[Diabetes-talk] solo meter

Sat Mar 27 02:58:21 UTC 2010

I have nothing further to say.  I have stated what I have found. And that is it. I don't submit to be a medical doctor, but at the same time, every time I put something up here, I seemed to be put down a peg, and I don't appreciate it.

Now I have seen meters come and go but they are getting better, I have been a diabetic since I was 13 years old and that is over 30+ years.  When I was diagnosed they just put diabetics in 2 categories juvenile and adult on set and because of all the medical discoveries things have gotten better unfortunately with all the insulin that I should have not been on since I am not a true diabetic either 1 or type 2 and the damage has taken my kidneys and eye sight. I will go with the better meter and the newest one, and the one that I think are more convenient for me to use.

So yes the technology has come a very long way, the police used to bring my grandfather home from work off the subway in the 60s because they thought he was drunk and my grandmother had to say he is not drunk he is diabetic and the police didn't know what is way.

Point I am trying to make when someone tries to help with something new for the disease we should take it we greatness and not put it down.

No it wasn't on your watch, of course it wasn't.  Know lets get off our soap box, and give Ed Bryant and others who were in charge and give them a hand.  

Ego

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Freeman<mailto:k7uij at panix.com> 
  To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] solo meter

  Cheryl:

  I submit that we don't know whether *either* meter is right on in that FDA 
  doesn't require bg meters to be within a percent of lab standard. I'd pay a 
  kilobuck for a meter that would pass the following test:

  Testing with temperatures from 0 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius in 
  5-degree increments and performing ten consecutive tests for each 
  temperature with control solutions formulated to mimmick bg readings from 40 
  mg/dl to 500 mg/dl in 20 mg/dl increments, nine out of ten tests would be 
  within 1% of lab standard for each simulated bg reading.

  Guess what? I'd bet there ain't a meter (talking or not) on the market 
  outside of one costing $600 which is, in effect, a lab-standard meter, that 
  would satisfy my test. (grin)

  And insofar as tests of the Voice were concerned, I'm not sure NFB did any 
  accuracy tests since we aren't qualified and, in any event, it wasn't on my 
  watch.

  Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>>
  To: "diabetes-talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>>; "Jordan Benis" 
  <jbenis at advanceddiabeticsolutions.net<mailto:jbenis at advanceddiabeticsolutions.net>>; "Tina" 
  <trockwell at advanceddiabeticsolutions.net<mailto:trockwell at advanceddiabeticsolutions.net>>
  Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 11:28 AM
  Subject: [Diabetes-talk] solo meter

  > okay been using it, some issues, on the front of the meter there are no 
  > raised indications on it, meaning my  I spoke with Tammy at ADS wonderful 
  > lady, the new meter is her baby, so I called first thing was there was on 
  > information in the box about how to use the meter, no CD, dvd, nothing. 
  > So I called, and she apologized because they ran out of them and didn't go 
  > in the shipment but no fear if you go to 
  > http://www.solometers.com<http://www.solometers.com/<http://www.solometers.com%3chttp//www.solometers.com/>> and go to the and 
  > find click here to learn more
  >
  > Because on the face of the machine like I said no indications that the 
  > calendar is there to set the date on the meter if they had a C or 
  > something there to indicate that is the calendar and the arrow button, all 
  > flat nothing raised.
  >
  > But one thing I did find out and I shared this with Tammy I checked my 
  > sugar on the new meter this morning and then I check my sugar on the 
  > Prodigy Voice and the Prodigy Voice was 50 units off, and I was told that 
  > Tammy had been using the new meter for awhile and had the same issue with 
  > the prodigy.  She is sighted but uses all the products to learn the 
  > difference as well.
  >
  > Now I just got my new prodigy voice recently and I thought all my numbers 
  > were correct, so I am wondering if my sugars have been off all this time. 
  > I have been fighting with my doctor about my readings for the last couple 
  > of months because I am showing one and he is showing something else.  I 
  > can understand, 10 or 20 units difference.  But the Difference between 150 
  > and 200 is a lot and it is not the only different readings I have been 
  > getting.
  >
  > Even though the machine still needs to be tweaked a little bit, I like 
  > that it is the same size as the prodigy, it comes with its own case, and 
  > everything in its own place.
  >
  >
  >
  > Cheryl Echevarria
  > Independent Travel Consultant
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