Living Life with Diabetes John Keeler Edited by Barbara Millar Living Life with Diabetes Living Life with Diabetes John Keeler Edited by Barbara Millar Copyright # 2004 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (þ44) 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): To everyone with diabetes, everywhere Contents About the author ix Foreword xi Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 1 He couldn’t want so much water 5 2 Why me? 13 3 When did you last hear an orange say ‘Ouch!’? 23 4 You ‘should’ be doing better 27 5 Eight square meals a day 35 6 You could be worse off ! 47 7 Famine to a feast 53 8 Steering my own ship 59