Understanding Diabetes
Chapter One
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a permanent change in your internal
chemistry, which results in your blood containing
too much glucose. The cause is a deficiency of the
hormone 'insulin'.
"I just started feeling lousy, losing weight, always thirsty - it seemed like I
could never get enough to drink. And there I was - diabetic! I thought my life
was ruined. And then I said: 'No, dammit, this is the way I am now and I'd
better learn to live with it, 'cos all of those feelings, the anger, the frustration
aren't going to take it away.'"
"One of the most difficult things I found that I had to come to terms
with when you are newly diagnosed is that diabetes is for life."
Diabetes is one of the oldest known human diseases. Its full name, 'diabetes mellitus',
comes from the Greek words for 'siphon' and 'sugar' and describes the most obvious
symptom ... read full excerpt from Understanding Diabetes ebook
