Books on Diabetes

[Rockape671]

Hi, I've read 'Think Like a Pancreas' and 'Your Diabetes Science Experiment'. Both were hugely helpful in sorting out my blood sugar levels. Does anyone have any more recommendations for books about diabetes?

 

[whompa73]

Obviously dr bernsitens diabetes solutions is a great read for diabetics

 

[pr126]

The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year - An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (First Year - Patient-expert Guides) [Kindle Edition]

 

[Paul_c]

The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year - An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (First Year - Patient-expert Guides) [Kindle Edition]

and completely useless for the OP...

 

[hale710]

Are you type 1? Haven't got my head around the new app yet so can't see your profile!

 

[noblehead]

Hi, I've read 'Think Like a Pancreas' and 'Your Diabetes Science Experiment'. Both were hugely helpful in sorting out my blood sugar levels. Does anyone have any more recommendations for books about diabetes?

You can't look any further than Think Like a Pancreas for type 1's IMHO. There's also a book that often gets a mention on the forum called Pumping Insulin: Everything You Need to Succeed on an Insulin Pump by John Walsh and Ruth Roberts , not read it but by all accounts its an excellent book.

 

[anna29]

I still have Think Like a Pancreas in my bedside drawer .
Often refer to it with my own insulin therapy queries and questions .

Find it very easy to read and grasp - as well as this
its great with loads of helpful/useful information too . :thumbup:

Anna .

 

[Paul_c]

Are you type 1? Haven't got my head around the new app yet so can't see your profile!

well considering he posted the thread in the Type 1 Diabetes sub forum, then it's pretty safe to assume that he IS Type 1...

 

[phoenix]

Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
Ragnar Hanas

Though written for young people it has lots of useful info for anyone diagnosed with T1

(and though probably better bought as a secondary resource (maybe second hand) the T2 book mentioned earlier is not useless for someone with T1. I got it in when because of my age, I thought I had T2 and it was extremely useful . It doesn't go much into insulin use but has a wealth of info on things that affect people with all types of diabetes eg: the various blood tests, why and what they mean, other types of diabetes (I read of LADA there first) , explanations of things from sweeteners to complications and definitions of words like glucagon, gluconeogenesis and glycogen.)

 

[hale710]

Are you type 1? Haven't got my head around the new app yet so can't see your profile!

well considering he posted the thread in the Type 1 Diabetes sub forum, then it's pretty safe to assume that he IS Type 1...

New app doesn't make things like the sub forum clear.

 

[robert72]

New app doesn't make things like the sub forum clear.

if you touch the first post you get this bar at the top:

 

[hale710]

New app doesn't make things like the sub forum clear.

if you touch the first post you get this bar at the top:

Thanks! I'm liking the update, it's just got a few quirks to adapt to

 

[ElyDave]

The Diabetic Athlete's Handbook - not worth the price, see if you can get it cheap. A few nuggets of usefulness in a mass of filler.

The American Diabetes Association's Handbook of Exercise in Diabetes - a great text, very medical/scientific in nature and full of useful info for all types. Imported from the USA cost me about a fiver including P&P.

 

[Rockape671]

Cheers for all the recommendations :thumbup:

 

[ElyDave]

I'm guessing you're RAF Regiment, or used to be?

 

[Rockape671]

Aye, like I used to be a train driver, currently in the process of being 'Medically Re-Deployed'. Pesky diabetes thingy.....