[acb-diabetics] Solo V2 case and helpful resources.

[Mike Freeman]

Jo Anne:

I agree with you re the ziplock baggie under the meter; in any event, I 
always keep extra lancets and pen needles in a ziplock bag stored elsewhere, 
like in my shoulder bag.

As for good accessible diabetes books, aside from the American Diabetes 
Association and Joslin Center diabetes guides (available from the BARD 
site), I think just about the best practical book for living with diabetes 
every day is Gretchen Becker's "The First Year -- Type 2 Diabetes; A Guide 
for the Newly-Diagnosed". It's available from the BARD site in both the 
first and second editions. Ms. Becker presents both the "orthodox" diet 
recommendations and those of low-carbers and presents you with analytical 
tools to determine what works best for you.

IF you're and RFB&D member, Hope Warshaw's "Complete Guide to Carb Counting" 
is available, as is Dr. Palonsky's "Diabetes Burnout: What to Do When You 
Can't Take it Anymore". Also, the various books by Jenny brand-Miller (I 
think that's her name) on the glycemic index are available from RFB&D.

A search on the word "diabetes" on both the BARD and RFB&D sites yields a 
plethora of books, most of which are pretty good. One of the newer BARD 
books is "Diabetes 911" from ADA.

I've got all of these on a 2-gig NLS cartridge.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 5:54 AM
Subject: [acb-diabetics] Solo V2 case and helpful resources.


> Someone mentioned in the archived files that there wasn't room for lancets 
> in the Solo V2 case. But I have managed to keep a small zip lock bag of 
> them in the case underneath where the meter itself is stored. You might 
> only be able to store 20 in there but it's helpful. Also, I was wondering 
> what books people have found to be useful in learning about type II 
> diabetes, nutrition, etc. My doctor has recommended a book called In 
> Defense of Food, An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan, which I have just 
> downloaded from the BARD Web site. I also find that the Diabetes Forecast, 
> which can also be downloaded monthly from the NLS BARD site is very 
> informative. Diabetes Self-management from NFB Newsline is also a good 
> read It comes out every other month. I would just be curious to find out 
> what others are reading about diabetes. Jo Anne Stombaugh.
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