[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Bridgett, I believe Mike is talking about what "normal-non diabetics run"
which is true, it is between 4-6.
Denise

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Bridgit Pollpeter
<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Hmmm... My doctors have always said an A-1C lower than 6 was not good
> because it means you're running low far too often. It does vary between
> people, and type 1 and type 2 are different, but this is the first I've
> ever heard of numbers lower than 6 being recommended for A-1C levels.
>
> 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 Mike Freeman
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 12:52 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable
>
>
> Julie:
>
> It's always a good idea to get one's A1C as low as possible consistent
> with avoidance of frequent hypoglycemia. The American Diabetes
> Association says one should get one's A1C below 7 percent and the
> American Association of Clinical Endrocrinologists says one should
> ideally get one's A1C below 6.5 percent. Of course, both groups rightly
> say that one shouldn't set an A1C goal without consulting with one's
> diabetes care physician as there may be good reasons (hypoglycemic
> unawareness, for example) for setting a target A1C higher than 6.5 or 7
> percent. All other things being equal, however, lower is better (a
> "normal" A1C runs between 4 and 6 percent).
>
> All that being said, it is definitely *not* inevitable that one will get
> diabetic neuropathy of sufficient severity to impair Braille reading. In
> fact, far more diabetics read Braille sucessfully than the
> "conventional" wisdom of traditional Braille teachers might indicate.
>
> So while one can never make hard and fast predictions, I'd say go ahead
> and get that Braille display. And the lower you get that A1C, the more
> likely you are to never have trouble with diabetic neuropathy.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:40, "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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