[Diabetes-talk] [Diabetes-Talk] Best glucose monitor to use

[Mike Freeman]

Jolena:

Insofar as I am aware, there are only two more-or-less fully-accessible
blood glucose monitors. One is the Prodigy Voice which you can get from the
NFB Independence Market. The other is the Solus V2 from BioSense Medical;
you can get it from Advanced Diabetic Solutions in Atlanta, GA. You can get
it from other places such as Amazon but you cannot be sure you're getting
the latest firmware if you go that route.

The only drawback to the Solus V2 is that only the last ten readings in
memory may be spoken even though the rest are there; sight is required to
read the rest via speech. This is because The Solus speaks both English and
Spanish and so the memory doesn't have enough space to handle more than ten
readings using speech.

Insofar as I am aware, there is no meter that speaks both glucose and
ketons.

No meter will be anything as accurate as a lab-standard meter in a hospital.
For home meters, the regs only require that they be within twenty percent of
lab standard. In any case, accuracy is more a matter of testing technique
than anything else.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Jolena Foster via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 7:01 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Jolena Foster
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] [Diabetes-Talk] Best glucose monitor to use

Hello:

My name is Jolena and I am blind. I don't have diabetes but I test my sugar
because in the past I have been pre-diabetic due to weight problems. I am
working on that. But I am looking for a glucose monitor that will talk of
course. I want one that will be as accurate when measuring my glucose as
accurately as possible. Do any of you know which one is the best to get?

P.S. I would love to find a monitor that would test both glucose and
ketones, but so far I haven't been able to find one that will talk. If any
of you can help with that I would be really thankful I look forward to
hearing from y'all.

Jolena Foster

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