[Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice Software; was - question

[Eileen Scrivani]

Paul:

On my last visit to my diabetic doctor, I too brought in my Prodigy Voice 
meter.   I do not usually write down the results I get from the meter unless 
I plan ahead for a doctor's visit.  Also with the new meter and the ability 
to connect it to a PC I thought, let my doctor just connect the meter and 
get my daily results.  I was told when I asked if they wanted to connect the 
meter that they did not have the software for this particular meter and were 
unable to get my daily readings.

It is a major pain in the behind when I have to manually type in after each 
and every test my readings, into a file on my Pc.  But, I'll be dammed if 
the money to buy the software or cable for the Prodigy for my doctor's 
benefit is comming out of my pocket.  If this is now the meter of choice for 
diabetics who are blind, what will it take to get doctor's offices to get 
the necessary connections for it?  I'm not about to start a 
when-push-comes-to-shove argument with my doctor of 13 years who I mostly 
like and am able to work with over this issue.  I wish that Prodigy would at 
least provide us, the end-user of the product with the cable & software that 
we could offer to our doctors.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


> Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual 
> diabetes
> review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download the
> info from all my readings for the period.
>
> As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test my
> a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't 
> necessary
> to be concerned about what data the meter had.
>
> Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him to
> overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, or
> what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to feel
> apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is what
> they're doing sufficient?
>
> I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
> either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
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