[Diabetes-talk] Legislation

[eileen scrivani]

Mike:

Two things ...

First on the lancets, I also think that no assumption should be made on 
anything as to what's the right/wrong choice for a variety of individuals. 
These are personal decisions & preferences.  For myself, I definitely want 
the auto-type device that will shoot & stick.  Cheryl on the other hand said 
she likes these new pressure activated lancets.  So, yes, ADS should ask 
each person before sending out supplies that can't be used.  Like I said, I 
talked to Tina yesterday, and it's not a problem she's sending me the 
auto-type lancets.  In fact the starter supplies that came with the Solo 
included a small pack of the standard lancets & lancing device.  Now we've 
had this discussion on this list so people are aware of the two different 
devices and can state what they prefer when/if they go through ADS.

As for the averages, I don't hold a lot of weight in what the home glucose 
monitors list as the average, because they can include too many tests that 
you would not want included in the average.

Doctors do, however, look at this stuff.  I know that in trying to fine tune 
my own control I've been asked to run tests 2 hours after eating or wake up 
at different times in the early morning hours to get a number so the 
notation stamps will help and be printed off for the doctor.  Again, I only 
got the Solo yesterday, and did a quick-read through of the manual to get up 
and running.  I will read through again to figure out some of the other 
stuff.  One other nice thing about this is an alarm timer.  You can set an 
alarm if you want an audio reminder that its time.   And it doesn't announce 
to the world saying, "time to test your glucose"  the Solo just has a beeper 
that sounds.

One other thing regarding the manual for the Solo that I don't recall with 
the PV, is that its available in both text, PDF formats & as an MP3.  I like 
the text file so I can read and pause with ease while going over the meter 
and learning it.  The ability to search for a specific word/phrase in the 
text file is much easier too.  It's possible that I just don't remember, but 
I only had the audio/mp3 manual for the PV and pausing it and going back 
without having to re-read what I already went through was an issue.

Eileen