[Diabetes-Talk] News to Infuse - January 2021

Greg Wocher gtwocher at gmail.com
Sun Jan 24 20:45:16 UTC 2021 

Hello,
I still have PTSD when it comes to testing my blood from when I was diagnosed in the hospital. When they came to test my blood they did not have finger sticks like we do now. Instead they use the corner of a sterilized razor blade. They would take it and hit it against my finger. When I was only four this scared me a bunch. I have had a hard time testing my blood ever since then. 

Greg Wocher


> On Jan 24, 2021, at 2:57 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi everyone.
> I am really enjoying reading all of your stories. I am one of the lucky ones on this list. It's only been 33 years for me. The meter I started out with was really strange, but at least it was a meter, didn't talk but it beeped. I was also already blind and was age 34 when Type 1 came a-calling. I found it hard enough to adjust as an adult and feel very blessed that I didn't have to deal with this stuff as a teen-ager. I remember when I was hanging out in the hospital, thinking, well, many people with diabetes are blind so I won't have to invent everything. Ummm, I was surprised when I learned what hadn't been done for us. So within two months, I was talking with people at various companies. 
> But there's a lot I missed and boy am I thankful. Congrats to the rest of you who did a good job with what you had.
> Veronica
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 1:03 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Cc: Patricia Maddix
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] News to Infuse - January 2021
> 
> Diana and Greg,
> Boy does that bring back memories. I have had diabetes for 60 years so I had it for over 20 years before we could test blood sugars. As I always became violently ill when having a hypoglycemic episode my doctors always suggested having a small amount of sugar in my urine to be safe. In general you don’t show sugar in the urine until your blood sugar is over 200 so we know what my blood sugars were and that was not all that great until new technologies Came along. I also remember the 2 inch long 18 gauge needles that my parents and I had to sharpen and daily boiling of needles and syringe is. I do wish I could have come home for lunch but we really didn’t understand at the time how important that was and how much that might’ve been able to help. I had to make do with school lunches and that was it.  I still have my original diet scale which was a high-quality product and still weighs things exactly down to 1 g. Of course, now I have a talking diet scale and still weigh most of my carbohydrate containing foods as looking at them to estimate is not a great option anymore.
> If we had had today’s technology 50 or 60 years ago I would undoubtedly not be blind today.
> I am so thankful for all of the technology that I am currently using.
> Patricia
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>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 10:18 AM, Greg Wocher via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> I have been an insulin dependent diabetic now for 41 years. When I was first diagnosed they still did not have at home blood glucose testing. I started with urine tests. For the first 10 or so years my sugar actually averaged at around 200. I am so thankful for the progress that’s been made. The CGMs are such a blessing. I am just looking forward to the day they have non-invasive blood glucose testing. 
>> 
>> Greg Wocher
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Boy! That's for sure.
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Diana Cook via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 8:34 AM
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>>> Cc: Diana Cook <diana56cook at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Fwd: News to Infuse - January 2021
>>> 
>>> On the topic of how things have change: I have been insulin dependent for 72 years. When the dr told my mom,” your daughter has diabetes “, she didn’t really know what he meant and thought it would be treated and go away. That night I went into a coma. My parents were told, “It she lives, 23 years is all you can expect.”  There was no at home blood testing, only urine...who knows how long it had been in your bladder?  Nothing was disposable; daddy had to sharpen my needles on a wet stone. Everything had to be boiled. My strict, ridged diet was weighed on scales.  My parents bought a house near the school so I could come home for lunch.  I am so thankful for the progress that has been made. A cure is needed!   Diana cook
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