As if that were not enough, if your sugars are up above 240, your immune system can be compromised. They explore everything from the sound of solder and snow, the memories evoked by the feel and smell of good wood, to coping with a blind six-year old with a squirt gun. A new type of insulin pump is currently undergoing trials. Where current insulin pumps, about the size of phone pagers, are external, delivering insulin through a catheter, the hockey- puck sized implantable pump is surgically installed in the abdominal cavity. Before meals, the patient holds a small transmitter device over the pump site, programming it to deliver extra insulin.
Implantable pumps have some drawbacks.
The Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind reaches out and provides support and information to thousands of people. Our Diabetes Action Network has elected to hold a raffle, which will be coordinated by our treasurer, John Yark. Please make checks payable to the National Federation of the Blind. This raffle is open to anyone age 18 or older, and the holder of the lucky raffle ticket need not be present to win. Each ticket sold is a donation, helping keep our Diabetes Action Network moving forward.