So after a long time trying to sort my high BG despite eating practically no carbs, it looks like sadly I’m starting on a tiny dose of insulin next week. Are there any recommended books that are worth reading please. Thanks.
Hi, I’ve been on insulin for nearly 7 months now I think, I’m loosing track. I found this book really useful and very informative. Nicely written not overly medical or complex, for type 1 and insulin and daily living and managing it all.
Take Control of Type 1 Diabetes A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Management and Staying Well
David Cavan,
I also read “think like a pancreas” which was good but a bit too American for me.
I really liked this book below (I just cut and pasted the Goodreads blurb) when I was doing a massive read of everything diabetes I could get my hands on.
"Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin
by
Gary Scheiner
Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. In this fully updated and revised edition, diabetes educator Gary Scheiner provides the tools to think like a pancreas”to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body’s ever-changing needs. Comprehensive, free of medical jargon, and packed with useful information not readily available elsewhere, this new edition covers the many strides taken in diabetes education and management since the first edition seven years ago.
Think Like a Pancreas includes critical information, such as day-to-day blood glucose control and monitoring, designing an insulin program to best match your lifestyle, up-to date medication and technology, and new insulin formulations and combinations."
The books that helped me are: Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, Ponder's Sugar Surfing, Bertie's online course: https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/
I hope you feel like you get your life back on insulin.
My fear of insulin was much worse than the reality. I hope you try to get a Libre sensor and a Miao Miao or a Bubble which alarms. The technology takes the worry away. It catches my blood sugars on the way up and on the way down which gives me time to react.Thank you. I’m nervous...
Oh what’s a bubble? I self fund a libre every now and then, they don’t seem to want to give me one on prescription?My fear of insulin was much worse than the reality. I hope you try to get a Libre sensor and a Miao Miao or a Bubble which alarms. The technology takes the worry away. It catches my blood sugars on the way up and on the way down which gives me time to react.
A bubble is a divide that works with the Libre, a competitor to Miao Miao. 'The bubble is an NFC transmitter that placed over Freestyle Libre® makes a reading of your blood glucose levels every 5 minutes and transmits it via Bluetooth to your mobile phone allowing you to manage your glucose levels and to set up hyper and hypoglycemia alerts via software.'Oh what’s a bubble? I self fund a libre every now and then, they don’t seem to want to give me one on prescription?
Bright Sots and Land Mines by Adam Brow
Excellent, Available free online.
Bright Sots and Land Mines by Adam Brow
Excellent, Available free online.