4 posts tagged “know your numbers”
We're pleased to announce another excellent book review in a new monthly glossy magazine called Diabetes Explorer.
"Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes may well change your thinking about how you manage your diabetes," writes communications consultant and diabetes freelance writer Riva Greenberg.
"From chasing an impossible number on the scale to getting fit. From thinking your blood glucose is all that counts to realizing the importance of blood pressure. From feeling, woe-is-me overwhelmed by all there is to do, to zooming in on what counts. Here, the Herculean task of managing diabetes is broken down into doable steps and given a 'why' and a 'therefore.'"
"I am a true believer in the old adage, 'You can't get where you're going if you don't know where you are.' By taking these tests (described in the book) first, you will discover where you are. Second, you will better understand how these factors are important to your health. Third, you will be better able to manage your diabetes."
You nailed it, Riva! Dear Readers, please have a look at the full book review HERE.
My rather lengthy article based on our Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes Book finally appears in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue of Diabetes Self-Management magazine!
The article focus is, naturally, Avoiding Diabetic Complications. It's titled "Nurturing Your Health Bank," (that's the online link) and you'll find it in the print version of the magazine on page 29. Drawing from the book, the article explains how to "collect your numbers" -- A1c, blood pressure, lipid profile, microalbumin, and eye exam -- and then take appropriate action to become and stay as healthy as you possibly can be. Lots of emphasis is placed on setting priorities, rather than trying to tackle everything at once.
There's even a sample chart based on our "Diabetes Health Account" table. I'm not sayin' you won't need to buy the book after reading this piece, but hey... it's pretty informative, if I do say so myself :)
MedGadget, the "internet journal of emerging medical technologies," has just posted a comprehensive review of Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes.
The piece is penned by the big man himself, executive director Dr. Michael Ostrovsky, a Daly City, CA, anesthesiologist. We are especially flattered since as far as we know, MedGadget doesn't post a lot of book reviews. The site's self-proclaimed target audience is "tech-obsessed health care and bio medical professionals."
But Dr. O has been especially interested in our hands-on guide to good health with diabetes (now the country's fifth deadliest disease). And God knows, there are lots of gadgets involved in good diabetes care these days.
"On the basics, the book is written in a clear, concise language, and is under 300 pages. Know Your Numbers contains a wealth of useful information for diabetics (both type I and type II) to manage their disease," Dr. O writes. "The book is solid and is easy to read."
We'd like to thank the good doctor for his closing remarks as well: "We will not hold against Amy the fact that Medgadget was not included in its resources section." Well, Dr. O, our target audience is just a little less geeky uh, techy.
For us, it's more about this: Got diabetes? Need a little help understanding what to do about it?
Check out the MedGadget book review HERE.
No, we're not talking about DiabetesMine.com, although that IS what makes my blog tick, I hope. This week, a few more
"Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes" is an absolute gold mine
of
need-to-know diabetes information and resources. It contains the
perfect
blend of basic knowledge, assessment tools, and action plans to
enable
anyone with diabetes to live a long and healthy life. Take the advice
in
this book to heart!
– Sheri Colberg, PhD, Author of "The 7-Step Diabetes Fitness Plan" and "50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes."
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And from this month's Diabetes Health magazine "what to read" section:
"(Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes) cuts away the extraneous stuff and lays bare the essentials: There are five, and only five, critical numbers that you need to worry about. If you keep these five numbers where they should be, you’ll outlive your diabetes and prosper in good health. And the big five are: A1Cs; blood pressure; lipid levels (HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides); microalbumin levels; and eye exam scores...
"The authors wrote the book as a “comprehensive, hands-on guide to successfully managing your own health,” and that’s what it is. After it gets your priorities squared away, it covers just about everything you need to know, from A to Z."
Still skeptical? Have a closer look here.
