[Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

Mon Oct 31 03:29:05 UTC 2011

Guess you'll have to come to a national convention or your state president
will have to request me as a national rep for us to meet.

Up with Mexican food!

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 8:05 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

Here is how I took the message I replied to,
because I thought the person was in question of eating tacos.
I don't eat them all of the time, but my favorite is Taco chicken salad.
I can get two meals from where we buy it from.
Jim can eat the whole thing.
Oh well.
A good lunch as well.
Yes I watch what I eat, and know that I am doing well.
Won't do the a one c until December.
You did make me laugh though, I can picture you eating lots of tacos.
Oh me I hope to meet you so we can go get some.
And not pretend ones.

Original message:
> Dar:

> Goodness! You've been on this list long enough now to know that there's
> *nothing* we *can't* eat. There are only things which it might be wise to
> eat in moderation.

> I eat a ton of tacos, taco salad, refried beans etc. myself without ill
> effects.

> It's also important to note that diabetes is as individual as each person.
> What works for one person might not work for another. I can eat fat
> peanutbutter-and-mayo sandwiches without going too high but I know someone
> else that such fare would drive through the roof bg-wise.

> Different strokes and all that.

> Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 8:15 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is losing Braille reading inevitable

> 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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