Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes: Authentic Advice on Everything from Eating to Dating and Motherhood

Title Page\n......Page 4
Copyright\n......Page 5
Dedication\n......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1. Diagnosis......Page 18
Getting Your Diagnosis as a Kid......Page 21
Getting Your Diagnosis as an Adult\n......Page 27
Grieving for the Life you Once had\n......Page 31
The Language of Illness\n......Page 35
Sharing the News and Asking for Help\n......Page 38
Finding the Right Medical Team\n......Page 42
Questions and Answers with Elizabeth Stephens and Lyndsay Riffe......Page 44
Develop Your Personal Diabetes Philosophy......Page 46
2. Managing Adolescence\n......Page 48
Self-Esteem\n......Page 51
Social Acceptance\n......Page 52
Independence\n......Page 53
Accommodations at School\n......Page 55
Driving\n......Page 57
Drinking\n......Page 59
Dating and Sex\n......Page 61
Family Dynamics......Page 66
Summer Camps\n......Page 67
The Testing Limits Program\n......Page 69
3. Diet\n......Page 72
History\n......Page 73
The Diabetes Diet\n......Page 76
Eating When Low......Page 77
Learning to Count Carbs......Page 79
Mindful Eating......Page 80
Meal Planning......Page 82
Natural Eating......Page 85
Questions and Answers with Elizabeth Stephens and Lyndsay Riffe\n......Page 87
4. Eating Disorders and Body Image\n......Page 92
Types of Eating Disorders......Page 99
Risks......Page 101
Depression and Eating Disorders\n......Page 104
Living a Double Life......Page 106
Treatment......Page 110
A Different Approach......Page 112
Treatment Centers......Page 113
5. Exercise\n......Page 118
Questions and Answers with Dr. Colberg-Ochs\n......Page 122
Balancing Blood Sugar Levels with Exercises\n......Page 126
Managing Diabetes During Competitions......Page 129
Seeking Motivation......Page 131
Challenges to Exercising......Page 133
Exercise and Mental Health Benefits\n......Page 134
Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes......Page 135
6. Dating, Sex, and Marriage\n......Page 140
Building the Confidence to Live Well\n......Page 142
When to Talk About Diabetes With Your Date......Page 143
Diabetes in the Bedroom\n......Page 144
Self-esteem and Sex......Page 145
Understanding Our Bodies......Page 147
Contraceptives......Page 149
Sex (Sometimes) Leads to Marriage......Page 150
Communication Dynamics\n......Page 152
Taking the Next Step: Talking About Having Children......Page 155
7. Working Girl: Diabetes at Work and School\n......Page 158
Telling Coworkers\n......Page 159
Testing on the Job......Page 160
Insurance, the Big Bad Wolf\n......Page 162
Balancing Work, Life, and Diabetes \n......Page 163
Managing Work-Related Stress......Page 165
Eating at Work......Page 166
8. Travel\n......Page 168
Air Travel and Diabetes\n......Page 170
Crossing Time Zones......Page 173
Traveler’s Insurance......Page 174
Packing and Planning......Page 176
Eating Abroad......Page 178
9. Pregnancy\n......Page 182
History of Diabetic Pregnancies\n......Page 184
Educatin and Prepre\ngnancy Planning......Page 187
Nutrition\n......Page 190
Exercise\n......Page 191
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus \n......Page 192
At Risk......Page 193
Effects of Gestational Diabetes on the Mother......Page 194
Treatment for Gestational Diabetes......Page 195
First Trimester......Page 198
Second Trimester......Page 199
Third Trimester......Page 200
Birth......Page 201
Breastfeeding......Page 203
Breastfeeding Postdelivery......Page 205
Opting for Adoption......Page 207
10. Motherhood......Page 212
Talking to your Children About Diabetes\n......Page 213
Preschool......Page 214
School Age......Page 215
Adolescence......Page 216
Balancing Motherhood and Diabetes\n......Page 217
Understanding Genetic Risks\n......Page 219
When Your Kids Have Diabetes......Page 222
Benefits of Being a Diabetic Mom\n......Page 223
Single Parenting\n......Page 224
11. Aging Gracefully......Page 232
Different Perspectives on Living with an Illness\n......Page 233
Menopause\n......Page 237
Resources......Page 242
References......Page 244
Index......Page 248