The First Year--Type 2 Diabetes

The First Year--Type 2 Diabetes
An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Gretchen Becker

12 CPEU or CE hours

Course: $88
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Description
Gretchen Becker was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1996. Since then she has educated herself on every aspect of this chronic condition—by reading medical and scientific books and journals, talking with doctors, listening to her own body, and using the Internet to communicate daily with other people who have diabetes.

Now, as a “patient-expert,” she guides all those newly diagnosed step-by-step through their first year with diabetes. In a unique format, The First Year—Type 2 Diabetes walks you through everything a patient needs to learn and do each day of the first week after diagnosis, each subsequent week of the first month, and each subsequent month of the crucial first year. In clear, concise, accessible language, Becker covers a wide range of practical, medical, and lifestyle issues, beginning with coming ot terms with the diagnosis and then moving on to subjects including:

Choosing the diet that is best
The role of exercise
Daily blood-glucose testing routines and understanding lab tests
Medications and supplements
Networking with others Insurance issues
Traveling and socializing

By providing reliable, useful, empathetic, and up-to-date information, The First Year—Type 2 Diabetes is an indispensable book for patients and clinicians.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1569245460
ISBN-13: 9781569245460
Format: Paperback, 320pp
Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
Pub date: 2001

Content
Foreword
Introduction
Day 1 Living: It’s Not Your Fault Learning: What Is diabetes
Day 2. Living: Is It All a Mistake? Learning: Measuring Your Blood Glucose Levels
Day 3. Living: How Do I Tell My Friends and Colleagues? Learning: How Does Food Affect My Blood Sugar?
Day 4 Living: Networking with Others Learning: What Is a Diabetic Diet?
Day 5 Living: It’s Time to Get Moving Learning: Understanding Lab Tests for Diabetes
Day 6 Living: Will Diabetes Disable Me? Learning: Frequently Asked Questions
Day 7 Living: Breaking Bread Learning: Stress and Blood Sugar Levels
Week 2 Living: You’re Chairman of the Board Learning: Guarding Your Beta Cells
Week 3 Living: Paying the Bills Learning: Oral Drugs
Week 4 Living: Depression Learning: What Treatment Should I Get?
Month 2 Living: Diabetes ABCs Learning: Types of Diabetes
Month 3 Living: Will Supplements Help My Diabetes? Learning: Learning More about Testing: Blood Glucose Meters
Month 4 Living: Should I Take Vitamins and Minerals? Learning: Learning More about Testing: Hemoglobin A1C and Fructosamine
Month 5 Living: How about Herbs and Stuff? Learning: How Does Insulin Work?
Month 6 Living: Eating Out and Traveling Learning: Syndrome X
Month 7 Living: Taking Stock Learning: What Causes Diabetes?
Month 8 Living: Losing Weight Learning: Understanding Exercise
Month 9 Living: Tracking Your Progress Learning: Estimating Your Personal Glycemic Index Values
Month 10 Living: Complications Learning: Diet Wars: Getting Beyond the Hype
Month 11 Living: Burnout Learning: Diet Wars: Finding What Works for You
Month 12 Living: Finding More Resources
Learning: Searching the Internet, by Rick Mendosa
Glossary For Further Reading
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

Book author
Gretchen Becker, a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Radcliffe College, has also had four years of graduate study in biology at Harvard. A writer and editor specializing in medical books, she lives in Vermont. Reviews “The most practical and useful guide to diabetes that I have ever seen. Gretchen Becker understands how diabetes feels and what diabetics need to know.” - Richard Podell, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Professor, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 1
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
2100 Nutritional biochemistry
3000 Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
3005 Nutrition Diagnosis
3060 Laboratory tests
4000 Wellness and public health
4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
4050 Epidemiology
5190 Diabetes mellitus