--- product_id: 1702707 title: "Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin--Completely Revised and Updated (Marlowe Diabetes Library)" price: "239.55 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1702707-think-like-a-pancreas-a-practical-guide-to-managing-diabetes store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin--Completely Revised and Updated (Marlowe Diabetes Library) **Price:** 239.55 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin--Completely Revised and Updated (Marlowe Diabetes Library) - **How much does it cost?** 239.55 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1702707-think-like-a-pancreas-a-practical-guide-to-managing-diabetes) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The all-in-one, comprehensive resource for the millions of people with diabetes who use insulin, revised and updated. Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. Diabetes educator Gary Scheiner provides the tools to "think like a pancreas" -- to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body's ever-changing needs. Comprehensive, free of medical jargon, and packed with useful information not readily available elsewhere, such as: Day-to-day blood glucose control and monitoring Designing an insulin program to best match your lifestyle Up-to date medication and technology New insulin formulations and combinations and more With detailed information on new medications and technologies -- both apps and devices -- surrounding insulin, as well as new injection devices, and dietary recommendations, Think Like a Pancreas is the insulin user's go-to guide. Review: Essential reading for anyone dealing with diabetes, experienced or not - Gary Scheiner's first edition of this book was excellent, it's hard to believe that he could improve on it so much. Full disclosure: I've used Gary's services at Integrated Diabetes Services and benefited greatly from his help. My diabetes technology blog is mentioned in the book. I have had type 1 diabetes for 40 years, this book informed and motivated me. Think Like a Pancreas starts with Gary's diabetes diagnosis story - this guy really gets diabetes because he's had Type 1 since 1985. He has used many different types of diabetes insulin pumps, blood glucose meters, and continuous glucose meters (CGM). The second chapter (What's the Dang Diddly Point?) focuses on the reasons why blood glucose (BG) control is important. Instead of telling you just about 'complications', Gary explains that improved control will give you energy, reduce your appetite, keep you healthier, and give you the ability to lift cars with one hand. OK, I'm just kidding about the last one. But this chapter is motivating and empowering, you'll WANT to work at improving you BGs after reading this one. As he says at the start of the chapter "Taking care of diabetes is really just an ongoing series of small sacrifices, costs, mental efforts, and time commitments." We're never going to achieve perfection, but we can constantly improve diabetes control. The remaining chapters talk about: the different types of diabetes; the keys to controlling these, including even lancet choices; basal (background) and bolus(meals, BG corrections) insulins; the many factors that can affect your BG levels (and how even the best controlled are out of range 25% of the time); places to get support and help, including a huge number of excellent websites; and companies that provide various diabetes-related products. The appendices are: logsheets; carb factors for various foods; glycemic indices for foods; and a useful table of carb amounts to cover exercise. Phew, a lot of information. But Gary writes extremely well and this is book is easy to read, though you'll end up highlighting and marking many parts of it. I strongly recommend this essential book for people with diabetes, parents of children with diabetes, and medical folks who are treating diabetic patients. Over the years I've purchased many copies (1st edition and this one) to give to folks who are struggling because of diabetes. It's just excellent. Review: funny, educational and encouraging - An exceptional book! I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 21 yrs and my control was going seriously downhill (maybe that should read uphill) due to simply not knowing I did not know so much I needed to know. I thought treatment involved a nurse and a different doctor every year, endless finger pricking and injecting and I had given up trying to find anyone who truly understood. This meant a race to do as much as possible as quickly as possible as I knew I would not be around for long of course. It was a debilitatingly sad place to be in. I'd warily circled the book for three months. Thank heavens I did. What a side splittingly funny, straight talking, refreshing easy to understand, educational and life changing read. My kindle edition now has a paperback twin which is slowly becoming dog eared. Thanks to the clarity and easy to understand explanations my control, outlook and attitude is radically different in one month. I have also not laughed so much in ages and feel empowered. If you think you've been through it all and heard it all and cannot face one more well meaning stock standard piece of advice or support give this book a try. It may well save your life - it has mine. I can now see a long well managed life ahead with lots of ongoing education and fun. Thank you Mr Scheiner. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #197,938 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in American Diabetes Association Nutrition #78 in Type 2 Diabetes Health #185 in General Diabetes Health | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,049 Reviews | ## Images ![Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin--Completely Revised and Updated (Marlowe Diabetes Library) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41nhG0fzwVL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential reading for anyone dealing with diabetes, experienced or not *by B***L on September 6, 2012* Gary Scheiner's first edition of this book was excellent, it's hard to believe that he could improve on it so much. Full disclosure: I've used Gary's services at Integrated Diabetes Services and benefited greatly from his help. My diabetes technology blog is mentioned in the book. I have had type 1 diabetes for 40 years, this book informed and motivated me. Think Like a Pancreas starts with Gary's diabetes diagnosis story - this guy really gets diabetes because he's had Type 1 since 1985. He has used many different types of diabetes insulin pumps, blood glucose meters, and continuous glucose meters (CGM). The second chapter (What's the Dang Diddly Point?) focuses on the reasons why blood glucose (BG) control is important. Instead of telling you just about 'complications', Gary explains that improved control will give you energy, reduce your appetite, keep you healthier, and give you the ability to lift cars with one hand. OK, I'm just kidding about the last one. But this chapter is motivating and empowering, you'll WANT to work at improving you BGs after reading this one. As he says at the start of the chapter "Taking care of diabetes is really just an ongoing series of small sacrifices, costs, mental efforts, and time commitments." We're never going to achieve perfection, but we can constantly improve diabetes control. The remaining chapters talk about: the different types of diabetes; the keys to controlling these, including even lancet choices; basal (background) and bolus(meals, BG corrections) insulins; the many factors that can affect your BG levels (and how even the best controlled are out of range 25% of the time); places to get support and help, including a huge number of excellent websites; and companies that provide various diabetes-related products. The appendices are: logsheets; carb factors for various foods; glycemic indices for foods; and a useful table of carb amounts to cover exercise. Phew, a lot of information. But Gary writes extremely well and this is book is easy to read, though you'll end up highlighting and marking many parts of it. I strongly recommend this essential book for people with diabetes, parents of children with diabetes, and medical folks who are treating diabetic patients. Over the years I've purchased many copies (1st edition and this one) to give to folks who are struggling because of diabetes. It's just excellent. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ funny, educational and encouraging *by L***B on May 17, 2012* An exceptional book! I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 21 yrs and my control was going seriously downhill (maybe that should read uphill) due to simply not knowing I did not know so much I needed to know. I thought treatment involved a nurse and a different doctor every year, endless finger pricking and injecting and I had given up trying to find anyone who truly understood. This meant a race to do as much as possible as quickly as possible as I knew I would not be around for long of course. It was a debilitatingly sad place to be in. I'd warily circled the book for three months. Thank heavens I did. What a side splittingly funny, straight talking, refreshing easy to understand, educational and life changing read. My kindle edition now has a paperback twin which is slowly becoming dog eared. Thanks to the clarity and easy to understand explanations my control, outlook and attitude is radically different in one month. I have also not laughed so much in ages and feel empowered. If you think you've been through it all and heard it all and cannot face one more well meaning stock standard piece of advice or support give this book a try. It may well save your life - it has mine. I can now see a long well managed life ahead with lots of ongoing education and fun. Thank you Mr Scheiner. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If only ... *by A***N on September 20, 2018* If only this book had existed decades ago when I was diagnosed type one. If only I’d learned all it had to tell me about my body and how it’s grappling with this stuff called insulin, both a giver of life and a bringer of death. If only I’d known what I do now, I might have spared myself decades of mismanagement and complications. This book is beautiful and very informative, and the info it contains is life changing. It is simply written but not dumbed down, and it lays out very important info about how insulin works and how to best manage using it. After reading it and employing the tools it discusses, I’ve gotten a MUCH better understanding of my disease - it’s an education I sadly never got from any doctor. I can’t thank the author enough for writing such an engaging and important book. EVERY DIABETIC AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD READ IT. In fact, I think they should give every newly diagnosed T1D a copy as they leave the hospital - or maybe even before! It really should be required reading, and I’ve told my endo that now on numerous occasions - lol. ## Frequently Bought Together - Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin--Completely Revised and Updated (Marlowe Diabetes Library) - Bright Spots & Landmines: The Diabetes Guide I Wish Someone Had Handed Me - The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts (Marlowe Diabetes Library) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1702707-think-like-a-pancreas-a-practical-guide-to-managing-diabetes](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1702707-think-like-a-pancreas-a-practical-guide-to-managing-diabetes) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-05-30*