[Diabetes-Talk] Need information about accessible glucometers

[d m gina]

If you don't wish to stick your fingers all of the time, I use dexcom g six.]
If you have an I phone this would work.
Do you have insurance, they would help out here.
There are other devices as well.
Wishing you the best, welcome to the find group of people.
dar
Original message:
> 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

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