[Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

Tue Oct 25 22:11:00 UTC 2011

I am so sorry for your loss Dar, but he died of Kidney Failure, which is a 
complication of Diabetes, I was on dialysis from 2002-2005, I was lucky I 
had a friend donate to me.

People die of complications not the disease.

People get confused with that.

Again, I am so sorry for your loss.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

> My brother in law just passed away Saturday from diabetes.
> He was waiting for a kidney transplant.
>
> Original message:
> > Bridget
> > Your story sounds like mine, though I have had diabetes for 34 years 
> > now,
> > trying all those things you mentioned. The pain of the inserts was the 
> > main
> > issue. I am considered severe because the diabetes is difficult to
> > manage....drinking water makes my blood sugar rise to give you an 
> > example.
>
> > Yes, we all need a different path.
>
> > Denada on the invite
> > Denise
>
> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
> > <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> Denise,
>
> >> Diabetes has certain criteria that is across the board, but this 
> >> disease
> >> is very much an individual case type of disease. Different treatments
> >> affect different people in various ways. And what works for some,
> >> doesn't work for others.
>
> >> Having no function of the pancreas isn't necessarily "severe" diabetes,
> >> but it's type 1, and of course this means you will be insulin
> >> independent. I've been type 1 for 27 years and on an insulin pump for
> >> almost eight years now; about the same amount of time I've been blind.
>
> >> As most of us, I've been on the gambit of insulin treatments. Before my
> >> pump, I was on Lantis, and before that, I used NPH and a fast-acting
> >> insulin. Some people, like me, love the pump and have had the best
> >> regulation ever. The pump, though, isn't for everyone. How you describe
> >> your insulin routine, though, is essentially how one uses an insulin
> >> pump.
>
> >> I'm not sensitive to bruising or pain with my pump, and I'm not
> >> experiencing nueropathy either. If you experience this, a pump may not
> >> be the best device, or you haven't used a pump that works for you. I
> >> rarely, in eight years, have experienced issues with the tubing or
> >> mechanics of my pump. And even when on other insulin routines, I
> >> experienced lows and insulin reactions. In fact, since a child, I tend
> >> to have lows and respond very quickly to insulin. This is one of the
> >> reasons I like the pump because I can have certain rates that adjust
> >> throughout the day. So during peak times when I tend to be low, my pump
> >> has lower rates set.
>
> >> Anyway, there are many ways to treat diabetes with insulin. We all have
> >> to find what works best for us. Ultimately, it's about managing 
> >> diabetes
> >> the best we can.
>
> >> Welcome.
>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> >> Read my blog at:
> >> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> >> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> >> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M
> >> Robinson
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:11 AM
> >> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???
>
>
> >> Just a quick note on pump using...They are painful to use and cause
> >> brusing...at least on me and I have asked on others...so if you have a
> >> tendency to be sensitive, well...you know. Yes the convenience is nice
> >> to just pump insulin in at any time, but it needs to be working well 
> >> all
> >> the time and it does not.
>
> >> If you have lots of neropathy, the pain of it might not bother you as
> >> much, but here are some issues. The tubing, gets clogged or bubbles are
> >> in the tube and it won't deliver the insulin well and thus your blood
> >> sugar goes sky high. At night you can get severe lows...I have been 
> >> down
> >> to 30s and 40s, this happens during the day too even if I am a bit late
> >> on eating--I experience more severe lows with the pump and many many 
> >> too
> >> many highs because of the delivery system issues. I had to go off it
> >> because of these issues BUT, what I did learn is how to control my 
> >> blood
> >> sugar even better with needle injections...ok, I take about 7-10 shots 
> >> a
> >> day. I use lantus, long acting insulin in morning and small amount at
> >> night to get me through the night to keep my blood sugar in check and
> >> humlog for my fast acting...just lots of little shots throughout the 
> >> day
> >> to go with what I eat. My A1C is 6.5...I am considered a severe
> >> diabetic...absolutely no function in the pancreas since I was 16.
>
> >> I actually load my needle for the whole day. I am a 15 cc unit user for
> >> 1 day--I can't eat much, so it is easy to keep track. I know exactly 
> >> how
> >> much 2 cc units of delivery is so injection is easy and that is about
> >> how much food I eat at a time, due to stomach cancer issues and almost
> >> no stomach now. So it is easy to do delivery and I have the best A1C I
> >> have ever had. So if you know how much you take for the day, load that
> >> needle and it is easy to keep track of what is going on. At first you
> >> have to be VERY deligent in checking blood sugar to go with how much
> >> insulin you gave, but you get very good it this. Anyway...some side
> >> notes--Oh yes, just joined you all...HI Denise Robinson
>
>
> >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:28 AM, William and Bernadette Jacobs <
> >> bandbjacobs at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >>> Greetings Veronica!
>
> >>> So glad to hear from you!  Thank you also for your perception/comment
> >>> here! Great contribution to this!!  We've all got something here in
> >>> that no matter what Prodigy might or might not be guilty of, there are
>
> >>> a whole lot of hands in this charade:  Prodigy, solo, Roch, all the
> >>> other meter/pump  makers out there, all under the rule of the
> >>> "almighty" FDA???  And unfortunately, we still don't have a pump that
> >>> we were promised from any of them.  Yet, they don't seem to give a rip
>
> >>> because they aren't the consumers waiting for it. We're the ones
> >>> chomping at the bit for it.  I, myself am not a pumper but I'm not
> >>> sure I wouldn't be if there wasn't something out there worth my time
> >>> and energy.
>
> >>> At this point Gang, I'd really like to take this time to thank you
> >>> again. I've learned so much from all of you; pumpers/non-pumpers
> >>> alike.  I have really enjoyed the comradory here from everyone!  Guess
>
> >>> that's why I consider us family here!
>
> >>> Have a great day gang!
>
> >>> Bern
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Elsea" <
> >>> veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com**>
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:31 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] VoiceRx is Prodigy
>
>
> >>>  Well, I have no connection to Prodigy or anyone else, but from the
> >>>> conversations I had in August with Prodigy, other pump companies who
> >>>> were also held up, and the FDA representative, at this point I do
> >>>> believe that the FDA backlog is playing a part in the delay. There
> >>>> are several stages in which the FDA comes into play, some very early
> >>>> on in the pre-marketing approval. And given that nothing new is
> >>>> appearing anywhere right now, I'm willing to cut them some slack
> >>>> until I learn something different. But I'm not in the inner circle,
> >>>> just waiting like the rest of you. <grin.>
>
> >>>> Veronica
> >>>> We Woof You A Merry Christmas! Diabetes Melodious! And more! Music
> >>>> CDs that will impact and entertain you forever!
> >>>> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.**com <http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com>
> >>>> Veronica Elsea, Owner Laurel Creek Music Designs
> >>>> Santa Cruz, California
> >>>> 877-607-6407
>
>
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> >> --
> >> Denise
>
> >> Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
> >> CEO, TechVision
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>
> > Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
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> > Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
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