[Diabetes-Talk] meters

[doula.jarboe at gmail.com]

Hi All,

     When I do need a meter, I use the akuchek guide.  I needed sighted
assistance to set it up, and occasionally for getting the information to
transfer to the app on my phone.  But, it's a lot easier to get a test since
it doesn't require as much blood as something like the Prodigy.  And the
intake slot on the strip isn't nearly as tricky for me at least.  Besides
the transferring issue I run into sometimes, the beeps that communicate that
the strip is ready, and that it's taken the blood are a little soft.
Overall though, I've done better with it than I did with the Prodigy.
Doula

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sandi
Ryan via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:10 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: sjryan2 at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

I haven't noted that anyone is touting anything. And I'm glad you get
excellent readings from your Prodigy, but I have had problems, and so have
others. I went to using a One-Touch Verio about four years back. I have to
have sighted help with it, but I do all the work and my husband reads the
result. It's not accessible, and not the best answer, but it works for me
far better than the prodigy.

If I'm not mistaken, the Prodigy requires more blood than many of the more
current meters. That might be a reason to upgrade and update it. And there
may be others. But no one is trying to take your prodigy away, we're just
discussing other things that are out there with their pros and cons. Your
mention that the app with the newer one gets a 1 rating would certainly give
me pause!

Sandi


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Alan
Lemly via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:10 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Alan Lemly <walemly at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

Well, I've had no problem with the quality of my Prodigy meter and I'm much
more interested in a meter's accessibility than where it shows up in reviews
by most who are not concerned with accessibility. And I'm curious what sort
of updates you expect for a meter that does what it's designed to do and is
fully accessible. I've been using glucose meters for years and I don't
recall any of them getting updated like a smart phone or smart phone app. It
would be nice to have a meter that could transfer its readings to a
well-designed app that was fully accessible and allow review of past scores
as well as transfer of those scores to medical professionals. I see that the
ReliOn that you're touting has an app but 70% of its reviewers give it one
star so it has problems. I like that I can upload my Prodigy Autocode
readings to Diasend where I can print the reports my endocrinologist needs.

Alan Lemly

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Dorothea Martin via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:04 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Dorothea Martin
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

Hello, Ed and Everyone,
To go on with what Ed said, the ReliOn Pro Voice is easily available though
hardly as accessible as the Prodigy Voice. However, accessibility is not the
whole story, since the quality of the meter itself must be considered. The
ReliOn meters show up near the top of reviews, while Prodigy courts the
bottom. We must also keep in mind that the Prodigy meters, including the
Voice, have not been updated in years and are getting long in the tooth. I'm
beginning to think that if we must continue to use those inexpensive little
glucometers with small memories, we will also keep on having to face a
trade-off between the device's actual quality as a meter and its
accessibility.
Dotty Martin

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