[Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre

Greg Wocher gwocher at gwocher.com
Fri Nov 2 19:44:37 UTC 2018 

Hello,
I am lucky in that I know when my sugar is going down. The alarms don’t matter to me. The fact that I won’t have to prick my fingers much anymore is what is making me want this. Also it is not as hard to get the libra with insurance as the Dexcom is. I will be getting the Livre either latter tonight or tomorrow. My doc sent in the perscription to my pharmacy earlier today.

Greg Wocher

> On Nov 2, 2018, at 3:04 PM, blindhands--- via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I am thrilled with the Dexcom as these warning signals are what I needed as I live alone.  Ihave not passed out due to a low sugar only once since I started using it.  The alarm for low blood sugar especially at night  wakes me up.  
> 
> It lets you know by the sound if you are dropping quickly and/or when I am at 80 and every 5 minutes it will let you know with a sound.  
> 
> I got mine in April of this year and   
> Joyce
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2018 11:27 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Dr. Denise M Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre
> 
> Ed
> Oh yes it does tell you when the sugars are ascending or descending. And yes I can feel it also that's why I'm a bit chagrined when I test my blood and discover that it is way different than what the Libre is telling me.
> Saying that if you don't have any issues with having sugars go up and down quickly then it is a good product. Minus no alerts
> 
> I've had a lot of gut surgery due to tumors so I do not digest food correctly. So it did not work well for me because of my sugars skyrocketing or plummeting really quickly...and no alerts The DEXAcom does not take calibrating either and has always been spot on.
> It also has alerts that wake me up when it's going down to low and buzzes me if it's going to high.  That's the biggest  vantage for me --the alerts and spot on glucose readings.
> 
> * Dr Denise M Robinson*
> 
> *Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*
> 
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> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:49 AM Edward Green via Diabetes-Talk < diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Denise,
>> 
>> The app will tell you if your sugars are rising or falling if you take 
>> a reading with the phone, though oddly you need to enable the app's 
>> own self-voicing functionality to get this - Voiceover will only read 
>> the glucose. Does the Dexcom system handle this differently?
>> 
>> I haven't had any accuracy issues with it - I like the fact you're not 
>> required to calibrate, but I did for the first little while for interest.
>> It's useful to know that accuracy could be a problem though as I 
>> haven't been doing that of late.
>> 
>> I agree that hypo warnings would be useful. It's not essential for me 
>> as I tend to feel them, but the extra security would be nice should I 
>> stop doing so.
>> 
>> Greg - it might be worth you getting a UK iTunes Store account if you 
>> go down the libre route, I have a US one for similar eventualities.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Ed
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2 Nov 2018, at 14:16, Dr. Denise M Robinson via Diabetes-Talk <
>> diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have used them both-- Libre doesn't even come close to the DEXAcom.
>> Which
>>> you can use connected to your iPhone and also alert you of lows and
>> highs.
>>> The Libre will not do either of that. It will also not keep up  if 
>>> your blood sugar is going up quickly or going down quickly. It will 
>>> give you wrong glucose numbers I anticipate that it will be a good 
>>> product after they fix these issues.
>>> 
>>> * Dr Denise M Robinson*
>>> 
>>> *Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*
>>> 
>>> Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and 
>>> Visually Impaired
>>> 425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com
>>> 
>>> [image: TechVision Logo]
>>> “Helping the visually impaired see their world changed through
>> technology”
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:32 AM Melanie Torrance via Diabetes-Talk < 
>>> diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I haven’t used the Freestyle Libre, but could you tell us where to 
>>>> go
>> for
>>>> the podcast you watched?
>>>> Melanie Torrance
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Melanie's i phone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 2, 2018, at 9:23 AM, Greg Wocher via Diabetes-Talk <
>>>> diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>> I listened to a podcast yesterday called Accessibility Moving 
>>>>> Forward
>>>> and on it there was a demonstration of someone using the Freestyle
>> Libre.
>>>> He used the Envision AI app to read the screen of the meter. It 
>>>> worked quite well. I am going to see if my doctor will give me a 
>>>> prescription
>> for
>>>> it. It would be great to not have to prick my fingers six or more 
>>>> times
>> a
>>>> day. Has anyone else tried using this system before?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Greg Wocher
>>>>> 
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