Mother and son diagnosed with diabetes

[Northerner]

It wasn't a big surprise to Jeffrey Connor when he was diagnosed at 33 years old with diabetes, since both of his parents and other family members had the chronic disease.

In 2010, there were an estimated 700,000 adults diagnosed with diabetes in North Carolina, according to the latest statistics from N.C. Diabetes Prevention and Control Program.

In the 2011 State of the County Health Report, residents listed diabetes as one of the top five health priorities in the county.

In a 2012 Rowan Health and Human Services Needs Assessment survey, residents identified diabetes as one of five leading causes of disease-related death in the county, behind only heart disease, cancer, stroke and Alzheimer's.

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Both mother and son take a number of medications to combat the effects of the diabetes-related medications.

Turner checks her glucose levels four times a day and injects a slow-release insulin about 15 minutes before she eats.

After consulting with his doctor about how the insulin affects him, Connor started injecting insulin after his meal.

Slow-acting before meals? Wonder how the doctor came to the conclusion he should inject after eating?