Introduction. 1. Introducing Debbie who has diabetes. 2. What is it like to have diabetes? Food, blood tests, insulin injections, sport andexercise. 3. Things about having diabetes that make you feel worried and upset. 4. How people treat you. 5. What is type 1 diabetes?. 6. Diabetesmedication. 7. Keeping control of diabetes. 8. Low and high blood sugar levels. 9. Diabetes medication at school. 10. Diagnosing diabetes and what youneed to learn at the start. 11. Emergency treatment. 12. Diabetes facts and figures. 13. More information about type 1 diabetes. 14. How teachers can help.15. How parents can help. Recommended reading, websites and organisations.
Description
Debbie has diabetes and she want to tell us what it is like...She explains exactly what type 1 diabetes is and how to recognise the signs... At the end of the book there is information about how friends, teachers and family can help. The black and white illustrations help the information along too, and there is a comprehensive list of international help organisations. An excellent introduction to an often quite complicated lifestyle that Debbie accepts as natural.