[Diabetes-talk] Help needed

[Bonnie Lucas]

Hello everyone,

I am not diabetic but I am blind and a CVRT here in Alaska. I have a lady who has recently lost her sight and has had pretty much no blindness training. She is unstable on her feet, at home a lot and needs to learn to take her blood sugar and give herself insulin. So, I need to learn how to do insulin, I have the supplies, and then teach her how. This seems difficult to me and I have put it off so if someone could walk me through the process, perhaps on the phone, that would be great. Then, she apparently has to take differing amounts, depending on what her blood sugar is. I figure that this means she needs to have several marked syringes or to have several marks on one syringe. Any advice would be very appreciated. She does not use the computer or I would have had her on this list some time ago.

My desk phone number is below and you may also email me at lucas.bonnie at gmail.com<mailto:lucas.bonnie at gmail.com>. We are 4 hours earlier than Eastern time.

Thanks again.

Bonnie


Bonnie Lucas, CVRT, MSW
Braille and Technology Instructor, VISA Coordinator
Equipping Alaskans for Success
Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
3903 Taft Drive
Anchorage, Alaska  99517
Phone: (907) 248-7770    Direct: (907) 771-4306
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