[Diabetes-talk] New Member

[Mike Freeman]

You betchya!  That's what we're here for!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dorothea Martin" <bestsinger at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New Member


> Hello, Mike,
> You are right that the list members are neither doctors or CDEs. They know 
> all about the disease of diabetes and how to educate the public. What the 
> list members are, however, is even more valuable to me--you are diabetics 
> and blind people. That means you know much more about living with diabetes 
> as blind people than the sighted and non-diabetic doctors and educators 
> ever will.
> As I mentioned, I was diagnosed in Albania and, this being a top-down 
> culture, was given almost no information. I realized I would have to learn 
> on my own, so I changed the word the doctor had said from: "You are 
> diabetic," to: "You are blind." Well, where would I go for help for that? 
> To the blind folks, of course, we know about this. I have been reading 
> books about diabetes written by diabetics and looking for this list. It 
> wasn't easy to find, but now I have found it, and am I thankful! Keep the 
> messages coming.
> Dotty Martin
>
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