[Diabetes-talk] Calibrating your meter...

Mon Feb 21 16:30:01 UTC 2011

Good Morning Lauren:

Without having the need to advertise one meter over another--I tend to 
concur with Mike and Veronica!  As far as I'm concerned, strips are far to 
expensive to test them to your meter once a week?  Are you kidding?  I only 
do that when Either I or my doctor believes there are farely serious 
discrepencies in my test results.

Bern
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>   1. callibrating the Prodigy Voice? (Lauren B. Hunter)
>   2. Re: callibrating the Prodigy Voice? (Mike Freeman)
>   3. Re: callibrating the Prodigy Voice? (Veronica Elsea)
>   4. Re: callibrating the Prodigy Voice? (Vincent Chaney)
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> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:50:40 -0700
> From: "Lauren B. Hunter" <nightingale at pcdesk.net>
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] callibrating the Prodigy Voice?
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> Hi List,
>   i'm a bit confused and i'm hoping some of  you might have a good
> answer.  i just got my Prodigy Voice back in December, and in reading
> through the instruction manual, my understanding was that it needed to
> be callibrated once a week.  i just reordered my testing supplies, and
> had a bit of a mixup with getting more test solution ordered.  But in
> the process of dealing with that, the person i was talking with said
> that i only needed to callibrate once every 90 days.  Now to me this
> doesn't make sense, since from what i know one bottle of solution is
> only supposed to be good for up to 3 months, which would mean it would
> be only good for maybe two uses if you only callibrate once every 90
> days.  In any rate, i don't know which is correct, and maybe i've been
> callibrating more than i needed to be.  Any clarification on this would
> be grately appreciated.  Thanks so much.
> Lauren
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> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:50:34 -0800
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] callibrating the Prodigy Voice?
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> Lauren:
>
> I haven't calibrated my Voice for over a year which was the last time I 
> had valid control solution.  If your readings make sense most of the time, 
> I wouldn't worry about it.  Remember that the Prodigy people are engaging 
> in a bit of CYA in order to avoid legal liability.  If you're really 
> worried, take your meter and test the next time you have blood drawn for 
> an A1C test.  Test at nearly the same time and ask to be told what your bg 
> was from the drawn blood.  If the readings are fairly close, you've 
> nothing to worry about.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 18, 2011, at 1:50 PM, "Lauren B. Hunter" <nightingale at pcdesk.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>  i'm a bit confused and i'm hoping some of  you might have a good answer. 
>> i just got my Prodigy Voice back in December, and in reading through the 
>> instruction manual, my understanding was that it needed to be callibrated 
>> once a week.  i just reordered my testing supplies, and had a bit of a 
>> mixup with getting more test solution ordered.  But in the process of 
>> dealing with that, the person i was talking with said that i only needed 
>> to callibrate once every 90 days.  Now to me this doesn't make sense, 
>> since from what i know one bottle of solution is only supposed to be good 
>> for up to 3 months, which would mean it would be only good for maybe two 
>> uses if you only callibrate once every 90 days.  In any rate, i don't 
>> know which is correct, and maybe i've been callibrating more than i 
>> needed to be.  Any clarification on this would be grately appreciated. 
>> Thanks so much.
>> Lauren
>> -- 
>>
>> "I am responsible when anyone, anywhere
>> Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there"
>> From the Shattered Fortress by Dream Theater
>>
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> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:57:10 -0800
> From: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] callibrating the Prodigy Voice?
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> Lauren, I've actually never heard anything like this. By calibrating
> I'm assuming you mean using the control solution. That does more to
> check your test strips and have heard somewhere something about doing
> this when you open a new vial of strips. Me, ahem, I have to confess
> I don't do this much at all. Somehow in my early days of testing I
> just had so much trouble with getting enough solution in the right
> place, then not trusting the number and not ever finding that it
> changed anything anyway. So I don't worry about it much.
> Not the standard line I know, but just a reality for me. <grin.>
>
> Veronica
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> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:26:20 -0500
> From: Vincent Chaney <vgc732 at optonline.net>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] callibrating the Prodigy Voice?
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> Lauren,
>
> As Veronica mentions here, the solution really tests the strips. I like
> Veronica and Mike, from within his message, rarely test my strips. I have
> worked this way through my 25 years of testing. The pharmacist from whom I
> bought my very first AccuChek Freedom in 1984 or 1985, told me as long as 
> I
> tested the first strip from the group I was buying for 3 months, that was
> more than enough. He told me I really did not have to worry about the 
> strips
> but if I was not comfortable in not testing that once from the first 
> bottle
> per the group of strips I was buying each time was really enough.
> If you are not believing the results you are getting, whether using the
> Prodigy Voice or the Solo V2, using the testing solution might give you an
> answer. The answer may not be the right one if you have not put enough 
> blood
> onto the strip.
> The periodic test of the strips is probably one of those legal disclaimers
> by the strip manufacturers.
>
> Vinny
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> From: "Veronica Elsea" <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] callibrating the Prodigy Voice?
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>
> Lauren, I've actually never heard anything like this. By calibrating
> I'm assuming you mean using the control solution. That does more to
> check your test strips and have heard somewhere something about doing
> this when you open a new vial of strips. Me, ahem, I have to confess
> I don't do this much at all. Somehow in my early days of testing I
> just had so much trouble with getting enough solution in the right
> place, then not trusting the number and not ever finding that it
> changed anything anyway. So I don't worry about it much.
> Not the standard line I know, but just a reality for me. <grin.>
>
> Veronica
> We Woof You A Merry Christmas! Diabetes Melodious! And more!
> Music CDs that will impact and entertain you forever!
> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com
> Veronica Elsea, Owner
> Laurel Creek Music Designs
> Santa Cruz, California
> 877-607-6407
>
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