Diabetes is a complex disease that affects the entire body. Over time, diabetes can cause damage to the blood vessels and small nerves in the body leading to complications. People with complications from diabetes have the added burden of managing yet another chronic illness. Adjustment to life with complications can be difficult, yet there are important strategies that can help ease this transition. This book describes such strategies, and introduces the reader to an array of Internet-based resources that pertain to and elaborate on the strategies. The book may also prove useful to friends or family of a person with diabetes, to better understand what it means to someone called upon to manage another illness.