The Diabetes Manifesto

“Named a 2011 Library Journal Core Nonfiction Book The Diabetes Manifesto gives people with Diabetes a book that will help them feel in control of their lives, regardless of their changing symptoms or disease status. As diabetes is incurable, it is crucial that people learn to live with it, productively and to determines the role diabetes will play in their lives, rather than endure a lifetime of stress and regret because of this disease. The Diabetes Manifesto will help them achieve this. Diabetes can steal one’s dignity in many ways and those living with it can be scared, frustrated, confused or desperate. This book is about taking steps to preserve the important parts of ones self in the face of an all-encompassing disease, and to hold on to one’s dignity. The Diabetes Manifesto will take the reader through different aspects of life with diabetes in search of ways to make small changes, garner ones energy for the positive, and lift the spirits. This includes optimizing medical care and managing symptoms, but also extends to relationships, emotions, activism, and much more. The book is clear that the mission of all should be tackling and treating diabetes effectively. Your personal Diabetes Manifesto is your commitment to exploring and developing the possibilities of your life. This book is your guide.

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Author Biography

Lynn Crowe currently works within the diabetes medical industry and has a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling. She was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes when she was 12. She began her quest to help young people with diabetes as the Director of Youth Services of the American Diabetes Association of Southfield, Michigan.

Julie Stachowiak, PhD, is the Guide to multiple sclerosis for About.com. She writes articles for the website (ms.about.com) the goal of which is to build a comprehensive Internet source of MS information. In that role she has been called by Josie Byzek of New Mobility Magazine “the best MS writer on the web.”