[Diabetes-talk] New Member

[Mike Freeman]

Bravo!  This is a good list to get answers and, above all, opinions. (smile) 
Bear in mind that we have a lot of experience to share but that we are not 
doctors or, for the most part, CDE's.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dorothea Martin" <bestsinger at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 8:32 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] New Member


> Hello, all,
> I have just joined this list and have read a year or so of the list 
> archives. I am a new diabetic, just diagnosed with type 2 in September, 
> but I have been blind all my life. My particular interest right now is 
> with testing and the meter, as this seems to be the basis for arranging 
> everything else. I test and then decide what the upcoming meal will be on 
> the basis of this. Is that right?
> I must tell you that I am in Albania right now, though I am an American. I 
> got sick here and went to the hospital, and that's where I got my 
> diagnosis. Hardly anyone has a meter or tests here. They seem to live in 
> blissful ignorance and then get either good news or the shock of their 
> lives when they go to the doctor. I think testing is the way to go, 
> however.
> I have more specific questions but will ask them in separate messages with 
> appropriate subject lines. I just want to say that I'm happy to be aboard, 
> that I look forward to learning a lot from this list and have already done 
> so from reading the archives.
> Dotty Martin
>
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