Archive | March, 2010

What do you think is worst asthma or diabetes?

Do you guys think asthma is worst the diabetes or the opposite? Do you think there both equally bad?

Can I cause myself to get gestational diabetes by eating too much sugar?

I am eating everything that I need to, as far as nutritional value, but I’m also eating candy and sweets because I’m having some major sweet cravings. It’s not causing me to gain a ton of weight, I’ve only gained 4 lbs at 27 weeks. I have my glucose screening a week from today, just [...]

How often are babies born with diabetes?

Is it like 1 out of every 15? What’s the probability if the dad has diabetes? Does it raise it? How about how often does a child develop diabetes if a parent has it? I’m asking because my dad has diabetes and I’m in my teens and I want to know my chances of [...]

Floating sensation while walking, numbness around the lips, cramp in the left leg and arm?

My mother told me she was picking up a paper from the floor when suddenly she got a cramp in her left leg and arm and then she felt a numbness sensation around her lips just for a few seconds. Then she said she started walking and she felt she was floating. My mother has [...]

Neuropathy Assistance Dog information?

Has anyone ever heard of a neuropathy assistance dog? What do they do? I am a severe insulin dependant diabetic that also has severe peripheral neuropathy, tachycardia, the beginnings of retinopathy, and some short term and long term memory loss. I have a very hard time getting around and lately [...]