[Diabetes-Talk] transitioning from Animas Ping

[jamielgurganus at gmail.com]

Good morning Verlyn!  Unfortunately, the only accessible pump was the
Medtronic 530G, which they allowed Animas users to switch to up until Oct.
26, 2018.  You can ask them if they will still consider giving you one, but
they were pretty clear that we had until Oct. 26 to do the switch.  Those of
us using the Animas were put in this dilemma and knew we could not use the
630 that Medtronic offered to exchange our pumps for.  I think enough of us
complained about the inaccessibility of the 630, so they allowed us to
exchange our pumps for the 530G which was discontinued in June, 2018.  

Unless they still have the 530G available for you, there is no other
accessible pump.  Now, another member of our list, Veronica will talk to you
about her experience with using the Omnipod.  She has managed to figure out
a way to use it along with the Seeing AI app on her phone.  So, that may be
your only option at this point.  

				Jamie
  

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veryln
Baldwin via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:47 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Veryln Baldwin <letsdanceintx at gmail.com>
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] transitioning from Animas Ping

Hi Group,

I am brand new to this group as of today. Please forgive me if this topic
has already been addressed.

Can anyone tell me which insulin pump(s) are accessible for a totally blind
individual? I have been using pumps since 2000.  I am guessing the majority
of you are familiar with the unfortunate situation with the Animas company
fading out their technical help at the end of September 2019 and have
stopped manufacturing any more pumps.
The diabetic educator and I attempted for two hours to figure out a way that
I could use the Medtronic 630 completely indecently. We have determined at
this time that this is not possible.

Any comments are greatly appreciated.

Blessings,

Verlyn 


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