[Diabetes-talk] Question for Bill

Mon Mar 31 23:33:37 UTC 2014

Hi Bill,

How do you know that you have only a few more years on this earth?

Warmly, Joy

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From: "Bill Lewis" <wlewis19 at cox.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Diabetes-talk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 21

>
> Hi.  I find my Prodigy meter works fine for me.  But be sure you have a 
> reliable supplier of test strips that are not having trouble with being 
> accepted as a provider by Abama Care.  Evidently, hospitals, doctors, and 
> suppliers who have protested big cuts in reimbursements are being 
> bypassed, so that you may find that hospitals, doctor offices and 
> suppliers are having big trouble.
>
> I'm frankly glad I have only a few more years on this Earth.   --   "Bill 
> Lewis
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> From: James Hunt Jr.
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 7:58 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Diabetes-talk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 21
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> Hello, I am new to the list, and from Indiana! I am not using that meter. 
> I
> am using the Prodigy Voice meter. Any comments(Good or bafd? Can't wait to
> connect with you all.
> Thank you
>
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>   1. Is Anyone Using This BG Meter? (eileen scrivani)
>   2.  Is Anyone Using This BG Meter? (Bernadette Jacobs)
>   3.  Is Anyone Using This BG Meter? (Bernadette Jacobs)
>   4. Re: Is Anyone Using This BG Meter? (Mike Freeman)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:53:37 -0400
> From: "eileen scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "NFB Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Is Anyone Using This BG Meter?
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> Hi,
>
> I found this Embrace glucose meter on the Maxi Aids web site and it sounds
> interesting.  I?m wondering if anyone is or has used it and what you might
> have found, positive or negative about its accessibility.
>
> http://www.maxiaids.com/products/8121/Talking-Blood-Glucose-Monitor-Kit---Bilingual.html
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eileen
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:08:57 -0700
> From: Bernadette Jacobs <bernienfb75 at gmail.com>
> To: NFB Diabetes Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk]  Is Anyone Using This BG Meter?
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> So sweetheart, I don't even have any desire to get on the "Maxi Aids'"
> web site.  So, what's the meter?  Is it Solo V2, or whatever?  Most web
> sites monitor whoever gets on and off their sites and I don't even want
> to be known to get on theirs.
>
> Bern
>
> Hi,
> I found this Embrace glucose meter on the Maxi Aids web site and it
> sounds interesting.  I???m wondering if anyone is or has used it and
> what you might have found, positive or negative about its accessibility.
> http://www.maxiaids.com/products/8121/Talking-Blood-Glucose-Monitor-Kit---Bilingual.html
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eileen
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> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:13:46 -0700
> From: Bernadette Jacobs <bernienfb75 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Diabetes-talk]  Is Anyone Using This BG Meter?
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> Oops!!  Sorry gang.  I missed the name here.  It's  "Embrace.  Sorry.  I
> stand corrected!!
>
> No.  I haven't used that, on a regular basis.  I've seen them before.
> As I see it, it's merely a sort of copy of the Prodigy Voice.
>
> Bern
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I found this Embrace glucose meter on the Maxi Aids web site and it
> sounds interesting.  I???m wondering if anyone is or has used it and
> what you might have found, positive or negative about its accessibility.
> http://www.maxiaids.com/products/8121/Talking-Blood-Glucose-Monitor-Kit---Bilingual.html
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eileen
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> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:11:21 -0700
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Is Anyone Using This BG Meter?
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> MMM ... I may have a meter like that, i.e., a Prodigy Voice clone. But I
> thought someone once told me the embrace was kind of like the prodigy
> autocode in that it said the reading once and required sighted assistance 
> to
> review past readings from memory. But I could be way off-base here.
>
> Mike
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> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bernadette Jacobs
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:14 AM
> To: NFB Diabetes Talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Is Anyone Using This BG Meter?
>
> Oops!!  Sorry gang.  I missed the name here.  It's  "Embrace.  Sorry.  I
> stand corrected!!
>
> No.  I haven't used that, on a regular basis.  I've seen them before.
> As I see it, it's merely a sort of copy of the Prodigy Voice.
>
> Bern
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I found this Embrace glucose meter on the Maxi Aids web site and it sounds
> interesting.  I???m wondering if anyone is or has used it and what you 
> might
> have found, positive or negative about its accessibility.
> http://www.maxiaids.com/products/8121/Talking-Blood-Glucose-Monitor-Kit---Bilingual.html
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eileen
>
>
>
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