[stylist] I am okay, still here

Fri Mar 11 17:03:56 UTC 2011

Welcome back JC!  Or should I say welcome back JC's computer?  Glad to hear 
all is well, Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6yr" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
To: <newmanrl at cox.net>; "Writer's Division Mailing List" 
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Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:22 AM
Subject: [stylist] I am okay, still here


> Hi friends,
> near the beginning of february my computer started acting strange.
> this was followed by a hardware problem, then an operating system problem. 
> just tonight I have I am back on e-mail, but without my addressbook.
>
> I hope my absence hasn't been worrysome for some of you.  I did put 
> together a valentine's story, in an exercise to see just how short a story 
> I could actually write.
> I hope to post it soon.
>
> jc
>
>
> At 11:17 AM 2/20/2011, you wrote:
>>When I recognize that one of our membership has published an article 
>>within
>>one of our NFB family of publications, I will copy it and bring it to the
>>rest of you for your reading pleasure and to highlight this success of a
>>member. (I am sure that there are many other publication successes that I 
>>am
>>unaware of, especially if it is in a non-NFB mag that I am not reading. 
>>And
>>on that note, we could post articles/work of any member, if we become 
>>aware
>>of it.)
>>
>>                                  ----------
>>
>>                             Voice of the Diabetic
>>
>>                                A Wake-Up Call
>>
>>                            by Marilyn Brandt Smith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>       From the Editor: Marilyn Brandt Smith lives in Louisville, 
>> Kentucky,
>>
>>with her husband Roger and their son Jay. The Smiths are retired teachers,
>>
>>and Marilyn is also a freelance writer and editor.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>        My husband's talking watch announced that it was 6:00 p.m. when 
>> the
>>
>>phone rang. Thanks to his audio caller ID, he knew instantly who was
>>
>>calling that April evening. But the doctor's office should have been
>>
>>closed. Did surgeons work this late?
>>
>>       "You have to get your blood glucose down, or we aren't doing your
>>
>>surgery next week," said the voice on the other end of the line.
>>
>>       My fifty-six-year-old husband Roger had been suffering from
>>
>>infections, headaches, congestion, and pain, and, when he went to the
>>
>>doctor to investigate the cause, they found a tooth fragment lodged in his
>>
>>sinus cavity, the result of a routine tooth extraction last summer.
>>
>>       Since Roger was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age forty-eight, 
>> he
>>
>>had been managing with oral medication, improved diet, and increased
>>
>>exercise. He lost fifty pounds, and, although his A1C has crept up in
>>
>>recent years, he thought he was in reasonably good control. Then the
>>
>>surgeon called to report a blood glucose level of 270 mg/dl, more than
>>
>>double what a fasting glucose should be. Something had to change and fast.
>>
>>       Diabetes runs in Roger's family, and he has always known he might
>>
>>someday need to go on insulin. Although Splenda and other sugar-free
>>
>>goodies appear regularly on our grocery list, his diet is not as good as 
>>it
>>
>>should be. He was, and still is, a great fan of the all-you-can-eat 
>>buffet.
>>
>>
>>
>>       The morning after that disappointing phone call, we went to see our
>>
>>family doctor, and Roger got an A1C test. The result left everyone
>>
>>speechless: His A1C was 9.3 percent--far too high. Our doctor knew that
>>
>>Roger would prefer to avoid insulin injections, so she was surprised when
>>
>>he was the first one to suggest that option. Roger told the doctor about
>>
>>his twin sister Linda, who suffers from nerve damage as a complication of
>>
>>her diabetes. Roger didn't want to deny the seriousness of the disease, as
>>
>>he feared his sister may have done. He didn't want to develop kidney
>>
>>disease or neuropathy. And my husband cares more than most about the
>>
>>sensitivity in his hands and feet because he has been blind since birth.
>>
>>       I knew where Roger was coming from. I've also been blind since 
>> birth,
>>
>>and I have had type 2 diabetes since 2004, when I was sixty-five. Mine has
>>
>>always been well controlled with just two Metformin tablets a day. But I
>>
>>knew that my husband's A1Cs were getting out of control and that he would
>>
>>need a change. Roger started taking insulin injections the same day. He
>>
>>brought his blood glucose under control, and his surgery was completed on
>>
>>schedule. Three months later his A1C had dropped to 6.7. An A1C of 9.3
>>
>>right before surgery wasn't what my husband wanted or expected. But it got
>>
>>him on the right track to good diabetes control. He started on insulin, 
>>and
>>
>>he has been improving his diabetes management ever since.
>>
>>                                  ----------
>>
>>Robert Leslie Newman
>>
>>President, Omaha Chapter NFB
>>
>>President, NFB Writers' Division
>>
>>Division Website
>>
>>  <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org> 
>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>>
>>Personal Website-
>>
>>  <http://www.thoughtprovoker.info> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>>
>>
>>
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