[Diabetes-talk] Accessible insulin pumps

[Mike Freeman]

Will check this evening. Was working on a banquet speech last night.

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone


On May 10, 2012, at 6:40, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> 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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