[Diabetes-Talk] question about insulin pumps

[Bernadette Jacobs]

Good evening Gary.


I lasted about a year on the silly thing. I had a lot of trouble with it. It never stuck to me, especially in the summer. I can’t to say much good about it. On the other hand, if you have better luck than I did, more power to you!!  Another one of the things I had trouble with, was, that if the patch does not stick to you, you’ve lost that much insulin and you have to throw it away. If you have just filled the cartridge, you’ve just thrown away about $100 worth of insulin.

Bern



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> On Jan 23, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Gary,
> 
> Is that the name brand of the pump or the pump name itself? If its the name of the actual pump do you know who the manufacturer is?
> 
> I haven’t heard of it before.
> 
> Eileen
> 
> From: gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:07 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' 
> Cc: gary-melconian 
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] question about insulin pumps
> 
> Hello has anyone heard about the  viggal or however its spelled insulin pump.my endo wants me to look  at it and try it out.i got my last a1c today and its   a bith high then I wanted to be.so he gave me that  option of exploring.so I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge about these sort of insulin pumps. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 7:08 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Another accessible glucose meter. Was acu chek pairing interface
> 
> I remember this meter. It does sound like a really good one. Unfortunately, it is not available here in the US. I’m glad you still have it in Australia though. Wish we did. Thanks for sharing.
> Veronica
> 
> 
> Veronica Elsea, owner, Laurel Creek Music Designs
> 
>> On Jan 22, 2019, at 3:40 AM, Paul Magill via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I use the SensoCard Plus glucose meter, which is fully accessible, 
>> including recalibration when a new batch of test strips is required.
>> 
>> I don't know whether it is available in the US, but both the device 
>> and test strips are readily availablein Australia.
>> 
>> The below link has a good description, and towards the bottomof the 
>> page, has links to YouTube videos about using the meter.
>> 
>> https://www.pocd.co.nz/products/sensocard-plus-talking-blood-sugar-lev
>> el-met
>> er
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> Paul from Australia
>> 
>> 
>> 
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