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

Sun Feb 10 19:10:59 UTC 2019

Dar,

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Bridgit

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 1:02 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Thank you all for your reassurance, and government ineptitude...

Do you have a amazon there, as we do here?
This is where I buy my strips, I can get more strips at a lower cost that way.

Original message:

> 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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