A Life of Control: Stories of Living with Diabetes Book

Foreword Steven G. Gabbe vii

Preface xi

Part I The Patient in Control 1

1 To Hell with Diabetes 3

2 I Threw Away the Sugar Bowl 7

3 Running for My Life 11

4 A High Price for Weight Loss 15

5 I Refuse to View Myself as Sick 18

6 E-mails from Angela 21

7 A Difficult Decision 29

8 A Life without Control 32

9 We Control What We Can 36

10 The Cadillac of Disabilities 39

Part II Control of Diabetes Is a Family Affair 45

11 A Family Affair 47

12 This Invisible Counterpart 55

13 Who's in Control? 59

14 God, Do Not Let Me Cry 62

15 Every Moment of Every Day 66

16 It's Not About the Mom, It's About the Baby 70

17 I Need to Hear His Voice 73

18 Like Having a Partner 78

Part III The Social Context of Control 83

19 It's a Bet 85

20 Blown Away 89

21 Warrior Mode 93

22 On the Road and In the Air 99

23 A Better Life? 103

24 Semper Fi at the Dialysis Center 108

25 Jocks Face Hypoglycemia 111

26 School Fashion 114

Part IV Role of the Clinician-Patient Relationship in the Control of Diabetes 117

27 A Fairly Typical Situation 121

28 Non-intensive Care for Diabetes 124

29 Driving Under the Influence... of Too Much Insulin 127

30 I Had to Sell My Milk Cows 130

31 If Shoes Could Talk 135

32 Everything Is Not Always Due to Diabetes 139

33 Playing the Numbers 143

34 The Doctor Was Hoodwinked 146

35 A Glimpse of Longevity 149

36 Different Paths to the Same Destination 152

Conclusion: Prevention-the Best Method of Control 155

Acknowledgments 159

Notes 161

Glossary 167

Internet Resources for Patients with Diabetes 177

Reader's Guide to Topics 179

Index 185