Book review: Joe’s Rough Guide to Diabetes

6 February 2010
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Last week I mentioned a book I’d read about from a 23 year old guy in the UK who’d had type 1 diabetes since he was 13: Joe’s Rough Guide to Diabetes.

I promptly downloaded the e-book (which I encourage you to do, it was only about NZ$10) and set about reading it.

My review:

A very easy read, it only took me a few hours to finish it.
Would be perfect if you have a teenager with type 1 diabetes.
Loved the mantra he used, “I am my own best doctor” – so true!
The ‘biology

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By Nic on 6 February 2010 at 10.37 am
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Don’t forget to enter the book competition!

31 January 2010
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Attention all parents of T1s… in case you missed it earlier in the week, there is a competition to win a new book called Diabetes Through the Looking Glass: A Book for Parents of Children with Diabetes.

I’m closing the competition at 5pm on Tuesday, so head here to enter.

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Book for parents of kids with T1 (plus competition!)

26 January 2010
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In my post about Joe’s Rough Guide to Diabetes I referenced an article which appeared in The Times.

While the intro was about a young guy who’s written the above book about his life since age 13 with diabetes, the lower part of the article goes into more detail about children with T1 and their parents. An excerpt from the article:

As a specialist paediatric registrar at the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, 33-year-old Rachel Besser can be more direct. What she tells patients is tempered by her experience of living with type 1 since she was 9.…

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By Nic on 26 January 2010 at 6.56 am
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This looks like a good read.

25 January 2010
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I’ve just gone online to order myself a copy of the book pictured to the right: Joe’s Rough Guide to Diabetes. I read an article about this chap about a week ago. He’s just graduated from university, and sounds like a switched on young guy who has a really good attitude to diabetes.

What the book contains (chapter-by-chapter):

So … you have Type 1 Diabetes
Day-to-day living
Exercise
Drugs
Travelling
Hospital, School and Work
How to work out how much insulin to take
Joe’s Small-in-one and why I made it
Helpful Information

To read more about Joe and…

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