Summary
"Named a 2011 Library Journal Core Nonfiction Book
The Diabetes Manifesto gives people with Diabetes a book that will help them feel in control of their lives, regardless of their changing symptoms or disease status. As diabetes is incurable, it is crucial that people learn to live with it, productively and to determines the role diabetes will play in their lives, rather than endure a lifetime of stress and regret because of this disease. The Diabetes Manifesto will help them achieve this. Diabetes can steal one's dignity in many ways and those living with it can be scared, frustrated, confused or desperate. This book is about taking steps to preserve the important parts of ones self in the face of an all-encompassing disease, and to hold on to one's dignity.
The Diabetes Manifesto will take the reader through different aspects of life with diabetes in search of ways to make small changes, garner ones energy for the positive, and lift the spirits. This includes optimizing medical care and managing symptoms, but also extends to relationships, emotions, activism, and much more. The book is clear that the mission of all should be tackling and treating diabetes effectively. Your personal Diabetes Manifesto is your commitment to exploring and developing the possibilities of your life. This book is your guide.
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Lynn Crowe was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at twelve. She began her quest to help young people with diabetes as the Director of Youth Services of the American Diabetes Association of Southfield, Michigan. Today she works in the diabetes industry, informing people with diabetes of their options and helping to ensure that they are using their medications to achieve the best possible results.
Julie Stachowiak, the author of the award-winning Multiple Sclerosis Manifesto has her doctorate in International Disease Control and Prevention from Johns Hopkins University. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, in 2007 she was hired as the Guide to multiple sclerosis for About.com. In this role, she writes articles for the website (ms.about.com) and has been called by Josie Byzek of New Mobility magazine, "the best MS writer on the web."
