[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Julie,
Nerves continue to grow and change as does our brain. If you continue to use
it, you will be able use it. If you do not, you will lose it. Yes, good
control is important, but keep it up. The brain that changes itself by
Norman Doidge goes into detail on this. Our bodies are very incredible. If
we continue to use them, they will work better than if we just stop
something, then we really do lose that ability.
Denise

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Julie Kline
<julie.kline at rochester.rr.com>wrote:

> Good afternoon,
> I am thinking of buying a Braille display for my pac mate and I just
> wondered if this was a wise idea given that I have type 2 diabetes.  I know
> a lot of people who are diabetic who say they can't read Braille, and I
> don't want to purchase something and then find out a year later I can't use
> it because I can't feel the dots.  I've read Braille all my life and am
> proficient at it.  I don't have any trouble telling the difference between
> the dots, no finger pain, no loss of feeling in anything, no nerve
> problems,
> and my a1C is 7.8 which my doctor says is good but he still wants to get
> down to 6.  Just from a perspective of whether or not I will be able to
> continue to read Braille, is this a good idea?
>
> Thanks.
> Julie
>
>
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Denise

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