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

Thu Apr 8 23:52:45 UTC 2010

I'm happy to hear that.  :)  It will be great when that is available for 
everyone.  I'm glad you told us that.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Stigile" <jstigile at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter


> 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
>>>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel 
>>>> 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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