[Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate

> Eileen:
>
> I won't continue this discussion as all of us appear to have our minds 
> made
> up. However, I will observe that the primary purpose of drug companies is
> not to cure disease but to make a prophet for their stockholders by
> manufacturing drugs that ameliorate suffering and, in some instances, cure
> disease. But curing disease has never been the primary purpose of
> pharmaceutical companies, their public relations hype to the contrary
> notwithstanding (I've seen infomercials for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk 
> that
> go to great lengths to emphasize the altruism of their founders).
>
> With but few exceptions, until the advent of antibiotics, few drugs cured
> anything. And some cures, notably for vitamin or mineral deficiency
> diseases, have been adopted very quickly though no one made much money 
> from
> them. Iodized salt comes to mind.
>
> Till,
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "eileen scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate
>
>
> > Mike:
> >
> > It is what I believe and because you don't agree with it doesn't make my
> > thinking or Debbie's false or faulty.  Perhaps you should examine your 
> > own
> > line of thinking on the subject and try to keep an open mind to see both
> > sides of what goes on.  Its one opinion against another.  How many 
> > medical
> > studies are done that get primary funding by huge drug companies.  You
> > think those outcomes aren't getting slanted by the large drug corps that
> > pay their bills?
> >
> > 30, 20, 10, 5 years before year Y2K I kept hearing year after year, "by
> > the end of THIS century there will be a cure for diabetes."  Well, year
> > 2000 came and went. And, now here we are another 10 years into the new
> > century and I don't see any cure near at hand.   I do see pharmaceutical
> > ad after ad promoting this drug or that drug to treat diabetes along 
> > with
> > a myriad of horrible complications noted that can result from taking the
> > drugs, but no cure in sight.
> >
> > I have no problems with drug companies turning an honest profit -- it's
> > the American way and its a driving factor in our economy.  Its the way 
> > it
> > is. However, these companies put a lot of plain and simple crap on the
> > market, push it onto the doctors to give out to us as samples and then 
> > as
> > full-time prescription drugs.  You ever listen to the commercials on TV
> > for some of these drugs?  You ever listen to the list of serious & often
> > life-threatening complications you can get from taking their treatments?
> > I think in many cases, I would prefer the disease and the complications
> > that result from the illness.  I'm not saying either that they should 
> > stop
> > trying to find a better way, but perhaps be a bit more ethical about it
> > and start thinking about creating things that will not cause other
> > problems.
> >
> > Do you recall the wonder drug, Resulin (excuse the spelling) that was 
> > out
> > a few years ago that diabetics were given?  How many people suffered
> > liver/kidney failure and who knows what other really bad complications
> > develop from the drug?
> >
> > Again, far to much money has exchanged hands over far too many years for
> > them not to have made further progress towards finding a cure.  We are 
> > all
> > as Bernadette stated earlier their "Bread & Butter!"  We are each and
> > every one of us the working gears in a multi-billion dollar machine.
> >
> > Eileen
> >
> >
> > ---- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate
> >
> >
> >> Eileen:
> >>
> >> All I can say is "amen" to your diabetes philosophy. However, I 
> >> strongly
> >> disagree with your opinion that we won't find a cure for diabetes in 
> >> the
> >> immediate future because there's too much money to be made from 
> >> diabetes
> >> treatment. I know this view is quite widespread; I'm sure Debby would
> >> subscribe to it also. But, in my opinion, it is wide of the mark and
> >> exhibits a basic fallacy in thinking.
> >>
> >> The purpose of drug companies -- those ogres making all that ill-gotten
> >> money off of us diabetics -- is to make a prophet for their 
> >> stockholders.
> >> Put more simply, their purpose is to make money by developing and
> >> manufacturing drugs and devices to ameliorate or cure pain and other
> >> vexing side-effects of diseases and, in some instances, to cure them.
> >> Their purpose is not, as some would have it, to do basic research to 
> >> find
> >> cures for disease. That is the province of academia. There is no hidden
> >> agenda to keep a cure for diabetes from us; it's just that basic 
> >> research
> >> takes time, effort and money (and Federal subsidies for basic research
> >> have been cut back by Congress of late). And diabetes, be it Type 1 or
> >> Type 2, is a very complex disease (or, more accurately, is a whole slew
> >> of complex diseases which may or may not interact and whose cures may
> >> have wider consequences, at least in terms of what we currently know of
> >> Type 1 which affects the immune system).
> >>
> >> Please read Gretchen Becker's article at:
> >>
> >
> >> http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/5068/106677/cure
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "eileen scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> >> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 7:59 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate
> >>
> >>
> >>> Debbie:
> >>>
> >>> I'll be the first to say diabetes "SUCKS!" But, we're stuck with it 
> >>> and
> >>> have to do our best to live with it and manage it.  I'd love a cure to
> >>> come along and rid me of the disease that took my eyesight and was the
> >>> cause of a brothers death.  I think most all of us on the list would
> >>> like a cure, but its just not in the cards right now so we all have to
> >>> deal with the disease and its complications and frustrations.
> >>>
> >>> I don't believe there will be a cure, there's too much money in the
> >>> business of treating diabetes rather than curing it. I know it can be
> >>> very stressful, try to hang tough and not give up on living a life to
> >>> the best and fullest you can even with all the crappy parts of 
> >>> diabetes.
> >>>
> >>> Lacking a cure, we still need ways as blind/visually impaired 
> >>> diabetics
> >>> to help us manage our control.
> >>>
> >>> Eileen
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "Debbie Fredericks" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 7:46 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> from the sounds of things on this list. a cure for diabetes is not 
> >>>> even
> >>>> a desire here.
> >>>> i don't want anything but a cure and the medical field can shove 
> >>>> there
> >>>> bull.
> >>>> Debbie
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ________________________________
> >>>> From: Chanelle Hill <chanellemh at gmail.com>
> >>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>>> Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 1:43:38 PM
> >>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking insulin pump remote: Pump Mate
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear list,
> >>>> I don't know if this information has been posted yet, but it is super
> >>>> excited. A talking remote is being made for the insulin pump. The
> >>>> remote is being made by a company called Access Solutions
> >>>> www.axsol.com. I just spoke with James Kubel, the engineer who 
> >>>> created
> >>>> the Pump Mate. He has had diabetes for 40 years and was frustrated by
> >>>> the lack of a talking insulin pump and the fact that there was no
> >>>> interest in producing one by insulin pump companies. The website for
> >>>> the Pump Mate is www.pump-mate.com
> >>>> James is trying to get Medtronic Minimed's cooperation and support in
> >>>> developing and producing the Pump Mate. It would be great if those 
> >>>> who
> >>>> are interested could contact Minimed to express interest in the pump
> >>>> mate and desire that Minimed would help to market and produce it.
> >>>> With the Pump Mate, it is possible to program basal rates, use the
> >>>> Bolis Wizzard, and hear test results from the meters that Minimed has
> >>>> specifically designed to transfer data to and from the insulin pump.
> >>>> This has amazing potential since the Pump Mate could someday be used 
> >>>> in
> >>>> conjunction with the continuous glucose monitoring system.
> >>>> I have pasted James's contact information below, and I am sending him 
> >>>> a
> >>>> carbon copy of this message in case he would like to join the list or
> >>>> provide feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>> Access Solutions
> >>>> james at axsol.com
> >>>> sales: (916) 481-3559
> >>>>
> >>>> Chanelle
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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