[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

[Mike Freeman]

Yeah ... I take diabetes seriously and work at controlling it ... but not
too hard! After all, I might miss one of the four basic food groups --
tacos, enchiladas, tamales and chili rellenos! :-) :-)

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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:35 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

Fab Mike...that is good

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> I didn't say it was recommended; I said that for someone who isn't a 
> diabetic; A1C's usually run between 4 and 6.
>
> I have LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes of adults) -- effectively, 
> type 1
> -- and my A1C ran 5.8 for a while without ill effects. But it varies 
> with the person and I'm perfectly happy with an A1C under 7 and 
> ecstatic when it's 6.5 or lower -- it was 6.8 a few days ago.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2011, at 11:04, 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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