[Diabetes-talk] Diabetes-talk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 15

Dawn dlanting at bex.net
Sat Mar 22 13:30:59 UTC 2014 

Hello all Mike  I use to be on the u five hundred it is a very high potency
insulin  but my new endrocologist  toolk me off it because it is too
unperticiable  I am not good at this list stuff  so please bare with me   my
A 1 C has gone down with using the long acting insulin Lantus  and the short
acting insulin I just cant believe my doctors know nothing about any devices
and they speciailize in diabeties  my health insurance will not cover a home
health aid I am on medi care  not medic aid and medicare will only cover a
visiting nurse for a short period of time a few weeks I am caught between a
rock and a hard place I all ready shoot up five to six times a day  I am
also on the new medicine  that I take once a week it is not insulin but
works with the insulin  my best friend draws u0 my needles now  and we keep
them separate this is doable but not what I call being independent  but I am
very thankful for my  friend and feel very blessed just try8ing to get a
hold on my life and no I do not know brail but Mrs. Roth is going to teach
me  with my finger tips from pokeing my self  I do not know how that will
work  wish me luck thank allof you for your concerns and phone calls  I cant
use the pen because  it is not covered for the amount of insulin I use  I
just hit the lottery  being totally blind andadiabetic  hehehehehhahahaa
really I am blessed in so many other ways  look  I have a bunch of new
friends thanks everyone I am open to suggestions

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Today's Topics:

   1. Measuring Devices for Insulin (Colleen Roth)
   2. Help for Dawn (Colleen Roth)
   3. Re: Help for Dawn (Mike Freeman)
   4. Re: Help for Dawn (Colleen Roth)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:54:06 -0400
From: Colleen Roth <n8tnv at att.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Measuring Devices for Insulin
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Hello All,
I have a question for Joyce Stigile who called Dawn Lanting in Ohio.
I have been trying to find the item you suggested through Maxiaids.
This item may have been discontinued.
They are recommended the Safe Shot which can be adjusted using presets at
100, 50, and 33 units.
A Count a Dose would be used for the 45 units.
I need some more information so I can work through this issue for Dawn.
Could you please call me at 419-661-9171.
Thank you,

Colleen Roth





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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:30:29 -0400
From: Colleen Roth <n8tnv at att.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Help for Dawn
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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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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:52:52 -0700
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Help for Dawn
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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 *is* 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


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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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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:57:51 -0400
From: Colleen Roth <n8tnv at att.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Help for Dawn
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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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