Re: Good Pumps and Bad Meters

[Guest guest]

I don't often use it, these days cause I now have a talking meter, but I do have

the Accu check Go which beeps for your results. It's not to bad if you use our

system, where 5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something

like 90 is reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be

beeting for ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

cheers,

Brett.

Good Pumps and Bad Meters

There's a glimmer of hope here for coverage for pumps - kids can now be

covered by our provincial health plan. People who are lucky to work for big

organizations - governments etc., may have pump insurance coverage. Most private

plans don't (like mine), and plans will often cover supplies for pumps.

I've heard that kids get put on a waiting list with the province to receive

their pumps. And heaven forbid if they have to wait too long, because once they

turn 18, no more pumps for them. That really bugs me, because the lifestyle

improvements are immense, but 18 year olds, who's families are facing college

expenses, could be in a poor financial position to afford something in the price

range of a car! What a disappointment that must be to an 18-year-old kid, whose

pump has just failed, and they have to go back to multiple daily injections!

I talked to the provincial plan people, and they said 'one day' they expect

adults to be covered. But I might be long gone by then, and I'm not planning to

go anywhere soon!

A couple of months ago I posted in my blog about Larry's adventures with, what

I " fondly " call the beeping blind meter - well, it's really called the Accuchek

Compact Plus, which in my humblest of opinions (not!) it is a piece of... well,

you fill in that blank!

If you're interested,

http://flyingfurballs.blogspot.com/2008/05/watch-out-beeping-blind-man.html

It's important to note that if you are going to be reading this post with a

screen reader, I actually write out all the beeps and contortions that this

meter goes through to spit out a result - so please know that your Jaws or

Window Eyes, or whatever hasn't lost really its mind when reading this post.

In response to , who commented in " Another group newbie " thread: With

diabetes being so prevalent in allcountries, it makes me frustrated to hear how

difficult it is for diabetics to get necessary equipment-especially for the

blind.

[Guest guest]

I don't often use it, these days cause I now have a talking meter, but I do have

the Accu check Go which beeps for your results. It's not to bad if you use our

system, where 5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something

like 90 is reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be

beeting for ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

cheers,

Brett.

Good Pumps and Bad Meters

There's a glimmer of hope here for coverage for pumps - kids can now be

covered by our provincial health plan. People who are lucky to work for big

organizations - governments etc., may have pump insurance coverage. Most private

plans don't (like mine), and plans will often cover supplies for pumps.

I've heard that kids get put on a waiting list with the province to receive

their pumps. And heaven forbid if they have to wait too long, because once they

turn 18, no more pumps for them. That really bugs me, because the lifestyle

improvements are immense, but 18 year olds, who's families are facing college

expenses, could be in a poor financial position to afford something in the price

range of a car! What a disappointment that must be to an 18-year-old kid, whose

pump has just failed, and they have to go back to multiple daily injections!

I talked to the provincial plan people, and they said 'one day' they expect

adults to be covered. But I might be long gone by then, and I'm not planning to

go anywhere soon!

A couple of months ago I posted in my blog about Larry's adventures with, what

I " fondly " call the beeping blind meter - well, it's really called the Accuchek

Compact Plus, which in my humblest of opinions (not!) it is a piece of... well,

you fill in that blank!

If you're interested,

http://flyingfurballs.blogspot.com/2008/05/watch-out-beeping-blind-man.html

It's important to note that if you are going to be reading this post with a

screen reader, I actually write out all the beeps and contortions that this

meter goes through to spit out a result - so please know that your Jaws or

Window Eyes, or whatever hasn't lost really its mind when reading this post.

In response to , who commented in " Another group newbie " thread: With

diabetes being so prevalent in allcountries, it makes me frustrated to hear how

difficult it is for diabetics to get necessary equipment-especially for the

blind.

[Guest guest]

I don't often use it, these days cause I now have a talking meter, but I do have

the Accu check Go which beeps for your results. It's not to bad if you use our

system, where 5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something

like 90 is reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be

beeting for ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

cheers,

Brett.

Good Pumps and Bad Meters

There's a glimmer of hope here for coverage for pumps - kids can now be

covered by our provincial health plan. People who are lucky to work for big

organizations - governments etc., may have pump insurance coverage. Most private

plans don't (like mine), and plans will often cover supplies for pumps.

I've heard that kids get put on a waiting list with the province to receive

their pumps. And heaven forbid if they have to wait too long, because once they

turn 18, no more pumps for them. That really bugs me, because the lifestyle

improvements are immense, but 18 year olds, who's families are facing college

expenses, could be in a poor financial position to afford something in the price

range of a car! What a disappointment that must be to an 18-year-old kid, whose

pump has just failed, and they have to go back to multiple daily injections!

I talked to the provincial plan people, and they said 'one day' they expect

adults to be covered. But I might be long gone by then, and I'm not planning to

go anywhere soon!

A couple of months ago I posted in my blog about Larry's adventures with, what

I " fondly " call the beeping blind meter - well, it's really called the Accuchek

Compact Plus, which in my humblest of opinions (not!) it is a piece of... well,

you fill in that blank!

If you're interested,

http://flyingfurballs.blogspot.com/2008/05/watch-out-beeping-blind-man.html

It's important to note that if you are going to be reading this post with a

screen reader, I actually write out all the beeps and contortions that this

meter goes through to spit out a result - so please know that your Jaws or

Window Eyes, or whatever hasn't lost really its mind when reading this post.

In response to , who commented in " Another group newbie " thread: With

diabetes being so prevalent in allcountries, it makes me frustrated to hear how

difficult it is for diabetics to get necessary equipment-especially for the

blind.

[Guest guest]

I just had to satisfy my morbid curiosity, I actually counted the number of

beeps ... If Larry got a 5.5, and it took 45 beeps from start to finish. And he

got to share his results loudly with everyone in the house. It's certainly not a

quiet one!

And the contortions this thing goes through is something to behold. Larry says

that the mechanics of rotating the internal drum of strips, and spitting out the

strips - sounds like a record player working through its stack of 45s.

In response to Brett's post:

5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something like 90 is

reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be beeting for

ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

[Guest guest]

I just had to satisfy my morbid curiosity, I actually counted the number of

beeps ... If Larry got a 5.5, and it took 45 beeps from start to finish. And he

got to share his results loudly with everyone in the house. It's certainly not a

quiet one!

And the contortions this thing goes through is something to behold. Larry says

that the mechanics of rotating the internal drum of strips, and spitting out the

strips - sounds like a record player working through its stack of 45s.

In response to Brett's post:

5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something like 90 is

reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be beeting for

ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

[Guest guest]

I just had to satisfy my morbid curiosity, I actually counted the number of

beeps ... If Larry got a 5.5, and it took 45 beeps from start to finish. And he

got to share his results loudly with everyone in the house. It's certainly not a

quiet one!

And the contortions this thing goes through is something to behold. Larry says

that the mechanics of rotating the internal drum of strips, and spitting out the

strips - sounds like a record player working through its stack of 45s.

In response to Brett's post:

5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something like 90 is

reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be beeting for

ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Smile, for 5.5 I would get 10 beeps. Funnily enough for 10.1 I would only get

three, Smile.

The go doesn't have the strip feeder, so you have to put one in manually each

time. I only keep it as a comparison as if the sensocard's (talking meter)

batteries get a little warn, the readings become accurate and this occurs well

before the meter tells you the batteries need to be changed. It's reasonably

accurate when the batteries are new but still not quite as accurate as the accu

check. If the accu check didn't take three times the amount of blood, as the

sensocard, I would probably use it exclusively. But it's much harder to get a

successful test with out needing a blood transfusion, smile.

Cheers,

Brett.

Re: Good Pumps and Bad Meters

I just had to satisfy my morbid curiosity, I actually counted the number of

beeps ... If Larry got a 5.5, and it took 45 beeps from start to finish. And he

got to share his results loudly with everyone in the house. It's certainly not a

quiet one!

And the contortions this thing goes through is something to behold. Larry says

that the mechanics of rotating the internal drum of strips, and spitting out the

strips - sounds like a record player working through its stack of 45s.

In response to Brett's post:

5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something like 90 is

reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be beeting for

ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Smile, for 5.5 I would get 10 beeps. Funnily enough for 10.1 I would only get

three, Smile.

The go doesn't have the strip feeder, so you have to put one in manually each

time. I only keep it as a comparison as if the sensocard's (talking meter)

batteries get a little warn, the readings become accurate and this occurs well

before the meter tells you the batteries need to be changed. It's reasonably

accurate when the batteries are new but still not quite as accurate as the accu

check. If the accu check didn't take three times the amount of blood, as the

sensocard, I would probably use it exclusively. But it's much harder to get a

successful test with out needing a blood transfusion, smile.

Cheers,

Brett.

Re: Good Pumps and Bad Meters

I just had to satisfy my morbid curiosity, I actually counted the number of

beeps ... If Larry got a 5.5, and it took 45 beeps from start to finish. And he

got to share his results loudly with everyone in the house. It's certainly not a

quiet one!

And the contortions this thing goes through is something to behold. Larry says

that the mechanics of rotating the internal drum of strips, and spitting out the

strips - sounds like a record player working through its stack of 45s.

In response to Brett's post:

5 is a good reading. But using the American system where something like 90 is

reasonable, this would be a bit of a problem, as the meter would be beeting for

ever. Not quite as bad as 90 single beeps though, Smile.

[Guest guest]

I think the difference between the 2 meters (the Accucheck Go and the Compact)

is the drum and how that works. There are still the 10 beeps, plus the turning

on beep, the countown beeps (6 beeps), the ready for blood beep, and the got

enough blood beep, the turning off beep, and I'm not sure without counting again

if I'm missing any.

(in answer to Brett, who wrote " ..for 5.5 I would get 10 beeps. Funnily enough

for 10.1 I would only get three "