[Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
d m gina
dmgina at mysero.net
Tue Jan 1 19:34:06 UTC 2019
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Original message:
> Amber,
> There should be a class either through the diabetes center or the
> hospital. Where do you live? I'm in Iowa, and I never know where
> people on this list live.
> I have had to purchase my Prodigy myself, even though my pharmacy was
> able to order it for me. There is a man on this site, I believe his
> name is Jerry who has information on how blind diabetics can get
> Prodigy meters and strips for a very minimal cost. I'll see if I can
> find the information, since I'm pretty sure I saved it in my drafts.
> Many of the things that sighted people are offered for free doesn't
> apply for us, which is a shame. I have received free meters in the
> mail, which I just give to my diabetic educator to give to someone who
> can't afford one. I also have to buy raised line checks from my bank
> instead of getting free ones. However, I think I heard that banks
> aren't even giving free ones to sighted customers anymore. If you need
> your bank to order them, go through Deluxe.com. Their raised lines are
> so much better than the other company that makes them.
> Jamie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 12:54 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
> I was finally able to get a reading after I took a hot shower: warmed
> up my hands, and gave them a brisk massage. The needle had to be on the
> highest setting.
> I didn’t get this meter through insurance. I bought it on amazon. My
> insurance was going to fight with my doctor about giving me a talking
> meter and it was going to keep me from coming home from the hospital so
> I just avoided the whole insurance issue for the meter and bought one
> myself. they will be covering my CGM though when I get it.
> I worked with a diabetes educator and really liked her She gave me the
> same tips you all did. At the time I worked with her though, I was so
> tired and stressed a lot of what she said didn’t register. I just
> wanted to go home. It would probably be a good idea for me to go to a
> diabetes education class if there is such a thing.
> Amber
>> On Jan 1, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Jude DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> The educators aren't doing a satisfactory job of it otherwise this
>> type of traffic wouldn't be on this list after a client had worked
>> with them for a while. So that sighted assistance is of limited use
>> at best. As for be my eyes, a volunteer can tell a user what is going
>> on at the time the user connects with them which likely will vary a
>> little from day to day. Becoming used to the variability and noting
>> what activities preceeded a reading may for some people start to put
>> some kind of useful data set together. If this happened I can then
>> expect that to happen ...
>> For the record, I've never met or worked with a diabetes educator
>> myself I came into this the hard way.
>> On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>>> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 12:49:34
>>> From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
>>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
>>> But how is having someone sighted going to help a blind person learn
>>> to do it nonvisually?
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Jude DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 11:17 AM
>>> To: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
>>> If you fail after three attempts it's not a good day for readings.
>>> Before an attempt, you might try stretching all parts of your body in
>>> order to maybe get some circulation up and going. On your first day,
>>> your body was surprised by what you did to it which is probably why you
>>> succeeded.
>>> Today, your body is now apprehensive and reacting accordingly. Try
>>> rinsing your hands in warm water and see if you can get some
>>> circulation up that way. If you have be my eyes on your phone or
>>> tablet, you can connect with a volunteer and ask them to look at the
>>> specific areas of your fingers and tell you if any of those areas are
>>> pink. If you got a pink area, likely there's an available donation
>>> for your new metal vampire available. When I started doing my own
>>> testing be my eyes wasn't even available since at that time it didn't exist.
>>> On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 12:02:31
>>>> From: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
>>>> Bridgit:
>>>> Thanks for the ideas. I just don?t understand what I?m doing wrong
>>>> today
>>> that I wasn?t doing wrong yesterday.
>>>> I have no access to sighted people to help me with this, so I?m just
>>> trying every method I can think of to try.
>>>> Also I don?t qualify for MediCare, so I?m at the whim of my
>>>> insurance
>>> company.
>>>> I will keep trying. I?m going to run out of test strips soon, LOL.
>>>> But I
>>> feel this skill is one I have to have in case the Libre I get goes
>>> down for some reason.
>>>> Amber
>>>>> On Jan 1, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via
>>> Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Plenty of totally blind people test their blood sugars with success
>>>>> every day. Even sighted people can struggle in the beginning with
>>>>> testing; nurse educators don't just see blind patients, grin. Sight
>>>>> can make it more convenient in the beginning, but I don't think
>>>>> it's
>>> necessarily a sight vs.
>>>>> blindness thing. Some of us don't have many problems testing
>>>>> nonvisually, and some of us need more practice and patience. But
>>>>> it's the same for sighted diabetics; I speak with experience here,
>>>>> grin. So, it's very much an individual situation here and not
>>>>> always specific to how much or little we see.
>>>>> Amber, I'm sorry it's so frustrating right now. Perhaps using the
>>>>> highest setting on the lancer is giving too much blood? Just keep
>>>>> practicing and try as many methods you can think of. When you go to
>>>>> the endo office, they wipe the finger after poking then squeeze
>>>>> again to try to avoid smearing, so, maybe try that.
>>>>> Bridgit
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>>>> Jude DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 9:19 AM
>>>>> To: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
>>>>> My guess is you smeared the strip. The blood needs to drip through
>>>>> the air onto the strip in order for you not to smear the strip.
>>>>> This is why Medicare doesn't recommend totally blind people do
>>>>> their independent blood sugar testing. Much easier for those with
>>>>> sight to do
>>> this.
>>>>> On Tue, 1 Jan 2019, Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 09:54:30
>>>>>> From: Amber Wallenstein via Diabetes-Talk
>>>>>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Cc: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] what am I doing wrong?
>>>>>> I got my meter on Sunday. Sunday and yesterday I did OK with it.
>>>>>> Today,
>>>>> however, no matter what I do it says my blood sample is not enough.
>>>>> It beeps like it?s going to test, and does it really quickly like I
>>>>> got enough of a sample on the strip but no matter what it won?t do
>>>>> a reading. I know there is plenty of blood because I can feel it
>>>>> on my
>>> skin.
>>>>>> Is something defective or am I doing something wrong? Like I said
>>>>>> I did
>>>>> fine yesterday.
>>>>>> I am finding the meter super frustrating to be honest. But I want
>>>>>> to be
>>>>> able to use it successfully when needed.
>>>>>> Amber
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