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

[Vincent Chaney]

Eileen and Paul,

Kelly Massaro, or if she has changed to her new married name, would be who 
and where to obtain the Prodigy cable and software. Unfortunately we who use 
screen readers are not able to use the software and they do not have a way 
without calling Kelly to send the software to you if you have someone 
sighted that would be able to run the software.
A note on the daily tests and the A1C, the daily/periodic tests are 
snapshots. Unless you/we use a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor, they may 
show we are in the right church but do not give the indication as to the 
seat where we are supposed to be sitting. The CGM checks every 5 minutes and 
records the result and can track what happens to our bodies when we eat, 
administer insulin or oral medications or activities we do in our lives.
The A1C gives the average over the last 2 to 3 months and how much glucose 
has adhered to the red blood cells. The A1C is a percentage of the blood 
with these having the bonded glucose.
Regarding our doctors, there are just too many different blood testers for 
them to have all the cables and software to download the results. We 
unfortunately have to do the manual mode of producing a report to bring to 
our doctors with most if not all glucose testers who use screen readers.

Vinny
Vincent Chaney, NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board
NFBNJ Diabetes Division President
NJAGDU Committee Co-chair Lead

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:21 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice Software; 
was - question


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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