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My name is Isabella-Rose. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on 8 April 2010. I was 9 years old then - but I turned 10 in May.

I had been feeling a bit bad for a while but I thought that I was just tired or feeling stressed - and that's what my Mum thought too. I was drinking a lot and going to the bathroom a lot - sometimes wetting the bed at night which was really embarrassing and my Mum would get upset with me because she thought I was not going to the bathroom before I went to bed, or I was drinking too much during the night. My Mum says that I was really really grumpy too and I cried a lot and kept getting really upset with my friends at school.

Then at Easter time this year we had school holidays and my Mum said she thought I was getting a big skinny. She weighed me and I had lost about 4kg since the last time I was weighed about 6 weeks before - but I had also grown about 2cm taller. My Mum said that that was when she realised that something was not right. The next day we went to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney and because it was so busy there and there were so many people my Mum had to come to the bathroom with me - and I went to the bathroom about every 10 minutes. My Mum knew how much I was drinking but said that I should not be going to the bathroom that much. The next morning my Mum rang the doctor's office and told them she thought I might be diabetic. My Mum's sister was diagnosed with adult onset Type 1 Diabetes only a year ago so she knew a bit about it.

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One of the best manuals on day-to-day diabetes management, Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner, is a must for all with type 1 diabetes. During his 25 years with diabetes, Gary has dedicated himself to determining how best to deal with the ups and downs of diabetes and is intent on sharing his knowledge with others. How to take insulin on days you plan to exercise, how specific types of exercise and certain foods affect one's blood sugar, and how to prevent hypo- and hyperglycemia, are among the subjects covered in this book. Gary has specific advice about what to do when you are having surgery, how caffeine affects blood sugars and concise descriptions on how to calculate insulin boluses. Newly updated in 2011 to include the latest on pumps, sensors, and even incretins, Think Like a Pancreas remains one of the few must-have books for everyone living with type 1 diabetes and is highly recommended.

-- Review by Jeff and Brenda Hitchcock

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Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet is a group of studies looking at the prevention and early treatment of type 1 diabetes.

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