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DiabetesMine.com, 2/21/12
""Think Like a Pancreas "covers essentially anything and everything you'd need to know about living with diabetes."About.com, 3/1/12
"This highly practical, humorous, and detailed guide covers it all."
Eat Healthy, Live Well (blog), 3/8/12"In his down-to-earth approach he offers a plethora of innovative out-of-the-box tips for taking care of the everyday, literal and figurative, ups and downs of diabetes using insulin...a terrific addition to your diabetes bookshelf." "Library Journal", 3/29/12"Striking a balance between a casual and professional tone, Scheiner presents this material in an approachable manner...Recommended for public and consumer health libraries, especially those with the first edition."
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Completely revised and updated, this is the essential guide to managing day-to-day issues for diabetics who use insulin. Dozens of books offer advice on managing diabetes, but few focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing those who use insulin. In this fully updated and revised second edition, Gary Scheiner, a certified diabetes educator and himself an insulin user himself since 1985, gives you the tools to 'think like a pancreas' - that is, to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body's ever-changing needs. Free of medical mumbo jumbo, comprehensive, and packed with useful information not readily available in other books, "Think Like a Pancreas" discusses: day-to-day blood glucose control and monitoring; designing an insulin program to best match your lifestyle; measuring insulin to carbohydrate intake and physical activity; the pluses and minuses of different insulin-delivery methods; optimal management of diabetes using an insulin pump; hypoglycemia-the best ways to avoid it and treat it; the impact of emotions, stress, illness, and aging; making the best use of your health care team and community resources; plus, dozens of other issues that everyone taking insulin needs to understand and master. Great strides have been taken since the book's first publication; this new edition will include the following updates: new foreword; addendum to the 'evolution of diabetes care' to include current technologies; elimination of insulins and medications that are no longer in use or available commercially; inclusion of medications that can be used in conjunction with insulin for managing glycemia; updates to product photos throughout; inclusion of the incretin mimetics-injectables used to supplement insulin's actions; shortening/condensing of chapters 1-4; inclusion of new insulin formulations and combinations; inclusion of a thorough section on continuous glucose monitoring; and, updating the resource listings with emphasis on online resources.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a must for every who is diabetic regardless of type 1, type 2, recently diagnosed or diagnosed 40years ago as I was.
It explains how insulin works, why the pancreas packed up and tips on how to adjust insulin levels.
I couldn't put it down _ its written in a non technical friendly manner.
Highly recommended
It explains how insulin works, why the pancreas packed up and tips on how to adjust insulin levels.
I couldn't put it down _ its written in a non technical friendly manner.
Highly recommended
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book. Unfortunately, it is written in American and you have to interpret some of the words. However, it is a very good guide for anyone wanting to get a grip on their diabetic control. Although all types of diabetes and all control regimes are covered, the book is most useful for those on muliple insulin injections (basal bolus regime) or those using an insulin pump. Much of the thinking in the book is now being taken up by forward-thinking clinics, but (perhaps) not most GPs. It is interesting to read the original script for some of the advice I've been hearing! Do buy it. It is very helpful and practical, with just the right amount of science to support the advice. It may well make you question the way you've been doing things! And for me, it worked.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good read for anyone using insulin, straight forward, easy to understand and a great insight into the workings of insulin. Would definately recommend.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Should be required reading.
This book should be required reading for all diabetics, particularly those who are insulin dependent. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Lilith
Why is this book not used by the medical profession in the UK?
At last here is someone who writes in an understandable and straightforward manner about this chronic condition. Read more
Published 2 months ago by G. Crocker
Essential Diabetic Reading
Absolutely brilliant writing makes this enlightening book essential reading for anyone using insulin for their diabetes. Read more
Published 8 months ago by zcar
Excellent book !!!
I would recommend this book to anyone with type 1 diabetes.
It not too technical, he explains in plain words the insulin issues.
It not too technical, he explains in plain words the insulin issues.
Published 9 months ago by asic
excellent
An excellent book. written in easy to read, every day language. informative and extremely helpful. All the numbers though, were in American, but easy to transcribe. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Susan Griffiths
very helpful book
I found this book a good help trying to decide when and how I should move on to Insulin as at my age Glucophage is no longer recommended.
Published 12 months ago by JHL
Building on your knowledge
When my youngest son was diagnosed with Type 1, there was a great deal to learn quickly. This book has been a great tool to build on the information provided by doctors and nurses,... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Fandange
Good for Type 2
As a type 2 on insulin this book filled in many of the gaps in my education and helped me deal with a number of problems, I wished that I had known about it when I first went on... Read more
Published on 31 May 2010 by PFC
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