[Diabetes-talk] New User of Count a Dose

Sun Dec 11 05:09:21 UTC 2016

Hello Mike,

The matter I'm dealing with here is quite urgent, so an efficient and
accurate solution to the problem is paramount. Mindless experimentation is
useless when accuracy is needed and rapid decisions have to be made and
solutions found. I gather from your glim and unhelpful response that you
have never been in such a situation. I hope that you do not have loved ones
around you who will ever need to depend on you in such a situation, for if
you do, they will certainly be up a creek without a paddle. However, I'm
sure you'll find time to ridicule them for having less knowledge than you
and smuggly indicate your perceived superiority.

If your purpose was, as you now claim, simply to say to me "rather than
asking us, why not experiment yourself and then
tell us the result?", then what would motivate you to comment with your
criptic "violence see", which I suspect no one understood, instead of just
saying to try it (or perhaps more precisely, that you really didn't have
anything helpful to contribute.) I asked my husband, a pretty smart
guy--mechanical engineer from Stanford and lawyer from the U of Chicago--if
he knew what your comment meant, and he did not, but when I told him who it
was who said it, he said that he thought you were a social worker as he
recalled, which, if so, is quite surprising since I would expect more
understanding, compassion and helpfulness from someone in that field.

For your information, I found out last Monday that I had to begin injecting
myself with this medication every night starting that day, and I have no
sighted assistance to assist me in filling the syringes. The medication also
cannot be drawn up in advance, only at the time of the injection. Tell me
what you would have done if you were in my situation. What I have done is
hired sighted colleagues to come over at the last minute to help me, none of
whom have had any experience filling syringes, and I have found people to
assist me by Facetime when in-person assistance could not be aquired. I then
found out about this count a dose device on Wednesday, ordered it
immediately based on very little information, and it arrived this afternoon,
when I got my first look at it and was able to test it with my vials of
medication. So please help me understand how a really smart guy like you
would've handled this better than I have. To add to my stress, each vial of
this medication, from which I get 5 days of injections, costs $428, and my
insurance does not cover it. And I will be taking it for the next 5 weeks.

Sarah

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Sarah Clark" <sarah at sarahannclark.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New User of Count a Dose

I said that, rather than asking us, why not experiment yourself and then 
tell us the result?

Mike Freeman K7UIJ
Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2016, at 17:50, Sarah Clark <sarah at sarahannclark.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> What is violence see? I'm not familiar with that...
>
> Sarah
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman via Diabetes-Talk" 
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 5:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New User of Count a Dose
>
>
>> Sarah:
>>
>> Why not try violence see?
>>
>> Mike Freeman K7UIJ
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2016, at 17:26, Sarah Clark via Diabetes-Talk 
>>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I purchased the BD syringes and received the count-a-dose today.  Though 
>>> I don't yet know how to use the device, I am wondering if my vial is 
>>> going to be too large for the device. The vial of medicine is 1 ML. 
>>> Since the description of the device said it would hold vials of  various 
>>> types and brands of insulin, I assumed that the device would hold vials 
>>> of different sizes... (my medication is not insulin). Is it possible to 
>>> use the device with a 1 ml vial?  (I knew the device would only hold 1/2 
>>> cc syringes, but didn't realize that limit could've applied to the vial 
>>> as well.)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Stigile via Diabetes-Talk" 
>>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "Joy Stigile" <joystigile at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 11:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] New User of Count a Dose
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Sarah,
>>>> Like Mike mentioned the BD Company syringe fits the best with the
>>>> Count-A-Dose.  It is very easy to use.  I have use it for a long time. 
>>>> When
>>>> you want to make sure there are no bubbles in the syringe put a few 
>>>> units
>>>> inside the syringe and push it back and forth about 3 times and that 
>>>> will
>>>> get rid of the bubbles for you.
>>>>
>>>> Joy
>>>>
>>>> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>>>> of
>>>> Sarah Clark via Diabetes-Talk
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 10:18 AM
>>>> To: Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Cc: Sarah Clark <sarah at sarahannclark.com>
>>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] New User of Count a Dose
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I need to take an injectible medication for awhile, so just purchased 
>>>> the
>>>> Prodigy count a dose sold by the NFB. I have taken injectibles in the 
>>>> past
>>>> by having a sighted person draw up the correct dose of med for me to 
>>>> inject,
>>>> but this time decided to try the count a dose so that I can learn to 
>>>> draw up
>>>> the medication myself.
>>>>
>>>> I know the device holds 1/2 cc (50 unit) syringes, but I wanted to find 
>>>> out
>>>> if it requires a particular brand?  Also where have people been able to
>>>> purchase the syringes? The device is scheduled to arrive today or 
>>>> tomorrow,
>>>> so I wanted to go pick the syringes up by then at a local store instead 
>>>> of
>>>> ordering online.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>>
>>>> Sarah
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