[Diabetes-Talk] Need information about accessible glucometers

[Milton]

HI,

First, welcome to the list. You have come to the right place to discuss some
of your issues with managing diabetes.

You are looking for a glucometer and I suggest you get the Prodogy Voice.
After you get the meter, have your doctor refer you to a diabetes educator
to learn how to self test with this meter as it will be very helpful.

You don't mention if you are doing any kind of exercise and I suggest
starting with some form of exercise without having to spend a lot of money.
Walking is a good start. 

Being that you say you have an iPhone see if you have the Health app and
enable the app to count your steps daily. You could also do some kind of
squatting to help blood circulation to your feet as blood to your feet is
needed to help as it is the fartherist part of your body from your heart and
it is a good practice to take care of your feet.

You should inquire if your pharmacy is aware of ScripTalk labelling for your
meds if you have no vision or can barely read the print on a prescription
bottle. There are other ways to identify your meds so ScripTalk is just one
way.

Feel free to chime in with your questions and you will get answers like
this.

Take care.

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Andre
Zelvin via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 2:52 PM
To: Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Andre Zelvin <l.andre.zelvin at gmail.com>
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Need information about accessible glucometers

Hi all,
I'm pre-diabetic. I joined this list thinking I wanted to know what
accessible equipment people are using so that I'll know what my options are
if I need to know in the future. Well, It's very likely as later onset
diabetes including needing insulin, is in my family. I could have guessed I
wouldn't retain anything I read here if it wasn't immediately applicable.

I wasn't able to get my blood sugar under control following my doctor's
recommendation which was just to cut out sugar and eat only whole grains.
That was pretty much how I was eating already, eating very little sugar and
mostly whole grain products. So,  that did nothing. she then said to eat low
carb and I started to do that with very little guidance and I ended up with
something close to the Keto diet but without following that diet's guidance
on ratios. So, that pretty much worked. I even lost a chunk of weight which
wasn't my goal but made the doctor happy.
The problem is it's costly to eat this way and I don't have the money for
it. Since I practically went from all to almost nothing as far as carbs go,
we came up with the idea I could add some back in, but test my blood sugar
along the way so I could get more immediate feedback than waiting for my
next appointment. 
so, here I am needing to know. Is there a write-up of what the current
options are for a blind person for testing blood glucose? If not can someone
give me a run-down? I have an iPhone which I. know is rellevant, and am on
Medicare, but don't have prescription coverage, but do have a sliding scale
medical center where I get anything that comes from their pharmacy at low
cost. So, having no clue what I'm looking at, I know there's the machinery
and then there's the strips or whatever supplies are needed, and my goal is
to minimize expense, not convenience at this point, although if it becomes a
long term thing, convenience will then be an issue. And if there's anything
else anyone  thinks I should know, please share. Talk to me expecting that I
know nothing.
Thanks for any help,
Andre
  
_______________________________________________
Diabetes-Talk mailing list
Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Diabetes-Talk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/mota1252%40gmail.
com