[Diabetes-talk] Help for Dawn

[Colleen Roth]

Hi Mike,
She does have a friend doing this right now but doesn't want to do this long-term.
I do think that this may be the solution if she doesn't want to use the Safe Shot.
She does have severe restistance to insulin. Her a1c is really high and she has Severe Neuropathy.
She has been blind for about seven years due to Diabetes.
She takes a lot of Insulin and her Insurance Company doesn't want to provide the pens.
Maybe the cost of a home-health nurse to draw up the insulin would help.
I did suggest different containers for the insulin sypes which her friend set up for her.
Thanks for the Sugesttions.
Colleen



----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Friday, Mar 21, 2014 06:55:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Help for Dawn

>
>
> Colleen:
> 
> The Count-a-dose that's still available uses BD (Becker and Dickinson)
> 50-unit syringes. The Count-a-dose that handles 100-unit syringes is no
> longer available. She should work with her pharmacist to find a BD syringe
> and needle combination that works with the Count-a-dose. IMO she must have a
> whale of a lot of insulin resistance to take 100 units at a time several
> times a day. IMO the simplest solution would be to draw up her insulin 50
> units at a time, giving herself two shots each time she proposes to inject
> 100 units. There ininis* U400 insulin; she'd only need to take 25 units of that
> to equal 100 units of U100 insulin. But she would have the problem of
> keeping the U100 and U400 insulins separate. It sounds like she doesn't know
> Braille so that might be a problem.
> 
> I know what I say next will seem anathema to many on this list. But till she
> gets things straightened out, Dawn might want to consider using a Home
> Health Nurse (they're available fairly easily in my county, at least) to
> draw up a bunch of 100-unit doses ahead-of-time she could keep in the
> refrigerator. Just a thought.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Colleen Roth
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 3:30 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Help for Dawn
> 
> Hello to those who talked to Dawn,
> I am a friend of Dawn's and President of the At Large Chapter in Ohio.
> I do not use Insulin although I am a Diabetic.
> Until a few months ago Dawn's husband was drawing up her insulin. He has had
> a serious stroke and is not able to do this any more.
> I need to know if there is a specific needle which works with the Count a
> Dose. I think Bernie said somethroughing about this.
> I think she can use this for the 45 units she takes when she needs Fast
> Acting Insulin. This is usually three times a day. Sometimes it is four
> times a day.
> She also takes 100 units a couple of times a day.
> There is something called a Fase Shot which is preset by a Physician. It
> measures 33, 50, or 100-units.
> I will be helping Dawn to get this stuff forwardded to the right people to
> get her equipment.
> Could you please email me offlist unless you think this information will be
> helpful to more people.
> I do appreciate your help.
> Dawn needs me to write these thing down for her.
> Thank you in advance for any help,
> 
> Colleen Roth
> 419-661-9171
> 
> 
> 
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