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Poll Results   What do you think is the hardest part of diabetes?         Meal planning and diet     14%     73         Blood sugar monitoring     11%     57         Insulin injections or using the pump     5%     29         Exercise and sports     6%     30         Social interaction (acceptance by friends & family, school, isolation)     6%     30         Hypoglycemia and the fear of going low     35%     177         Complications     10%     50         Financial costs or insurance issues     6%     33         Other     4%     21   Total votes: 500

What do you think is the hardest part of diabetes? Poll dates: April 20 - 27, 2008 Total Votes: 500 By a wide margin, our readers feel that hypoglycemia and the fear of going low is the hardest part of diabetes. Insulin pump therapy and basal-bolus therapy with Lantus or Levemir as a basal insulin have both been shown to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia compared with an injection regimen based on Regular and NPH. Frequent blood glucose monitoring can also help by giving you more insight into your blood glucose readings more times during the day. (See our recent poll about blood glucose monitoring frequency.) Continuous glucose sensors offer alarms for both hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, which can help to reduce the fear of going low. This table shows how readers have answered this question over the years: Answer       Apr 2008     Dec 2006     Dec 2005     Dec 2004     Dec 2003     Feb 1999 Meal planning 14% 14% 12% 14% 18% 42% Blood sugar monitoring 11% 15% 19% 13% 10% 14% Insulin 5% 5% 4% 6% 6% 9% Exercise and sports 6% 3% 5% 2% 3% 5% Social issues 6% 6% 6% 5% 6% 6% Hypoglycemia 35% 39% 34% 41% 38% Not asked Complications 10% 11% 10% 14% 11% 16% Financial 6% -- -- -- -- -- Other 4% 4% 6% 3% 5% 5% [Return to the current poll]

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