Voice of the Diabetic, Fall 2007: Table of Contents

Voice of the Diabetic, Fall 2007: Table of Contents

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Understanding
Oral Diabetes
Medication
Continuous
Glucose
Monitoring
COUNTING
CARBS
Can Improve
Your Control
Transplant
Tales –
Of Kidneys,
Family, and
Quality Time
New Feature:
PUMPER’S VOICE

Vol. 22,
No. 4 Fall Edition 2007

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
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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:
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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