DM BIBLE

The Diabetes Bible

From the day you first hold a syringe, all the way to the possibility of remission.

12 chapters · 12 documents · AAHA 2018

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A living book. This isn't finished and won't be — AAHA 2018 criteria change, and so does this. Treatments under review today may read differently in a year. Last updated 31 Aug 2026

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Part 1 · What to know first

01 The day of diagnosis Thirst · urine · weight loss · what to do right now 1

The day of diagnosis — this disease has one thing no other chronic illness offers

Planned

Stress hyperglycemia — why one clinic glucose reading cannot be trusted Why diabetes happens — obesity, steroids, and why guilt misses the point

02 Reading the numbers Glucose · fructosamine · urine sugar · ketones 1

Reading the numbers — the now, the last two weeks, the threshold, and the alarm light

Planned

Fructosamine — the report card of the last two weeks

03 The big picture of treatment Insulin or the oral drug · the goal is control, the dream is remission 1

The big picture of treatment — insulin or the oral drug, and the three-legged stool

04 Remission The one chronic disease that can be reversed · the golden window of early tight control 1

Remission — on the possibility that this disease can retreat

The other books in this series place Farewell here. Diabetes alone is different — what deserves early reading in this disease is not parting, but hope.

Part 2 · Managing

05 Feeding Low-carb wet food · weight loss · meal timing 1

Feeding — the food bowl is half the treatment

06 Insulin in practice Glargine · PZI · how to inject · storage and dosing 1

Insulin in practice — the first two weeks become a lifelong craft

07 Measuring glucose at home Ear pricks · glucose curves · continuous monitors (CGM) 1

Measuring glucose at home — this disease's real laboratory is your living room

08 Managing the crises Hypoglycemic emergencies · DKA · sick-day rules 1

Managing the crises — the night too low, and the days too short of insulin

09 When another disease comes too Acromegaly · pancreatitis · CKD · steroids 1

When another disease comes too — when control fails, suspect a cause, not the dose

Part 3 · Walking together

10 Care you can sustain The caregiver own life · travel · cost · burnout, and the decisions 1

Care you can sustain — the craft of the households that finish the race

Diabetes care becomes the caregiver daily life. It must be sustainable to be finished — so the honest talk of burden and decisions lives here.

11 Getting the most from your vet Recheck rhythm · data instead of curves · red flags 1

Getting the most from your vet — the caregiver who brings data changes the consult

12 New treatments The evolution of CGM · new drugs · cure research 1

The new treatments — diabetic cats in the biggest shift in a century

Diagnosis and treatment belong with your own vet.