[Diabetes-Talk] New Member Looking For Support

Tue Nov 16 05:08:33 UTC 2021

Nope just Washington and Oregon Regence.

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina
via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 10:02 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] New Member Looking For Support

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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