Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN, Author at ConnectCenter

Diabetes and the Significance of the A1c Test: Part 2 in a Series

Posted on November 7, 2022 - 4:24 pm by Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN

Person Taking Blood from Personfor A1c Test

Taking Blood for A1c Test (The A1C Test & Diabetes | NIDDK (nih.gov)) Editor’s note: For National Diabetes Month, this is the 2nd in a series of posts about managing diabetes written by Audrey Demmitt, RN, BSN, a Diabetes Nurse Educator and APH VisionAware Peer Advisor. In Part 1 of the series, Audrey discussed how diabetes education […]

Diabetes Education Can Help Lower Blood Sugars & Reduce the Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted on October 31, 2022 - 3:24 pm by Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of updated posts on living with diabetes and blindness or low vision, written by Audrey Demmitt, RN, BSN, a Diabetes Nurse Educator and APH  VisionAware Peer Advisor. As a primer to initiate Diabetes Awareness Month, Audrey introduced this topic with an overview of diabetes from head […]

Managing Diabetes from Head to Toe

Posted on October 31, 2022 - 2:53 pm by Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN

November is National Diabetes Month www.nei,nih.gov/diabetes. If you have diabetes, keep your health on TRACK and get a dilated eye exam at least once per year. There are a series of icons showing medications, monitoring, exercise, eating properly, and no smoking

Editor’s note: November is National Diabetes Month, and VisionAware is updating a series of posts on living with diabetes and blindness or low vision, written by Audrey Demmitt, RN, BSN, a Diabetes Nurse Educator and an APH VisionAware Peer Advisor. At age 25, Audrey was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and continued to work as a nurse for 30 years […]

February is Retinitis Pigmentosa Awareness Month

Posted on February 22, 2022 - 12:53 pm by Audrey Demmitt RN, BSN

These images show a section of retina tissue from the back of the eye, as seen through a high-resolution microscope. The left image illustrates a normal retina, while the right image shows a retina affected by a condition called retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of inherited retinal diseases that cause progressive deterioration of the light-sensing cells in the retina, leading to significant visual impairment and blindness. There are many forms of RP and related diseases, including Usher syndrome, Leber Congenital Amaurosis, and Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Symptoms and progression can vary from person to person, […]