DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING Eileen Rivera Ley EDITOR Elizabeth Lunt ART DIRECTOR Suzanne Shaffer EDITOR EMERITUS Ed Bryant DIRECTOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS Gail Brashers-Krug CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ann S. Williams TECHNOLOGY WRITER Tom Rivera Ley Subscriptions are no longer available. SUBSCRIBERS: Send Subscription orders and inquires to: Voice of the Diabetic 1800 Johnson Street Baltimore, MD 21230 phone: 1-888-581-4741 www.nfb.org/voice News items: [email protected] Subscriptions & change of address: [email protected] To distribute free copies: [email protected] To advertise: [email protected] Voice of the Diabetic is published quarterly by the Diabetes Action Network (DAN) of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). It is read by over 320,000 diabetics and their care-givers who know that with the right information and support, no diabetic has to feel helpless or hopeless, regardless of medical complications. Voice of the Diabetic is available in print, audio, and e-mail versions and is the only magazine that focuses specifically on making life with diabetic complications a lot less complicated. Voice of the Diabetic: Educate, Empower, Inspire. Note: The information and advice contained in Voice of the Diabetic are for educational purposes and are not intended to take the place of personal instruction provided by your physician or by your health care team. Discuss any changes in your treatment with the appropriate health professionals. Copyright 2007 Diabetes Action Network, National Federation of the Blind. ISSN 1041-8490 VoiceCover: Tom Ley and his children have more time together since his brother gave him a kidney. Photo by Allen Polansky.   Contents FEATURE:   Transplant Tales Of Kidneys, Family, and Quality Time by Elizabeth Lunt Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A Movie is Worth a Thousand Pictures A Review of the Medtronic Guardian REAL-time System by Thomas Ley Pumper’s Voice by Gary Scheiner Counting Carbs Can Improve Your Control by Lynn Bailiff Healthy Home Cooking If Blindness Comes   The DAN in Action at Convention by Alan Wheeler Resolution 2007 Imagine Independence—The Possibilities Fair NFB State Conventions for the Remainder of 2007 Determination is the Key by Dr. Marc Jay Gannon Be Prepared: Planning for Sick Days by Ann S. Williams Understanding Oral Diabetes Medications by Gail Brashers-Krug Resource Roundup Voice of the Diabetic Subscription Form Ask the Doctor Resource Roundup COMPLETE ISSUE (Word Document)   Posted: October 2007