[Diabetes-Talk] Help

Tue Jan 8 19:32:06 UTC 2019

Very odd .i have good results  with clever choice voice HD compared to  the
protegy.  

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jude
DaShiell via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 5:13 AM
To: Bernadette Jacobs via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Help

I never had good luck with the Clever Choice and that was the first meter I
used.

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, Bernadette Jacobs via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 06:41:07
> From: Bernadette Jacobs via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bernadette Jacobs <bernienfb75 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Help
>
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Jan 7, 2019, at 8:53 PM, Andy Langbart via Diabetes-Talk
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I can help
> >
> >             I have had the same issues. I havve learned that when you
poke your finger close to the nail that it is more likely to get blood out.
Also, A trick that I like to use is heating a wet paper towel, putting it on
the finger i will be trying to get a reading from.
> >
> > The other ideas I have seen make a lot of sense, too.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> > Good luck and feel free to email me. getting new ideas and sharing them
with your endocrinologist is always a great idea.
> >
> >> On 9/3/2018 5:44 PM, Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> Like others have written wash your hands with warm water before
testing. Its next to impossible to get blood when your hands are cold. I
will also massage my arm in a downwards motion towards the fingers to get
blood flowing to the fingertips before I do a stick. I personally think it
is helpful when not testing to keep my hands moisturized with lotion. I
think that when my skin is dry that can make test difficult also.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, several months back the meter I liked the best and found
not only easiest but accurate went out of business. That was the Solus V2.
While some are using the Clever choice meter, I cannot find a company that
sells the test strips. I am stuck using the Prodigy, and while some on the
list will rave about it because of accessibility I think it sucks! I find it
is difficult to use and the business about it using a small sample of blood
is nonsense. I waste many a strip trying to get a sufficient sample when
testing. Its just downright difficult and I question its level of accuracy
as well. A friend recently told me that some write up rated it as being one
of the worst, but unfortunately we?re stuck with it because its the only
thing out there that talks.  If I could find another talking meter I?d
change over in a heart beat, but I and you need to test so for that reason
only its better than nothing.
> >>
> >> Eileen
> >>
> >> From: Mark Feliz via Diabetes-Talk
> >> Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 4:19 PM
> >> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> >> Cc: Mark Feliz
> >> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] difficulty testing my sugar level
> >>
> >> Hello, I am now on rapid acting insulin and am required to test my 
> >> blood before and after meals. I am experiencing much difficulty 
> >> getting a blood sample. I either do not bleed or, I smear the blood 
> >> I think.
> >> Does any one have any suggestions? Perhaps there is a particular 
> >> meter that might work better than another?
> >> Thanks
> >>
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il.comGoodgood morning Mark.
>
>
> Now that it appears as you have become very much insulin dependent, I
would certainly talk with my endocrinologist about either the Dexcom or the
freestyle Livre.  Sorry. I don?t know how to spell it. But, so many others
on this list have it these days. I, myself, I am using the Dexcom and love
it!! However, I wish that some of these things were a little more problem
Dash free than they are. I wish I could tell you that some of these
technologies don?t come without any bugs. At any rate, keep us posted and
let us know what you find. You will need a script from your doctor for these
things but it is doable and probably a little more manageable than what
meters are left out there. I certainly wish there was more. Looks pretty
gloomy out here for blind diabetics, between the choices we have out here
and fighting with the powers that be to get what little there is. It?s a
terrible disgrace!! I?m so sorry.
>
> Bern
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