[Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Pokeless Monitoring Device

Sat Sep 29 16:47:00 UTC 2018

As of the last I knew, the FreeStyle Libre does not automatically track your blood sugar levels. It only reads when you scan. It did not have alarms for high or low BG readings. If you don't feel you need these, fine. If you do, in my mind, the Dexcom is still far superior. I'm only saying this to make sure that as consumers of medical devices, we pay attention and know what we're getting. If it's right, it's great that there are choices and if there is a less expensive thing that works, excellent. I just don't want to see things dissolve into oh, this is better because it's cheaper sort of mentality. If that happens, then I fear that insurance companies will only look at that factor and not at what is provided and what is needed by the person with diabetes. Okay, rant over.
I will continue prowling around to see if cheap cheap cheap is the reason Libre had so little trouble getting Medicare coverage while Dexcom has struggled. As a Dexcom G6 user who is two days away from switching to Medicare, frankly, I'm a bit scared.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lester Cameron via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 7:06 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Lester Cameron
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Pokeless Monitoring Device

Hello my name is Lester I am a blind man
I like the new meeter but I do not have a I phone
I do have a I pad It is a minny  I pad
Can I use that to read the meeter
Do you think it will soon get  a voice
My daughter uses it she is sited and she loves it
She said she got her fingers back
Thanks

-----Original Message----- 
From: Edward Green via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:29 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Edward Green
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Pokeless Monitoring Device

Hi,

I use the Freestyle Libre and it works well. I use the censors in 
conjunction with the iPhone app rather than the standalone reader as the 
reader is inaccessible. Note that the censors are the same regardless of 
whether you use the app or the reader.

Cheers,

Ed

> On 29 Sep 2018, at 02:39, gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk 
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Yes this will work.i think there are a few blind users testing the 
> device.at
> the moment the  dexcom may have been my friend but my insurance and my co
> pays with dexcom  are making it impossible for me to keep dexcom around 
> and
> looking for alternativest to the cgm solution.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of WADE
> Hemmelrick via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 6:11 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: WADE Hemmelrick <cybershark35 at msn.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Pokeless Monitoring Device
>
> Apologies for sending this to the wrong address.
> ________________________________
> From: WADE Hemmelrick
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 1:01 AM
> To: reply at email.diabetes.org
> Subject: Freestyle Pokeless Monitoring Device
>
> (I understand there are smartphone and stand-alone versions of this 
> device.
> Has anybody used it and what's the good word on a talking version? 
> Cheers!)
>
> I watched the TV ads for the new Freestyle pokeless glucose monitoring
> device. Although not a talking device for blind and visually-impaired 
> users,
> (not that I know of yet), this monitoring system (if good as advertised) 
> is
> the way I'll go, as lancets and I still don't get along all that well.
> Cheers!
> https://www.freestylelibre.us/
> [https://www.freestylelibre.us/content/dam/adc/freestylelibreus/images/FSL_1
> 4day_NoAppMessage.jpg]<https://www.freestylelibre.us/>
>
> Home | The FreeStyle Libre System<https://www.freestylelibre.us/>
> Accurate. The FreeStyle Libre sensor automatically measures glucose 
> readings
> day and night, ‡ and is accurate for insulin dosing.* 
> www.freestylelibre.us
>
>
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