[Diabetes-talk] Appreciation

[cheryl echevarria]

they will let medicare know that you are not taking it, and you can call 
Medicare yourself as well.


Cheryl Echevarria


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Krout-Horn" <krouthorn at verizon.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Appreciation


> Thank you to everyone for your guidance. Home Care Supply of America is 
> the supplier who plans to send the Clevercheck. The order will ship on the 
> 12th, so I'll simply call Monday and politely tell them to keep it. 
> Hopefully, this won't create some kind of Medicare billing headache, but 
> if so, I believe it will be worth it. After using the Prodigy Voice, I've 
> become spoiled and don't want to revert back to a meter that requires 
> sighted assistance. It annoys me enough that I require some help with my 
> insulin pump; I'd hate to have to have another piece of semi-accessible 
> diabetic technology that would cause me frustration.
> Insulin pumping has been a huge life-changer. In 2007, right before I 
> started, my A1C was 8.3, now, it's 6.5. Whereas, the results have been 
> marvelous and I feel healthier than I can ever remember feeling prior til 
> now, there was a very difficult transitional period at the start because I 
> had to relinquish some control when it came to my diabetes management. 
> Before, I handled all my insulin dosing, my husband had never, in seven 
> years, even touched an insulin syringe. But the pump required that he 
> "look" at some of the visual displays, and because I can't insert the type 
> of infusion set I have to use into certain areas without assistance, he 
> had to step up and help. He didn't mind and has been really wonderful, but 
> it was psychologically challenging for me, because my motto has always 
> been, "Hand over that needle. I'll do it myself."
> I've since learned that some of my sighted friends who use the Silhouette 
> infusion sets need assistance inserting them, too, so I'm feeling a bit 
> better. Long story a bit longer,I intend to make whatever changes 
> necessary, in order to continue using the Prodigy. Hopefully, that 
> mythical talking pump , we've all been wishing for, will make an 
> appearance, soon.
>
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