Win a Diabetes Book
June 25, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Contests, Home & Living
I’m giving away a copy of my latest book, 21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone With Diabetes here today! I hope any of you with diabetes, or those that have a loved one with the disease, will enter to win.
So many books out there are all about diet and exercise and medicine. This book is about the personal toll diabetes can sometimes take, and how you (as a friend of the diabetic) can help.
Here’s a description:
Why should non-diabetics get informed? Because as much as we know about diabetes treatment today, the support from our family and friends still plays a part in how healthy we are. An understanding approach from someone who cares means everything to us.
Your diabetic friend or relative counts on you to be the person in their life that “gets it” when no one else does. This book will tell you what you can do to help. Things like what you should (and shouldn’t) say, what you should learn to truly be supportive, and even how you can help in the fight for a cure.
21 Things You Can Do To Help Someone With Diabetes will point you in the right direction so you can truly support your diabetic friend.
To enter, leave a message on this post. I’ll choose a winner at random by Monday, July 6th. I’ll choose a winner at random and announce the lucky guy or gal the next day.
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Nice prize! Thanks!
My mother in law has diabetes, the type that you have to watch what you eat and can go into a coma if your blood sugar gets messed up. She resents having it and is quite angry about getting older in general. Would be nice to have a resource to help her come to terms with her condition and maybe get back to happy. Thank you for this opportunity ☺
My grandmother has diabetes, as does a friend of mine – it’d be nice to know what I should/shouldn’t be doing to make their lives easier. Thanks!
My dear friend’s husband was just diagnosed with diabetes. He wold be the last person you would think could get this disease! In fact the doctor thinks a virus caused his, not bad eating or family heritage. Any help she can get and for us to know would be great.
My aunt has Diabetes. We were very close when we were young, but now she is in such bad health and has gained so much weight, she doesn’t want anyone to see her. She won’t even tell me her new address so I can visit her. I’m very sad to lose this relationship and would love to know what I could do or say to make her feel better. Sinerely, Becky Phillips – Arlington, TX
My son contracted type 1 diabetes 2 years ago when he was 19. No one in the family has any history of diabetes so it was a big shock. What had we done wrong, we thought?? Nothing we could pick on. He seems to be coping well as a young man and holds down a full time job. He enjoys partying with his friends and I have to assume he takes care with his diabetes. But it’s hard to keep a check when they’re that age. I’d love to have this book to give me some help.
I was just told that I have diabetes, I am trying to lose weith and control it with my diet, I go back to mthe Dr. in July to see if I have done it or will need to start Insulin.
I would love for my family to read this book.
Great prize. My husband has been a diabetic since 1992. We have only been married 18months but it has taken it’s toll in many ways. I have learned many things but know there is much more I need to know to help him.
This is great since i have diabetes and A few others in my family do
would love a chance to read and then pass it on
My husband has diabetes it led to his heart trouble.So this would be great for me to have.
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My 22yo daughter has been diabetic since she was 2 years old. She is also ADHD and Bi-Polar and has always had me to take care of all her physical and emotional needs. Now she is attempting to live with her boyfriend and his 2 sons and until he met her he has had no experience with dealing with diabetes. He really really needs this book to help him deal with her diabetes. This truly could be a life saver! Thank you for offering this giveaway!
It is good to be informed. Members of my family have it and it is good to know the symptoms and precautions to take.
My father is a diabetic – it would be great to win this book and see how we can help him.
Thanks for the giveaway!
My son has been Type 1 since age 4. He was recently married and I think this would be a nice gift for his wife. Heck, the rest of us might learn something too!
i would like to read this book
My Grandma had diabetes.
My husband is a diabetic. I’m AlWAYS looking for ways to help him enjoy life, even without all the goodies he USED to enjoy. This book sounds like something that would help ME, help HIM.
father in law is diabetic, could use
My boyfriend has diabetes and I am always looking for ways to help him!
smchester at gmail dot com
I have diabetes and so does my dad and this would be a great help
My father is a diabetic who refused to take the doctor’s class on how to live with diabetes. I would sure like to learn how to help him.
I know several people with diabetes. Some take it serious and some don’t. I would like to be more knowledgable about the topic and know what I can do to help.
would love this for my dad who is diabetic
I have Type 1 diabetes. I got it from pregnancy 5 years ago and kept it. I am so glad that someone wrote a book about the emotional side of the disease! sometimes people just don’t understand!
My daughter in law, who is only in her 30’s has diabetes,, which plagued her during her 2 pregnancies and now has stayed on afterwards. I would like to do whatever I can to support her, as she lost her own mother to the disease about 6 years ago.
my uncle has it and be this would help
I would love a chance to win. My father in law has diabetes, and I think this book would be great to learn more about diabetes. Thank you.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Thank you. My mom, grandma, husband.. are diabetics. I can use any help I cant as I would love to be able to support them to be healthy. Thank you.
My brother has diabetes and I’d like to know a lot more about it (it’s Type II). Thanks for the chance to win this book!
I’d love to win a copy!
I would love a copy to give to one of my friends or family. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes a couple years ago.
JeansandTs@hotmail.com
Diabetes is new to me and very scary.
Enter me please! My mom was just diagnosed with diabetes and I am sure this book would be very handy for me to learn more.
I would really like this book, my mother has diabetes and things get pretty hard sometimes.
Keep experiencing more and more people developing this disease so it’d be good to have adequate tools to help
This is great, please count me in.
Very nice. My grandpa has diabetes and a lot of my family are candidates. Thank you!
One of my parents has diabetes and I would love to read this.
My best friend has diabetes. I would love this book.
I know a few people that this will really help, thanks for the chance to win!
I am diabete and struggle. I would really love to win this book. I need things SIMPLE. Thanks for letting me enter.
This would be useful as I have a diabetic inlaw
My mother has diabetes.
Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
please count me in
My daughter-in-law just found out she is diabetic. It would be wonderful to know how to help her.
THis book would be great for my grandmother who has Diabetes. I would love to read about things I can do to help her.
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!