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Permalink Reply by renka on September 14, 2011 at 5:37am

Katherine, this is an excellent book and Im very proud to say that Dr. Polonsky used to be my doctor when he practiced at Joslin Diabetes Clinic in Boston, MA. He has helped me so much and I keep in touch with him every so often. He will be so happy to know that his book is a topic in this group!

karen

Permalink Reply by Sandy on September 14, 2011 at 8:54pm

Karen I have got to get this book!! I am soooo tired and sick of the whole world of diabetes. I will try to start tomorrow with a good attitude. sigh. . .

Permalink Reply by renka on September 17, 2011 at 6:49pm

good luck sandy...ill try too... im feeling discouraged tonight too =(

we can do this together but your tomorrow was friday so i hope you are doing well!

im right behind ya!

Permalink Reply by Type2Tommy on January 21, 2012 at 5:49pm

I am going through this now...after being diagnosed FIVE days ago. I hate this. I really do.
Yet, I want to live to be a happy healthy 90 year old man...So I guess I have no choice but to just deal with it and get it under absolute control.
I am just sick and tired of trying to find food to eat everyday that won't kill me.

Permalink Reply by Belle Étoilee on January 28, 2012 at 1:17am

After seeing thing topic, I bought the book for my Kindle and started working through it yesterday. It's intense, and I'm pretty high up on the burnout level. But so far, doing the worksheets has given me some insight into what the problem really is. Most of all I just want my boyfriend and family to read at least the first 2 chapters, just 'cause I can't seem to explain how bad it really is. For the moment, I'm just reading and crying ^^; Thanks so much for mentioning it here so I could find it Katherine!

Permalink Reply by Sue R. on March 21, 2012 at 6:11pm

Real Simple Magazine is running a series on how we all spend our time, i.e., what percentage of the day is devoted to what activities. So I went through the questionnaire, sleeping, working, doing laundry and quickly exceeded 24 hours... They had no category for diabetes chores! Testing, laboriously writing entries in logs, xeroxing logs, faxing same to dr's office, total downtime for low blood sugars, carbohydrate counting, attending dr's appointments,explaining the difference between Type 1 and 2 to friends, family and the public at large, worrying about all of the above...Who has time for work or sleep?

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