Guest guest Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Hi Roof It will be nice to know. I am the only South African so far and I think is the only one from England. curiousity Hi everybody, Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's great! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hi , Yes, it would be nice to know. Did you get the message I sent to you on where to get a Prodigy talking meter about a week ago? If not, send me a message and I will send it again. Ruth Re: curiousity Hi Roof It will be nice to know. I am the only South African so far and I think is the only one from England. curiousity Hi everybody, Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's great! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hi roof I did not get your message got the email from adrian. A lady from England contacted me about a talking glucose metre, but is quite expensive. I found out last week that I have high blood pressure and will have to get a talking blood pressure metre as well. Kind Regards curiousity Hi everybody, Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's great! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hi , I'm not sure if I'm understanding this. Did forward the message about the Prodigy that I sent to you via the blind diabetics group? There is also a machine called The Duo which is the Prodigy blood glucose meter and a blood pressure machine all in one. It's worth checking into. Ruth Re: curiousity Hi roof I did not get your message got the email from adrian. A lady from England contacted me about a talking glucose metre, but is quite expensive. I found out last week that I have high blood pressure and will have to get a talking blood pressure metre as well. Kind Regards curiousity Hi everybody, Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's great! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hi , Here is the information again just in case you did not get it. Al-Khalil Medical Equipment, Sharjah, UAE . phone: 971-6-564-7028 . E-mail: kme888@... Hope this helps. Ruth Re: curiousity Hi roof I did not get your message got the email from adrian. A lady from England contacted me about a talking glucose metre, but is quite expensive. I found out last week that I have high blood pressure and will have to get a talking blood pressure metre as well. Kind Regards curiousity Hi everybody, Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's great! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 hi Roof Where can one purchase this machine? Yes I think it was your message that adrian posted on the diabetic list. Thanks for all your help. Kind regards curiousity Hi everybody, Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's great! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Hi Roof The information was a bit help the only problem is that the company does not ship out their products you have to have a Brittish address. I will try the company you suggested. Kind regards curiousity > > > Hi everybody, > > Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many > Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it > interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on > the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's > great! > > Ruth > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Ruth, It seems that the only talking blood meter available to my knowledge in England, is the Sensocard Plus. If the Prodigy meter was to be available over here in the UK, it would need to be evaluated and approved by the British Health Care authority, before it could be put in the hands of a blind diabetic who would use it. Please correct me if I'm wrong. But I have been informed that the Prodigy meter gives you your blood results by a series of bleeps, where as, the Sensocard Plus does actually speak to you the result, and can be repeated as many times as you wish. As you have only just recently joined this diabetic group. You wouldn't have known about the problems that blind diabetics were having in obtaining talking blood glucose meters in the UK up until the summer of last year. For about four years, Blind diabetics in England were unable to get hold of any talking blood meters to monitor their own blood levels, and keep their own independence. Unfortunately, in many cases, those newly diabetics who were blind during that period, I felt were playing a game of Russian Roulette. Particularly for those who were having to inject themselves. However, I was alerted to the problem of the shortage of talking blood meters for blind diabetics was when, A blind friend of mine, found out that he had become a diabetic, and when I suggested he enquired from my diabetic nurse to get a talking blood meter. He was told that the particular meter I was using was now no longer available, and set off some alarms. Being that I had been a Diabetic for Twenty years, and was using a Touch and Talk 2 meter, for the best of Ten of those years, I thought there would be know problem in replacing the meter when it came to the end of its useful working life. But how wrong I was. After 15 months of research amongst other blind diabetics within the UK, the RNIB, Diabetes of the UK, the Health Trades Association and other manufacturers of diagnostics in England, before I finally had success, and came up with the Sensocard Plus talking blood monitor which is manufactured in Hungry. In your Email, you were wanting some details about the Sensocard Plus meter: Unlike some blood monitors when administering blood, this meter is easy to apply, as it sucks the blood up at the tip of the strip, and will speak to you the result in Five seconds, with each result giving the time that the blood was taken. If you also need to mark a result for any reason, it is possible to do this. The Sensocard Plus has a memory of up to 500 results, and will give you an average result over, 7 days, 14 days and 28 days. Also for those who like to keep a record of their blood results on a computer, this facility is available if you can get the appropriate computer programme for transmission. In each pot of strips, there is a Calibration strip, which you insert into the left-hand side of the meter, and this will automatically set your meter before the use of those strips. For those who have some limited sight, it also has a large screen, with large printed characters for reading. One final little bit of information, if you are able to speak German, it will also give you your result in German as well. Although, it doesn't give results in any other language. I hope this information has been of some help to you, and I apologise for the length of this Email. Rowe curiousity > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many > > Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it > > interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on > > the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's > > great! > > > > Ruth > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Hi , The meter you are thinking of is the Accuchek plus. The Prodigy meter does indeed talk and tell you your blood sugar level. The new Prodigy meter that is coming out soon will do even more than that. I own a Prodigy meter and that is how I know that it does indeed talk not beep. Ruth Re: curiousity Ruth, It seems that the only talking blood meter available to my knowledge in England, is the Sensocard Plus. If the Prodigy meter was to be available over here in the UK, it would need to be evaluated and approved by the British Health Care authority, before it could be put in the hands of a blind diabetic who would use it. Please correct me if I'm wrong. But I have been informed that the Prodigy meter gives you your blood results by a series of bleeps, where as, the Sensocard Plus does actually speak to you the result, and can be repeated as many times as you wish. As you have only just recently joined this diabetic group. You wouldn't have known about the problems that blind diabetics were having in obtaining talking blood glucose meters in the UK up until the summer of last year. For about four years, Blind diabetics in England were unable to get hold of any talking blood meters to monitor their own blood levels, and keep their own independence. Unfortunately, in many cases, those newly diabetics who were blind during that period, I felt were playing a game of Russian Roulette. Particularly for those who were having to inject themselves. However, I was alerted to the problem of the shortage of talking blood meters for blind diabetics was when, A blind friend of mine, found out that he had become a diabetic, and when I suggested he enquired from my diabetic nurse to get a talking blood meter. He was told that the particular meter I was using was now no longer available, and set off some alarms. Being that I had been a Diabetic for Twenty years, and was using a Touch and Talk 2 meter, for the best of Ten of those years, I thought there would be know problem in replacing the meter when it came to the end of its useful working life. But how wrong I was. After 15 months of research amongst other blind diabetics within the UK, the RNIB, Diabetes of the UK, the Health Trades Association and other manufacturers of diagnostics in England, before I finally had success, and came up with the Sensocard Plus talking blood monitor which is manufactured in Hungry. In your Email, you were wanting some details about the Sensocard Plus meter: Unlike some blood monitors when administering blood, this meter is easy to apply, as it sucks the blood up at the tip of the strip, and will speak to you the result in Five seconds, with each result giving the time that the blood was taken. If you also need to mark a result for any reason, it is possible to do this. The Sensocard Plus has a memory of up to 500 results, and will give you an average result over, 7 days, 14 days and 28 days. Also for those who like to keep a record of their blood results on a computer, this facility is available if you can get the appropriate computer programme for transmission. In each pot of strips, there is a Calibration strip, which you insert into the left-hand side of the meter, and this will automatically set your meter before the use of those strips. For those who have some limited sight, it also has a large screen, with large printed characters for reading. One final little bit of information, if you are able to speak German, it will also give you your result in German as well. Although, it doesn't give results in any other language. I hope this information has been of some help to you, and I apologise for the length of this Email. Rowe curiousity > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how many > > Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I find it > > interesting how a list like this brings people together from everywhere on > > the globe and that the issues are the same for all of us. I think it's > > great! > > > > Ruth > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Hi , Just ask for the Prodigy blood glucose meter. Your voice synthesizer must be muffled in it's speech. It's Ruth which is spelt R u t h not roof. Good luck with the meter. You'll like the Prodigy if you get one! Ruth Re: curiousity Hi Roof The information was a bit help the only problem is that the company does not ship out their products you have to have a Brittish address. I will try the company you suggested. Kind regards curiousity > > > Hi everybody, > > Just out of curiousity, does anybody know how many Americans and how > many Canadians and people from other countries are on this list? I > find it interesting how a list like this brings people together from > everywhere on the globe and that the issues are the same for all of > us. I think it's great! > > Ruth > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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