[Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events

[Gary Wunder]

Wonderful. Thank you.



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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2024 1:40 PM
To: mota1252 at gmail.com; Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Patricia Maddix <pmaddix at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events

My high alert is set for 170 as I like to be notified if it reaches that number but if I do not want to be disturbing other folks, I will set my number much higher like 220 and/or set the high alert to vibrate only. I use Dexcom seven. with this sensor, you can also set the high alert to not notify you right away when it reaches that number and only will get an alert if it stays high for whatever period of time you select between 15 minutes and four hours. There is also a snooze feature where it will not notify you repeatedly during the time you are high and it is trying to come down.
As I like to consult my phone frequently as to my blood sugar, I generally turn my voiceover volume down very low, so that I have to put it up to my ear to hear the read out or as others have  said  earphones will work.
Patricia.


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> On Apr 7, 2024, at 10:43 AM, Milton via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> A suggestion, there are now ear buds and headphones that have what is called
> transparent mode and that seems to work for me while sitting in a meeting or
> crowd where it is extremely noisy so that if the alarm goes off only I will
> hear it and still be able to hear what else is going on around me.
> 
> The Apple AirPod Pro and AirPod Max along with a few other ear buds work in
> a similar way.
> 
> Check prices and expect to pay a starting price at around $150.00 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary
> Wunder via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2024 12:26 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Alarming at public events
> 
> One of the things discussed at last year's meeting of the diabetes action
> network at our national convention was the difficulty with alarming from CGM
> devices that takes place during public meetings. While we certainly want to
> be notified when our blood sugar runs low or high, how do we manage the
> frequency of noise that is generated in public events, especially those with
> a large number of blind diabetics? This may be an agenda item we can discuss
> at our Knowledge Is Sweet seminar, but only if we have good ideas. I know,
> for example, that if I wear an Apple Watch, the watch will vibrate rather
> than my phone. I also know that I can go into the Libra application and
> temporarily disable alarms if I am confident that my blood sugar will not go
> low or high.
> 
> 
> 
> Please share any thoughts you have about how you would go about handling
> this situation. Your contribution may well make a big difference at the
> seminar. Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> Gary Wunder
> 
> gwunder at earthlink.net <mailto:gwunder at earthlink.net>  
> 
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