[Diabetes-talk] Accessible Insulin Pumps???

[Mike Freeman]

I'll stick with injections. (grin) Don't trust them machines!

Different strokes ...

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Priscilla McKinley" <priscilla.mckinley at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Accessible Insulin Pumps???


> Thanks for the information.  At this point, I think I'll wait another
> few months tfor a pump that talks.  I've had Type 1 diabetes for 37
> years, and I guess I can wait another few months for one I can use
> alone. *smile*
>
> Priscilla
>
>
>
> On 10/11/10, Vincent Chaney <vgc732 at optonline.net> wrote:
>> Priscilla,
>>
>> At this moment there are no Insulin Pumps with speech. We are fortunate
>> though that the DDI Company with their line of Prodigy products is 
>> designing
>> to release their IQPump in the first quarter of 2011. There is also in
>> development a product called the PumpMate that will wirelessly 
>> communicate
>> with the Medtronic Minimed line of pumps and the blood glucose monitors 
>> that
>> interface with their pumps.
>> I have been an Insulin Pumper for over 11 years today. I am blessed to 
>> have
>> my wife who is whom fills my pump and makes any adjustments or record
>> readings for me. We do struggle still as she is legally blind and 
>> requires a
>> magnifier to see the screen.
>> As I have always promised the DAN, and personally promised Ed Bryant, I 
>> will
>> let everyone know ASAP when I learn of an accessible talking/audible 
>> insulin
>> pump. I personally, though having to submit my total control of filling 
>> my
>> pump and requiring my wife's help with working the pump, would not ever 
>> go
>> back to using injections with how my quality of life has improved.
>> This being my opinion and living with diabetes for 48 years...
>>
>> Vinny
>> Vincent Chaney Jr
>> NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board of Directors
>> NFBNJ Diabetes Division President
>> NJAGDU (NFBNJ Association of Guide Dog Users) Division President
>> NFBNJ Technology Division Vice President
>> NFBNJ Resolutions Committee Member
>> NFBNJ.ORG Webmaster
>> Mail: vgc732 at optonline.net
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Priscilla McKinley" <priscilla.mckinley at gmail.com>
>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 2:29 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Accessible Insulin Pumps???
>>
>>
>> I'm thinking about getting an insulin pump, and I was wondering if
>> there are any insulin pumps on the market with speach.  If not, what
>> ppumps are easiest to navigate without sight?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Priscilla
>>
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