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1 book please

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rossi_mac

rossi_mac

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Hi,

Not a big reader but would love to read something on this lovely disease to understand the inner workings.

Not interested especialy but I realise it's relevant, in diet or receipes or wether it's t1 or t2 biase, I guess something quite technical would work, popped into a book shop today and all there was was diet /receipe books and a book about dying peacefully! That was a pleasant flick I tell thee.

Any recommendations greatly appreciated.

thanks

Rossi
 
Think Like a Pancreas is a good read, goes into a lot of the science as well as the practical day to day stuff.
 
I'll second that 'think like a pancreas' is great, a close second is 'using insulin', which I found a bit more technical and textbook like.
 
I'd actually recommend 'Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults' by Ragnar Hanas. I'm 50 going on 51, but as someone with Type 1 it's an absolute mine of information on every aspect of the condition. If you were Type 2 then it probably wouldn't be quite as relevant as much of it is concerned with insulin and how to get it right. It's very good as a reference rather than a 'cover to cover' book.

I read Think like a pancreas and it was a bit too 'American' for me, but that's just my opinion.
 
Thanks all, I've written all 3 down, and may pop to library/bookshop see what they seem like to me's.
 
Grrrr I went loking in library and a couple of bookshops, no bloody luck! Guess it'll have to be amazon after all! Prefer not to buy off them like to pay cash and receive goods in me hand!
 
katie said:
that made me laugh out loud :D was it with the Diabetes books??
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yes it was!! We're all doomed!

PS Laughing outloud is the best medicine (after single malt) make sure you do it regularly:D
 
rossi_mac said:
Grrrr I went loking in library and a couple of bookshops, no bloody luck! Guess it'll have to be amazon after all! Prefer not to buy off them like to pay cash and receive goods in me hand!
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Could try Waterstones? Either online.com 🙂p) or a local shop of theirs? Sometimes I buy books from a local, independent bookshop round here. There might be one or two near you so you could get the books ordered, go in and pick them up and keep some local businesses going. 🙂
 
MarcLister said:
Could try Waterstones? Either online.com 🙂p) or a local shop of theirs? Sometimes I buy books from a local, independent bookshop round here. There might be one or two near you so you could get the books ordered, go in and pick them up and keep some local businesses going. 🙂
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Good point Marc I do like giving business to locals not internet whizz kids!!

I'll have a walk round later! Still finding my feet over here, only been in this office 2 years, need to get out more!

Cheers
 
Finally I've done something!! I tried the local book shop, no chance! Then went to waterstones, after two phonecalls to their suppliers I got a no! So internet it was, looked on book depositry, but in the end got it on ebay, had somemoney sitting in my paypal account!!

So soon I will be reading "think like a pancreas" !

Will it just fuel me with more questions??
 
Being controversial, I'd chuck in Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution by (believe it or not!) Dr. Richard K. Bernstein as a recommendation. It's a very radical approach to diabetes care and, whilst you may not be up for a complete life overhaul, which is effectively what the book suggests, it certainly has some very informative parts about diabetes (and explaining effects that my doctor certainly couldn't).
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NTIL said:
Being controversial, I'd chuck in Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution by (believe it or not!) Dr. Richard K. Bernstein as a recommendation. It's a very radical approach to diabetes care and, whilst you may not be up for a complete life overhaul, which is effectively what the book suggests, it certainly has some very informative parts about diabetes (and explaining effects that my doctor certainly couldn't).
Just a suggestion...
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I've read oodles of books about diabetes, and whilst I wouldn't follow them word for word, you do pick up what things are common amongst them, some good overviews of the science and possible solutions to a huge variety of problems. You just need to use your judgement and only pick up on the points that you can validate elsewhere or by trial and error. Just as there are no two people that diabetes treats the same, I don't think there is one solution either.🙂
 
Just got a bit carried away on Amazon and bought Think like a Pancreas, Using Insulin and a carb counter. I think there other items you might like suggestions bit works too well.
 
rachelha said:
Just got a bit carried away on Amazon and bought Think like a Pancreas, Using Insulin and a carb counter. I think there other items you might like suggestions bit works too well.
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I've reviewed a few here and have a 'listmania' list on Amazon called 'Best Diabetes Books', if you want to know my recommendations.🙂 I've just got a few more out of the library and hope to write reviews here of them soon.
 
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