[Diabetes-talk] Accessible Insulin Pumps???

[Diane]

Veronica,
You rock!!!
You go girl!!!
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Elsea" <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Accessible Insulin Pumps???


> Just want to add a little something here. No one sets my pump up for me. 
> No one fills my cartridges for me. I can tell the alarms I need by their 
> behavior. Now I don't use alarms to remind me to test and other things 
> like that. I wouldn't use them were I sighted either. I do my own basal 
> testing and make changes in the basal rates using software on my computer. 
> In the beginning I did sit down with my hubby and go through the manual. I 
> have a file in my Braille Lite which lists the items in the menus so I can 
> double-check my counting if I need to. I'm glad I didn't wait for complete 
> access even though naturally that's what I want. I've been using a pump 
> since 1991 and I just can't imagine living without one.
> I'll be very interested to watch the development of the DDI pump though. 
> Looks like it will be no tubing, which would be nice. I'll be interested 
> to compare filling the reservoir with filling the pod on the OmniPod 
> though. I hope it's simpler. <grin.>
>
> Veronica
> Diabetes Melodious is here!
> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com
> Veronica Elsea, Owner
> Laurel Creek Music Designs
> Santa Cruz, California
> 877-607-6407
>
>
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