[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

[d m gina]

Gee I didn't know we couldn't eat tacos.
I love Taco salad.
With chicken and beans.
One of my favorite things to eat.

Original message:
> 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! :-) :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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