Introduction

1

PART I

DEALING WITH THE ONSET OF DIABETES

7

Chapter 1

Dealing with Diabetes

9

Chapter 2

It’s the Glucose and the Hemoglobin Ale

19

Chapter 3

Defining the Various Types of Diabetes

31

PART II

HOW DIABETES AFFECTS HOUR BODY

40

Chapter 4

Battling Short-Term Complications

51

Chapter 5

Preventing Long-Term Complications

65

Chapter 6

Diabetes, Sexual Function, and Pregnancy

99

PART III

MANAGING DIABETES: THE “THRIVING WITH DIABETES” LIFESTYLE PLAN

117

Chapter 7

Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests

119

Chapter 8

Diabetes Diet Plan

151

Chapter 9

Keep It Moving: Creating Your Exercise Plan

175

Chapter 10

Medications: What You Should Know

195

Chapter 11

Diabetes Is Your Show

227

Chapter 12

Putting Your Knowledge to Work for You

237

PART IV

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LIVING WITH DIABETES

243

Chapter 13

Your Child Has Diabetes

245

Chapter 14

Diabetes and the Elderly

261

Chapter 15

Occupational and Insurance Problems

269

Chapter 16

What’s New in Diabetes Care

281

Chapter 17

What Doesn’t Work When You Treat Diabetes

289

PART V

THE PART OF TENS

299

Chapter 18

Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of Diabetes

301

Chapter 19

Ten (Or So) Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget

307

Chapter 20

Ten Ways to Get Others to Help You

313

PART VI

APPENDIXES

319

Appendix A

Dr. W. W. Web

321

Appendix B

Glossary

331

Appendix C

Mini-Cookbook

339

Index

369