My Wonderful Life With Diabetes

“You are about to meet a man who never let diabetes prevent him from accomplishing everything he wanted in life: good health, success in business, community service, family, and politics. Rick Mystrom knew that understanding his disease was crucial to his health. He has become one of the most knowledgeable persons living with diabetes in my extensive practice and frequently serves as a role model and authoritative resource for others.” Jeanne R. Bonar MD, FACP, FACE—Endocrinology, Internal Medicine “It is the patient, not the doctor, who manages diabetes. Rick Mystrom is the gold medal winner for controlling his diabetes. He has become so skilled that he can predict and adjust his insulin level just by looking at the meal he is going to eat. His results: no complications from his long history of the disease. He is the expert. I am the learner.” Thomas Nighswander MD MPH

Rick Mystrom's Your Type 2 Diabetes Lifeline, clarifies and and beautifully graphs the answer to everyone's most frequently asked health question: What should I eat? The answer is based on more than 60,000 blood tests he's given himself after nearly every meal he's eaten for the past 34 years. Type 2 diabetics as well as Type 1 diabetics and/ or Parents and loved ones of Type 1 diabetics will benefit greatly from this book. Your Type 2 Diabetes Lifeline—Reverse Type 2 Diabetes in One or Two Months—Your Choice.

Surviving the 'mother of all accidents', with any form of mobility being so adversely affected just how was he going to be able to move forward? His life, even as a diabetic from such a young age, had become extremely simple to manage and provided so much success in so many aspects. With having to accommodate the capsising of that life profile, would he be able to manage that; his mindset was going to be seriously tested. Following on from his successful previous edition, 'Accident survival guide', it is Ian's aim to prove to the World that no matter what may be faced; it is possible to recover, rebuild and re-program ourselves to overcome almost anything. These books have been written to prove how simple it has been for Ian to control and manage his, almost, lifelong partner (diabetes), to defeat the obstacles he may have been confronted by and to live a totally happy and successful life at the same time. Also written to help others understand more about this condition and its impacts on life, with a simple, successful management philosophy. Ian reached great heights in his life exploits, even though he was but 5-foot-six-inches tall. 'Wrestling Jelly' epitomises a story of a successful life with diabetes. He wants to share most of that with you and to, hopefully for the sake of so many more, be as successful in his new life as an Author. All profits being donated to further Diabetes Research and Charities. Charity suggestions are also welcomed via Facebook. Whilst helping and entertaining yourself; you will be helping so many others also.

What Should I Eat is based on 60,000 blood tests taken after nearly every meal the author's eaten for the past 34 years. What Should I Eat will be life changing if: you'reaTYPE2 DiABETiC who wants to lower your blood sugar and lose weight, or you're a PREDiABETiC or BoRDERliNE DiABETiC who wants to avoid ever getting diabetes, or you're a TYPE 1 DiABETiC who wants to improve blood sugar control and live a long, healthy life, or you're one of the two thirds of American adults who want to lLose Weight!

Glucose Control Eating© is a simple, sensible, solution to America's overweight epidemic. With Glucose Control Eating©, You will lose weight, stay slimmer, live healthier, and live longer. In this book, you'll learn all foods, not just sweets create blood glucose. Everything we eat—vegetables, fruits, meat, fat, fish, bread, cereal, sweets, eggs etc.—creates some amount of blood glucose. Some foods create a lot of blood glucose and are stored as body fat before you can burn that glucose. Other foods create less blood glucose, and you burn that glucose before it becomes body fat. This book shows which foods you can eat freely to lose weight and live slimmer, healthier, and longer Rick Mystrom, a Type 1 diabetic for 58 years, has self-tested his blood glucose over 85,000 times after eating. In this book, he convincingly demonstrates If you control your blood glucose, you control your weight. In his three previous books on controlling glucose for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics, his readers are grateful about their glucose control improvement, but they are ecstatic and glowing about their weight loss. “I bought your book. 20 pounds gone, off diabetes meds and blood pressure meds, no more Tums. THANK YOU” “I can't say enough about how your book helped me and my husband. We turn the TV off and read it out loud together. I've lost 45 pounds and my husband has lost 15 pounds.” “I've changed my eating style and lost 34 pounds. Thank you, Mr. Mystrom.” “I have referred to your book countless times. Lost 20 pounds so far. the easiest weight I have ever lost.” “I have been following your diet recommendations (with occasional bad days). My weight is down 40 pounds and for the first time in 30 years all my bloodwork is in the normal range.” “A new patient came in for a physical a few months ago. He was quite overweight. I gave him a copy of your book. He just called me to tell me he had lost 65 pounds. Please send me another box of your amazing books.” “I want you to know, Rick, that your advice saved my father's life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”

A major stroke survivor, Cathy Burch has and continues to accept the Lords healing of her mind, body, and spirit. Her constant drive toward the healing of her body has truly inspired many people.

To summarise, I would just like to say that I hope you have enjoyed my story. I hope too that some of the events I have had to deal with will be of help to you. You might feel alone at times, but after you read this book, I hope you feel comfort in knowing that whatever you are experiencing as a diabetic is being experienced by others as well. A very big thank you to my husband, Charl, who has stood by me from the very beginning up until now. He has literally been my lifesaver on more than one occasion. I would also like to thank my two beautiful children, Charl Jnr and Carrin, for walking this very long path with me. As children, this could have been quite a traumatic event for them to have to witness, but with us educating them, they were able to deal with it and have been there to help me on so many occasions, some of which were life-threatening. My family have been and still are my rock, with all the love, care, concern, and support that they continuously show me every single day. I could never have survived for so long without them. A huge thank you too to the specialists, doctors, nurses, and diabetic educators and pathologists who have been involved with me along the way. As the patient, I felt irritable whilst lying in the various hospital beds, but I am very grateful for all the work and effort the medical staff put into taking care of me throughout the years. Diabetes will always be a part of my everyday living. I will never be free from it, but I am so fortunate to have come this far and have learnt so much about the disease. To my friends, I thank you for all your support, love, and care. To my readers, I thank you for your interest in my story, and I hope I have given you something to relate to along the way. Look after yourselves. It’s the only body you will ever have. Thank you.

"This book is a collection of life stories -- each chapter written by a highly respected and successful woman with diabetes. The diverse group of women share their heartwarming stories and insights about finding balance between their personal, professional, and spiritual lives."--Page 4 of cover.