tomorrow - or rather later today ...
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Diabetes camps
Hi everyone--Lindsay was just diagnosed last summer so we weren't able to do the diabetes camps. I've already been thinking ahead for this summer--am I too early? Anyway, who has sent their diabetic children to the camps? ...
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Diet and exercise can help protect children from diabetes
Dad has Alzheimer's disease. There, I said it. So does his brother, Uncle Eugene. Come to think of ...
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Do you have endo problems?
I am soooo frustrated! We went to the clinic today. We were supposed to get a sensor and pump ordered. The endo would not authorize a pump because my daughter tests too much...in her viewpoint. My daugher has had some serious lows and ...
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OT-2 family emergencies in the same day
Okay yesterday I got a call at work from my nephews mom saying I need to come get him (he lives 3 hrs away) RIGHT NOW! She would not tell me anything other then I need to come get him. So I drove 3 hrs and she "changed her mind" so as I ...
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another chapter in my "saga?"
I may have another chapter to write in my story of conception and child-bearing.... I have 3 faintly + pg tests sitting on my bathroom counter. Going to use a 4th tomorrow morning (with 1st morning urine, hadn't done that with the other ...
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Meanwhile, back at the gym, the plot thickens...
For those of you following my little drama over being allowed to test on the gym floor during a competetition, here's the update: 1. After a lengthy phone conversation with the directing manager of USAGymnastics, I was told that the ...
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1/2 unit syringes
I was cleaning some cabinets and found at least 6 new boxes of 1/2 unit 30cc syringes. If anyone needs them just let me know. Since Haley is pumping I'm keeping the box that's already opened.
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Doctor orders at school?
Jacob's endo (team) and I have been trying to adjust Jacob's insulin to get it right since we have began doing his lantus in the mornings instead of at night. Jacob has been at home with me since last Thursday and I began doing 1:6 ...
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lunch menu change with no notice
My daughter has to get her lunchtime injection before lunch. I happen to work at the school. The way it is timed I can only give it to her before lunch. At the end of the month when the menu comes home I call the central cafeteria ...
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Explaining Diabetes to younger siblings
I was just wondering how others explained an older brother or sister having diabetes to the younger kids. When Joey first went in the hospital, all we told Don & Lanie was that he was sick and the doctors & nurses were helping him get ...
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lunar eclispe ot
anyone watching lunar eclipse.
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Basal rate
How many pumpers only have 1 set basal rate? and how different are your i:c ratios through out the day? We have several basal rates throughout a 24 hr period, based on activity level, times when she is more sensitive, etc. ...
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who would listen to a 5 year old
I currently started a new job and haven't got the day care situated so my ds's great granny has been watching him.....well he has to stay allnight because it is 1 1/2 hours to her house ...she called me in panic because she gave him 8 ...
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OT/go look at the moon
There is a total lunar eclipse tonight..
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Need your help tonight - please :)
Mom is taking my son to the museum for the whole day tomorrow. She asked if I had a cheat sheet for my son, and the only one I have is for the nurse at school so it refers to dr orders and a school insert for his pump. ...
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missing school=problems
Kenny has missed a lot of school(Jr. high) since dec, He was in the hospital for a week in dec when he became immune to the novalog, and 4 days 2 weeks ago when we could not get his #s below 400. Not counting how many times the nurse ...
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Does your D child seem to stay warmer than average??
Mama Belle brought up something I found interesting about D kids feeling warmer a lot of the time. We discussed it and my curiosity is peeked, so I thought I would post a poll..
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Hi, I am new
I also have a 6 year old biological son too and I have the fear he will get this as well. I hear his chances are low, but a person still worries. My husband is type 2, he just found out last August. He takes medication. Type 2 Diabetes ...
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Temp Basal at Night
I set a temp basal for any number lower than 100 at bedtime, but another post made me remember that I have wanted to ask this...If I set it for 85%, then she is just a little high - for example, the other night, she was 98 at my bedtime ...
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Question regarding the meal plan insulin
My stepdaughter was just diagnosed last week so I am all new to this so please bear with me. All the information is very overwhelming. I have a few questions, I hope someone can help me with. 1) Do you have to space the Novolog insulin ...
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sante fee
leaving on trip on saturday wondering if anyone knows if there a walmart in sante fee want to get some gluco shots there they arent available in canada yet.
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OT: Please pray for the families
My dad was a mortician up until I was 14 so I know if he said it was bad, it was extremly bad :( http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...CLfIgD8UTVG4O0 This is nothing diabetes related at all, please do not post if you are going to say ...
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Sneaking food
I'm amazed that Maddison (7) snuck some M&M's on Valentines Day....like everyone else, we have always explained the importance of NOT sneaking, and have been open an honest about everything. V-Day Maddison had some friends over and ...
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How low do you let them go at night?
For those of you that check in the middle of the night, where do you draw the line as far as being low and to treat or not to treat. I'm not talking about obvious severe lows....but what about like 80, 90? At what number do you decide ...
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ID Bracelet Saga
We have been "collecting" Medical ID bracelets (and actually diabetes bags/cases) since my son was dx. I thought I would share our findings so that it might help others. We first ordered a sports band with a metal plate - after my son ...
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Fascination with meters
I got smart this morning and sent the remaining Flash strips for the school nurse to use. Now I do not think she will need anymore strips before school ends. Anyone else have a fascination with meters or anything with diabetes supplies? ...
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