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Tables of Contents for Highs & Lows
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
12
19
Part One: My Story
Diabetes 101
19
6
Different Strokes for Different Folks
19
3
Watch Your Language
22
3
My Diabetes Diagnosis
25
14
Diagnosis Day (D-Day)
25
2
The Hospital Experience
27
12
The Aftermath
39
10
Back to School
39
3
Building Bad Karma: Lobster Man
42
3
Burning the Candle at Both Ends
45
4
Part Two: Highs and Lows
The Diabetes Experience
49
9
The Funky Chicken
49
3
Waiting Game
52
2
On Top of the World
54
1
Getting High
55
3
The Diabetes Front Line
58
16
Burden of Responsibility
58
10
Curse of the Chocolate Almonds
68
3
Cigarettes, Alcohol and Other Drugs
71
3
Coming Out of the Closet
74
13
Mind Your Labels
76
3
Needlephobia
79
2
Driving Me Crazy
81
4
Flying With Diabetes
85
2
Travelling with Diabetes
87
6
Before the Trip
87
1
Travel Survival Checklist
88
1
Transporting Insulin
89
2
Syringe and Lancet Disposal
91
1
In Case of Emergency
92
1
More From the Front Line
93
14
No Day Off
93
1
Morality Play
94
2
Complications of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)
96
4
Suicide
100
7
Part Three: Institutional Diabetes
The Nonprofit Organization Experience
107
13
Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA): My Experience
107
4
Disease of the Month Club
111
2
Camps Potlatch and Winfield
113
5
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
118
1
Promising a Cure
119
1
Demystifying Science and Medicine
120
22
Science and Conventional Medicine
120
2
Science and Myth as the Foundation of Medicine
122
4
Surrender to Technology
126
4
Shifting the Focus
130
2
Natural and Holistic Therapies
132
7
Drafting Your Team
139
3
Conclusion
142
4
Looking on the Bright Side of Life
142
3
Thank You
145
1
Appendix 1: Glossary
146
8
Appendix 2: Top Ten Misconceptions About Diabetes
154
4
Appendix 3: Famous People Who Have (or Had) Diabetes
158
6
Appendix 4: Millimoles and Milligrams Conversions
164
Appendix 5: Diabetes Information
161
3
Appendix 6: Selected Bibliography
164
3
Endnotes
167
5
Index
172