[Diabetes-talk] New ways?

[Tamera]

Bridgit,
I put together a table in word, but your excel sounds like a more user 
friendly format. I would appreciate your  offering of a copy.
Tamera

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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:57 PM
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New ways?

> I mentioned this is my last post, but I created an Excel spreadsheet
> that I log my sugars in.  I spoke to my doctor about if they wanted a
> certain format, and I created the spreadsheet according to how my doctor
> likes it.
>
> With the spreadsheet, I can change dates and times by a simple command
> and don't have to manually change all of them, and I can include other
> info like meals and exercise too.
>
> If anyone would like, I can attach a template spreadsheet you can
> download and use, or email me off list and I can send it privately to
> you.
>
> It is not necessary to use those log books.  Even when I was sighted, my
> doctor did not require I use one of those books- he just wanted my
> readings.  Spreadsheet or not, if you have access to a computer, simply
> write your sugars down in Excel, Word or even something like NotePad and
> there you go.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog for Live Well Nebraska.com at
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William and
> Bernadette Jacobs
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:36 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New ways?
>
>
> Wow Honey!  This opens up a whole different ball of wax here!  Firstly,
> Whoever they are, haven't put the logs in accessible form so that a
> blind
> person can actually fill them out with their readings.  Now!  Have they,
>
> (whoever they are)?  Secondly, most of your DME's have on file when you
> last
> ordered in order that they also have a projected reorder date.  Hmmmmm!
> So,
> who is your Congressman Honey?  See how they can answer these
> questions???
> So when the weight gets too heavy to throw around...
>
> Bern
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tamera" <fidano at comcast.net>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:01 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] New ways?
>
>
>>I was due to reorder my strips and was told that a few months ago a new
>>practice began, we must  either send our log books to the  supplier, or
>
>>send them the meter in use for a new one each  3 months to prove the
> amount
>>of times we are checking. Is this accurate?
>> Seems my doctors RX should be enough, but with all the  changes in the
>
>> medical world, I wondered about this new practice?
>> Tamera
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