[Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all rightbut being blind and diabetic is not good at all

Sun Mar 16 17:23:34 UTC 2014

Bern:

With respect: don't be so snooty! The demand for shorter needles comes
directly from patients. There's no bunch of omniscient Know-it-alls that are
making decrees about poor, defenseless diabetics. As with the size of the
special VoiceMate sound unit which contained an identifier for Lilly insulin
viles -- part of the reason it was so large -- it's a case of "be careful
what you wish for; you just might get it!". Most people want shorter needles
and while most of the consequences are good (I don't have to pinch up the
skin anymore before giving myself an injection), it makes sense that there
may be problems. Aside from cost, why *anyone* uses viles anymore is beyond
me.

Cheers!

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Bernadette Jacobs
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:36 AM
To: Debbie Wunder; Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all rightbut being blind
and diabetic is not good at all

Hey Gang:

Hate to be the bearer of bad news.  But I think that if it isn't 
already, the Count-A-Dose may be on its way out.  For one thing, many of 
these outfits that make syringes are now making different plastic 
casings for their syringes which, unfortunately, no longer fit 
comfortably in the cradle of the Count-A-Dose.  If that isn't enough, 
these find-and-dandy outfits have taken it upon themselves to shorten 
the needle points from one-half inch to five-sixteenths inch so the 
needle point no longer pierces the cork of the insulin vial.  They all 
just assume that we patients want shorter needle points???  You know 
what they say about assume.  "Assume makes an ass out of U-M-Me!!"  Bern

What is ILA?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:01 AM, "Debbie Wunder" <debbiewunder at centurytel.net>
wrote:
>
> You can purchase one through ILA. It has been a while, but I think I paid
between $60 and $85 for the one I have.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all rightbut being blind
and diabetic is not good at all
>
>
>> I got one at Wallgreen's a few years ago -- $60 or so, I think.
>>
>> Also, NFB's Independence Market (which you can get to from the NFB
website)
>> has talking BP systems.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of
>> sayegh.mary at gmail.com
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:13 PM
>> To: Colleen Roth; Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all right but being
blind
>> and diabetic is not good at all
>>
>> Where can I get this talking blood pressure monitor and how much is it?
>> Mary
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Colleen Roth <n8tnv at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> The Talking Blood Pressure Monitor my husband has is exactly the same
>>> as the doctor uses.
>>> As a matter of fact, ours is the newer version of the one in our
doctor's
>> office.
>>> Colleen Roth
>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:28:25 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I thought a CD came with the count-a-dose.
>>>>
>>>> As for BP machines, I'm not sure *any* home machine is as good as
>>>> that which one finds in a doctor's office.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Fidano
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:58 PM
>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all right but being
>>>> blind and diabetic is not good at all
>>>>
>>>> I've not used the count a dose, but doesn't the NFB store  offer this?
>>>> thought maybe they would have  some  info available for using it in
>>>> Braille or electronic format?
>>>> But am curious about the BP cuff.. its audible? and Did she tell you
>>>> how well it worked compared to what she might use?..
>>>> Tamera
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Dawn" <dlanting at bex.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 1:08 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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