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Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin--Completely Revised and Updated [Paperback]

Gary Scheiner
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Book Description

January 24, 2012
Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. In this fully updated and revised edition, diabetes educator Gary Scheiner provides the tools to “think like a pancreas”—to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body’s ever-changing needs. Comprehensive, free of medical jargon, and packed with useful information not readily available elsewhere, this new edition covers the many strides taken in diabetes education and management since the first edition seven years ago.

Think Like a Pancreas includes critical information, such as day-to-day blood glucose control and monitoring, designing an insulin program to best match your lifestyle, up-to date medication and technology, and new insulin formulations and combinations.


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Editorial Reviews

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DiabetesMine.com, 2/21/12
Think Like a Pancreas covers essentially anything and everything you’d need to know about living with diabetes.”

About.com, 3/1/12
“This highly practical, humorous, and detailed guide covers it all.”
Eat Healthy, Live Well (blog), 3/8/12
“In his down-to-earth approach he offers a plethora of innovative out-of-the-box tips for taking care of the everyday, literal and figurative, ups and downs of diabetes using insulin…a terrific addition to your diabetes bookshelf.”
 
Library Journal, 3/29/12
“Striking a balance between a casual and professional tone, Scheiner presents this material in an approachable manner…Recommended for public and consumer health libraries, especially those with the first edition.”

HealthCentral.com, 8/21/12
“So readable that I found myself wanting to read every word of it when I picked it up with the intention of just skimming through it…The best guidance anywhere for people using insulin or thinking about it.”

About the Author

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE, is a certified diabetes educator, insulin-pump user and trainer, and exercise physiologist. He serves on the board of directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and lives in Pennsylvania.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books; Second Edition edition (January 24, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0738215147
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738215143
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

I would recommend this book to my diabetic patients and caregivers. Virginia Cambalik  |  18 reviewers made a similar statement
It is very informative and a very easy to read and understand book. brad in pgh  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Gary Scheiner's first edition of this book was excellent, it's hard to believe that he could improve on it so much.

Full disclosure: I've used Gary's services at Integrated Diabetes Services and benefited greatly from his help. My diabetes technology blog is mentioned in the book. I have had type 1 diabetes for 40 years, this book informed and motivated me.

Think Like a Pancreas starts with Gary's diabetes diagnosis story - this guy really gets diabetes because he's had Type 1 since 1985. He has used many different types of diabetes insulin pumps, blood glucose meters, and continuous glucose meters (CGM).

The second chapter (What's the Dang Diddly Point?) focuses on the reasons why blood glucose (BG) control is important. Instead of telling you just about 'complications', Gary explains that improved control will give you energy, reduce your appetite, keep you healthier, and give you the ability to lift cars with one hand. OK, I'm just kidding about the last one. But this chapter is motivating and empowering, you'll WANT to work at improving you BGs after reading this one.

As he says at the start of the chapter "Taking care of diabetes is really just an ongoing series of small sacrifices, costs, mental efforts, and time commitments." We're never going to achieve perfection, but we can constantly improve diabetes control.

The remaining chapters talk about: the different types of diabetes; the keys to controlling these, including even lancet choices; basal (background) and bolus(meals, BG corrections) insulins; the many factors that can affect your BG levels (and how even the best controlled are out of range 25% of the time); places to get support and help, including a huge number of excellent websites; and companies that provide various diabetes-related products.

The appendices are: logsheets; carb factors for various foods; glycemic indices for foods; and a useful table of carb amounts to cover exercise.

Phew, a lot of information. But Gary writes extremely well and this is book is easy to read, though you'll end up highlighting and marking many parts of it.

I strongly recommend this essential book for people with diabetes, parents of children with diabetes, and medical folks who are treating diabetic patients. Over the years I've purchased many copies (1st edition and this one) to give to folks who are struggling because of diabetes. It's just excellent.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource September 6, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I consider myself a very good diabetic in terms of vigilance and glucose control...and this book was a fantastic refresher course while teaching me new things, as well. It actually solved two or three mysteries for me that would have made things easier in the past had I known them. I will likely reread this once a year...it did a great job motivating me to work for tight control.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Healthcare Professionals and Patients September 16, 2012
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Format:Paperback
This book is easy to read and puts away all the myths about insulin therapy for managing diabetes. Every healthcare practitioner and their support personnel and diabetes patients taking insulin must read this book.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful!
I have been an insulin dependent diabetic for almost two years and I still have plenty to learn. This book helped me to better understand diabetes and how to use my new pump... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Mel
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!!
Gary Scheiner is very knowledgeable about type 1 & type 2 diabetes & presents all the information in a very entertaining & enjoyable manner. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Sandy Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book explaining how to manage insulin
This book is great for the person who wants to know as much about insulin and how to manage it. As a type 2 diabetic, I want to know more about the drugs I use to manage the... Read more
Published 5 days ago by M. Wendel
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on type 1 diabetes
Gary Scheiner's book is more beneficial, helpful, and applicable than 37 years of doctor visits. It explains the whys and hows of better control of type 1 diabetes. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Philip Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh Insight Into Insulin Management
I have been a diabetic for 20 years and am insulin dependent. The book provided
new insight into how the body uses insulin and various management tools. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Bigfoot
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Very helpful in managing diabetes, especially the subtle stuff that trips you up all the time. Highly recommended for patients and caregivers.
Published 1 month ago by Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Think Like a Pancreas
I have had diabetes for 20 years and am now going on insulin and new oral medication. I have found that this book has a lot of new information to help me manage my diabetes... Read more
Published 1 month ago by SCL44
5.0 out of 5 stars the best book on the market
I read the original "think like a pancreas" a couple of years ago and loved it. It was the first book that really educated me about type 1 diabetes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by susan lane
5.0 out of 5 stars Better Understanding!
Very important book to understand what happens with a person that is diagnosed this Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
Published 1 month ago by Patricia J Richards
4.0 out of 5 stars I read this book in three days
And that's saying a LOT since I'm a very slow reader. I skimmed over a lot of the technical stuff, but I did learn alot about using insulin. Read more
Published 1 month ago by mmcbar
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