Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126235 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

Synopsis
A young girl who has had diabetes since she was two years old describes her adjustments to the disease.

Customer Reviews

Out of date diabetes reviews
This book presents a view of diabetes that is thankfully becoming outdated, and goes against a lot of intelligent work. Like the body, we today try to match insulin to the normal healthy food intake. As much as possible the child should not have special treatment and join in with the same diet and plans as their friends. If you are very scared and need to know others are scared too it is a book for you, If you want the best for your child with diabetes ask your doctor about carb-counting. I thought the book would confuse my 5 year-old boy so i through it away. - Dr Steve James

A Well Thumbed Must Have!
I bought this for my 7 year old cousin Alexandra who's just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetis. My uncle originally thought it was a waste of money - so much money for so few pages. However the book is constantly being found open at different pages as Alexandra keeps going back to re-read parts. When they have a difficult day and she doesn't want injected they read it together which helps her understand what she's going through and that she's not alone. My uncle has since admitted that it was well worth the money and they use it daily.
One complaint is that it's American so some of the dialogue is different - a prick is a poke, but now that Alexandra knows what all the words translate as it's not a problem.

Not appropriate for newly diagnosed children without symptom
While this book might be entirely appropriate for children who were ill when diagnosed with diabetes, it could be disturbing for children who were diagnosed at a routine physical with no symptoms and have not experienced any of the complications discussed in the book.