Midwest author, Cherie Burbach, has written 21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Diabetes. It is an easy to read book for family and friends who know people with diabetes. Short and concise, the author relates first hand narratives and useful advice on living with people who face the daily challenges having diabetes presents.
There are many magazines and organizations offering information on having diabetes. Primarily each is written for those with the disease. Information on how to use diabetic meters and syringes, recipes to cook with less sugar and the lifestyle of a diabetic are common topics of interest.
Diabetics benefit from being surrounded by knowledgeable family members and friends willing to learn about the disease. When loved ones are accurately informed about diabetes, it is easier to provide appropriate emotional support further helping to strengthen a diabetic's resolve especially during stressful times.
21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Diabetes offers tips on what to do and what not do. People close to diabetics will find this book useful in developing strategies to help deal with the impact of diabetes on one's lifestyle.
In addition to learning about diabetes, Burbach encourages readers to advocate fighting for a cure by joining groups and fundraisers that help people with diabetes. The American Diabetes Association is one organization mentioned in the book that is involved in these areas. The web site of ADA provides contact information to United States lawmakers and information on up coming legislation impacting diabetics.
Cherie Burbach has written poetry, including her newest book, Father's Eyes, which received an Editor's Choice Award by Allbooks Review in 2008. Burbach's nonfiction book Internet Dating Is Not Like Ordering a Pizza is about her experiences with online dating. This Wisconsin author is also a feature writer for the dating topic for the online magazine Suite101.
Readers are able to find 21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Diabetes by Cherie Burbach with ISBN 978-0-9789747-7-0. The book was published by Bonjour Publishing in 2009, and has 81 pages.
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