Diabetes

What Preparations Should I Make For Traveling?

General preparation for traveling may include some of the following considerations. Remember to take your glucose testing equipment and your diabetes medications. Take an extra supply of test strips and...

How Do I Prepare My Diabetes For Operation?

I am scheduled to have an operation. How do I prepare my diabetes for this? The extent to which you and your physician prepare for your operation depends on the...

I Have Diabetes And Want To Get Pregnant

What should I do? When a woman of childbearing age has diabetes, it is very important to plan the pregnancy ahead of time for a number of reasons. The first...

How Will My Diabetes Affect My Work?

Are There Any Jobs I Cannot Do? Whether your diabetes will affect your work depends upon the nature of your diabetes and the nature of your work. Thus, the impact...

How Does Stress Affect My Blood Sugars?

Stress is a broad term that can have a number of meanings. For the purposes of this question, only emotional stress will be discussed. Emotional stress (whether its source is...

How Accurate Are Glucose Monitors?

Glucose monitors are quite accurate in that any given reading on the same sample of blood should only vary by a few percentage points (i.e., 5–10). In order to obtain...

What Is The Best Kind Of Glucose Monitor?

Since insulin became available, probably nothing has more revolutionized the day-to-day management of diabetes, especially type 1 diabetes, than the arrival of the capillary glucose monitor. So successful has this...

What Is The Target Level For My Blood Sugar?

The target level for your blood sugar depends on who you are and on the other circumstances of your health. Various authoritative expert bodies have published blood sugar targets to...

How Often Do I Need To Check My Blood Sugar?

How often you need to check your blood sugar depends upon how the information that blood sugar testing provides will be used. All too often, people with diabetes are instructed...