[Diabetes-talk] introduction

[K C]

Hi, Paul and welcome to the group!  smiles.  My name is Kijuana.  I am also 
newly diagnosed as of October 31 of 2008.  I'm still trying to deal with my 
diagnoses so if you'd like to talk with someone new to this I'd be 
interested.

Now to the Autocode..  The Autocode is more for people with low vision than 
it is for totally blind people.  My state rehab services got me one and then 
people on this list suggested the Prodigy voice.  For one thing there is a 
very small, but detectable slot on the edge of the strips for your blood. 
Secondly the voice has a button on the front that will tell you your blood 
sugar reading as many times as you need to hear it.  And when you get enough 
blood onto the test strip the machine says, "Now testing."

Again, I welcome you to the group and hope you find the same level of 
support I have.  There's a lot to learn, and it can be really overwhelming, 
but it really does get easier.  Take care.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:43 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] introduction


>I am paul, and a newly diagnosed diabetic for about 3 months, and am 
>totally
> blind, which for the record is not a diabetes related complication.  This
> group has been a real find for me, and if there are issues with the voice, 
> I
> hope we aren't possibly going to lose the list as well.
>
> I have an issue with a prodigy talking audocode meter which I was given,
> rather than the prodigy voice.  I have been working with this for about 3
> months, and now that the batteries are aging, I think I'm running into
> issues.  First, when I insert a strip, it plays its music, and thanks me 
> for
> using prodigy, then tells me the current room temperature, and says to 
> apply
> blood into the strip.  I do this, and often nothing happens, it doesn't 
> beep
> to indicate it has enough blood to test, and after 3 minutes, it sings its
> good-bye song, and shuts off.
> There are no audible cues to tell me if low battery is an issue, or what
> else to do.  Any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of darlene
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:19 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] newbe here
>
> hello  folks,
>
> where can I find an    order book  for  shoes, socks etc. dose Medicare 
> pay
> for them also ?  how  do  I  go about  it ?
>
> is there   a chat room at  this  site for  support? newbe  here so don't
> know
>
> thank you,jacky742
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