[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

[William and Bernadette Jacobs]

Well Darling,  I too have been a Braille reader all my life--some 48 years 
or so at least.  If I were you, I'd get the Packmate display and just keep 
right on reading.  I don't think in a year things will happen to your 
fingers unless your sugar is way, way out of control or something.  I myself 
have been diabetic since 1985 and I still carry on with my Braille like I 
always did.

Happy reading my friend!

Bern


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Kline" <julie.kline at rochester.rr.com>
To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:40 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable


> 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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