ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DIABETES
1 ABOUT
Diabetes Is a Chronic Disease That Can
Be Controlled 1
The Impact of Diabetes 4
Who Gets Diabetes? 6
Good Health 9
2 EMPOWERMENT
How You Can Help Yourself 11
Ruths Story 13
Responsibility 16
A Belief System 18
Overcoming Obstacles 21
A Process of Mastery 24
Educating Yourself 25
Contents
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3 TREATMENT
You, Your Health-Care Team, and the
Patients Bill of Rights 27
Selecting a Doctor 29
Your First Visit 33
The Patients Bill of Rights 34
Your Treatment Plan 37
Frequency of Visits 38
Communication 41
4 BIOLOGY
How Diabetes Develops and Affects
the Human Body 45
Genesis of Man 46
The Biology of Diabetes 48
Glucose and Insulin 49
Metabolic Syndrome 51
The Importance of Insulin 52
High Blood Sugar 53
5 SELF-MANAGEMENT
Managing Negative Stress Helps You
Manage Diabetes 59
Steves Story 60
Five Concepts of Self-Management 62
A Long Sorrow 65
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