[Diabetes-talk] Questions

[Debbie Killian]

Hi Mike,
my computer froze up and so I lost the information that i need to order the 
Prodigy Voice strips. Someone shared on the list where you can get them for 
a little over $5. Could you please send that information to me?  I would 
greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Debbie
----- 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: Friday, December 16, 2016 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Questions from a newly


> Hello, Juan. Welcome to our list. I'm sure others will chime in; that's 
> what
> this list is all about, after all. Now to your questions.
>
> (1) at this time, there are only two fully-accessible solutions to the
> problem of ascertaining your blood sugar: one is the Prodigy Voice which 
> you
> can buy from the NFB Independence Market for $50 or so -- I forget the 
> exact
> price. MaxiAids and Independent Living also carry it. This meter allows 
> you
> full access: setting time and date, units of bg measurement and review of
> all readings in memory without sight. And although many pharmacies have 
> not
> heard of the Prodigy Voice, it works with strips for the Prodigy autocode
> (one pharmacies are more familiar with) so I just tell insurance and/or my
> pharmacy to get Autocode test strips and be done with it. Until recently,
> there was another meter -- the Solus V2 from BioSense Medical -- that was
> almost fully accessible. However, I suspect it will be discontinued rather
> soon as BioSense is having trouble getting suppliers who will carry its
> strips and who will accept Medicare reimbursement. The second solution is
> the DEXCom G5 continuous blood glucose monitoring system; its iPhone app 
> is
> accessible.
> (2) If you use insulin viles, there is a device (again sold by the
> Independence Market) called a count-a-dose, that will take two viles and
> excepts B&D 50-unit syringes. In a nutshell, one clicks back the plunger
> which cliks once per unit of insulin (this assumes U100 insulin). If 
> you're
> using insulin pens, they also click, once per unit or (in some cases), 
> once
> per half-unit.
>
> Hope this helps and let the discussion begin.
>
> Mike Freeman, President
> NFB Diabetes Action Network
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Juan via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 10:27 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Juan
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Questions from a newly
>
> Hi everyone:
> My name is Juan. I am a type2 diabetic and I am here to request as much
> advice as I can possibly get.
> 1 what accessible machine do you guys recommend to use for checking your
> sugars?
> 2 what advice or methods do you totally blind persons use to inject 
> insulin
> yourself?
> Any other steps and or suggestion would be very much appreciated.
> Also i use an iphone
> Thank you
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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