[Diabetes-talk] A question

Wed Dec 3 06:07:51 UTC 2008

Dar,

A very big hand and congratulations on achieving your A1C 5.4 level. You 
appear to be managing your food, insulin and activities very tightly. In 
Central New Jersey, my doctor and the labs I have gone to, the normal range 
is from 4.5 to 5.9 with my doctor having my goals to be in the range of 6.3 
or lower. The lab I am currently using is Lab Core and as Mike I believe 
said, each lab can have a slightly different range.
The lowering of your blood sugar in the colder weather is not the first time 
I've heard this. My wife and I have a friend who had said this happened to 
him and he had learned it was due to the body burning up the sugar to keep 
warm. He was sensitive enough that it would sometimes happen if he went into 
a very cool to cold building or house in the summer as well with 
air-conditioning.
I have purposely held the issue of your doctor's office to last. If my 
doctor's staff said it was "unnecessary to call" I would respond with a 
definite tone that either I needed to speak directly with the doctor and not 
stop until I had or do a quick answer that that was not a satisfactory 
answer for me in "my management of my diabetes". Personally if I get an 
answer at my next appointment, which is 3 months for me, old information 
would be out of date and would have lost time in my books and life to work 
on my management of my diabetes. For our A1C as an example, if my number was 
increasing I could review what I might be doing or may have caused it to 
climb. I have had periods of very stressful times at work cause my A1C to 
climb from 5.9 to 6.4. This would be understandable with the "fight or 
flight" of the body kicking up adrenalin and the release of stored glycogen 
to the glucose level.
I have had my number climb in the cold weather as I find this time difficult 
to get enough blood to test myself. I have found the "Prodigy Voice" to be a 
little easier with it needing less blood and hopefully with it not as 
frustrating I will not let my number of tests drop in how often I do them. 
If I have let my sugar stay higher without testing I see the A1C higher and 
can predict even before receiving the results. As I have been on the insulin 
pump since September 1999, the more you test the better and easier the A1C 
and current BGL controls are noticed. Fortunately I'm stubborn enough not to 
give up testing and have gone through multiples of strips to be certain of 
the accuracy of my current BGL.

Vince

PS. I summarized a number of your responses into this one mailing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question

If my doctor ever called me I would fall over.
but to have the nurses say this kind of thing is a different matter.
Trust me I will keep calling.
I don't know if I should ask for the group to get more training on behalf of
the disabled?
Should I ask the Federation to step in?
This isn't the first time the building of folks has stepped out of line.
My husband doesn't have this problem, because he would rather ignore matters
and just wait for the doctor to report.
I get excited and want to know.
I want time if I have questions to think about what I wish to ask.
So learning first helps.
At the same time doesn't.
Hope that makes since.

--Dar
www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
Every saint has a past
every sinner has a future

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K C" <kcc86 at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question

> Ok..  God knows I understand!  :)  Until I moved to         Indiana I'd
> never hear from the Doctors, or Nurses unless there was something bad to
> report.  You keep going on your own persistence!  It doesn't matter what
> the numbers show.  You deserve to both understand, and come to terms with
> them before you hang up the damn phone.  Take care of you..
>
> Kijuana
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question
>
>
>> The nurse shared that calling me was a unnecessary call.
>> Because they could tell me the results when I see the doctor.
>> I shared, that until they give me the information in a format I can read
>> myself,
>> I was going to keep calling.
>> And it was necessary for them to call me back.
>> I wasn't going to wait for an appointment.
>>
>> --Dar
>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>> Every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "K C" <kcc86 at hotmail.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question
>>
>>
>>> Hi, Dar, and everyone.  Dar, what question did you ask that your nurse
>>> wasn't cooperative on?  Congrads on your A1C.  :)  That's very hopeful
>>> for you.  I hope you continue to have great readings.
>>>
>>> Kijuana
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:55 PM
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] A question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Now I was polite,
>>>> I was told by the nurse the reason why they don't call me, is because
>>>> it is considered a unnecessary call.
>>>> They can tell me all about it when I go to the appointment.
>>>> I shared no,
>>>> this wasn't unnecessary, unless a format is sent to me for me to read,
>>>> I will keep calling.
>>>> How would you have handled the matter.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> --Dar
>>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>>>> Every saint has a past
>>>> every sinner has a future
>>>>
>>>>
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