[Diabetes-Talk] New Member Looking For Support

[d m gina]

The best drink of all is water.
I do ice water.
Then from time to time I will do a pepsi.
I do drink coffee in the morning, black, i don't add anything to it.
Exercise, you can walk around your living room so many times and that 
will help.
Or if you can take a walk around the block that would help.
I love to dance to music that helps to.
Dar
Original message:
> 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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