[Diabetes-talk] Talking Insulin pump is it out yet?

[tom]

 I would say try the talking insulin pump and be one of the first.  You are accurate, intelligent and totally on the ball for awareness!   The product will change and it will be updated as the first is never the ideal.  The situation is that you are sharp but perhaps a nurse nearby to have his job to watch.  Whatever it takes!

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 1:55 am
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Talking Insulin pump is it out yet?


I have had great medical staff who believed in my abilities from day

one.  I have been very lucky in this department.  I have actually been

asked to mentor other patients, and our NFB chapter has done

presentations for the diabetes clinic in Omaha.  I am far from perfect,

and I have my days, but my point is that blindness was not a reason to

think I couldn't handle independent management, or an insulin pump.



I have been shocked to learn how many people lack this experience.  I

met one lady a few years ago whose 10-year-old son was handling her

diabetes because she, and her doctors, did not think she could manage it

as a blind person.



I, too, would not change my pump for anything.  It really has made a

difference.



It seems like we have to adjust my rates every few months.  My eating

habits and daily routine are pretty stable, but for some reason, I will

run low and then in 4 to 5 months, I start running high for a time.  I

now will adjust rates on my own when I feel it is necessary, and I have

a temp increase as well as a second basil pattern I can switch to if

necessary.  Like during (I will be diplomatic since we are mixed

company) my lady time of the month-- my readings go crazy so I use my

second basil pattern which has rates set with higher dosages of insulin.

I usually run this for about a week.



It will be interesting to see what Prodigy does.  Hopefully their first

model will be pretty efficient and not require too many updates to fix

bugs.



Bridgit



-----Original Message-----

From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org

[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica Elsea

Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:21 PM

To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind

Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Talking Insulin pump is it out yet?





Bridget and others, I've found that it's pretty easy to hear any air 

bubbles when filling the cartridge. As you're pushing the plunger in, 

just hold the thing near your ear and you'll get great info. <grin.> 

In 20 years, nobody has ever filled any of my cartridges. It was a 

bit trickier filling the little pod for the OmniPod though. There was 

more effort involved in keeping all of the twiddly fiddly bits of 

tape out of the way. I hope this part is more nicely designed on the 

Prodigy. <grin.>

And like you Bridget, a cartridge also lasts me about a week. And one 

day after having quite an argument with a really annoying 

endocrinologist, I changed my basal pattern so that a new rate came 

in on the half hour. I did it just to bother him. Funny thing was it 

really worked for me too. Oh sometimes that little imp inside just 

has to come out and play. Hahahahaha!

I'm just about to undertake another round of basal testing to see if 

my levels are still correct. Right now my insulin to carb ratios are 

one unit per 15 grams at breakfast and 1 unit per 10 grams later in the

day.



Veronica

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