[Diabetes-talk] technology flaws

[Sandi Ryan]

That'd be okay!  It wouldn't hurt for her to leave money under my pillow 
either! LOL!

Sandi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] technology flaws


> What you want is the Tooth Fairie to operate your lancet device.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Sandi Ryan
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 10:50 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] technology flaws
>
> Oh, I'd really love, love, love a lancet that could detect blood!
> Engineers, here's your challenge!
>
> Sandi
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 12:38 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] technology flaws
>
>
>> At least for blind diabetics, lancets need to get smarter.  The lancet
>> needs to detect a capillary and fire only when it's on one of them if
>> there's enough blood flow through it to get a donation.  Meters need to
>> log every attempt to use them for a reading whether or not a valid 
>> reading
>> gets generated.  Doctors probably trivialize the problem of invalid
>> readings because those too are not part of the output from meters.  This
>> second criticism I think holds for all meters in use these days.  Any one
>> of these changes might get engineers and researchers to improve meters to
>> the point that a meter doesn't just give an invalid reading, it could 
>> tell
>> you or show a sighted diabetic correctly what the specific problem was
>> that caused the invalid reading in the first place.
>>
>>
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>> jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
>> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash
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