[Diabetes-Talk] Needing technical help re Dexcom and Libre and apple andandroid

Wed Feb 22 05:39:01 UTC 2023

Hello Lissi,

I understand your frustration. Navigating all of these technical aspects are difficult but obtainable. My name is Walter Mitchell, I am the President of the Ohio Diabetes Action Network. I utilize the Dexcom G6 for my continuous glucose meter, it has been a wonderful help with managing my blood sugars. It is connected to my smart phone, of which I use an I phone. Dexcom have an educational department for new users of there product and I found it to be very helpful. Dexcom will be a guest on the next Ohio DAN's zoom meeting scheduled for the first Saturday of May . I invite you to participate on this meeting to get answers to your questions and knowledge of their products. If you would like more information, please contact me at the information below the salutation.

There are many new aspects to managing diabetes, and we would love to provide you with the knowledge we have gained.

Thank you,
Walter Mitchell
President, Ohio Diabetes Action Network
(513) 250-2432
Walterl.mitch2 at gmail.com

Purpose:
The Diabetes Action Network Educate, Empower and Inspire blind and visually impaired people to independently and confidently manage diabetes!

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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Needing technical help re Dexcom and Libre and apple andandroid

Dear Friends,

Over a year ago I received out of the blue a big box of Dexcom material but at my doctor’s visit, she prescribed it, I was told no one trains in its use because the libre is cheaper, so the box has remained unused.

Also, my doctor suggested I change indocrinologists and I get so nervous at a doctor’s appointment I just got out a yes. The lady I saw was upsetting. She kept gasping audibly at my answers to her questions and when she saw my detested bunion she went on repeating I had a deformed foot. I guess I felt I wasn’t communicating well with her and she lacked a calming manner.

I hope to go back to the indo doctor I liked. My GP is very far away and it takes a long time using Metro transport to get to and from. She was trying to get all of  my doctors in her distant office.

Whatever happens, I have saved up money to buy a device to read the results of whatever system I end up with. Also our cell phone is so old it doesn’t work anymore because I guess some low number it needs doesn’t support it any more.

I have very low vision in one eye, no travel vision but can parse out print at such close range the surface I’m reading rubs a track with my nose.

My home computer is I believe android as I use it hours a day with Microsoft 10 proofreading for Bookshare.

My husband who is computer savvy had a brilliant idea for me to get an over 12 inch tablet with phone capabilities. It will be our first smart phone. Our old one was just for calling.

Evan thinks blind users who use voice and finger movements like Apple phones best. I thought an android would be nice because maybe I could use it with a blue tooth keyboard to do my proofreading.

My mind isn’t set on Dexcom or Libre but since Akron doesn’t train on Dexcom, maybe I’ll have to get Libra. I’m not set on Apple or Android but to get a large screen, I think both will be expensive though I’ve saved up so can buy either. 

It’s so hard describing partial vision. I’ve read braille since first grade. I read it every day for pleasure. I never look at the keyboard as I type. If I tried to see a key my nose would depress the keys. I would love to do smart things with a smart phone but I’m not doing well with my blood sugar. I believe a continuous blood glucose reader will help me resist my constant craving to eat what I should only have in small amounts.
Pat helped me off list at once. She was a marvelous source of information, but things here just weren’t coming together at that time.

If anyone can advise me on list or off at airadil at dslextreme  or 330-864-8597, I would be so grateful. If you call, please be patient. I move with difficulty so am slow to reach our land line and we try to hear who is calling to avoid sales people or scams. We always answer to people we know and but for doctor appointments I’m almost always home. I never pester people on the phone or by email. I’m too polite and dread being inconsiderate.

Thank you to anyone with suggestions!

Always with love,

Lissi

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