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Diabetes at 14: Choosing Tighter Control for an Active Life

Diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes as a teenager, Bill Melluish worked through the challenges and struggles he faced with maturity and a positive attitude to gain control over his life. Now in college, this active athlete and musician keeps a busy schedule. He wrote this book to show other teenagers with diabetes that they can control their disease and enjoy an improved quality of life by developing their own management system.

If you have diabetes, or have a friend who has diabetes, get a copy of Bill Melluish’s book, Diabetes at 14: Choosing Tighter Control for an Active Life. His story and the information he packs into this book will answer your questions for years to come.

Here are some of the questions Bill answers in Diabetes at 14:

• What made me think something was wrong?
• What is Type I insulin-dependent diabetes?
• What does it feel like to have a high blood sugar level?
• How do I measure blood sugar?
• What is hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar?
• Why should I vary my insulin injection sites?
• How does taking different kinds of insulin daily give me more freedom?
• What do I need to consider as I plan my food intake to match my activity?
• Why is it important that my friends and teachers know that I have diabetes?

About the author

Bill Melluish is one of those bright, outgoing, fun-loving kids who makes friends easily and participates in just about any activity you can imagine. When he was diagnosed with diabetes he was frustrated at not finding any books about his disease that both told a story and gave the kind of information he wanted. Even with the ever-changing demands of his active lifestyle as an athlete, a musician, and as a growing teenager, Bill learned how to get his blood sugar readings to stay pretty much the same. He did not do this alone. He had continued help and support from his family. His dad is an ophthalmologist, who deals daily with people who suffer from complications resulting from their failure to keep diabetes under control. Bill now feels he is in complete control of managing his diabetes and will not develop such complications later in life.

“When I first got diabetes, there was no one to turn to. Bill. . . really explains it well, especially how it was for him and how he went through it.”
A College Football Player and Body Builder

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