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A Future With Hope
30 Million American are living with diabetes. An additional 86 million Americans have prediabetes. Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic, but the good news is we have great therapies that will allow a patient with diabetes to live a full and normal life if... it's "well managed."The author, Carl S. Armato was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 18 months old. Doctors told his parents he would go blind by his twenties, and probably not live past thirty. Today he is in his fifties, the President and CEO of Novant Health, one of America's largest and most respected healthcare organizations. He's married with three children, and thriving.
Diabetes is a war, and you must fight if you want to survive. Carl learned early on how to make the best of a bad situation. He has embraced his disease and works diligently to keep his health under control. Only then, he knows, can he do all of the other things he wants to do in life.
Often, people look at a chronic diagnosis one of two As an excuse to give up, or with denial.
With unflinching honesty, the author discusses his challenges amid the desire to live a "normal" life.
A Future With Hope is a positive and uplifting story of what can go right when the rest of the medical world is telling you what can go wrong.
This easy-to-read book is both a practical "user's manual" and inspirational, proving that a diagnosis doesn't have to be an end-all, and that you can still live a great life and follow your dreams.
If you have a diagnosis of diabetes, this book will inspire and guide you to take ownership of the disease and embrace this new normal. If a loved one or someone you care about has been diagnosed with diabetes, then this book will teach you how to support that person successfully.
Diabetes is a never-ending disease, every hour of every day. Diabetes never sleeps.
Diabetes is a war, and you must fight if you want to survive. Carl learned early on how to make the best of a bad situation. He has embraced his disease and works diligently to keep his health under control. Only then, he knows, can he do all of the other things he wants to do in life.
Often, people look at a chronic diagnosis one of two As an excuse to give up, or with denial.
With unflinching honesty, the author discusses his challenges amid the desire to live a "normal" life.
A Future With Hope is a positive and uplifting story of what can go right when the rest of the medical world is telling you what can go wrong.
This easy-to-read book is both a practical "user's manual" and inspirational, proving that a diagnosis doesn't have to be an end-all, and that you can still live a great life and follow your dreams.
If you have a diagnosis of diabetes, this book will inspire and guide you to take ownership of the disease and embrace this new normal. If a loved one or someone you care about has been diagnosed with diabetes, then this book will teach you how to support that person successfully.
Diabetes is a never-ending disease, every hour of every day. Diabetes never sleeps.
200 pages, Hardcover
Published September 14, 2018
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May 13, 2019
My life has been affected by diabetes because my niece, who I am very close to, was afflicted by the disease at an early age. She struggled with it for many years and due to complications, lost a leg because of blood clots that formed in her leg. It’s the kind of disease that you wouldn’t wish on anyone.
It’s not an easy disease to deal with and it was refreshing to see the honesty that came from Carl Armato who wrote the book. It’s nice to see someone who has experienced the disease himself write about it and try to help others. Carl is someone that didn’t let the disease get him down and instead worked with it successfully.
He talks about how learning to live with diabetes, is embracing a “new normal.” He learned the hard truth of being rejected by a girl he had a crush on because he had diabetes as if it made him not “good enough.” He discovered that many people saw his diabetes as a flaw that he had. Thankfully, he met a woman, Christi who believed very differently.
The lessons that he teaches in the book is how you can live a normal and happy life despite the disease. He gives suggestions on how to monitor diabetes and emphasizes that it’s not something that anyone should deal with alone.
He chose to face his challenges head-on despite the scary statistics about the disease. He is the CEO of Novant Health, one of American’s most respected healthcare organizations and he’s learned to work within his limits and still be an accomplished individual. His story is truly inspiring and will inspire anyone who is going through the same ordeals or knows someone who is. The book would be perfect for anyone that has dealt with diabetes in any scope. I enjoyed the book because it helped me to understand what my niece was going through so the book is great for anyone who knows someone dealing with diabetes too.
It’s not an easy disease to deal with and it was refreshing to see the honesty that came from Carl Armato who wrote the book. It’s nice to see someone who has experienced the disease himself write about it and try to help others. Carl is someone that didn’t let the disease get him down and instead worked with it successfully.
He talks about how learning to live with diabetes, is embracing a “new normal.” He learned the hard truth of being rejected by a girl he had a crush on because he had diabetes as if it made him not “good enough.” He discovered that many people saw his diabetes as a flaw that he had. Thankfully, he met a woman, Christi who believed very differently.
The lessons that he teaches in the book is how you can live a normal and happy life despite the disease. He gives suggestions on how to monitor diabetes and emphasizes that it’s not something that anyone should deal with alone.
He chose to face his challenges head-on despite the scary statistics about the disease. He is the CEO of Novant Health, one of American’s most respected healthcare organizations and he’s learned to work within his limits and still be an accomplished individual. His story is truly inspiring and will inspire anyone who is going through the same ordeals or knows someone who is. The book would be perfect for anyone that has dealt with diabetes in any scope. I enjoyed the book because it helped me to understand what my niece was going through so the book is great for anyone who knows someone dealing with diabetes too.
May 9, 2019
You are the controller of your own destiny, embrace life and live it to the full!
A Future With Hope - what an excellent title for this book, it sets the tone perfectly for the inspirational and educational content.
The author, Carl S. Armato was diagnosed in the mid 1960’s with type 1 diabetes at the very young age of 18 months. However, the knowledge that their son was the youngest child ever to be diagnosed with diabetes in St. Mary Parish, Patterson, on the Gulf Coast in rural Louisiana enthused his parents, Lucien and Leona Armato, with a determination, and that was to change the whole family’s diet and lifestyle to fit in with the diagnosis. Their positive attitude followed Carl through the years and gave him the faith that he was master of his own destiny, not diabetes!
Although a pediatrician, Dr. Carmen Posada had an interest in endocrinology for type 1 diabetes and with her support and tutelage his mother learnt how to check and control his sugars, something which he in turn would learn and have to do throughout his life.
However, he was determined not to be defined by his diagnosis, and with the support of his family, friends, and wife Christi he has enjoyed his life, and enriched the lives of those he has known over the past 52 years.
With a philosophy that knowledge is power, he has become an expert on diabetes, so much so that in 2012 he became CEO of Novant Health, a hospital which outperforms all hospitals in the same data platform in terms of diabetes care. Embracing changes in technology and always happy to offer advice and support, it wasn’t until a few years after becoming CEO that he opened up about having the disease himself.
In writing this book, the author has culminated a lifetimes experience with the disease at all ages, which in itself offers the reader a real insight into the dedication to diet and exercise that is critically important to manage the disease, and how dangerous not paying attention to it can be.
Throughout he stresses the necessity of having a good support system. Indeed, his family, friends and wife have also contributed to the book which gives other perspectives, and the admiration and respect he has earnt over the years from the medical profession and his friends is to be admired.
My husband has type 2 diabetes, and did for a period of time have type 1, so I am very aware of how the disease can make you feel. This book is incredibly uplifting, it is very easy to become depressed about the need to take sugar readings regularly, and the lifelong diagnosis, the positive attitude the author has embraced is an example to us all.
Interesting, well written, and full of information and inspiration, this book is a must read for not only those who have diabetes, but also their families.
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A Future With Hope - what an excellent title for this book, it sets the tone perfectly for the inspirational and educational content.
The author, Carl S. Armato was diagnosed in the mid 1960’s with type 1 diabetes at the very young age of 18 months. However, the knowledge that their son was the youngest child ever to be diagnosed with diabetes in St. Mary Parish, Patterson, on the Gulf Coast in rural Louisiana enthused his parents, Lucien and Leona Armato, with a determination, and that was to change the whole family’s diet and lifestyle to fit in with the diagnosis. Their positive attitude followed Carl through the years and gave him the faith that he was master of his own destiny, not diabetes!
Although a pediatrician, Dr. Carmen Posada had an interest in endocrinology for type 1 diabetes and with her support and tutelage his mother learnt how to check and control his sugars, something which he in turn would learn and have to do throughout his life.
However, he was determined not to be defined by his diagnosis, and with the support of his family, friends, and wife Christi he has enjoyed his life, and enriched the lives of those he has known over the past 52 years.
With a philosophy that knowledge is power, he has become an expert on diabetes, so much so that in 2012 he became CEO of Novant Health, a hospital which outperforms all hospitals in the same data platform in terms of diabetes care. Embracing changes in technology and always happy to offer advice and support, it wasn’t until a few years after becoming CEO that he opened up about having the disease himself.
In writing this book, the author has culminated a lifetimes experience with the disease at all ages, which in itself offers the reader a real insight into the dedication to diet and exercise that is critically important to manage the disease, and how dangerous not paying attention to it can be.
Throughout he stresses the necessity of having a good support system. Indeed, his family, friends and wife have also contributed to the book which gives other perspectives, and the admiration and respect he has earnt over the years from the medical profession and his friends is to be admired.
My husband has type 2 diabetes, and did for a period of time have type 1, so I am very aware of how the disease can make you feel. This book is incredibly uplifting, it is very easy to become depressed about the need to take sugar readings regularly, and the lifelong diagnosis, the positive attitude the author has embraced is an example to us all.
Interesting, well written, and full of information and inspiration, this book is a must read for not only those who have diabetes, but also their families.
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