[Diabetes-talk] Accessible insulin pumps

[cheryl echevarria]

We all have this, if you are a member of the Diabetic Action Network, it was sent to all of us when it first came out about 2 years is it President Freeman?
It is also available in print and I think through NLS.
Oh yes President Freeman, did you get my personal e-mail yesterday, I haven't heard back from you. Very important.
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> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 08:22:43 -0500
> From: wcmerritt at gmail.com
> To: k7uij at panix.com
> CC: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Accessible insulin pumps
> 
> Hi, Mike. Thanks for your reply and the other people that have replied
> so far. For those interested, below is the direct link to the
> publication that Mike referenced, Bridging the Gap, in web page
> format:
> http://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/books/bridgegap_diabetes.htm
> 
> Good to know this list is still out here and active.
> 
> Regards,
> Wayne Merritt
> 
> On 5/9/12, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> > Wayne:
> >
> > There's no truly fully accessible insulin pump on the market today although
> > there may be one on the horizon. However, many blind persons are
> > successfully using insulin pumps with but minimal sighted assistance.
> >
> > Go to the NFB web site and check out our book "Bridging the Gap"; it's
> > available in HTML and audio and, if you wish, I can send you a copy in
> > Word.
> > In any event, there's an article in the booklet by Tom Ley describing how
> > blind persons use insulin pumps even though they're not fully accessible.
> >
> > You've gotten good advice from Cheryl Echevarria. Bridgit Polpeter and
> > Diane
> > Filipe are also good resources.
> >
> > Keep us posted.
> >
> > Mike Freeman
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:18 PM
> > To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Accessible insulin pumps
> >
> > Greetings. I have been on and off this list over the years. I am a
> > blind type 2 diabetic that lives in Austin, TX. I have been having
> > trouble keeping my blood sugars under control lately. So much that my
> > doctor has mentioned the possibility of an insulin pump. Which leads
> > me to ask the following: are today's insulin pumps usable by a totally
> > blind guy? Do they talk or provide some sort of audio feedback? I have
> > read references on the web to insulin pump accessibility, where most
> > pumps issued a series of beeps and so forth. I know nothing about the
> > insulin pumps, thinking that I would never need one and now it may be
> > a possibility. Is an insulin pump surgicly implanted in your body, or
> > is there a method by which you inject the needed insulin or send it
> > through a tube into your body? Any and all info would be appreciated.
> > And, for those that use iOS devices, are there pumps on the market
> > that would let me monitor the pump activity through my iPhone?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wayne Merritt
> >
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