RE: Foot thermometers advised for diabetics

[Guest guest]

Hi, I am a new subscriber. Newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

But I am wondering that if it's so difficult to get a reliable glucose

meter, then how can we expect a foot thermometer as described to be

available to us.

Finally after around 3 weeks of going around and around with various

diabetic suppliers in California and other places in the U S, getting

misinformation

and hearing of release delays from Diagnostic Devices incorporated, I was

finally able to order a Prodigy Voice glucose meter, from a supplier in

Georgia,

who has the product in stock. If all goes correctly I should receive it

next week.

The Company is:

Advanced Diabetic solutions, in Lawrence Georgia

1-

regards,

Claude Everett

American by chance, Californian by choice.

Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of S

Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:09 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Foot thermometers advised for diabetics

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Diabetics might avert crippling foot infections by daily

monitoring the temperature of their feet, a U.S. doctor suggests.

Lead study author Dr. Armstrong of the lind lin's Scholl

College of Podiatric Medicine, in Chicago, conducted a trial that shows

patients

checking skin temperature were three times less likely to develop ulcers

compared to those in the standard therapy group instructed to visually

inspect

their feet.

" A wound will heat up before the skin breaks down, " Armstrong says in a

statement. " You can detect infection by checking one foot compared to

another foot,

one toe compared to another toe. "

Armstrong says he hopes checking skin temperature -- dermal thermometry --

becomes the norm. The instrument used in the clinical trial is the wand-like

TempTouch, costing about $150. Armstrong began carrying a thermometer to

help prevent foot ulcers in his patients 15 years ago as a medical student

and

resident.

" I spent $700 and bought this fancy thermometer I put in my pocket, " he

said. " I would tell my patients 'You've got to buy one of these. I know it's

a lot

of money, but it will help keep your feet on.' "

The findings are published in the American Journal of Medicine.

Copyright 2007 by United Press International

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list Claude. I'm Becky from Ohio. Good luck with the new

glucometer. I use the model that still has to be coded but find coding it

fairly easy. However, I'm not sure I trust the readings all the time. This

has been an issue for me since being diagnosed six years ago.

Becky

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Claude Everett

Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:44 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: RE: Foot thermometers advised for diabetics

Hi, I am a new subscriber. Newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

But I am wondering that if it's so difficult to get a reliable glucose

meter, then how can we expect a foot thermometer as described to be

available to us.

Finally after around 3 weeks of going around and around with various

diabetic suppliers in California and other places in the U S, getting

misinformation

and hearing of release delays from Diagnostic Devices incorporated, I was

finally able to order a Prodigy Voice glucose meter, from a supplier in

Georgia,

who has the product in stock. If all goes correctly I should receive it

next week.

The Company is:

Advanced Diabetic solutions, in Lawrence Georgia

1-

regards,

Claude Everett

American by chance, Californian by choice.

Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.

_____

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Subject: Foot thermometers advised for diabetics

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Diabetics might avert crippling foot infections by daily

monitoring the temperature of their feet, a U.S. doctor suggests.

Lead study author Dr. Armstrong of the lind lin's Scholl

College of Podiatric Medicine, in Chicago, conducted a trial that shows

patients

checking skin temperature were three times less likely to develop ulcers

compared to those in the standard therapy group instructed to visually

inspect

their feet.

" A wound will heat up before the skin breaks down, " Armstrong says in a

statement. " You can detect infection by checking one foot compared to

another foot,

one toe compared to another toe. "

Armstrong says he hopes checking skin temperature -- dermal thermometry --

becomes the norm. The instrument used in the clinical trial is the wand-like

TempTouch, costing about $150. Armstrong began carrying a thermometer to

help prevent foot ulcers in his patients 15 years ago as a medical student

and

resident.

" I spent $700 and bought this fancy thermometer I put in my pocket, " he

said. " I would tell my patients 'You've got to buy one of these. I know it's

a lot

of money, but it will help keep your feet on.' "

The findings are published in the American Journal of Medicine.

Copyright 2007 by United Press International