[Diabetes-talk] New Member

[Vincent Chaney]

Dorothea,

Welcome to our Diabetes-Talk list. You would find much to read about blindness at http://www.nfb.org . May I make the suggestion to click on "Publications" and then pick "Literature". The topics are broken down alphabetically and you will find "Diabetes". There are many books and writings available free from the Internet there to choose from. Please read "Bridging the Gap: Living with Blindness and Diabetes". There are many more. 
With regards to our monthly publication of the "Braille Monitor" you will find ocasional diabetic articles and our other NFB events and topics. 
You will notice, there is much more in the publications list also...
Wishing you the best with your diabetes...

Vinny
Vincent Chaney Jr
NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board of Directors
NFBNJ Diabetes Division President 
NJAGDU (NFBNJ Association of Guide Dog Users) Division President
NFBNJ Technology Division Vice President 
NFBNJ Resolutions Committee Member
NFBNJ.ORG Webmaster
Mail: vgc732 at optonline.net

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Freeman 
  To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind 
  Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New Member


  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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