[Diabetes-talk] Lantus pin

Wed May 13 22:50:38 UTC 2015

I'll give a slight hint here. On the Animas and the Snap in particular, if
you're trying to enter a blood glucose reading manually that requires a lot
of button pushes, if you move to quickly, it skips. If you hit the button
too hard, it can jump. Sometimes you hear the click but nothing actually
happens. In my report I'll go through the functions I use on my Cozmo and
the reason I am so disappointed in all the other pumps. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Freeman via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:23 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Mike Freeman
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Lantus pin

I don't trust switches, even those with a definite detent and click.
Contacts can become dirty and/or bent. I still prefer some sort of
electronic confirmation that the contact has been made. Just one man's
opinion.

Mike Freeman

> On May 12, 2015, at 21:24, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-talk
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> When you push it, it has a definite indent in, plus it makes a slight
click
> sound. I have doubled check with sighted people, and when you feel the
> indent when pushing and hear the click, it has selected an item. If either
> of these don't happen, apparently it has not selected an item.
> 
> Again, pumps are not for everyone, but I know many blind diabetics do not
> trust a non-talking pump, and this is a legit concern, but from my
personal
> experience, in ten years, I have never had a problem with my pump, or my
> diabetes in regards from the pump because of an error I made because my
pump
> lacked full accessibility. For example, I have never made a mistake
> drastically affecting my sugars because I errored with the pump.
> 
> However, we need to continue to crusade for accessible pumps. Like
> everything else, we shouldn't be denied something available to others,
> especially when it's something becoming the rule in diabetic care. 99% of
> kids diagnosed with diabetes are put on pumps as soon as possible. Seems
> like it should be a device made for everyone. And with diabetes being one
of
> the leading causes of blindness, pumps should be available with
> accessibility since more and more diabetics are losing vision.
> 
> And companies in the past have worked on pumps just for the blind, but I
> think existing pumps just need to include a talking feature that can be
> turned on or off, just like Apple products. We don't need a pump just for
> us, though either way, I would take it.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike Freeman via Diabetes-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:03 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Cc: Mike Freeman
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Lantus pin
> 
> But how do you know that the button pushes "took"?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 6:44 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Lantus pin
> 
> Rachel,
> 
> There is no talking pump, but many pumps have audio sounds that allow
blind
> people to use them. I use the Animas Ping. I have certain menus and
> functions memorized, and I use written directions for other functions.
Some
> of the functions beep, though not all, but the buttons have a discernable
> push, so you know you have selected something when you push. I have been
on
> an insulin pump for 10 years, and I have never had a problem with my pump
> because I did not know what I did or screwed something up. And I have had
> the best control and management ever, and I have had diabetes for 30
years.
> 
> The Medtronic is another pump good for blind people. Veronica on the list
> has played with mor pumps than me and may have more advice.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Rachel Krieg via Diabetes-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:58 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Cc: Rachel Krieg
> 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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