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

[Mike Freeman]

Eileen:

With great respect, it's not up to your doctor -- it's up to *you* 
ultimately to take care of your diabetes. DDI probably would provide the 
software if you asked. But there's no guarantee that the good doctor 
would install it on his machine in any event (people are double-plus 
reluctant to install stuff given by a stranger).

Write down your readings and print them out for the good doctor. 
Besides, *you* may learn something by reviewing your readings. In the 
end, the idea is to be more expert about your diabetes than your doctor 
is!

Mike

----- 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 12:21 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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