[Diabetes-talk] False Low/Good Reading on Prodigy Voice?

[Mike Freeman]

Eileen:

I just had to have my computer reloaded also; an uninstall of a very old 
version of JAWS messed up the registry somehow and the machine wouldn't come 
all the way up; it just rebooted, came partway up and rebooted again. But 
all is well again now.

I know that Tom Ley and I discussed with DDI engineers the possibility of 
putting in circuitry to reliably detect low blood. I'd like to see the 
engineering specs on the Companion to see if its manufacturers did things 
the way the DDI engineers proposed to do.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "eileen SCRIVANI" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] False Low/Good Reading on Prodigy Voice?


> Mike:
>
> A bit of a disagreement here.  Prior to getting the P.V., my husband 
> bought a small meter for me that was promoted on T.V. as being good for 
> blind diabetics.  While it did have some speech functionality on it, it 
> was not totally accessible.  With that said, one very nice feature on the 
> Companion was that if I did not get a sufficient sample on it, it was stop 
> the test a vocalize an error message stating that I did not have a good 
> enough blood sample on the strip.  My point is that it can be done and in 
> fact has been. It would be a nice feature if it could be made on the 
> Voice.  Often, with the previous meter, I'd run four tests in a row ... 
> way to many and again having a bad meter makes an unpleasant task even 
> more distasteful.
>
> My computer had been out of service for a few days now, but Kelly has 
> contacted me in the interim and I already have a replacement meter and am 
> seeing higher readings on the new meter and am able to treat accordingly. 
> Hopefully, this will get my levels back in good shape.
>
> Thanks to Kelly and Alahandra!
>
> Talk soon -- the computer is still not totally up to par yet, but we're 
> working on getting it back to pre-hard drive crash.
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] False Low/Good Reading on Prodigy Voice?
>
>
>> Eileen:
>>
>> You are right to be miffed; your meter should do better than that. In 
>> fact, most Prodigy Voice meters do quite well.
>>
>> However, as I said in another post, there ain't a meter on the market 
>> that reliably differentiates between insufficient blood on the sample and 
>> low blood glucose even though some manufacturers *say* their meters won't 
>> give false readings if there is insufficient blood on the strip. Some 
>> manufacturers are working on meters wherein the blood must complete a 
>> circuit (apparently only doable if there is enough blood on the strip) 
>> but IMO it hasn't happened yet.
>>
>> I'd bet your problem has been solved by now!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:17 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] False Low/Good Reading on Prodigy Voice?
>>
>>
>>> Hi folks:
>>>
>>> Have any of you been getting either low or good range readings on the 
>>> Prodigy Voice, but contrary results from the lab/doctor's office?  I 
>>> suspect that my Prodigy Voice is not functioning properly.  I had to go 
>>> to my doctor today for a procedure and prior to leaving the house I did 
>>> a test on the voice that came back 103 -- a very good number.  Prior to 
>>> the procedure my BG was tested and I was told the result was 236!
>>>
>>> Additionally, the last two A1C readings I got back from the doctor were 
>>> higher than they have ever been for me -- over 7!  I'm very upset about 
>>> this.  I test regularly, know how to count my carbs and am on a sliding 
>>> scale insulin regiment ... So I ask myself what's going on here?? I 
>>> suspect the meter is giving faulty readings.  Sometimes I know the 
>>> numbers are off, based on the way I feel and re-test and there can be a 
>>> pretty big difference.  Still the numbers that usually come back are not 
>>> so outrageous that my A1C's should be so horrible.
>>>
>>> Has anyone heard of other meters coming on the market?  Are there any 
>>> out there that will give an error message when/if insufficient blood 
>>> drops are placed on the test strip?  I'm very disgusted -- originally, I 
>>> was liking the meter because of its simplicity, but it appears to me 
>>> that it is not working properly.
>>>
>>> Eileen
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