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When you say it real slow it's a little creepy.

Tom has type 1 diabetes and when his blood sugars are high they are crazy high. So high that he turns into a crazy, angry, irrational monster or as I like to let him know...he's hangry. That's our code word for "your acting a little bit crazy and your blood sugars must be jacked."

For a time there I thought he may have been literally suffering from a mental disorder because his mood would change like the flip of a switch.

The good news is he is getting treated with insulin and that has helped phenomenally.

In addition to having diabetes he now has a rare "diabetic rash" on his ankle which needed biopsied to confirm what was going on. I honestly thought he had skin cancer by the looks of it; thankfully it was not! The official name is Necrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum and there is no absolute cure just treatment in hope to lessen the appearance and symptoms. 

If anyone has the name of a good diabetic cookbook or tips that would help him it would be much appreciated! Everyone in this house is starting on a diabetic diet.