[Diabetes-talk] Clevercheck swap

[Mike Freeman]

First, welcome to the list. I don't recall seeing posts from you before.

Second, although I respect your wish not to take shots, the fear is much 
worse than the reality. The reality is that insulin is your friend; in 
my estimation, one can manage far better using insulin than one can 
using oral meds.

Finally, my favorite snack is a handful of peanuts or cashoos. You get 
some carb and enough protein to release more carb as the night 
progresses.

I wonder if the timing of your meds is a bit off. I'd seriously consider 
your doctor's recommendation for shots; perhaps you need basal insulin 
to tame that Simogyi efect. Or perhaps you need to cut back on your 
nighttime meds a bit or change the timing.

That's between you and your doctor.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zena Atchison" <meme57 at centurytel.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Clevercheck swap


i have trouble with low blood sugars in the night
do you have ideas of what to eat before i go to bed
i usually lay down around eight thirty and wake up after two in the 
morning
with bad sweats, and night mares then my sugar is high the next morning
it stays at a good level all during the day
i eat my meals and snacks at the same time just about every day my 
evening
meal is usually about five p.m.
i have been using graham crakers, boiled eggs, and maybe cream cheese 
some
times
it is not working and i am tired of crackers

i take metformin and prandin

i need snack ideas  for night time should i eat in the middle of night
my doctor suggest shots but i do not want to do that

meme
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Clevercheck swap


> of course.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 8:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Clevercheck swap
>
>
>> Cheryl:
>>
>> With great respect, keep your shirt on! DDI decided not to continue
>> doing business with Home Care Supply of America. I did not see fit to
>> inquire why since it is DDI's right to do business with whom it 
>> chooses
>> and we (NFB) aren't necessarily in the business of defending 
>> particular
>> suppliers.
>>
>> With respect to ADvanced Diabetes Supply, I personally spoke with the
>> CEO and have had good service since. Were I you, I'd put your grudge
>> away and chalk the whole thing up to a new employee (he'd been on the
>> job only a couple of weeks) who goofed. The situation has been
>> corrected.
>>
>> We're not in the business of defending honor and setting up duels at
>> fifty paces. Screw-ups are part of modern life and while they ought 
>> not
>> happen, the world doesn't run on "oughts". As I say, I've gotten good
>> service since the initial fiasco and so has Dar.
>>
>> Having said this, I take nothing away from Advanced Diabetes 
>> Solutions,
>> the outfit Vince is dealing with. The point is that we can vote with 
>> our
>> feet. Several suppliers have been indicated here. Amy has a choice.
>>
>> Onward and upward.
>>
>> Mike Freeman, President
>> Diabetes Action Network
>> National Federation of the Blind
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Clevercheck swap
>>
>>
>> that is not true Dar, they will pay for what the doctor writes, you 
>> need
>> a
>> new script anyway, the strips will not working in another machine. 
>> and
>> yes
>> you should find out why they are not selling the strips anymore I had
>> this
>> issue with a vendor a few months ago. it maybe DDI it might be the
>> supplier
>> we need to find out what is going on since we have put our John 
>> Hancock
>> on
>> this device.  We need to support it.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 3:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Clevercheck swap
>>
>>
>> > Oh stay with the prodigy.
>> > If you try another machine then you can't get the strips for the
>> > other.
>> > Medicare doesn't like to pay for two different kinds of strips.
>> > This is what they are saying to me anyway.
>> > Yes here is a place you can get strips for the prodigy.
>> > advanced diabetes supplies
>> > 800-730-9887
>> > Wonderful set of folks.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > --Dar
>> > every saint has a past
>> > every sinner has a future
>> >
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