Diabetes Mellitus

WHAT IS DIABETES
MELLITUS?

by Arturo Rolla, MD and
Joan Stout

The Space Connection

DIABETES: THE
SPACE CONNECTION

Dialogs About Diabetic Dynamos

DIALOGS ABOUT
DIABETIC DYNAMOS

by Debra Frank

Eating Sugar

CAN I EAT SUGAR?

Accessing Consumer Electronics

ACCESSING CONSUMER
ELECTRONICS

The Emotional Side

THE EMOTIONAL SIDE

Diabetes is incurable. It imposes restrictions on your lifestyle,
causes a long list of complications, and can shorten your life. To survive,
you have to diligently follow a prescribed routine, one you did not choose.
On top, you can go blind. Diabetes is not subtle, and the emotional aspects
need to be considered.

"Don't it always seem to go that you don't

know what you got 'til it's gone," sang Joni Mitchell so

Eugene Payne, Jr. Sets An Example

EUGENE PAYNE,
JR. SETS AN EXAMPLE

Diabetic Eye Disease

DIABETIC EYE DISEASE
by Prema Abraham, MD

Dr. Abraham is director of vitreoretinal and retinovascular
services, at Black Hills Regional Eye Institute, in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Introduction

Diabetes is a common medical problem which

affects the body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels. Over a

period of years, high blood sugar will damage small blood vessels

in the body and often cause problems such as kidney failure,

sensory abnormalities in the hands and feet, and eye problems.

Tactile Marks on Labels

FDA MEETING REPORT:
INSULIN VIALS WILL HAVE TACTILE MARKINGS

by Ed Bryant

Forty Years A Federationist

FORTY YEARS A FEDERATIONIST
by Thomas Bickford

(This article appeared in the BRAILLE MONITOR, July 1997,
published by the National Federation of the Blind.)

From the MONITOR Editor: Tom Bickford has been

a federationist for many years. In many ways that experience has

shaped and defined who he is and the gifts he has to offer in

every part of his life. This is what he says about the enriching

influence of the NFB in a person's life:

It was in October of 1956 that I first joined