[Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all right but being blind and adiabetic is not good at all

[eileen scrivani]

Dawn:

In the event you eventually can't figure out the count a dose, when I used 
syringes and had fixed dosages, that is I was not yet on a sliding scale, I 
had a family member or a nurse make up gauges for set dosage amounts using 
lengths of staples that were wrapped and secured with scotch tape.
The Count A Dose is a better method, IMO, but in a pinch the staples are 
another option to consider.  I have not used a count a dose in many years 
and would have to find my old one to try and figure it out again to explain 
it to you, but it can be done and does work.

Good luck.

Eileen


-----Original Message----- 
From: Dawn
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 4:08 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all right but being blind and 
adiabetic is not good at all

Hello  well I got a count a dose in the mail today  I had a visiting nurse
out here to take my blood pressure with my new talking blood pressure cuff
she showed me how to use it  but when it came to the count a dose she had no
clue  the doctor had no clue it came with a disk  but it is one that my
computer can not read  I take two different insulins  I take one hundred
units twice aday of ythe Lantus  then I take a short acting insulin three
times a day  forty five units  I can use the ccount a dose thing with that
because it goes up to fifty units  but no one can tell me how to work it  I
have a friend draw up my needles  but I need to be able to do ythis myself I
want to be independent  but  it don't seem possible  I take a total of five
shots a day  plus one more shot once a week the mmedicne  that works with
insulin  anyone have anyclue  what I am to do??? Thanks so much and have a
great day

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