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

Sun Mar 16 19:17:38 UTC 2014

Hi Mike,

Some of us are just stuck with old likes and can't give up their Insulin 
vials.

Warmly, Joy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] help being blind is all rightbut being blindand 
diabetic is not good at all

> 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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