[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

[Mike Freeman]

Sorry for the vagueness. I was typing fast during a work coffee break so
didn't word things as carefully as I should have.

Dr. Bernstein maintains that it is quite possible to get one's A1C down into
the 4's but although he has a bazillion wise things to say about diabetes
care, he may be a bit extreme on this one. You can find his books on
Bookshare.

Mike


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From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 6:24 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

Yep, got it. Mike's post read as though 4 to 6 was a target range for
diabetics, but I understand now.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan


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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:34 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable


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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