On a few shoots I had to stop shooting because I had low blood sugar...
Category: Art & Books
Are you looking for a good book to take along on your vacation this summer? All summer ASweetLife’s bloggers and contributors will be sharing some of their favorites.
Can you think of line that's better than the title of this book for a doctor to tell someone as she's being diagnosed with diabetes?
I don't usually read "diabetes" books, at least not for pleasure reading. Since my wife and I both have diabetes and we run a diabetes website, I spend more than enough time reading about diabetes. When I get some down time I like to escape into other worlds, usually reading historical books like...
After 25 years of living with this disease, I still make mistakes…
I recently read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit. It's a non-fiction account of a man who was about to break the 4-minute mile back in the 1930's but then enlisted to fight in WWII and became a POW. It's truly a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the limits of human endurance.
An important book about diabetes is "Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness" by Chris Feudtner. The New England Journal of Medicine said, "The introduction of insulin in 1922 transformed the acute, rapidly fatal course of a diabetic coma into a chronic illness that could be monitored and managed over the years. As a historian and a pediatrician, Feudtner is sensitive to the ironies implicit in insulin therapy.
My instinct was to say that I couldn’t throw up what I’d eaten because I had diabetes, but I knew that diabetes also meant that I should never have eaten all that food in the first place. But it felt so good to eat without thinking, to eat the foods that were on the bad list..
There are any number of adult books out there that I would be happy to suggest for summer reading: Jennifer Egan's "A Visit from the Goon Squad" and Gary Shteyngart's "Super Sad True Love Story" both are great beach bring alongs.
Book Review: After the Diagnosis: Transcending Chronic Illness by Julian and Betsy Seifter
I haven't read a book that has stuck with me like this one in a long time. Kline, an international consultant and coach, has created a six step model that anyone can follow to help others think. Primarily the model consists of paying full attention, not interrupting, and asking more questions.