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September 9, 2006

Billie,

WOW! IOguess i never thought of it that way. Most people i know with vision

problems can still see at least a little. Did you loose your vision from

diabetes complications?

Debbie

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September 9, 2006

Hi Debbie,

Don't we all find it frustrating! We have handi-transit here, I call it not

so handi-transit and you can wait for at least an hour sometimes to get a

ride. I use to use the regular bus, but since I had my stroke, I am forced

to use handi-transit. That's too bad about the employment. When I lost my

sight I lived out in the country and had to move into the city just so I

could function independently. Sometimes you just have to weigh out what

means the most to you which is not always easy.

Ruth

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Ruth,

There is no specific agency and most jobs around here are in St. Louis Mo.

which is about an hour by car away from here about 2-3 hrs by bus I have

found with the transportation service around here you can often get where

you need to be on time but you may wait for hours to get back home I find

that very upseting.

Debbie

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September 9, 2006

Debbie, Have you tried getting connected with your local Department of

Rehabilitation? Most states and Canada have this service available

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Recipies are great and I use them sometimes don't gert me wrong. I joined

this site to try to get useful information about living as a blind diabetic.

After 40 years of diabetes and 6 years as a blind diabetic I want to know

how others deal with vision loss. One day I was a self supporting employed

person the next I am labeled as handicapped and unemployed some how that

just doesn't seem right.

Debbie

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September 10, 2006

To add to what said, proteins also slow down the rate of absorbtion

by carbs, as well as the amount of fiber in the carbohydrate. You still

need to watch the fat because diabetics tend to have a higher tendency to

have clogged arteries, so it's best to slow down the carbs with protein and

fiber as opposed to higher fat count. That's also why it is recommended to

eat fruit as opposed to fruit juice. The fiber slows down the rate of

absorbtion of sugar into the blood stream.

Ruth

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Ken,

Carbs and calories are two different things. Food is made up of three basic

things--carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Carbohydrates are the part of food

that is eventually converted to energy or blood sugar. Protein is also

converted eventually but much more slowly, and fat simply slows down how

fast carbs or protein are converted to blood sugar. Calories are a measure

of how much energy you will get from a certain food. There are 4 calories

per gram of carb, 4 calories per gram of protein, and 9 calories per gram of

fat. Carbs are used by diabetics to control their blood sugar from spiking

and/or know how much insulin to take, and calories are used for weight

loss--if you burn more calories than you eat you lose weight, if you burn

the same amount as you eat then your weight remains stable, and if you eat

more than you burn then you gain weight.

I hope that's not too confusing. The units for carbohyrates and calories

used is the same in both Canada and the US, but the way food is measured

(ounces versus grams, etc.) may differ just as inches/centimetres differ,

it's just a different way of measuring or weighing food.

Jen

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> Hi Debbie,

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> The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to

> do what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation

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> going on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you

> can't start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss.

If

> you don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about

> it. Welcome to the list.

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> Jen

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September 10, 2006

Danny, What beand insulin pump do you have? I have the Disetronic H-tron.

With this brand, I can get prefilled insulin cartridges, so I don't have to

worry about filling the cartridge, although I did it before they offered the

prefilled ones.

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I can do most of the tasks neccesary for pump therepy on my own, but there

are certain things that I do need help to perform. For example, I get my

wife to help to set date and time, because the steps to do this are multi

and varitgated, and I do not wish to try to remember all the integrals to

perform such a task successfully, just to realize that I cannot confirm that

I have completed the process successfully. Most of the things necessary for

pump therapy a blind person can, and I know some who do successfully.

Filling the reservoir would be a challenge, for it has a tendency to have

air bubbles, but if you are careful to go through a proven routine to rid

the reservoir of them, it can be done. In short, I think a majority of

things can be done by a blind person, but some of the pump tasks sighted

help is needed, perhaps that of a family member, a good friend, a good

neighbor, etc.

In my estimation, two developments that have revolutionized diabetic therepy

is that of the glucose meter and the pump. In my 46 years of being diabetic

nothing external to my understanding of what is required for good control

and determination by the Lord's grace to do it has had more impact on

controlling my diabetes than these two things. If I had my rathers, I'd

rather I'd had access to these devices in 1960, but I didn't. Even though I

have had bad things happen to me in this present temperal life, all of which

I deserve, I am confident of my eternal state, however, because I know that

God works all things for my good and that good is that I be conformed to the

image of His Son.

Under His Mercy,

Danny

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September 10, 2006

It is good you joined, Debbie. We are all here to help and support.

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That's why I joined this site. I sometimes feel like I am going crazy.

It's nice to have people to talk to.

Debbie

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September 10, 2006

i checked the rehab out when i first lost my vision they were of little to no

help at all.

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September 10, 2006

Debbie, Tht is what most of us try to do-low carb and higher in protein

(unless you also have kidney disease). A lot of us have the read the book

by Dr. Bernstein, who is atype 1 diabetic who proposes you eat only

30 Grams of carbs a day. I think a lot of us think that is too loo low, but

many of us eat only 30 grams per meal. This depends a lot on how much

exercise you do. For instance, if you exercise a lot, you might need more

carbs than that. We also count carbohydrates and have several web sites

and wonderful carb counting site, originated by Dean, that I can send you if

interested, to help us with the carb counting. How is your A1C?

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I do have a question about a diabetic diet. Has anyone on here ever tried a

low carb diet to control blood sugar levels?

Debbie

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Hi Debbie,

The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to do

what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation is going

on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you can't

start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss. If you

don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about it.

Welcome to the list.

Jen

September 10, 2006

I also used the count-a-dose before the insulin pen. Also, in todays world,

you can get your insulin in pens, which are easy for blind people to use.

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How do you use an insukin pump without vision? Does your wife help you?

I was diagnosed in 1967 at age 10. i take lantus everday in the morning and

novolog as needed with an insulin pen.

I thought about an insulin pump but reconsidered because I don;t care to

have needles stuck in my belly day after day. I also worried about

infection.

I can still see but I can't identify things unless I get right on top of

them.I mow my own yard and my neighbors, take care of my house, and am

attempting to take online classes for a bachelors degree in liberal arts. I

hope some day to be a writer.

The thing that really gets to me about vision loss is the way people treat

you so I don't mention it unless I am asked. I don't use a cane or a guide

dog or anything like that I don't really need to I do pretty good but I get

awful lonely.

Debbie

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September 10, 2006

Debbie, Do you have gastropuresis?

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After just a few years of diabetes the metabolism of food (i forget the

name) is slowed down i have noticed this for years so if you do a 2post

parandial blood sugar you can get a false reading because the food has not

absorbed completely.

Debbie

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> Hi Debbie,

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> The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to

> do what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation

is

> going on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you

> can't start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss.

If

> you don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about

> it. Welcome to the list.

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> Jen

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September 10, 2006

I lost sight in one eye for not ducking while being shot at, and I lost

sight in the other eye a few years later due to a stroke brought on by

diabetic problems. This has been a very interesting and informative

support group get together this afternoon, has it not? I have found out

that we all have the same problems and concernes and yet we all have

different ways of dealing or copeing with them. It is also refreshing to

find a group of people that no matter the problem that some one else has

there is some one with a solusion or good advise on the possible way to

solve it. Thank you for letting me share your afternoon and may God Bless

you all. good night.

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That is incouraging what type of work do you do?

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September 10, 2006

I haven't had an A1c done since i started the low carb diet. i go back in Oct.

but the one before that was 7.3 and that was the highest one i've had in years.

i really though dr. beriensteins book mafe lots of sense.i am not a great

exerciser so it works well.

Debbie

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Hi Debbie,

The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to do

what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation is going

on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you can't

start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss. If you

don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about it.

Welcome to the list.

Jen

September 10, 2006

Debbie, no I did not sue the doctor. I was told that if I were to go that

route it would take many years and you would not likely win. they pay heavy

duty insurance against that sort of thing. I had lost my husband and he was

my sole mate and I was devastated from that. something I will never recover

from. I was certainly not looking for a new partner. he found me when I was

a patient in the hospital. he was a volunteer . he used to come up once a

week to sing. I met him through friends. my plate was full trying to get

used to becoming blind I really didn't want a social life too. I was working

hard to learn independence. he was determined to help. he started with

little things like reading my mail, cutting the grass, taking me to church

and the like. he was recently retired and had the time and was very

persistent. the rest is history. we have been married for two years now.

never a dull moment. we seem to be on the go every week.

that is just the way it has worked out. in the last year we went on two

vacations on to Florida and one to b c in Canada. and I was one that hardly

ever left town before, smile. so never say never.

but if it was not for the computer and taking courses with Hadley school for

the blind and talking books and my treadmill. I think I would have gone nuts

by now. I miss driving and coming and going whenever I pleased to this

darkness and sometimes I feel like a prisoner in my own home. I encourage

my husband to have a social life and get out. I still like some me time this

is when I do the books and computer. the health issues are sometimes rough

to deal with. no one said blindness and diabetes were fun and the problems

they bring.

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i couldn't tell you the amount of times i'd of been dead if i had listeed to the

doctor. in fact i believe most of my vision would of been fine had they not done

all the laser surgeries and just done the vitrectomoies (sp)

Debbie

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September 10, 2006

Hi Debbie,

What kind of style does the bibliography have to be in (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago),

do you know? I'm a long-time university student (going on my sixth year now,

ack) so have done a lot of bibliographies, and I'll offer any help I can.

Jen

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> Hi Debbie,

>

> The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to

> do what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation

is

> going on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you

> can't start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss.

If

> you don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about

> it. Welcome to the list.

>

> Jen

>

September 10, 2006

Hi Debbie,

There would have been no need for the vetrectomy if you had not had the

laser treatment. A vitrectomy is the last ditch effort to save your sight

when laser will not work and there is too much scar tissue. The real answer

for all of it is to watch the blood sugars and to not get into trouble in

the first place. I know because I've been there, done that.

Ruth

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i couldn't tell you the amount of times i'd of been dead if i had listeed to

the doctor. in fact i believe most of my vision would of been fine had they

not done all the laser surgeries and just done the vitrectomoies (sp) Debbie

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September 10, 2006

Hi Danny,

I know what you mean about the painful memories. Since I had my stroke, I

rode a little bit and then could not get back into the program. Everything

is for the kids you know and there is nothing set up for the adults who

could equally benefit from such programs. If I had not had the stroke, I

would have a horse on my Dad's farm and would still be riding. I too rode a

bit of barrels and poles and give you a lot of credit for still trying it

when you can't see the pole until you're just about on top of it. I had

full sight and had fun making sure things got started the right way. Way to

go! I won Jr. for my club. I miss it all terribly and the worst for me was

when I had to sell my equipment. I worked really hard for it all, buying

better equipment in order to keep up with those better than me and then beat

them or give them a good run for thir money. I try to look at it all in a

fond memories way instead of being sad and sometimes I still ride in my

dreams. That's all we can do. I'm glad to have found a kindred spirit.

Keep a stiff upper lip! By the way it's Ruth spelt r u t h not bruce.

Ruth

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Hi Bruce,

I rode western with limited vision up intil 1988. The event in which I

excelled was " pole bending " . My wife and I moved to Athens, GA in 1988 at

which time I was in the midst of a Ph.D. program. We did not have the

circumstances to have horses. The horse I showed for years died in 1987,

and I haven't owned a horse since. the story is too long and painful to

expand further. I won the senior pole bending championship at the Border

Belt Horseman Association in 1979, and I was legally blind. I could not see

the first pole until I was about 20 feet from it. I have a deep

appreciation for horses, a fact which my wife recognized. We spend our

honey moon on a working ranch in Montana in 1988, and we rode every day. It

was great!

Under His Mercy,

Danny

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September 10, 2006

it's in APA format. there has to be 10cited references and annotations. i finaly

think i have one done

1.. Fouts et al (2006) Demonizing in Children's Television Cartoons

and Animated Films Medline Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 37 (1): 15-23

A document about the prevalence of demonizing television and movies

concerning the Walt Disney Company and after school cartoons referring to the

use of words like monster, devil, daemon teaching children to demonize people

who are involved in bad behavior.

check this out.

Debbie

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> Hi Debbie,

>

> The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to

> do what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation

is

> going on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you

> can't start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss.

If

> you don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about

> it. Welcome to the list.

>

> Jen

>

September 10, 2006

Ruth,

so have i nothing like learning the hard way i guess it comes from the school of

hard knocks.

Debbie

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September 10, 2006

sounds like you lost a lot didn't we all. it may not be as bad if there was some

reason for the diabetic condition but thee isn't no one with type 1 diabetes

deserves this or any of it's complications.at least you have a wife and someone

to care for you.

Debbie

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September 10, 2006

hole it. WHat is this book and is it in accessible format for the blind?

Vicki

I asked God for all things that I might

enjoy life. God said, No. I will give you

life,

so that you may enjoy allthings.

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Hi Debbie,

The way to get people to talk about things when the list is quiet is to do

what you just did and post a message. Just because one conversation is going

on or a person is posting one thing like recipies doesn't mean you can't

start another thread if there's something you'd like to discuss. If you

don't post it no one has any way of knowing you'd like to talk about it.

Welcome to the list.

Jen

September 10, 2006

Hi ,

I 'm sorry, but I got a laugh when you said you met your partner when you

were in the hospital after losing your sight. It's funny because my husband

picked me up in the hospital in the same way. He did kind things and made

me feel needed after having my stroke. As a matter of fact, one of my

friends joked that I was the only woman she knew that picked up a man when I

was flat on my back and not in the typical way one means that. You've got

to wonder, what is it with these guys? Instead of going to the bar, they go

to the hospital? Funny way to pick up girls! I'm extremely glad it

happened though because we just shared our fourth wedding anniversary, and

see many more happy years to come. Thank God for these guys!