Drawing on input from people with long-term ailments, this book points the way to achieving the best possible life under the circumstances.

The number of persons diagnosed with diabetes increased 5x between 1958 & 1997. More than 16 million Amer. have diabetes, more than half of them women, with the

Type II diabetes affects 29 million Americans with 1.4 million newly diagnosed each year. The disease also accounts for $245 billion in health care expenses. Ho