Description
Book SynopsisExplains what it is like to have diabetes and be happy. This book presents the author's personal account and tells his life story, starting from his experience of being diagnosed as diabetic at age four.
Trade Review“…honest and heart-warming…” (Diabetes Federation of Ireland Magazine, March 2004)
“…packed with humorous and painful anecdotes…a useful resources for diabetics, their families and friends…” (Sunderland Echo, 21 April 2004)
“...a valuable tale about one man’s determination to accept and overcome the problems associated with the disease...” (Accident & Emergency Nursing, No.13, 2005)
Table of ContentsAbout the author.
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. He couldn’t want so much water.
2. Why me?
3. When did you last hear an orange say ‘Ouch!’?
4. You ‘should’ be doing better.
5. Eight square meals a day.
6. You could be worse off !
7. Famine to a feast.
8. Steering my own ship.
9. That!!
10. Living on my own.
11. But this is the hand I shoot with . . . .
12. Egg-sized potatoes and a cupful of crisps.
13. Nobody told the bumblebee . . . .
14. Everything’s alright . . . .
15. Parting shots.
Appendix: painting by numbers.
Glossary.
Index.
