[Diabetes-talk] [nfb-talk] Gastral bypass surgery

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

And I think you would deal with it just as any sighted person would in terms
of protocol and management. Perhaps some modifications may be necessary, but
so far, in my personal dealings with health and medical procedures, very
little had to be modified to suit me as a blind person. I did pretty much
what a sighted person did in my given situations.

Obviously, each person is different and unique, so of course management will
be based on individual needs for any person, but in terms of blindness
alone, I don't think you need worry about making much accessible.

I'm also not familiar with this procedure, knowing only the basics, so maybe
others will have more insight.

If a diabetic undergoing gastral bypass surgery, it could drastically affect
glucose control, I would think, so that's another point to consider. As a
diabetic, I would be more concerned about meeting diabetic needs than blind
ones.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
David Andrews via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 5:20 PM
To: Jerry hathaway; NFB Talk Mailing List; blind ddiabetics; Diabetes-talk;
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Cc: David Andrews; Jerry hathaway
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] [nfb-talk] Gastral bypass surgery

Do you mean gastral bypass surgery?  If so, I am not sure how it would be a
blindness issue.

Dave

At 04:39 PM 7/11/2015, Jerry hathaway via nfb-talk wrote:
>I am looking for blind persons that has had gastal bypass surgery. I 
>want to know if the surgery was successful and how a blind person dealt 
>with the life changes involved with such a surgery. Thank you for your 
>comments and consideration on this subject.
>
>Jerry

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org


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