Holiday Gifts for Person with Diabetes

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At this time of year and beforebirthdays, people are always looking for gifts that people withdiabetes will appreciate. Joslin Diabetes has a list and somesuggestions that could be appropriate. I will say that the bookslisted in the blog should be considered with care as the AmericanDiabetes Association is not known for low carbohydrate cookbooks, butsome may appreciate them.
Books of any kind should be purchasedwith care because a book about type 1 diabetes may be veryappropriate for a person with type 1 diabetes, but not appreciated bya person with type 2 diabetes. Another consideration should be aboutthe subject matter covered in the book. Also, consider if the personis likes to read. A book that I received as a combination birthdayand Christmas present is much appreciated – Joslin's DiabetesDeskbook, Updated Second Edition. Read my review here. Youmay read a little about it here and there are some other books aswell. Yes, they are advertised for healthcare professionals, butsometimes these can benefit patients as well. I will be asking forthe Educating Your Patient with Diabetes but only afterI have a chance to see the book and preview the table of contents andlook at a few chapters.
These books and many other excellentbooks may be found at Amazon and I will provide this link. There areseveral pages of diabetes books. Most are excellent to good, butthere are a few I would not want in my library.
One suggestion from the Joslin blog is thepossible purchase of an electronic food scale that calculates thecarb counts of food. This may be on the expensive side for manypeople, but could be of value if you have the funds. One the lessexpensive side is items like a pedometer or resistance bands. Readthe entire Joslin blog as ideas are presented to the end of the blog.
Even at this late date, do not forgetthat a printout of books can be given and specify the amount that youare willing to pay for the book or books. I have had people do thisfor me, I always enjoyed looking at the selection they were offering,and I made it a point always to choose the best book I was interestedin and could stay below what they were willing to spend. One time, Idid ask for one book over the amount offered, but I made sure that Ipaid the excess. The book had just been published and I had plannedto buy it myself, but had hints about books so I had held off. Healso wanted the book so I told him that we could split the cost, hewould let me use it for six months until his birthday, and then hecould own it.