books

[dean123]

can any 1 recommend any good books to learn about type 1 and to control it and books on type 1 and exercise. thank dean

 

[ailsa]

I read Diabetes for Dummies. Got it from the Library thought it was good.

 

[Anonymous]

"Think like a pancreas" is a good one. A lot of it is for pumpers but much is applicable for injecting too, think it had a section on exercise as well.

 

[SophiaW]

I highly recommend Type 1 in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. Despite the title I feel it would be equally good reading for adults too, I think the title is that because it also covers growth hormones, teenage years etc which you can just skip. It has a section on exercise (about 20 pages). It covers mainly injections and detail about the different types of insulins and how they work, it has a section on pumps as well but is not exhaustive so I would recommend a separate pumping book if you use an insuiln pump. You can "look inside" the book on amazon

First link gives you the book with reviews but no longer available as a new edition has been published:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diabetes-Childr ... 136&sr=1-2

Second link gives you the new edition, no reviews yet but essentially the same book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Type-1-Diabetes ... 136&sr=1-3

 

[phoenix]

(snap, Sophie I'd gone to amazon and hadn't submitted my post)
Best all round book I know on T1
Ragnar Hagnas Type 1 Diabetes in Children Adolescents and Young people . How to become an expert in your own diabetes.(ignore the title, much of it is universal)
You can look inside it if you use google books or look on amazon

John Walsh Using Insulin.
From the US but is perhaps in need of a new edition
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Using-Insulin-E ... 196&sr=1-1

for exercise
Sheri Colberg : Diabetic Athlete's Handbook (again you can look inside)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diabetic-Athlet ... 116&sr=8-1

She also has many short articles on the internet
http://www.shericolberg.com/articles-resources.asp
another useful resource is
http://www.runsweet.com/

 

[hanadr]

I still think Dr. Bernstein's diabetes solution is the most comprehensive [and optimistic] book. It's not particularly easy to read, a bit like a textbook and the units are all American mg/dl [easy to converth just divide by 18] And it's a bit pricey.
I use it to dip in and out of.
Hana

 

[desidiabulum]

It won't give you specific advice on treatment, but to understand what the disease is, how the different treatments have developed and why advice is given in the way it is, you can't do better than Robert Tattersall's 'Diabetes: The Biography' (Oxford, 2009). Most of all, reading the horror stories of past treatments and medical ignorance should make all diabetics relieved that they have the condition now, rather than 50 (or even 25) years ago.

 

[dean123]

thanks so much for you reply . dean