[Diabetes-Talk] New Member Looking For Support

[Les Fitzpatrick]

Hello Jessica I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2012 right after I got
back from my fathers  funeral and I was pretty shaken by both events. And I
didn't see how I could possibly deal with this condition. I started using
the prodigy voice which is ok but I kept getting errors or not enough blood
so finally I heard about Dexcom G5 which later became Dexcom G6 which has a
sensor that attaches to your body and it then reads your sugar levels on
your phone, and you can check it every five minutes if you like although in
most cases that is really over kill. But it really works most of the time.
My insurance pays for it totally with maybe a five or ten dollar co-pay and
I don't ever want to be without it.  Hope this helps you.

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jessica
Diaz via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 7:52 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jessica Diaz <searsdiaz at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] New Member Looking For Support

Hello,

Thanks all. Yes I actually am going to my DR later today. I will definitely
get her to write a prescription  for the meter. I did see that maxi-aids has
it also and I can check out the NFB market. I just never used it before.
What kinds of excercises if any have you all incorporated into the journey
if any to help lower sugar levels also?
I know if I work on limiting my drink consumption that has increased since
being stuck working from home it defintiely will help as well. I just never
knew until now that I am making more of an effort to check package labeling
how sugar is in everything and some things have a lot of it where you would
not think so.
Jessica

On 11/15/21, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I got socks from walmart.
> They are for men and women.
> I have to work hard getting them on loll, but they sure do the trick 
> for my feet not to swell.
> They go up to the knee.
> Dar
> Original message:
>> Hello, Jessica,
>> We've all been where you are now. I remember that when I was 
>> diagnosed, I took my prescription papers and my other information to 
>> a friend who was a pharmacist and just said: "Please help me sort all 
>> this out. I don't know what to swallow or not to swallow and when." 
>> It seemed that my pride, my freedom and a couple other things had 
>> just gone down the drain and that I would have horrific consequences 
>> if I did not get it all straight right away.
>> I joined this list and they talked about living by my meter. I bought 
>> one, tried to do that, learned which foods made my blood sugar go up 
>> or down and began to see my numbers drop. It was gradual, but then, I 
>> had probably become diabetic gradually, too. So, get yourself a 
>> glucometer, they sell them at Walmart's CVS, the Independence Market 
>> of the NFB and other outlets that sell things for the blind. Some of 
>> the newer ones made for sighted people don't talk by themselves but 
>> can send the information to an app. You might want to start with a 
>> simpler one that speaks itself. So much of this is trial and learn. 
>> And then we are all here to help. Oh, and buy yourself some diabetic 
>> socks. They're the best thing about diabetes in my opinion. And then 
>> there is the best excuse for not having to eat anything you don't 
>> like. You just say
>> sadly: "I can't eat that. I'm diabetic," and rejoice silently.
>> Dotty Martin
>
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