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Cheating Destiny : Living with Diabetes, America's Biggest Epidemic by James S. Hirsch (2006, Hardcover)

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As we drive down the highway, I pass several exit signs, but I'm not sure which exit to take or how to get home. I'm frustrated because we're going to be late for lunch. I have the wherewithal to call my wife and tell her that I can't figure out where to go. I don't register what Sheryl says, but the conversation ends and I continue to drive. The red light still indicates that the door by my son's car seat is ajar, but I don't respond. I'm not perspiring or trembling, and I don't recall thinking that I needed to pull off the road. I turn onto another road, heading north, and hope it will lead me home. I'm in the far right lane, probably traveling about 45 mph. I've had many reactions in my life, but very few that I could not treat on my own. The symptoms are usually overt and pronounced. I can feel my body trying to claw its way back to normal, at least until I can eat or drink something. But this one is different. No autonomic symptoms have surfaced, no counterregulatory hormones have been triggered, no warnings have been recognized. I continue to drive, lost. My brain is shutting down, but I don't know it. I am falling into the abyss, gently and quietly, with my son in the back and the cars flying past us. All is peaceful. Thump. We're off the highway, grazing branches and scraping leaves. Very briefly I feel terror, but before I can react or even register what is happening, the car flips like a 4,400-pound pancake. Book jacket.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618514619
ISBN-13
9780618514618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63072450

Product Key Features

Author
James S. Hirsch
Publication Name
Cheating Destiny : Living with Diabetes, America's Biggest Epidemic
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Height
0.8in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Rc660.4.H57 2006
Reviews
"Hirsch has written the book that people who care about diabetes have been waiting for . . . Hirsch persuasively illustrates an epidemic that is at odds with modern society at almost every level." The Washington Post "Hirsch includes material about himself, his brother, and his son to make his searing points." The Seattle Times, Hirsch has written the book that people who care about diabetes have been waiting for . . . Hirsch persuasively illustrates an epidemic that is at odds with modern society at almost every level." The Washington Post Hirsch includes material about himself, his brother, and his son to make his searing points." The Seattle Times
Table of Content
Prologue 1 1. Diabetic Utopia 9 2. Insulin's Poster Girl 25 3. The Burden of Control 45 4. The Diabetes Queen 56 5. Rewarding Failure, Punishing Excellence 74 6. You Have to Be Brave, or Else It Hurts 88 7. New Lows 112 8. Dr. Bernstein's Solution 126 9. High-tech Tradeoffs 135 10. Pushing Back the Horizon 152 11. The Magical Beta Cell 171 12. The Trials of a Maverick Scientist 184 13. The Price of Survival 220 14. Survivor Tales 240 Epilogue 257 Notes 269 Bibliography 276 Acknowledgments 279 Index 285
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Public Health, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Medical
Lccn
2006-011239
Dewey Decimal
616.4/62
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Medical

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4 out of 5 stars
by cherimeierMar 03, 2008
Cheating Destiny
I think it is a very good book for someone that is trying to understand Diabetes better. I personally have a husband and two sons with Type 1 diabetes. I am surrounded by it and the impact it has on them and others. This book probably just confirmed that I was not alone but also educated me on different issues that I never quite understood.
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by ann2737Feb 17, 2009
Very revealing book
If you or someone you love is afflicted with diabetes, this book gives you valuable background and guidelines. Highly recommended.

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