[Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...

[Mike Freeman]

CGMS systems have a censor which is placed under the skin and every five
minutes or so (or whatever interval is selected) the unit reads the censor
and shows a graph of the readings.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Colleen Roth
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 8:50 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...

Hi,
That sounds really neat but how do you get the reading? I mean how is the
CGB connected to your body? 
It would be nice if the CGB was covered by Insurance and talked wouldn't it?
Colleen Roth
On Sat, 3 May 2014 19:36:15 -0700, Sally Maguire wrote:


>Eileen,
>
>I would love to have a CGM, a continuous glucose monitor.  They don't 
>have a talking one yet, but isn't that the perfect thing for us?  My 
>doctor told me to talk to my senator.
>I hear it costs about $4,000. per year, so you need a good insurance 
>plan-not Medicare as I have.
>This is what the other diabetics on the Tour de Cure use while riding.
>
>Sally
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "eileen scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>To: "NFB Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:49 PM
>Subject: [Diabetes-talk] A Stripless Talking Meter ...
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone on this list know anything about a talking strippless meter 
>for testing BGb