[Diabetes-talk] newly diagnosed

[Mark Tardif]

Hi, Mike,

I just read, at your recommendation, articles about finger sticking and 
getting the blood properly onto the test strip in "Bridging the Gap" 
on-line, and I think these will be helpful.  Thank you.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 8:10 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Mike Freeman
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] newly diagnosed

Once in a great while, it's a bum strip. Most often, though, it's a matter
of insufficient blood on the strip.

Mike Freeman


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From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Star Gazer via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 5:03 PM
To: 'S L Johnson'; 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Star Gazer
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] newly diagnosed

Sandra,
I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with my second child. I got
the "low" readings quite frequently. I never did figure out why.

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of S
L Johnson via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2015 7:21 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: S L Johnson <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] newly diagnosed

Hello,

I've been dealing with the testing problems for over a year now.  I never
stick my Braille reading finger.  I got too frustrated with the lancing
device because it didn't seem to go deep enough to get any blood.  I gave up
and just prick my finger with the lancet by itself.  I find testing very
frustrating at times.  Sometimes the Prodigy tells me the sample is too
small and to test again with a new strip.  Well, can't they make it so you
will get a warning but without you having to use another strip?  I've often
gone without testing for a few days when I ran out of strips too soon.
Ocasionally my meter says low instead of giving me a number.   Sometimes
this happens two or more times before I get a real reading and This also
uses up too many strips.  Have any of you had this happen?  Also, if they
are going to make products for the blind, then they need to put model and
serial numbers in Braille.  I had problems getting help from Prodigy
customer service when I wasn't able to tell them my serial number.  Another
problem I have is with the coding solution.  You have to match the number on
the bottle to know if your meter is correct and we can't read that number.
With so many blind diabetics using the Prodigy, isn't there anything we can
do to convince them to make their software accessible?  Finally, I am so
frustrated with Prodigy, what other meters are accessible to someone who is
totally blind?

Sandra


-----Original Message-----
From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 4:52 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] newly diagnosed

I use the Prodgiy Voice as well. I write my readings down in an Excel
spreadsheet though.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Rachel Krieg via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 3:39 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Rachel Krieg <rkrieg7583 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] newly diagnosed

He uses the prodigy voice, and we can't, for the life of us, figure out how
to download his results. When he was using the solo, the software was
inaccessible. His doctor has no clue as to how to download his results from
either the solo or the prodigy.

Do you guys remember the acucheck with the separate box that read the level
with speech? That's what he first started using after he lost his eyesight.

I'm so glad they have the prodigy voice now.
Rachel and Lady the lovable lab


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