[Diabetes-talk] Solo meter??

Sat Aug 31 18:06:31 UTC 2013

Can you still  get the Solo meter?  It sounds to me that the  newer meter 
has more challenges and if that is the only one available, it is not  worth 
consideration on switching to that.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 8/31/2013 1:42:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
etscrivani at verizon.net writes:

Cheryl:

I've had a lot of problems with the new Solus meter  that I was upgraded to 
back in March.  I've been using talking meters  many many years as a blind 
diabetic. In this case, brought the Solus V2  meter into my diabetes 
educator 
to make sure I was applying the sample  correctly.  I was.

Many times I test on this meter and get crazy  numbers that would indicate 
I'm ready to pass out and I'm not symptomatic  at those readings.  Or I get 
test after test or "TO LOW" or "No  sufficient blood."  I'm not happy with 
the Solus, but Loved, loved  the Solo.

I've been told by other diabetics not to retest that the  one resultthat 
comes back should satisfy me, but I question the numbers  I'm getting from 
the Solus and intelligence tells me to re-check.   After all its my health 
and my life that is at risk when I'm basing  insulin dosages on these 
numbers.

IMO only, something happened to  the manufacturing process in the change of 
either meter or strips from the  Solo to the Solus and not many of us have 
a 
personal one on one  relationship with the owner of Advanced Diabetic 
Solutions.  For that  matter now ADS is done and gone out of the picture 
and 
were left with no  contact to help trouble shoot problems that come up. 
These big medicare  approved providers are not giving product support and 
In 
My Opinion that's  a problem.

Eileen

-----Original Message----- 
From: cheryl  echevarria
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:23 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for  the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Solo meter??

I use Solo Meter  with no problem, Greg Santulli of ADS, we see each other 
a 
few times a  year. Showed me how to take better tests. He said that after 
lancing your  finger, instead of trying to find the blood with the strip.
First make sure  the strip is in the meter, than lance you finger, while 
holding the meter  in one hand hold the meter with the strip upside down 
meaning, hold the  meter with the strip out the bottom facing down. Sorry I 
am bad at  describing things.
and then touch the strip to the blood this will take  some practice, but 
the 
strip will suck in the blood that way, instead of  it side ways.
Also a way of finding the blood again it will take practice,  the blood 
will 
be warm.
Dah moments here. Again, trying to explain what  I am doing.
It has helped a lot getting more blood as well with smaller  drops then 
trying to pinch my fingers harder.
If you need more of an  explanation, let me know.
Since he showed me how to do it, it is much  better.
I like the solo meter much better than the prodigy, but some places  it 
isn't 
on there formulary to get the strips with  Medicare.

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> From: Blindhands at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013  13:00:13 -0400
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject:  [Diabetes-talk] Solo meter??
>
> Are folks having troubles similar  to the Prodigy meter  with the  Solo
> meter??  I have  had these problems and if I feel things are not where  I 
>  think
> they should be I test over with blood from a different finger  and/or 
> hand.
> I did not think of calling  Prodigy.
>
> If you get the strips from where ever you get them,  should you contact
> Prodigy or the place you bought the strips  from?
>
> Usually, I am not saying this has happen with Prodigy,  but they send you
> back to where you purchased it.  As in this  letter, they replaced the 
> meter,
> but they did not replace the  strips.  So they have you running back  and
> forth and all  you want is to know what your test results are   correctly.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
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