[Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...

[COLLEEN ROTH]

 Hello Eileen,
I think that the ad says that Ariva serves people with Medicare.
I didn't quite get the part about sticking your fingers. I thought maybe you stuck another part of your body.
It does say the meter talks.
Since I currently get very little blood, if any at all, I am not able to test.
If Ariva does indeed work without blood or with just enough blood that you do not have to use a strip this might be heaven-sent for me.
I have a friend who is a nurse who also has trouble getting enough blood for a reading from me.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: eileen scrivani <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014 11:04 pm
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...

>
>
> All I know is what I heard on the commercial.  I suspect it does not use 
> blood either, but am not certain.  I'm tempted to make a switch, but don't 
> want to go from one inaccurate meter to another that could possibly be even 
> worse.  And then too don't want to be stuck in a situation where I have to 
> use my supplies before I'd be able to go back if it turned out it wasn't the 
> meter for me.
> 
> Again, it is Ariva that has had the ads which I've heard a few times.
> 
> Eileen
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:12 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...
> 
> I would be interested to learn of such a device but don't quite see how it 
> would work — at least if it uses blood samples. Current technology uses 
> chemical reactions to produce an electrical voltage which is measured and, I 
> presume, its wave-form analyzed. This would mean that the sampling device 
> would have to be cleaned between each use, assuming it could be used 
> multiple times which I can't imagine since one can't reverse the chemical 
> reaction which leads to the voltage.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> eileen scrivani
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:50 PM
> To: NFB Diabetes Talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone on this list know anything about a talking strippless meter for 
> testing BG's?  I have recently heard advertizements on TV from Ariva Medical 
> promoting a "talking" meter that does not use strips.  I know these types of 
> things have in the past not been accurate, but it is tempting and I'm sick 
> of the two meters out there that claim "accessibility."  So, even if the 
> stripless meter wasn't fully accessible, at this point I'm used to that 
> anyway.
> 
> Thanks for any input from those who know for a fact and have used the meter.
> 
> Eileen
> 
> 
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