[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom or Libra

Fri Jan 15 04:17:40 UTC 2021

Dear Alan and Everyone,

I'm not very conversant with computer associated matters other than what I 
need to manage email and volunteer for Bookshare. How does the information 
get from my Prodigy Voice meter to The diasendR solution and how much does 
it cost? I went to the website and after JAWS read a brief intro I thought I 
was pressing a link to learn more. I must have gotten the wrong thing 
because the next page was about covid so I alt foured.

Also though a company contacted me about receiving the Libra for a $179 
start up fee covering the reader and supplies for 3 months with a $29.95 
charge every three months after that. All supplies would be delivered.  my 
Diabetic RN/educator told me when I checked with her that the endo thought I 
should get the Dexcom because it can be read by my echo dot. She thought 
that company was going to contact me about the Dexcom. It is a company our 
hospitals work with. I'm prepared to use either Dexcom or Libre depending on 
what my insurance will cover for the Dexcom. She's planning to contact me 
tomorrow with some answers.

Have any of you heard about using the echo to get a voice reading from your 
CGM, or CGD or whatever?

Evan gave me a link to a you tube video about how to connect with the echo 
which made no sense to me. As many hours a day as I spend proofreading on my 
computer the actual nuts and bolts are as mystifying to me as they were in 
the eighties.

Here is that link. It mentions something about using another ap and I don't 
know how much that costs either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563-W7zJ4QE

I look forward to hearing from any of you who have ideas about these issues.

Always with love,

Lissi

-----Original Message----- 
From: Alan Lemly via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:59 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Alan Lemly
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

Hi Sheila ,

The diasendR solution provides easy uploading of information from most
glucose meters, insulin pumps, CGMs (continuous glucose monitoring) and
mobile apps. The diasendR solution consolidates and presents your
information in clear and structured reports. The above statement came from
this website:

https://support.diasend.com/hc/en-us/articles/211990605-What-is-diasend-

I refuse to manually keep records of glucose meter scores, etc. when that
information is already housed in an electronic device that can be uploaded
somewhere that allows me to produce the reports I need for my doctor. I set
up an account with Diasend and upload my Tandem T:Slim X2 insulin pump
readings as well as my Prodigy Autocode glucose meter readings using the
Diasend Uploader software and can produce the needed reports. I usually just
print a report containing readings from the prior two weeks and hand it to
my doctor when I visit every three months.

Alan Lemly

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Sheila via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:53 AM
To: Alan Lemly via Diabetes-Talk
Cc: Sheila
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

hi allen what is disacend I didn't spell that right. I mean what it is you
use to send information to your doctor.

On 1/12/2021 11:09 PM, Alan Lemly via Diabetes-Talk wrote:

> 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-----

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> Behalf Of Dorothea Martin via Diabetes-Talk

> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:04 AM

> To:  <mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> 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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