Insulin Pump Therapy Demystified: An Essential Guide for Everyone Pumping Insulin (Marlowe Diabetes Library)
Insulin Pump Therapy Demystified: An Essential Guide for Everyone Pumping Insulin (Marlowe Diabetes Library)
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Product Details:
Author:
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Paperback:
272 pages
Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Publication Date:
December 10, 2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
1569245088
Package Length:
8.9 inches
Package Width:
5.9 inches
Package Height:
0.6 inches
Package Weight:
0.7 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 8 reviews
Description:
Increasing numbers of people with type 1 diabetes, all of whose lives depend on insulin, as well as type 2 diabetics, have already adopted the insulin pump, which replaces a regimen of insulin shots with a continuous delivery of insulin. Yet many who stand to benefit from "the pump" are put off by not fully understanding the device, and many already using it don’t have anyone with whom to compare notes about its use. Now Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, who has used the pump for more than three years, cuts through common personal fears about the pump and offers insight into the day-to-day challenges—and rewards—of life with it. Drawing on interviews with more than seventy-five pump users, including Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999, as well as diabetes experts and other health professionals, Kaplan-Mayer discusses how the pump affects your sex life, dealing with money issues, finding support, counting carbohydrates, and much more. Insulin Pump Therapy Demystified offers knowledgeable, informative, reassuring advice that all pump users—current and future—will find extremely valuable. Charts and tables add to this valuable insider's guide.
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INSULIN PUMP THERAPY DEMYSTIFIEDAug 24, 2008 FOUND THE BOOK TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE. AUTHOR PRESENTS BOTH THE PROS AND CONS OF AN INSULIN PUMP AND SHARES HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. A MUST FOR ANYONE CONSIDERING, OR NOT SURE OF, GETTING AN INSULIN PUMP.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Insulin Pump Therapy Demystified: An Essential Guide for Eveyone Pumping Insulin.Jan 18, 2007 The insulin pump demystified,I really enjoyed reading this book as it gave so much information in a very simple way. The tips offered were easy to follow and such common sense. I been on the pump for four months the this book has been a wonderful friend passing on all that I need to know. I have perused other books on pumping but I found the to be to technical and to difficult to read.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Exceptional Insight to Diabetes and PumpingJan 08, 2006 I have been type 1 for 20 years and on a pump for 36 days now! This book was very informative. I could relate to much of the material since I have been diabetic for so long. Since going on a pump, I could relate easily to her pump related advice.
A excellant read for anyone new to a pump or considering it. Just because I have been diabetic for 20 years insures me of nothing. Pump therapy is very different compared to anything else. Informative books such as this one are essential to improving and educating each one of us.
I strongly recommend this book.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Essential guide to anyone with diabetesJan 26, 2005 this is a brilliant book that really opened my eyes to the insulin pump and the benefits it can bring. Before reading this book i was terrified about the pump and now i am nearly a year pumping. Well worth a read for any one with type 1 diabetes
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Great for a new pumper or someone who cares about oneAug 29, 2004 I've been a Type 1 (IDDM) diabetic for over 15 years. I was lucky in the sense that I didn't get it until college, so I didn't have to deal with it as a child. However, diabetes at any age is tough. The insulin dependent kind in particular is tough because no amount of exercise or weight loss is going to reverse it. However, there is one thing that can come close, insulin pump therapy.
I'm now in my late 30s and my diabetes was getting much more difficult to control. I decided to seriously consider pump therapy. I knew a bit about it but not much. This book has made me an insulin pumping pro and helped me put any fears I had into perspective.
I bought this book because I wanted to hear about pumping from another diabetic who was using an insulin pump. Gabrielle Kaplan-Meyer does a great job of making pumping easy to understand and gives someone considering pumping clear facts. There are many issues to consider and having a clear guide helps tremendously.
Kaplan-Mayer gives you the facts in stories. The stories come from her own life or from interviews with other insulin pumping diabetics. Those help you relate and gives you what you need to make a good decision. At the end of each chapter she has a checklist highlighting important things to remember. That makes it easy to take in and easy to refer back to, if needed.
I even took the book to the hospital with me when checked in to get my new pump. It came in handy during my first few days and when I had some worries, I could quickly refer back to it for information. I've even loaned to a friend so he can learn more about what I have to deal with.
I would highly recommend this book to any diabetic considering pumping.
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