[Diabetes-Talk] further to, Gadgets or devices to help find that elusive drop of blood

[Jude DaShiell]

You could have that service from be my eyes too and the price difference
may eventually be attractive.

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019, Paul Magill via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 07:31:46
> From: Paul Magill via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Paul Magill <magills at bigpond.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] further to,
>     Gadgets or devices to help find that elusive drop of blood
>
> Hi all,
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> While the talking meters are quite good, I find getting the test strip on to
> the drop of blood can be, at times, very frustrating!
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> So I followed up on the new Aira service at:
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> https://aira.io/
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> and decided to download the app from the appstore on my iPhone and use the 7
> day free trial to check whether the agent could see the drop of blood, and
> guide me to it with the test strip.
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> Success!
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> I had jerry rigged a stand to hold the iPhone so it was looking down on the
> bench where I would put my finger.
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> I explained to the agent what was going on, used the lancet and asked the
> agent whether the drop was bigger than the head of a pin, then put the test
> strip on the end of my finger, and asked for guidance to the drop.
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> She said things like, left a little, right a little, push it further etc,
> until we made contact!
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> It also works with Android.
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> The system is not cheap, but when I can sometimes use 6 or more test strips,
> and twice as many pricks, to get a single reading, it will come in handy
> from time to time.  Considering, that here in Australia, the Dexcom CGM,
> which I would prefer, costs over $5000 per year, so I will give the Aira
> system a go for a while.  It also has nany other uses.
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> I am still trying to find someone to make the plastic ring I mentioned in my
> initial post re this...
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> Regards,
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> Paul in Australia.
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