[Diabetes-Talk] New Member Looking For Support

[d m gina]

I love mine as well, but I pay more than that.
You must have a swell insurance plan,
wonder if yoour insurance comes to Montana?
Dar
Original message:
> 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

> -----Original Message-----
> 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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