[Diabetes-talk] Accessibility of insulin pumps.

Wed May 13 03:48:05 UTC 2015

While I agree the Cosmo was the best, I have found the Animas to be close,
though still not as good. I switched more than a year ago to Animas, and I
like it, though if given a choice, I would go back to the Cosmo if they
still made it.

With the Animas, It does not have beeps for most things, but the buttons are
very tactile and indent when pushing, so you know you selected an item when
pushing.

I use the touch bolus and not the bolus wizard. The touch bolus is tactile
and beeps every time you push it.

I can also adjust the temporary decrease and increase on my own along with
switching between basal patterns. I believe the Animas has 4 or 5 basal
patterns you can set up, including weekdays 1 and 2, weekends and exercise.
Changing the and loading the cartridge is pretty simple, and I can do on my
own. I also have written directions for everything just in case, though
features I use frequently, I have memorized.

Look forward to hearing about the conference and what you discovered.

Bridgit

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Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:55 PM
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Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Accessibility of insulin pumps.

Hi everyone!
I am about to go out of town for a few days, but next week when I'm back,
I'll see if I can finally do the write-up from the conference I attended. I
spent hours playing with many different pumps and working with all of the
reps. The short version is that I'm still hanging on to my Cozmo as no pump
could equal the list of things I can do by myself with the Cozmo. It's
pretty shameful and pathetic to hear what these companies consider
acceptable for a blind pump user. I guarantee you, no sighted person would
go on a pump if all they could do was have someone set basal rates and give
the occasional meal bolus. No way!
But I'll try and get that done by next week so stay tuned! <grin>
Thanks.
Veronica

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Rachel:

I'm not Bridgit, but ...

You are correct; there is no accessible insulin pump at this time although,
once basal rates are set with the help of a sighted person, a limited number
of pumps give aural indications that allow a blind person to administer
his/her own boluses. These pumps, unfortunately, are becoming fewer and
fewer as more and more pumps have touch-screens and menu systems to regulate
their activities.

Mike Freeman, President
Diabetes Action Network

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Rachel Krieg via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Lantus pin

Hi, Bridgit.

My husband is Type 1 as well. We've discussed the pump, but to my knowledge,
there is not an accessible pump. Is this correct?
Rachel

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