[Diabetes-talk] Another new pump with some promise!

Fri May 3 19:57:14 UTC 2013

Hello, what is the name of the tablets, and where do you purchase them? Can 
they only be purchased through your doctor?

I am most interested.
I hope this or whatever it is continuers to help you.
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Lewis" <wlewis19 at cox.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Another new pump with some promise!

>
> Hi Folks, this is Bill Lewis in Wichita.  I want to share with you a big 
> discovery regarding treatment of diabetic neuropathy.  Here's what has 
> occurred:
>
> For ten years I have had diabetes-2 and with it came increasing neuropathy 
> in my feet and lower legs--tingling, burning sensation, sensitivity to my 
> feet from weight pressure when standing and walking.  I was taking a 
> prescription med that was supposed to reduce those symptoms but not very 
> effectively, as it was turning out.
>
> Early this month of April I visited the podiabrist for a quarterly 
> checkup. I complained about the persistent neuropathy and its increasing 
> coverage in my legs and right leg.  He suggested some OTC vitamin and herb 
> combinations--in this case, two bottles of ingredients combined into 
> cablets, taken once or twice a day.  They are not covered by insurance.
>
> Having nothing much to lise, I figured except an initial investment of 
> some bucks, I purchased two bottles each of two combinations, a two month 
> supply.
>
> Now, here's where I almost fell off my chair just thinking of this--all my 
> symptoms are gone.  No more tingling, burning, pressure.  No tingling from 
> my siadic nerve in my right leg or ankles or feet.  I have been on these 
> cablets one month, so far with one more month to go, before checking back 
> with the podiatrist again.
>
> I took the bottles to my diabetes doctor who could see no negatives in the 
> herb ingredients.  The only main vitamin he recognized was vitaming B-12.
>
> I next went to a Natural Foods store that sells all kinds of vitamins and 
> herbs.  The lady looked at these two bottles and said they are 
> combinations of ingredients packaged together in concentrated form.  The 
> products she sold for neuropathy were more individualized ingredients in 
> much lower mg levels.  These are 150 mg pills.  She could see no negatives 
> in the listed ingredients on the bottles, just more of them and in higher 
> mg levels than the stuff she had on the shelves.
>
> I don't know yet if there are any potential problems on down the road, so 
> to speak.  I don't know if there are any problems interacting with my 
> regular three diabetes meds--that is yet to be checked out.
> Here's my question to you guys:  what have been your experiences with meds 
> and vitamins and herbs used for your neuropathy?  Please share them with 
> all of us here.   Frankly, so far I am flabergasted and very impressed. 
> Here in the first week of May I am still symptom-free, as I take all my 
> meds and the new bid cablets.   --  Bill Lewis
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Veronica Elsea
> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:26 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Another new pump with some promise!
>
> Hi everyone!
> I thought I'd share this with all of you, especially my fellow 
> researchers.
> <grin> I just found out about a new pump called the Snap.
> It's made by Asante, a company not too far from my house. Ahem! Hint hint!
> They are just beginning to roll it out, starting in the east, Maryland,
> Washington DC, western Pennsylvania and New England. I think I have that
> covered. I know New York isn't in the initial group. The rest of us should
> be brought in during the summer.
> Anyway, the pump. It uses only prefilled Humalog cartridges. They're 
> working
> to add Novalog and other insulins. So the disposable part of the pump 
> holds
> the cartridge and the battery. The cartridge holds 300 units. So one thing
> right off the bat, we wouldn't have to worry about low battery alarms we
> can't read. When you snap the cartridge into the pump, it's self-priming,
> which also includes removing all of the air bubbles. So no worries there.
> It's not a touch screen pump. It has five buttons, I think. I went to the
> web site and did find the manual. In prowling through it, I discovered 
> that,
> wait for it, wait for it, yes, keypad beeps. Apparently it has quite a bit
> of audio feedback to let you know when you've cancelled something or 
> backed
> out of something, when something has completed, etc. There is an audio 
> bolus
> feature as well.
> I haven't yet figured out a few things like whether meal boluses are 
> figured
> into insulin on board. I also don't know its system for how often basal
> insulin is delivered. But it's a very light-weight pump.
> The only thing I don't like, okay two things. First, it has its own
> proprietary infusion set, only one. I couldn't quite figure out what sort 
> of
> cannula it was. So I'd have to give up my beloved Cleo's. Second, if you
> want a long temporary basal, it bugs you with alarms every six hours. Like 
> I
> want to be awakened in the middle of the night just to be reminded that I
> have a temporary basal set. Sheesh! So I have my list of questions and 
> will
> be contacting them for sure.
> The web site for the pump is:
> http://www.snappump.com
> And the phone number for the company is:
> Asante: (877) 244-8402
> Anyway, I was sure happy to discover that there's some improvement for us
> here coming soon. I still wish I could use the T-slim though. This 
> afternoon
> I sat down with my sighted hubby and it looks like it would be almost
> impossible to adapt this pump using templates. Now, what we have to do is
> convince sighted people that they need a Siri in this pump. Great for
> driving! Hey Slim, I'm munching 30 grams of carbs as I drive. Yes. 
> Confirm!
> That would be a cool way for us to get access, wouldn't it! <grin>
> Anyway, stay tuned!
> Veronica
>
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> Laurel Creek Music Designs
> Santa Cruz, California
> Phone: 831-429-6407
>
>
>
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