Paul Rosman - Thriving with Diabetes: Learn How to Take Charge of Your Body to Balance Your Sugars and Improve Your Lifelong Health--Featuring a 4-Step Plan for Long-Lasting Success!

Diabetes may be chaos, but this book brings some order to the daily challenges with a straightforward, common-sense approach. The suggestions dont hinge on a given therapy or dieteither of which may be obsolete in five yearsbut revolve around essential guidelines that will allow anyone with the disease to be healthy, pursue every dream, and thrive.

James S. Hirsch, author of Cheating Destiny: Living with Diabetes

At last, a book that talks about managing diabetes in real life, where stress from traffic jams, lack of exercise, and no-sleep nights happen. Thriving with Diabetes takes a refreshing life hack approach to keeping blood sugar levels in range.

Amy Tenderich, founder and editor of DiabetesMine.com

Thriving with Diabetes is where science and heart meet. A handbook to tame your blood sugars, with advice from leading experts to heal your soul.

Riva Greenberg, author of 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life

In this must-read volume for anyone with diabetes, Dr. Paul Rosman and David Edelman take the mystery out of this most mysterious of diseases. The language is clear. The science is understandable. The messages are inspiring. With knowledge, support, and a bit of effort, you can indeed thrive with diabetes. This book will get you there.

Kelly L. Close, founder of diaTribe.org

Thriving with Diabetes is both the title of this book and the true goal of everyone living with diabetes. We work hard not for blood sugar readings, but to live our lives to the fullest. Dr. Rosman and Mr. Edelman offer many ideas for thriving, including two great strategies: focus on days where everything works well (Use Your Best to Fix the Rest) and be willing to experiment (Play With Your Diabetes). Whether you have diabetes or care for someone who does, Thriving with Diabetes can help you achieve a life well-lived.

Jeff Hitchcock, founder and president of Children with Diabetes

As someone who has lived with type 1 diabetes for over 15 years, I know that things changed when I stopped thinking of sugar levels as random and unpredictable, and instead as a very logical physiological process in the human body. Thriving with Diabetes shows that diabetes management is not random, and with enough knowledge and patience, balancing blood sugar levels can become far less frustrating and far more predictable.

Ginger Vieira, author of Dealing with Diabetes Burnout

Living with diabetes is a 24/7 condition and Thriving with Diabetes integrates the most important things people with diabetes and their loved ones can do to live a long, health-filled life. This is a truly exceptional book written by authors who get it!

Steven Edelman, M.D., director of the Diabetes Care Clinic, VA San Diego Medical Center

Empowering patients to make the best decision is essential for good patient management. Thriving with Diabetes provides the tools to make those decisions. Kudos to Dr. Rosman and David Edelman for reaching out in this way to individuals with diabetes and their families.

Jeffrey S. Freeman, D.O., F.A.C.O.I., F.N.L.A.

2015 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.

Text 2015 Paul Rosman and David Edelman

First published in the USA in 2015 by

Fair Winds Press, a member of

Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.

100 Cummings Center

Suite 406-L

Beverly, MA 01915-6101

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

Digital edition published in 2015

Digital edition: 978-1-62788-301-6
Softcover edition: 978-1-59233-677-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available

Book design by tabula rasa graphic design

Keep Track of What Really Counts and Use Your Best to Fix the Rest are, respectively, trade- and servicemarks belonging to Paul Rosman.

The information in this book is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace the advice of a physician or medical practitioner. Please see your health care provider before beginning any new health program.

WITH

Learn How to Take Charge of Your Body to Balance Your Sugars and Improve Your Lifelong Health

PAUL ROSMAN, D.O., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E
and DAVID EDELMAN

1. Preface
   Tune In to Your Self
2. Introduction
   A Personal Journey
3. PART 1
   BE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP
   1. Chapter 1
      Let Go of Control to Go with the Flow
   2. Chapter 2
      The Thriving Action Plan
   3. Chapter 3
      Take Charge with Knowledge
4. PART 2
   THE 4-STEP ACTION PLAN
   1. Chapter 4
      Step 1: Lower the Highs
   2. Chapter 5
      Step 2: Limit the Lows
   3. Chapter 6
      Step 3: Use Your Best to Fix the Rest
   4. Chapter 7
      Step 4: Play with Your Diabetes
5. PART 3
   THRIVE FOR LIFE
   1. Chapter 8
      Lead Your Health Care Team
   2. Chapter 9
      Change Your Habits
   3. Chapter 10
      Manage Your Emotions
   4. Chapter 11
      Banish Burnout and Diabetes Distress
   5. Chapter 12
      Build Your Support Network

You cant tell that someone has diabetes by looking at him or her. Over the decades, I have confronted the enormous challenge of helping people succeed with this invisible condition.

Diabetes and its complications engulf peoples lives, frequently impacts their families, and sometimes causes death. I have come to question whether we providers are doing everything possible to prevent these loses.

Early in my career, I worked on a team that created a computer program to predict blood sugars. But there are so many things that cause blood sugars to change that the computer ground to a halt. We were never able to predict blood sugars more than 90 minutes in advance. I felt like I had failed.

Over the years, however, I noticed that many people succeed in managing their diabetes. They dont just live with their diabetes; they thrive with it. I began to look for patterns. What led one to succeed and others to fail? Those who overcame the challenges had different diets, levels of physical activity, and personalities.

Yet, there were critical things that they all had in common. Each had found a personal approach that worked, even though the same approach might have been a total failure for someone else. They found ways to manage their diabetes more intuitively, to minimize its impact on their lives. When life got bumpy, they knew how to recover quickly. By making their diabetes more predictable, they were able to see into the future in a way that my computer program never could.