A review of type 1 diabetes

May 1, 2012 By

DEAR DR. GOTT: I have followed your reports, questions and answers in the paper but I have not seen anything on type 1 diabetes. My granddaughter was diagnosed a year ago and to date there has been no information available out there. She is 17 and has a problem with her diet. Her doctor has been no help to her or the family in regard with what to do. She takes insulin and watches her carbs but so far the information we have found is very limited. Is there any that you could give that would help in treating this disease? I would be ever so grateful.

DEAR READER: After first reading your question, I was quite shocked that you were unable to find adequate information. A quick internet search of “diabetes type 1” brings up several reliable websites, to include the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (www.jdrf.org), [Read more...]

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Savvy 13-year-old diabetic takes charge

February 12, 2011 By

DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 13-year-old diabetic. I have good control of my diabetes, but right around Christmas, I began having unreasonably high blood-sugar readings and I’m still having them now. The lowest sugar I have had since is 140, and the highest is 281.

I am not sick. I have no fever and I am not vomiting. I do not have a cough. I have checked my ketones multiple times, and they were all negative. My insulin is not expired. I even did a control test on my meter, and it came out to 101.

I asked my parents, and they believe it’s the meter. It is about 1-1/2 years old. A while ago, another one of my meters did something like this. [Read more...]

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