[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom or Libra

Les Fitzpatrick lfitz50 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 23:48:45 UTC 2021 

Ok, I'll try that. Thanks.

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2021 2:55 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: doula.jarboe at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom or Libra

  I Googled Dexcom and Alexa and got started that way.  I didn't try finding the app in the Google play store.

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2021 2:44 PM
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Cc: Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom or Libra

I went to the google play store and put Sugarmate in the search box and it came up with nine different apps none called sugarmate.

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:53 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Patricia Maddix <pmaddix at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom or Libra

Thanks for the information that you can connect the Dexcom app to an echo device. I was able to do it. The app that you have to download is sugarmate and when setting up this app you link it to your Dexcom app. I’ve found that a couple of buttons in the set up process were not accessible using voice over and had to have my husbands help. Then I had to find the sugar mate skillin the Alexa app and enable it there. This took quite a few steps and was a bit complicated but now I can ask Alexa to give me my blood sugar readings.
It will be really handy now that it is set up especially if I am cooking and have wet hands.
Patricia

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> On Jan 14, 2021, at 8:18 PM, Estelnalissi via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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-diasen
> d-
> 
> 
> 
> 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-----
> 
>> From: Diabetes-Talk
>> <mailto:[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]>
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> 
>> 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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>> 
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