[Diabetes-talk] Braille reading ability after diagnosis

[d m gina]

Hi there
It is both, I find days when I can read braille just fine, and other days not.
Or if the fingers are sore the dots sting.
I don't give up, and we read at mass so want to keep Braille skills up.
Hope this helps.
I also have been blind all of my life, and trust me I have more life to go.
Lots of grief to give everyone giggle.

Original message:
> Good evening,

> I mentioned in my intro that I had quite a few questions, so here's the
> first one out of the plethora of them.  It figures I'd pick the one that has
> been weighing on me the most.  My doctor nor the person doing the diabetes
> education can't seem to answer this, so here goes.

> I've been totally blind all my life.  I was born that way and as a result I
> grew up reading Braille, which I do very well.  Now that I have diabetes, am
> I going to lose that ability?  I know of a few people who are blind and have
> diabetes who say that they can't read Braille, and that prospect kind of
> scares me.  Is the reason they can't read it because of neuropathy in their
> fingers and you just can't feel the dots?  Or is the issue more that when
> you stick your finger for testing, that the calluses from this build up so
> much that you can't feel the dots anymore.  So far I have avoided sticking
> my fingers where I use them to feel the dots, but I recognize this approach
> limits where I can do my testing from, and I'm nervous about repeatedly
> sticking myself and not giving the area a chance to heal because I used it
> too frequently.

> I'd be interested in feedback from other people who are Braille readers or
> anyone who has insight on this.
> Thanks.
> Julie



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