Voice of the Diabetic, Spring 97

Voice of the Diabetic, Spring 97

VOICE OF THE DIABETIC

The Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation

of the Blind

A Support and Information Network

Volume 12, No.2, Spring Edition 1997

Ed Bryant, Editor

The VOICE OF THE DIABETIC, published quarterly,

is the national newsmagazine of the Diabetes Action Network of the National

Federation of the Blind. It is read by those interested in all aspects of blindness

and diabetes. We show diabetics that they have options regardless of the ramifications

they may have had. We have a positive philosophy and know that positive attitudes

are contagious.

News items, change of address notices, and other

magazine correspondence should be sent to: Ed Bryant, Editor, Voice of the Diabetic,

1412 I-70 Drive SW, Suite C, Columbia, Missouri 65203; telephone: (573) 875-8911.

Copyright 1997 Diabetes Action Network, National

Federation of the Blind. ISSN 1041-8490

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

Marc Maurer, President

National Office

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

NFB Net BBS: (612) 696-1975

Web HomePage Address: http://www.nfb.org

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION

SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND -- IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES.

Inside This Issue

My Transformation

by Betty Walker

Organ Donors

Take Care of

Yourself

by Leona Timbo

Preventing,

Minimizing, or Delaying Kidney Failure

New Diabetes

Drug Approved

1997 Convention

Kidney Failure,

Dialysis, and Transplantation

by Ed Bryant

Letters to

the Editor

Advising the

Advisors: The Need for Specialists

by Peter J. Nebergall, Ph.D.

Diabetes: The

Space Connection

Spotlight —

Robert Kramer

Social Security,

SSI and Medicare Facts for 1997

by James Gashel

Dialysis at

National Convention 1997

by Ed Bryant

Less Protein

May Reduce Dialysis Deaths

Travel, Vacations,

and Diabetes

by Celia Henderson

Ask the Doctor

by Wesley W. Wilson, MD

Can I Eat Sugar?

Tactile Insulin

Vials — Progress Report

by Ed Bryant

Recipe Corner

What You Always Wanted to Know But Didn't Know Where To

Ask (Resource Column)

Food for Thought

Updated June 3, 1997