[Diabetes-talk] diabetes apps on the iphone

[Blindhands at aol.com]

The NFB Krafters Division last Sunday had a chat on the I Phone.  We  had 
several folks that have been using the I Phone for up to and past 2 years  
answering questions.
 
A lot of information exchanged.  We plan on doing another chat in May  on 
the I Phone.  
 
We ended up our chat with a list of best used Aps and they did talk briefly 
 about the aps for diabetics.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/15/2011 4:07:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k7uij at panix.com writes:

Julie:

Congrats on lowering your A1C.  You're not there  yet (A1C under 7 or 6.5) 
but you're well on the way.  Your doctor is  correct:  any appreciable 
decrease in A1C lowers your risk of a heart  attack or other diabetic 
complications.

I strongly urge you to start  keeping that file on your PacMate again; how 
else can you spot trends in your  readings?  I realize this takes discipline 
and upon a lack of discipline  many a diabetes ship has foundered.  But you 
can do it.

As for the  iPhone, there's a definite learning curve.  You won't be a whiz 
in a  day.  But I assure you it's quite possible.  Get Anna Dresner's and  
Dean Martineau's book "Getting Started with the iPhone" from National 
Braille  Press.  It tells you everything you'll need to know to strip the mystery  
from i-devices.  I don't regret getting my iPhone.



Mike  Freeman
sent from my iPhone


On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:38, "Julie  Kline" <julie.kline at rochester.rr.com> 
wrote:

> I'd be curious  to hear back from someone about whether these apps are
>  accessible.  I've been kicking around the idea of whether or not to buy  
an
> i-Phone, but I find the whole concept of the flat screen and doing  the
> gestures intimidating.  Anyway, for a while, I used a file I  created in 
my
> pacmate and wrote down my sugar readings and what I ate  in that file, 
but to
> be honest I haven't been very good about keeping  up with it.  On a good 
note
> though, my A1c went down from 8.6 to  7.9.  It didn't seem like much to 
me,
> but my doctor said that  even just that little could reduce my chance of a
> heart attack by  10%.
> Have a good weekend.
> Julie
> 
> 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>  Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:44 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the  Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] diabetes apps on the  iphone
> 
> I haven't tried any of them.  I just use the  Elements Dropbox editor and
> create a flat file with my readings on my  iPhone which is, of course, 
synced
> to my computer.
> 
>  Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell
>  Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:41 AM
> To:  aiphone at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject:  [Diabetes-talk] diabetes apps on the iphone
> 
> Are any of those  apps accessible for VoiceOver and useful enough to be 
worth
> the  download and the space taken up on our iphones?
> 
> 
>  
> 
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