talking meters in Canada

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Hello,

I know that I work for DDI but I want everyone to know that I am just as

impatient for Health Canada to be done as everyone else. I too need a

talking meter and pay for my strips, etc. Things become harder for

manufacturers to bring things into Canada because it must be translated into

French because we officially are a bilingual country. Many do not bring

things up here because of this cost. To be honest, I suspect that Roche is

just re-selling re-furbished Voice mates. The reason they never made it up

here is because of some gadget which measured the insulin bottles contents

as well as the fact it did not read mmo/l. As for the cost, we should be

outraged at that and not pay it. It has been proven that the cost does not

need to be that high. They're just being greedy and taking advantage of

the situation! Shame on them!Just to let you know, the Alliance for

Equality for Blind Canadians (A.E.B.C.) and the Canadian Council for the

Blind(CCB) have written letters to Health Canada on our behalf trying to

get the Prodigy meters here faster. Even a senator. As for C.N.I.B. they

are useless. They will not even pass on information about anything which

will help their blind clients as this could be viewed as endorsing a

product. What a crock! As for the CDA and and the rest of us blind

diabetics, we will have to help get everything approved yet so everyone is

happy and that includes me too. After the meter is approved by Health

Canada, we will still need to fight to have it covered under each of our

provincial health plans. I send my boss some of our e-mails from the

Canadians on this list to show him how much we want and need the meter and

he does what he can but he must wait too. Just as frustrated,

Ruth