[Diabetes-Talk] Regarding my diabetes education appointment

Mon Nov 2 20:45:03 UTC 2020

Hello Bridgit,

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I am very proud of myself. It's 
taken a lot of work to have gotten this far. But honestly, I love it. I 
am so glad that things are working out for me. I know I still have a 
ways to go. But I am really looking forward to it. I am enjoying making 
the changes.

Also, thank you for letting me know about the PDFs. I don't know a lot 
about how they work, or how easy it might be to get one converted.

When you read one with your phone, do you use a certain App?

I have the Voicedream App. This is what I tried using to read it the 
other day. The App did pretty well. But it could have been better.

Yes, I am able to interact with the staff online. I have an App on my 
phone that I can use, to log in to their system and send a message. I 
love it. I actually sent my diabetes specialist a message on Friday. She 
was able to respond back to me, before the end of the day. So I think 
this will work out well.

I will keep you all posted on how things are going. I feel so much 
better about things. And much happier.

Terri

On 10/28/2020 3:32 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> Terry,
>
> This is fantastic news. You should be incredibly proud of these
> accomplishments. Keep it up.
>
> PDFs are accessible depending on how it's created. If created as an image,
> screenreaders won't recognize the text. It shouldn't be a big deal for the
> clinic to format the PDF as a Word doc. It's quite easy to convert
> back-and-forth
>
> Also, if you use an iPhone, try reading the PDF from your phone. I find PDFs
> that don't read with JAWS will with Voiceover.
>
> Also, do you have an email for the nurse so you can email questions and
> concerns? I frequently email my med staff if I need assistance and answers
> in between appointments.
>
> Congrats and keep up the good work.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Terri
> Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 1:59 PM.
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Terri Stimmel <icecreamlover76 at outlook.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Regarding my diabetes education appointment
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> This past Monday was my appointment for my diabetes. As I mentioned in
> previous messages, I was switching my care over to my primary care doctor.
> In doing this, I will now also have appointments with a nurse practicianer
> who will help me with meal planning and such.
>
>
> My first appointment with her went very, very well. I am so happy, and so
> thankful that I made these changes. I was worried about doing this.
> But I'm not any longer.
>
>
> I felt very comfortable with her. I felt she was well educated, and kept
> up with things. She answered all my questions. I didn't feel stupid for
> what I had to ask. I felt like I was receiving top-notch care. I needed
> this after how I had been feeling with my diabetes specialest.
>
>
> She asked me if I wanted meal and snack ideas. I told her I did. So she
> emailed me a PDF. She also printed it out. This way if I had someone who
> could help me look it over, or a way to scan it, I could. She also told
> me that if I couldn't access the PDF, to let her know and she would find
> a way to help me be able to access it.
>
> I loved that she was more than willing to make things accessible for me.
> Or help me figure out ways to access stuff. I do have sighted assistance
> at times. But it's limited.
>
>
> My A1C is down to 7. In about 3 months it's gone from 7.6, to 7. So I
> feel that's pretty good. I'm happy that it's continuing to go down. I
> want this to keep happening.
>
>
> Also, she decided to leave my Treseba at 80 units.
>
> However, she lowered my Novolog at breakfast from 25 units, to 20 units.
> Right now, lunch is still at 25, and dinner is still at 30.
>
> She asked me what I thought of the Ozempic. I told her I didn't think it
> affected me nearly as badly as the Victoza had. But that I still thought
> it caused a lot of stomach upset. But I also told her that in some ways
> I think it helps me eat less. That once when I didn't have it for a
> week, I felt rather more hungry than usual. She said this was possible.
>
>
> I told her that my goal is to eventually need less insulin. But that I
> didn't know if this was possible. So she told me that if I were
> interested, that in time I could possibly try a pill at dinner, instead
> of insulin. I told her that I would consider this. But the medications
> such as, Farcega, and Jardiance made me nervous. To me, the side affects
> seem awful. But I am open to this.
>
>
> I decided that for now I won't ask her about the V-Go system. I am very
> curious about it. But for now I think I need to have other priorities. I
> hope that makes some sense?
>
>
> So that's what happened. I go back in mid November for a follow-up
> visit. She also did tell me that my lows were in the 4 percent range,
> and that this wasn't good. She said she'd prefer to see them at 2
> percent. Then she also stated that something else was at 95 percent, and
> that this was phenomenal. I meant to ask her what she was talking about.
> But we got onto other things, and I never got back around to it. She was
> viewing my Libre system, when she said both of these things.
>
>
> I feel so much better about things, now that I've gone to this
> appointment. I look forward to eating better, and making better choices
> for myself. I look forward to having better controlled diabetes, and not
> having to worry about it so much.
>
>
> Thank you to all of you who have kindly offered me support and advice. I
> truly appreciate it. I will keep you all posted on how things are going
> with me. My biggest struggle is realizing when I am truly hungry, or
> just wanting to eat, because I'm bored and it's something to do.
>
>
> Terri
>
>
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