[Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter

Thu Apr 8 06:47:30 UTC 2010

Dear All,
I walked to my local pharmacy a couple of years ago and ordered my Prodigy 
Voice.  It came in the following day and I used my Medicare to pay for most 
of the cost.

Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K C" <kcc86 at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter

> Hello.  I'm disturbed that Mike's forward seems to be turning into a 
> debate over the poster's affiliation with ACB, rather than a plea for 
> support of making our meters more wide spread.  It really shouldn't matter 
> where any poster's affiliation lies.  The fact is it is a great idea to 
> lobby that they be sold in Drug stores, and be paid for by Medicaid.
>
> Regardless of which organization anyone may belong to, clearly there are a 
> lot of Diabetics who're blind/visually impaired who need support.  If I 
> could go to my local drug Store, and buy my meter like everyone else, I w 
> ouldn't care who arranged their availability!  So let's not slip into the 
> old, and rather unproductive antipathy over NFB VS ACB!  But simply join 
> together.  We all know what was said makes sense!  This is the DAN, not 
> the NFB (only) DAN.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose 
> Meter
>
>
>> well this was showing what the ACB was doing.  We did the Prodigy Voice 
>> as the NFB.  It is nice that ACB is getting involved and showing support, 
>> but why are we so concerned what they are doing, I am sure they had 
>> comments when we did the the PV.
>>
>> so and responds was Okay! and !
>>
>> Was there a statement to the post.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose 
>> Meter
>>
>>
>>> Cheryl, was there more to your comment on this emailthan what got out? 
>>> I'm
>>> confused by this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:05 PM
>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose 
>>> Meter
>>>
>>> okay! And!
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>> Independent Travel Consultant
>>> http://Echevarriatravel.com
>>> 1-866-580-5574
>>>
>>> http://blog.echevarriatravel.com
>>> Reservations at echevarriatravel.com
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>>> CST-1018299-10
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:58 PM
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>>>
>>>
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> > From: "Christopher Gray" <chris at bayareadigital.us>
>>> > To: "ACB Daibetics Mailing List" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
>>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:59 PM
>>> > Subject: [acb-diabetics] Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > Hi Everybody:
>>> > >
>>> > > This is not the official announcement that will be forthcoming next
>>> > > week,
>>> > > but I wanted to mention to all of my friends in ACB Diabetics in 
>>> > > Action
>>> > > that Bay Area Digital and BioSense Medical are partnering together 
>>> > > in
>>> > > bringing the Solo meter to market.  It is an exciting new product 
>>> > > that
>>> > > offers a similarly priced alternative to Prodigy Voice for the blind
>>> > > community.  My experience with the meter is somewhat limited thus 
>>> > > far,
>>> > > but
>>> > > that is changing day by day.  It appears to be an excellent product, 
>>> > > and
>>>
>>> > > I
>>> > > am extremely impressed by the engineering of the product and the
>>> > > knowledge
>>> > > of the BioSense Medical management team about what the blind 
>>> > > community
>>> > > really wants and needs in a meter.
>>> > >
>>> > > Next week, there will be a full press rlease with availability, 
>>> > > prices,
>>> > > and additional information about Solo.  Please stay tuned.
>>> > >
>>> > > All the best,
>>> > >
>>> > > Chris
>>> > >
>>> > >
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