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Diabetes Doesn’t Own Me
My Journey with Type 2 Diabetes — Vihang Rahul Vasa
Read all 61 chapters, one at a time, at your own pace.
This is Vihang Rahul Vasa’s personal account of living with Type 2 diabetes. It is educational reading, not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Discuss your own care with a qualified healthcare professional.
Chapter contents
1. Beyond the Numbers: Living with Diabetes in Modern India
2. Diabetes and the Psychological Trauma: The Battle Within
4. Signs to Watch for to Detect Diabetes
6. The Power of Glycaemic Memory
7. Ultrasound of the Liver: The First Window
8. Why Fibroscan Matters: A Simple Test That Can Reveal Hidden Liver Damage
9. MRI Liver Elastography (MRE): The Fuller Picture
10. Diagnostic Tests for Metabolic Health and Diabetes Evaluation
11. The Heart Connection: Diabetes and Your Cardiovascular Health
12. The Brain Connection: Diabetes and Your Brain
13. Vaccinations: The Shield Most People With Diabetes Never Use
14. What You Should Do Right Away
15. Understanding Your Test Results
16. The Latest in Monitoring: Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM)
18. The Somogyi Effect: A Night Low That Hides Behind a Morning High
19. The Dawn Phenomenon: Why Is My Morning Plasma Glucose (Blood Sugar) High?
20. Understanding Your Medicine Dosage
21. Beware of Spurious Medicines
22. Drug Interactions: The Hidden Risk of Multiple Medicines
23. What Happens When Your Medicines Stop Working
24. When You Are Unwell: Sick Day Management
25. Too Low, Too High: Two Emergencies Every Person Should Recognise
26. Before Any Surgery, Procedure, or Dental Treatment
27. Blood Transfusion and Blood Donation: What Changes When You Live With Diabetes
30. Good Care May Be Closer Than You Think
31. The Right Doctor Is Half the Treatment
32. Protect Your Eyes & Micro Vessels
33. Protect Your Kidneys: The Silent Organ
34. Blood Pressure: The Twin You Cannot Feel
35. The Thyroid: The Gland That Sets Your Speed
36. Regular Health Checkups: Your Routine Safety Net
37. Personal Hygiene & Injury Care
39. Choosing the Right Shoes, Socks, and Insoles
40. Bones, Joints, and Falls: The Injury Nobody Plans For
41. Diabetes, Your Skin, and Your Natural Beauty
42. Hidradenitis Suppurativa: The Condition Nobody Talks About
44. Eat Well, Move Well, Sleep Well, Live Well
45. Food: What to Eat, When to Eat, How to Eat
46. The Gym, Protein Shakes, and the Calorie Truth
47. Learn to Read Food Labels: Hidden Sugars Are Everywhere
48. Fasting During Festivals and Religious Occasions
49. Why Quitting Sugar Feels So Hard
51. Stress, Trauma, and Your Plasma Glucose (Blood Sugar): The Invisible Saboteur
53. Diabetes and Travelling: You Can Still See the World
54. Type 2 Diabetes and Your Family: A Gentle Word About Heredity
55. The Rest of the Family: Pets, Purpose, and Routine
56. A Note on Men’s Sexual Health
57. You Are Not Alone: Support Groups and Resources
58. Plan Ahead: The Financial Side of Diabetes
59. The Real Cost of Ignoring Diabetes: Your Life
60. Diabetes and Cancer: What the Research Says, Without Fear
61. A Word of Awareness: What Happens If You Look the Other Way
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