[Diabetes-Talk] Animas news

[Jamie Gurganus]

Veronica,

I sent out the same news to the mailing list. Did you not see it yet? I sent the letter to my diabetic educator, and she told me to just be patient. Our new pumps should be under warranty for 4 years, and she hopes that they will honor that warranty for us. She also said that Tandem and Omnipod  both are about to release exciting new advancements in their comps, so we may not be forced to use the med Tronic. I just hope one of them is thinking about accessibility issues for those of us who are blind.

     Jamie 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 13, 2017, at 9:35 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh lucky me, my endo is on maternity leave and I am not in touch with any
> educator. I am going to investigate the rumor I heard that the Tandem pump
> was eventually going to work with an iPhone. The Animas letter referenced a
> transition period but didn't define it. If the warranty expires before
> September of 2019, they'll honor it, but if after that date, the letter
> implies that they won't. I am going to call Animas to find out how long I
> have to investigate this.
> I did already get an email from the Omnipod rep I met with last March. I
> wrote her asking about anything new coming out. I'm going to give Tandem a
> call next week. 
> And it's ridiculous to say that if we migrate now to Medtronic, we can do it
> for free. If your pump company goes away, we shouldn't have to pay to switch
> no matter which one we choose. Of course, not like we have a lot of options
> right now. I'm not surprised though, especially given the problems I've had
> with my pump. But it's a shame that old technology worked better and none of
> the new stuff does. Man oh man! 
> Oh well, at least I am finally out of the splint and can do my own cartridge
> and other diabetes-related tasks. I can celebrate that! <grin>
> Veronica
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 5:39 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jamie Gurganus
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Animas news
> 
> I just heard back from my diabetic educator, since I also sent her the news
> about Animas.  She said that my pump that is not even a year old has a four
> year warranty that she hopes Animas will honor.  She told me that Tandem and
> Omnipod have exciting new advancements in their pumps that will be released
> within the year, so Medtronic should not be our only option in a pump once
> our warranties expire on the Animas.  I sure hope one or both of these
> companies are paying attention to the need to make their pumps accessible to
> the blind.
> 
> 
> 
>                                                                Jamie
> 
> 
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