[Diabetes-talk] Inhaled Insulin?

[Ed Bryant]

Hi Debbie,
    Yes, Cheryl is correct in that about two years ago the inhaled insulin 
studies were discontinued because they were found to be unsafe.
    Note: The one you are referring to from Washington University maybe a 
new one, and not yet proven to be unsafe...

Regards,
Ed Bryant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Inhaled Insulin?


>I don't know if that is an old study it was out on the market I think last 
>year or it could be 2 years ago, it was pulled. I don't remember why.  Mike 
>or Ed do you remember.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Treasurer
> National Federation of the Blind Greater Long Island Chapter.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Inhaled Insulin?
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>> Hi All,
>> has anyone on here ever done any research studies or used  inhaled 
>> insulin?
>> i live near Washington universtity in St. Louis Mo and they are payinng
>> $1000 for a 25 week study on inhaled insulin in type 1 diabetics.
>> i wanted to know if anyonr on here has ever used inhaled insulin does it
>> work?
>> please let me know.
>> if u are in the area and want to be included in the study let me know 
>> that
>> as well
>> Debbie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:11 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] A Daughter's Story
>>
>>
>> > Hi Folks,
>> >    You may know we are working on past Voice editions which are not yet 
>> > on
>> > our website.  The following article is from Vol. 9 no. 4, Fall 1994.
>> >    I wonder how many of us can relate to this story?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Ed Bryant
>> >
>> > A daughter's story
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Many people have known the agony of watching a family member waste away
>> > from an incurable disease such as cancer.  Many times all even the 
>> > doctors
>> > can do is try to make the sufferer comfortable. Everyone tries to help.
>> > The family draws together in this time of pain.
>> > What happens when it is one of your own stricken, and you are blind? 
>> > When
>> > your own family hasn't learned that blindness is not synonymous with
>> > inability?  We know education is critical, and stories like the 
>> > following
>> > remind us why.                                      Olivia Ostergaard,
>> > Treasurer of the National Federation of the Blind of California 
>> > Diabetics
>> > Chapter, lived through such a situation.  Although she had been living
>> > independently for years, her own family, believing that "a blind person
>> > couldn't handle it anyway," would not allow her to help care for her
>> > diabetic mother, whose cancer had become terminal.
>> > There is no good reason to bar any capable person from caring for a
>> > stricken loved one.  In a time of such agony, the expression of ancient
>> > prejudices about the blind compounds the pain.   "Imagine not being
>> > allowed to cook a simple soup, because someone was afraid you'd burn 
>> > it!
>> > Imagine total strangers invading your territory, when you should be 
>> > able
>> > to take charge of the situation..." says Ostergaard.
>> > When Olivia's younger (sighted) brother was given power of attorney 
>> > over
>> > their mother's affairs, Olivia felt left out and abandoned.  As she
>> > states:                         "When we went with mother to the 
>> > doctor,
>> > my brother asked if she was terminal.  The doctor denied it, and 
>> > ordered
>> > more tests.  I privately protested, because my brother w!
>> > asn't se
>> > eing what I was seeing.  He was still living in his fantasy that our
>> > mother was going to be all right.  I knew better.  I knew just by the 
>> > way
>> > she was acting.  Her thinking wasn't clear, sometimes.  My brother
>> > wouldn't listen to me.  I was his blind sister, "who didn't know
>> > anything".
>> > Four months later Olivia and her brother lost their mother to terminal
>> > cancer.  Their agony needs no reinforcement here--but a simple point 
>> > needs
>> > making:  Blind folks can handle adversity!  In such a situation, the
>> > burden can be eased by allowing ALL family members to carry their share 
>> > of
>> > it.   Knowledge is power.
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