You're often on your own during a hospital stay.

Here's a breif article that drives home a very important concept to retain -- if you're a diabetic don't expect the hospital medical staff to pay any attention to the management of your diabetes during a hospital stay.

Even if they're checking your blood sugar regularly, the nurse taking the readings is not talking to the person preparing yor meals.

During one short hospital stay of my own I was actually intially hospitilized because of very high sugar and high blood pressure -- a direct result of the diabetes. And the only way I was able to finially get the sugar back under control was to just leave the hospital. Hospitals just aren't set up to manage chronic conditions.