{"id":18524,"date":"2011-08-03T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=18524"},"modified":"2016-09-25T05:01:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:01:45","slug":"summer-reading-amy-stockwell-mercer-recommends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=18524","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading: Amy Stockwell Mercer Recommends&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bittersweet-Diabetes-Insulin-and-the-Transformation-of-Ilness.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18637 lazyload\" title=\"Bittersweet - Diabetes, Insulin and the Transformation of Ilness\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bittersweet-Diabetes-Insulin-and-the-Transformation-of-Ilness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"351\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bittersweet-Diabetes-Insulin-and-the-Transformation-of-Ilness.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bittersweet-Diabetes-Insulin-and-the-Transformation-of-Ilness-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Are you looking for a good book to take along on your vacation this summer?\u00a0 All month ASweetLife\u2019s bloggers and contributors will be sharing some of their favorites.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>An important book about diabetes is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0807827916\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=asw07-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0807827916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness&#8221;<\/a> by Chris Feudtner.\u00a0 The New England Journal of Medicine said, &#8220;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. This treatment often stopped cold the ravages of ketoacidosis yet created in its wake a host of late complications in the vessels of the retina, brain, heart, and kidneys of patients with diabetes. The transformation of disease, as exemplified by the case of diabetes, is a valuable and elegant concept that serves to remind us that the tally sheet for medical science must carry a column for debit as well as credit.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This is not a beach book, but it is a book that I would recommend to everyone living with diabetes.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important book about diabetes is &#8220;Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness&#8221; by Chris Feudtner.  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