Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant

What You Can Learn from My Recoveries

D R Crotzer

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Koehler Books
18 November 2025

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Memoirs; Diabetes; Coping with illness

Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant-What You Can Learn From My Recoveries proves people with diabetes can rise to the challenge and live a normal life. Determined to take control of his health, Dave Crotzer set out on a quest to prepare his body mentally and physically for any obstacles. For him, that included regular dialysis, open heart surgery, and a kidney transplant.

By offering a candid, personal account of his trials and treatments while waiting for a kidney, Crotzer has detailed the strategies and mindset that helped. He faced medical battles head-on by following the advice of doctors and trainers, but also by doing due diligence researching everything pertaining to diabetes. Crotzer shares what worked and didn't work, as well as his most embarrassing moments, along the way.

In addition to staying informed and making healthy lifestyle changes, Crotzer reveals that having a good sense of humor and a solid support system go a long way. Both a cautionary tale and a self-help memoir, Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant champions the human will power to survive and thrive.

By: D R Crotzer
Imprint: Koehler Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 531g
ISBN: 9798888249291
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 18 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dave Crotzer is an engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor with a distinguished career. He developed technologies and innovative product designs for Tyco Industries, Koch Membranes, and General Electric Pharmacological Division, as well as for his own startups IRDAM, LLC and Multi-Sensor Technology Company. His scientific background and entrepreneurial spirit equipped him to write Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant-What You Can Learn From My Recoveries, a cautionary tale about his health journey. Dave lives in Nashua, New Hampshire, with his wife Joan.