[Diabetes-Talk] trying a new meter

[Jude DaShiell]

Before this thread got hijacked, the question came up about the acucheck
meter.  Due to thread hijacking, going assumption here is the original
poster will be the first on this list to find out about that particular
meter.

On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 09:11:26
> 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] trying a new meter
>
> We don't insert our infusion set in the breasts, some of us just keep the
> pump in our bra instead of on the waistband or anywhere else.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Doula
> Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 12:12 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Doula Jarboe <doula.jarboe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] trying a new meter
>
>  Alright, so I guess I cheat. I live with one of those sighted people.
> Which makes life easier. He's the one who put it in my upper arm, no way am
> I acrobatic enough to be able to do that on my own. It does go into the
> muscle, being the back of the upper arm, but so far that hasn't been too
> bad. I had one other one on the upper arm, and when I reported it to tech
> support, I didn't have any issues with them saying you aren't supposed to
> put it there. I can't imagine injecting something into my breast, that just
> sounds painful. Thankfully at this point, I'm not a pump user. My Diabetes
> educater did everything she could to try to get me the G6 but alas, was not
> successful. And so far I'm still having this sensor stick, so maybe it will
> actually last the
> 7 days.
>
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