[Diabetes-Talk] Thank you all for your reassurance, and government ineptitude...

[Paul Magill]

Hi all,

Have been reading all your posts about medical insurance problems etc, and just thought I would let you know that it must be common to governments in general.

While my problem is trivial compared to yours, I just recently found that our government stopped the subsidy on the Sensor  Card Plus meter I mentioned earlier, andso our pharmacies are no longer going to stock the test strips.  .

You might have guessed, no consultation with anyone!

I have ordered another one from New Zealand, and hope it will be ok.

Warm regards,
Paul from Australia
  

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2019 1:35 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: d m gina
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] apology re using insulin pumps

Now if you didn't offer that, you wouldn't have known.
Never worry.

You might have something over there that we might not have in the states.

Original message:

> Hi all,

> I should have realised that people would have already considered what 
> Iput forward, and that there was no need for me to  suggest it on list, 
> which quite understandably irritated people who already have enough 
> problems dealing with the manufacturer's obstinance.

> I have benefitted so much from being on this list, that I thought I 
> might offer something in return, without giving it due consideration.

> With apologies,
> Paul from Australia.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, 8 February 2019 5:51 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Cc: Amber Wallenstein
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] using insulin pumps

> There are several problems with this.
> 1. You are assuming I have the smart phone or glasses to use AIRA.
> 2. You are also assuming I have the funds to buy AIRA services each 
> month. And you can’t miss a month if you buy this inaccessible pump, 
> because of the inaccessibility, you would have to use it. What if 
> something happens to AIRA and it is no longer operational?
> 3.  It also gives the company a pass on accessibility.  If I buy the 
> pump, what is their incentive to make it accessible?
> 4.  The fact I would have to use AIRA or another service is extremely 
> disconcerting to me… I don’t really want a person knowing that 
> information about me.  In addition, I’m not sure I feel comfortable 
> telling this person information about me, or having to have them direct 
> me on everything I must do. Frankly it’s another cumbersome step in 
> what I need to do to access my own care.
> So unless the companies of the inaccessible pumps were to pay for AIRA, 
> the equipment to access it, and pay me to be trained on how to use AIRA 
> effectively, I pass.
> Amber

>> On Feb 7, 2019, at 11:29 PM, Paul Magill via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:



>> Hi all,



>> All I know about insulin pumps is what I have read on this list, but
>> may I make a suggestion re using the touch screen controller:



>> Would it help to use the Aira service to have an agent tell you where
>> the appropriate control is, so you can press it.



>> https://aira.io/



>> Regards,

>> Paul from Australia



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