Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

June 15, 1999
I read my very first VOICE OF THE DIABETIC newspaper while waiting
for a friend at the eye doctors. What a wonderful paper!
My husband is diabetic, and I found your paper to be very informative.
The recipes and articles are just great. I work in a health care facility as
a CNA and am hoping to introduce your paper to them.
Excellent job to your news staff.
Barbara Henneman, CNA
Tonawanda, NY
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July 15, 1999
I read your paper for the first time yesterday at my work (I
work at the local health department) and I was very impressed with the amount
of information you've made available to people with diabetes. It was all very
reader-friendly and interesting. Having just gotten my son out of the hospitable
after a hypoglycemic seizure, I especially found the article on brittle diabetes,
by Dr. Peter J. Nebergall interesting. The dawn phenomenon was exactly what
the doctors think was happening to Trey, and to find an article on this after
having experienced it was very reassuring to me. The article on the front page
about Irving Mushlin was especially uplifting to me as a parent because my son's
mortality has been on my mind since the initial diagnosis. To see someone like
Mr. Mushlin, and to hear of his happy and rewarding life, make it all a little
brighter. The more informed I am the better I feel I can cope with life's everyday
happenings related to my child with diabetes. Thank you very much for your wonderful
publication and the opportunity for me to write to you.
Amy Pettis
Mt. Dora, FL
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August 6, 1999
I was in a doctor's office, and waiting for my dad, who was
getting his yearly check-up. I happened to pick up your newsletter. I was totally
engulfed with new information on diabetes. I happen to be involved with a man
who has diabetes for half of his life. I love this man dearly, and whatever
I can do or get new information, I surely appreciate it. I know our doctor is
the best person to ask questions and get information from, but when we do see
him it's for short periods of time and certain days, so any extra information,
concerns, and ideas of medicine, products, and etc., is helpful. I think education
is our best and only way to keep the diabetes under control. I am new to this,
and no one in my family has it, so everything I read, seek out, and hear is
new information, and I do want to get only the right information. After reading
only one issue, I feel this newsletter is the right one and interesting and
the one to keep me current with diabetic information. Thank you for putting
this together; I think it's an excellent source for people to read.
Sandra Hunsucker
Waco, TX
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August 6, 1999
Please send me fifty copies of the VOICE each quarter to be
used as free literature for our Diabetes Patient Self-Management Education Program.
A majority of our target population includes the elderly, the visually impaired,
and homebound patients. This literature will be a valuable resource for our
patients with diabetes.
Barbara Gibson, RNC, CDE
Slidell, LA
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August 12, 1999
Thank you so much for supplying me with VOICE OF THE DIABETIC
which I am passing out a libraries and to our support group. It is new and growing
steadily and rapidly, and the magazine is very helpful to us. I also want to
thank you for sending various articles pertaining to my own particular needs.
All had information which I had not seen anywhere else in my research. They
are just wonderful.
Again, many thanks for your continued assistance and contributions
of helpful articles.
Ann Dellarocco