From dmgina at samobile.net  Sun Aug  2 21:23:47 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:23:47 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] hanes athletic socks
Message-ID: <20090802212347.8032.64682@web3.serotek.com>

Hi there,
do any of you wear the hanes athletic socks?
do they have some knee high?
would this sock do the same as a diabetic sock keeping the moisture 
from your feet?
I understand that this sock has a cushion on the foot so that it is 
easier to walk?
I am looking for knee high socks instead of the knee high hose.
I saw this on the wall mart page.
thanks,

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From dmiller64 at tx.rr.com  Mon Aug  3 03:51:11 2009
From: dmiller64 at tx.rr.com (Donna, Abe, and Leader Dog Carman)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:51:11 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] hanes athletic socks
References: <20090802212347.8032.64682@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <5D6813C9298048AABF4918CA89A0FFF2@DONNA>

I use the special Diabetic socks. They call them compression stockings and 
they work really well.
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To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 4:23 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] hanes athletic socks


> Hi there,
> do any of you wear the hanes athletic socks?
> do they have some knee high?
> would this sock do the same as a diabetic sock keeping the moisture from 
> your feet?
> I understand that this sock has a cushion on the foot so that it is easier 
> to walk?
> I am looking for knee high socks instead of the knee high hose.
> I saw this on the wall mart page.
> thanks,
>
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
> dmgina23
> every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  3 13:31:01 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:31:01 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>

Good morning Kelly:

question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.

My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.

It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,  to 
lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down 
arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower and 
raise the volume.

Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable didn't 
have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new 
connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable 
connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new connections.

I really don't like the model I got from ADS.

Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 




From paujor at fuse.net  Mon Aug  3 14:30:36 2009
From: paujor at fuse.net (Paul & Paula Jordan)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:30:36 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000c01ca1446$f7a348a0$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>

Yes, my prodigy voice has never had an eject button.  I heard there were
ones that did have that fature, but mine doesn't.  Hope this helps.  

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
To: Kelly Massaro
Cc: diabetes-talk
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter

Good morning Kelly:

question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.

My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.

It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,  to 
lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down 
arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower and 
raise the volume.

Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable didn't 
have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new 
connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable 
connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new connections.

I really don't like the model I got from ADS.

Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 


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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  3 15:59:40 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:59:40 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
	<000c01ca1446$f7a348a0$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
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	<000c01ca1446$f7a348a0$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
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Paul:

a number of us before the prodigy voice came out to the public myself and 
others from the DAN did the beta testing and put down what we liked and what 
we didn't.

I liked the fact that we didn't have to go into the settings just to lower 
the voice on the meters and I like the eject system that was originally 
there.

Just my own opinions on the meter.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> Yes, my prodigy voice has never had an eject button.  I heard there were
> ones that did have that fature, but mine doesn't.  Hope this helps.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
> To: Kelly Massaro
> Cc: diabetes-talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
>
> Good morning Kelly:
>
> question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.
>
> My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.
>
> It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,  to
> lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down
> arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower 
> and
> raise the volume.
>
> Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable didn't
> have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new
> connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable
> connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new 
> connections.
>
> I really don't like the model I got from ADS.
>
> Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Mon Aug  3 16:13:21 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:13:21 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <bf6.375fa400.37a866a1@aol.com>

What is the big deal about an button that pushes out the strips?  The  
Prodigy Voice that I have is easy to put in and pull out the strips.
 
My Prodigy Voice adjusts the sound louder and softer with buttons on the  
face of the machine top right corner.
 
Joyce
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Mon Aug  3 16:15:31 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:15:31 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E56094@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Cheryl,

The new model doesn't have an eject button as you have already noticed
and we were getting complaints that you could turn off the volume
accidentally because you could change that without being in the meter
set up function so patients wouldn't have volume and didn't know why so
we changed that as well.

The new meter takes a new USB cable which is a standard mini USB cable
which many people already have at home.  If not, I can send you a cable
if needed.  

Did you previous meter break?  I'm curious as to why you have a new one
if you liked the previous model more?

Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
kellym at prodigymeter.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: cheryl echevarria [mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
To: Kelly Massaro
Cc: diabetes-talk
Subject: new prodigy voice meter

Good morning Kelly:

question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.

My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.

It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,
to 
lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down 
arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower
and 
raise the volume.

Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable didn't

have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new 
connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable

connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new
connections.

I really don't like the model I got from ADS.

Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 




From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  3 16:25:11 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:25:11 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <bf6.375fa400.37a866a1@aol.com>
References: <bf6.375fa400.37a866a1@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS37615AE8261B2B5D077C1A10F0@phx.gbl>

joyce it is not a big deal I was mentioned the difference in meters gosh.

I am getting just a little bit tired on posting things and then being 
harrassed about it.

and no my meter doesn't adjust on the top right or left, I have tried this a 
few times. and had to go into the setting mode to change the volume.

I also like to know when things change and not be surprised by them.

I am at the point that I am ready to leave this group, people should realize 
how they speak to people.

I am out there trying to help people the best way I can and when I try I 
just get harrassed or told to butt out or to get off my high horse.  Not a 
happy camper at all.  DAN is the first place I belong with the NFB before I 
even joined a chapter.  Now I feel like I don't belong anymore.

This group has certainly changed over the years. getting to big for there 
breaches.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> What is the big deal about an button that pushes out the strips?  The
> Prodigy Voice that I have is easy to put in and pull out the strips.
>
> My Prodigy Voice adjusts the sound louder and softer with buttons on the
> face of the machine top right corner.
>
> Joyce
> **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 
> easy
> steps!
> (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd
> =JulystepsfooterNO115)
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Mon Aug  3 16:58:59 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:58:59 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090803165859.4630.65975@web2.serotek.com>

On the meter I have, it forever is talking.
When you carry it in a bag.
Can you still with this new meter find out the seven day averages up to 
three months?
This is one thing I thought was grate.
Also I like being able to set the time date and year.
I hope this never stopps.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Mon Aug  3 17:06:57 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:06:57 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090803170657.4626.66008@web2.serotek.com>

I would hate to see you leave,
speaking of how messages come across,
I always feel you will do something to look into my records.
If I come to you direct then I would say yes.
to ask a question here, I always felt something would go wrong if you 
got involved.
So it is how you come across to me as well.
It works on both sides.
At no time am I angry,
except when I say all is well jut a question I think with you starting 
a job and excited to help, the boundry is over stepped.
I write here, since you shared your feelings.
Wishing you the best.

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From albertsanchez at suddenlink.net  Mon Aug  3 17:35:45 2009
From: albertsanchez at suddenlink.net (Albert Sanchez)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:35:45 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
References: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
	<022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E56094@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
Message-ID: <47AECDDD34E54CC480C5D2991E0DBC0D@Albert>

Kelly and List

I have one of the new Prodigy Voice meters and find it to be a wonderfully 
accessable meter. My question is in regard to downloading the memory to 
computer. Where do I get that software, and is it fully accessable with 
either JAWS or Window-Eyes on a Win XP system?

Yours cordially
Albert Sanchez
Al's Piano Tuning & Repair
215 John Avenue
Greenville, NC 27858-4113
252-757-3023
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Cc: "diabetes-talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> Cheryl,
>
> The new model doesn't have an eject button as you have already noticed
> and we were getting complaints that you could turn off the volume
> accidentally because you could change that without being in the meter
> set up function so patients wouldn't have volume and didn't know why so
> we changed that as well.
>
> The new meter takes a new USB cable which is a standard mini USB cable
> which many people already have at home.  If not, I can send you a cable
> if needed.
>
> Did you previous meter break?  I'm curious as to why you have a new one
> if you liked the previous model more?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cheryl echevarria [mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
> To: Kelly Massaro
> Cc: diabetes-talk
> Subject: new prodigy voice meter
>
> Good morning Kelly:
>
> question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.
>
> My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.
>
> It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,
> to
> lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down
> arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower
> and
> raise the volume.
>
> Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable didn't
>
> have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new
> connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable
>
> connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new
> connections.
>
> I really don't like the model I got from ADS.
>
> Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
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From bpollpeter at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  3 17:38:10 2009
From: bpollpeter at hotmail.com (Bridgit Pollpeter)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:38:10 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS797CC2B8A5B49847630EAA10F0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl>
	<000c01ca1446$f7a348a0$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan> 
	<BAY110-DS797CC2B8A5B49847630EAA10F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BLU149-W401A83CA4BD9BC0B7F898C40F0@phx.gbl>


I love my Prodigy especially since one of the first one's was only able to speak out the reading, but nothing else.  However, is it really that difficult to pull the test strip out?  I never use the eject feature; in fact at times I forget it is there.

 

Bridgit
 
> From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:59:40 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
> 
> Paul:
> 
> a number of us before the prodigy voice came out to the public myself and 
> others from the DAN did the beta testing and put down what we liked and what 
> we didn't.
> 
> I liked the fact that we didn't have to go into the settings just to lower 
> the voice on the meters and I like the eject system that was originally 
> there.
> 
> Just my own opinions on the meter.
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria
> 
> skype: angeldn3
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
> 
> 
> > Yes, my prodigy voice has never had an eject button. I heard there were
> > ones that did have that fature, but mine doesn't. Hope this helps.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
> > To: Kelly Massaro
> > Cc: diabetes-talk
> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
> >
> > Good morning Kelly:
> >
> > question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.
> >
> > My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.
> >
> > It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips, to
> > lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down
> > arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower 
> > and
> > raise the volume.
> >
> > Also I use the software to download my numbers and the old cable didn't
> > have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new
> > connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable
> > connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new 
> > connections.
> >
> > I really don't like the model I got from ADS.
> >
> > Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria
> >
> > skype: angeldn3
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Mon Aug  3 18:08:20 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:08:20 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <20090803165859.4630.65975@web2.serotek.com>
References: <20090803165859.4630.65975@web2.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <B97E0910BAFB45F18B1C8BA53404F087@eileenPC>

With the new Prodigy Voice, is there by any chance a new case?  The meter I 
have is good, but the carrying case could be a lot better.  I find that 
there is not enough room for basic supplies, and the meter is forever 
turning itself on with the lightest touch on the outside of the carrying 
case.  Thanks.

Eileen



From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Mon Aug  3 18:12:15 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:12:15 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <B97E0910BAFB45F18B1C8BA53404F087@eileenPC>
References: <20090803165859.4630.65975@web2.serotek.com>
	<B97E0910BAFB45F18B1C8BA53404F087@eileenPC>
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E560D0@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Eileen,

I'm not sure when you received your meter.  I believe the case is a
little different than the earlier model.  I can send you one and you can
tell me if it works better than your current one if you'd like. 

Please let me know.

Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
kellym at prodigymeter.com
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Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:08 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter

With the new Prodigy Voice, is there by any chance a new case?  The
meter I 
have is good, but the carrying case could be a lot better.  I find that 
there is not enough room for basic supplies, and the meter is forever 
turning itself on with the lightest touch on the outside of the carrying

case.  Thanks.

Eileen

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From Blindhands at aol.com  Mon Aug  3 18:17:34 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:17:34 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy
Message-ID: <d48.57bba187.37a883be@aol.com>

How can I get a new case for my Prodigy Voice?  I lost the one that I  had.
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  3 19:00:12 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:00:12 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <20090803170657.4626.66008@web2.serotek.com>
References: <20090803170657.4626.66008@web2.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS4E32D55B52C7453FD14C7A10F0@phx.gbl>

I am not angry at you DAR.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> I would hate to see you leave,
> speaking of how messages come across,
> I always feel you will do something to look into my records.
> If I come to you direct then I would say yes.
> to ask a question here, I always felt something would go wrong if you
> got involved.
> So it is how you come across to me as well.
> It works on both sides.
> At no time am I angry,
> except when I say all is well jut a question I think with you starting
> a job and excited to help, the boundry is over stepped.
> I write here, since you shared your feelings.
> Wishing you the best.
>
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
>  dmgina23
>  every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  3 19:11:36 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:11:36 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <20090803170657.4626.66008@web2.serotek.com>
References: <20090803170657.4626.66008@web2.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS76F727E4A64743FF10FA2A10F0@phx.gbl>

One Question, I was speaking with a fellow NFB New York State Chapter 
President, Elaine Rink. She had mentioned that at convention she had asked 
someone to register her with the list. I don't think that has happened.  I 
was again asked to remind that person to do it.  She is waiting.

I said that I would do it for her, but she said that wouldn't be necessary 
that if I had to do it, then it wouldn't be worth joining since that person 
word isn't worth anything than.

I am reminded of the little things in this life that are worth working at, 
and one of them is the DAN it has gotten away from being a group and not 
working on the important things.

I think we should go back to basics.

Like talk about highs and lows and why they happen, maybe discuss our eating 
habits, stress, etc to control them.

I have been diabetic for over 30 years and blind nearly 10 now.

NFB is a family and not a one person one voice.  We are the voices of the 
national federation of the blind.

Work together people and stop jumping down people throats.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> I would hate to see you leave,
> speaking of how messages come across,
> I always feel you will do something to look into my records.
> If I come to you direct then I would say yes.
> to ask a question here, I always felt something would go wrong if you
> got involved.
> So it is how you come across to me as well.
> It works on both sides.
> At no time am I angry,
> except when I say all is well jut a question I think with you starting
> a job and excited to help, the boundry is over stepped.
> I write here, since you shared your feelings.
> Wishing you the best.
>
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
>  dmgina23
>  every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
>
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Mon Aug  3 19:14:39 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:14:39 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090803191439.11055.15284@web2.serotek.com>

Well praise the lord,
then you go walking down the street with it saying,
voice is turned off.
Well then if it is turned off, why are you talking giggle.

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From ebryant at socket.net  Mon Aug  3 19:30:52 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:30:52 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Dental information
Message-ID: <000a01ca1470$ea07c1b0$be174510$@net>

Hi folks,

The following link is an article titled "Our Dental Alarm Bell", written by
David Mendosa.

 

It contains good information.

 

http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/78265/dental-alarm-bell

 

Regards,

Ed Bryant

 

 

 

 



From dmgina at samobile.net  Mon Aug  3 19:31:23 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:31:23 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090803193123.11055.81637@web2.serotek.com>

I don't have window eyes nor jaws.
I have Serotek.
Can this work with Serotek?

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Mon Aug  3 19:34:43 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:34:43 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090803193443.11665.45072@web2.serotek.com>

this will be my second time seeing the new diabetic coordinator on the 
twenty fourth.
I really like her very much.
I can even email her if I have any questions.
I give that one to her.
this doesn't happen often.
I have only done it once,
Also I sent in my three month readings.
She was pleased.
My question would be,
as she shared, when you keep losing weight, is there a time when you 
won't need pills any more?
Or do they just lower the dosage.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Mon Aug  3 20:01:27 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:01:27 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Dental information
Message-ID: <20090803200127.13321.62023@web2.serotek.com>

I am wondering how I would fit with this, since I have dentures?
I was getting tooth aches all of the time, on the gum once the tooth 
was pulled then the gum stopped hurting.
this was before I learned I was a diabetic.
After paying for a partial then they wanted me to pay for another one, 
I said just pull the teeth.
In the end I felt that paying for partials all of the time was getting 
way to expensive.
so I got dentures.
Yes I lost some good teeth, where ten years ago after the dentures were 
in place the pain stopped.
There was nothing showing with ex rays that something was wrong.
It never showed up.

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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Mon Aug  3 20:18:06 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:18:06 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <47AECDDD34E54CC480C5D2991E0DBC0D@Albert>
References: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl><022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E56094@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
	<47AECDDD34E54CC480C5D2991E0DBC0D@Albert>
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E5612B@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Albert,

Thank you for your comments regarding the Voice.  

Unfortunately they're still working on upgrading the Voice software to
be compatible with all screen readers so it is not quite available.  

We have the USB cords available for when the software is completed. 

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
kellym at prodigymeter.com
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From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Albert Sanchez
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:36 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter

Kelly and List

I have one of the new Prodigy Voice meters and find it to be a
wonderfully 
accessable meter. My question is in regard to downloading the memory to 
computer. Where do I get that software, and is it fully accessable with 
either JAWS or Window-Eyes on a Win XP system?

Yours cordially
Albert Sanchez
Al's Piano Tuning & Repair
215 John Avenue
Greenville, NC 27858-4113
252-757-3023
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Cc: "diabetes-talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> Cheryl,
>
> The new model doesn't have an eject button as you have already noticed
> and we were getting complaints that you could turn off the volume
> accidentally because you could change that without being in the meter
> set up function so patients wouldn't have volume and didn't know why
so
> we changed that as well.
>
> The new meter takes a new USB cable which is a standard mini USB cable
> which many people already have at home.  If not, I can send you a
cable
> if needed.
>
> Did you previous meter break?  I'm curious as to why you have a new
one
> if you liked the previous model more?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cheryl echevarria [mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
> To: Kelly Massaro
> Cc: diabetes-talk
> Subject: new prodigy voice meter
>
> Good morning Kelly:
>
> question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.
>
> My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.
>
> It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,
> to
> lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and
down
> arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to
lower
> and
> raise the volume.
>
> Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable
didn't
>
> have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a
new
> connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the
cable
>
> connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new
> connections.
>
> I really don't like the model I got from ADS.
>
> Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
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From paujor at fuse.net  Mon Aug  3 21:00:11 2009
From: paujor at fuse.net (Paul & Paula Jordan)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:00:11 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS4E32D55B52C7453FD14C7A10F0@phx.gbl>
References: <20090803170657.4626.66008@web2.serotek.com>
	<BAY110-DS4E32D55B52C7453FD14C7A10F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000901ca147d$6480a360$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>

Hey Cheryl, don't get too stirred up at people.  As long as we insist on
being human, we're going to sometimes stumble around, and offend each other
at best but be patient.  
I always pay attention to the things you post to the list, so don't be too
angry.  

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:00 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter

I am not angry at you DAR.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> I would hate to see you leave,
> speaking of how messages come across,
> I always feel you will do something to look into my records.
> If I come to you direct then I would say yes.
> to ask a question here, I always felt something would go wrong if you
> got involved.
> So it is how you come across to me as well.
> It works on both sides.
> At no time am I angry,
> except when I say all is well jut a question I think with you starting
> a job and excited to help, the boundry is over stepped.
> I write here, since you shared your feelings.
> Wishing you the best.
>
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
>  dmgina23
>  every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
>
> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network.  Visit
> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.
>
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From ebryant at socket.net  Mon Aug  3 21:33:26 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:33:26 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] (no subject)
Message-ID: <001001ca1482$095fd5a0$1c1f80e0$@net>

Hi folks,

The attached "Diabetes Resources 2009: Equipment and Services" provides
accessible equipment and information. I was going to send this to our DAN
Board, but I decided people on this list should have a copy along with the
DAN Board and perhaps provide me with additional information.

 

I need everyone to go over the list and look for any problematic areas or
any accessible equipment I have failed to mention. I would like to have any
replies by Friday, September 4th.

 

Thanks, 

Ed Bryant

 

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From ebryant at socket.net  Mon Aug  3 21:46:08 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:46:08 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] 20 Tips to help Prevent Medical Errors
Message-ID: <001901ca1483$cf731ee0$6e595ca0$@net>

Hi folks,

The attached document "20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors" is from the
Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) and contains some good information. I hope you find it
useful. 

 

Regards,

Ed Bryant

 

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From albertsanchez at suddenlink.net  Tue Aug  4 02:01:10 2009
From: albertsanchez at suddenlink.net (Albert Sanchez)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:01:10 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
References: <BAY110-DS727CD8FA96C6D5B07A0C4A10F0@phx.gbl><022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E56094@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com><47AECDDD34E54CC480C5D2991E0DBC0D@Albert>
	<022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7E5612B@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
Message-ID: <B5DD54CEDFF84FE6B47C78E0D19D0F86@Albert>

Kelly
Thanks for the info, A.S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> Albert,
>
> Thank you for your comments regarding the Voice.
>
> Unfortunately they're still working on upgrading the Voice software to
> be compatible with all screen readers so it is not quite available.
>
> We have the USB cords available for when the software is completed.
>
> I apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
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> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Albert Sanchez
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:36 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
>
> Kelly and List
>
> I have one of the new Prodigy Voice meters and find it to be a
> wonderfully
> accessable meter. My question is in regard to downloading the memory to
> computer. Where do I get that software, and is it fully accessable with
> either JAWS or Window-Eyes on a Win XP system?
>
> Yours cordially
> Albert Sanchez
> Al's Piano Tuning & Repair
> 215 John Avenue
> Greenville, NC 27858-4113
> 252-757-3023
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
> To: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> Cc: "diabetes-talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
>
>
>> Cheryl,
>>
>> The new model doesn't have an eject button as you have already noticed
>> and we were getting complaints that you could turn off the volume
>> accidentally because you could change that without being in the meter
>> set up function so patients wouldn't have volume and didn't know why
> so
>> we changed that as well.
>>
>> The new meter takes a new USB cable which is a standard mini USB cable
>> which many people already have at home.  If not, I can send you a
> cable
>> if needed.
>>
>> Did you previous meter break?  I'm curious as to why you have a new
> one
>> if you liked the previous model more?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kelly Massaro
>> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
>> Diagnostic Devices
>> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
>> Charlotte NC  28269
>> Direct: 704-285-6425
>> Main: 800-366-5901
>> kellym at prodigymeter.com
>> www.prodigymeter.com
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cheryl echevarria [mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
>> To: Kelly Massaro
>> Cc: diabetes-talk
>> Subject: new prodigy voice meter
>>
>> Good morning Kelly:
>>
>> question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.
>>
>> My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.
>>
>> It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips,
>> to
>> lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and
> down
>> arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to
> lower
>> and
>> raise the volume.
>>
>> Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable
> didn't
>>
>> have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a
> new
>> connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the
> cable
>>
>> connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new
>> connections.
>>
>> I really don't like the model I got from ADS.
>>
>> Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>> skype: angeldn3
>>
>>
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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 02:12:25 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:12:25 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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Cheryl:

The new meter is as you say. DDI can't win! On the one hand, people 
complained that the volume was too easily changed so they did as you say 
and put it in SETTINgS. So now people complain because it's in Settings. 
(grin) I haven't tried a cable as I don't own one; I figure it's just as 
easy for me to enter my readings into a BS Plus as it is to mess with 
computer software.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
Cc: "diabetes-talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:31 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


Good morning Kelly:

question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.

My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.

It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips, 
to
lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and down
arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to lower 
and
raise the volume.

Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable didn't
have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a new
connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the cable
connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new 
connections.

I really don't like the model I got from ADS.

Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.

Cheryl Echevarria

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 02:18:18 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:18:18 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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Cheryl:

In a way, I liked the eject system, too. However, it made the strips 
prone to errors in alignment. So a number of us suggested that the 
gripping mechanism in the Prodigy Autocode worked well enough that the 
eject mechanism was one complication too many.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


Paul:

a number of us before the prodigy voice came out to the public myself 
and
others from the DAN did the beta testing and put down what we liked and 
what
we didn't.

I liked the fact that we didn't have to go into the settings just to 
lower
the voice on the meters and I like the eject system that was originally
there.

Just my own opinions on the meter.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> Yes, my prodigy voice has never had an eject button.  I heard there 
> were
> ones that did have that fature, but mine doesn't.  Hope this helps.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl 
> echevarria
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:31 AM
> To: Kelly Massaro
> Cc: diabetes-talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
>
> Good morning Kelly:
>
> question I just got a new prodigy voice meter from ADS in GA.
>
> My questions is that it is much different then the one I have.
>
> It has no eject slide up on the side of the meter to eject the strips, 
> to
> lower or raise the volume on the meter instead of using the up and 
> down
> arrows on the meter you actually have to go into settings just to 
> lower
> and
> raise the volume.
>
> Also I use the software to download  my numbers and the old cable 
> didn't
> have a usb connection on the meter it had a round end. now I need a 
> new
> connection so that I can download my numbers ADS does not have the 
> cable
> connection do I need new software for this meter I need the new
> connections.
>
> I really don't like the model I got from ADS.
>
> Did anyone else notice this with the new prodigy meters.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 02:34:20 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:34:20 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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Yes and yes.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


On the meter I have, it forever is talking.
When you carry it in a bag.
Can you still with this new meter find out the seven day averages up to
three months?
This is one thing I thought was grate.
Also I like being able to set the time date and year.
I hope this never stopps.

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 02:39:55 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:39:55 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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The case on the new meter is slightly larger. The voice is more 
understandable also although the meter is a bit more finicky about 
earphones.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


Eileen,

I'm not sure when you received your meter.  I believe the case is a
little different than the earlier model.  I can send you one and you can
tell me if it works better than your current one if you'd like.

Please let me know.

Best Regards,

Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:08 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter

With the new Prodigy Voice, is there by any chance a new case?  The
meter I
have is good, but the carrying case could be a lot better.  I find that
there is not enough room for basic supplies, and the meter is forever
turning itself on with the lightest touch on the outside of the carrying

case.  Thanks.

Eileen

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 03:02:14 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:02:14 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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Cheryl:

No one is jumping down anyone's throat.

AS for Elaine Rink, I subscribed her when I got back to my hotel room 
that very afternoon. However, I thought her name was "Ring" as in 
something you wear. Please send me her email address and I will 
resubscribe her.

Perhaps next time, you should simply ask if anything was done rather 
than adding extraneous comments. In fact, something *was* done but I 
made a mistake. Peple do make mistakes, ya know.

Also, with respect, what is discussed on the list is governed by the 
questions people ask and the comments they make. Generally, when we get 
a new list member, s/he asks how to get the blood on the strip, what's a 
good meter, if there's an accessible insulin pump or how to inject 
insulin if one can't see, what's the "best diabetic diet", how to get X 
accessible device covered by insurance and on and on ad infinitum. Once 
the questions are answered, things quiet down for a while. That's the 
nature of lists. After all, this list, fortunately, isn't the 
"alt.flame.flame.flame" usenet newsgroup! (grin)

This list is only as good and informative as we make it. I'd welcome 
recipes, cooking tips and the like as long as the material isn't 
copyrighted. And discussions of food and nutrition and exercise are 
great, too, although I must confess to being a confirmed skeptic, 
believing that there's absolutely no way to scientifically prove that 
one diet is better than another. Each person is different and his/her 
diabetes is different from everyone else's. I can eat some things 
without adverse affects on my bg whereas someone else might go thru the 
roof eating the same thing -- and vice versa. I've actually thought 
about putting some of my skeptical musings on the list but figured I'd 
make too many people irritated so have refrained. (grin)

In any event, let's all try to make the list better. Further, let's all 
assume that we have the good of DAN, NFB and blind and sighted diabetics 
at heart and not be so suspicious of one another.

Mike Freeman, President
Diabetes Action Network
National Federation of the Blind

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


One Question, I was speaking with a fellow NFB New York State Chapter
President, Elaine Rink. She had mentioned that at convention she had 
asked
someone to register her with the list. I don't think that has happened. 
I
was again asked to remind that person to do it.  She is waiting.

I said that I would do it for her, but she said that wouldn't be 
necessary
that if I had to do it, then it wouldn't be worth joining since that 
person
word isn't worth anything than.

I am reminded of the little things in this life that are worth working 
at,
and one of them is the DAN it has gotten away from being a group and not
working on the important things.

I think we should go back to basics.

Like talk about highs and lows and why they happen, maybe discuss our 
eating
habits, stress, etc to control them.

I have been diabetic for over 30 years and blind nearly 10 now.

NFB is a family and not a one person one voice.  We are the voices of 
the
national federation of the blind.

Work together people and stop jumping down people throats.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


> I would hate to see you leave,
> speaking of how messages come across,
> I always feel you will do something to look into my records.
> If I come to you direct then I would say yes.
> to ask a question here, I always felt something would go wrong if you
> got involved.
> So it is how you come across to me as well.
> It works on both sides.
> At no time am I angry,
> except when I say all is well jut a question I think with you starting
> a job and excited to help, the boundry is over stepped.
> I write here, since you shared your feelings.
> Wishing you the best.
>
> -- 
> --Dar
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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 03:03:28 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:03:28 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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I use a little bag that's a compact for women.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 11:08 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


With the new Prodigy Voice, is there by any chance a new case?  The 
meter I
have is good, but the carrying case could be a lot better.  I find that
there is not enough room for basic supplies, and the meter is forever
turning itself on with the lightest touch on the outside of the carrying
case.  Thanks.

Eileen

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 03:05:11 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:05:11 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
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Depends upon the individual. Some people can get along without 
medication. David Mendoza would say that if everyone were sufficiently 
diligent, everyone who's a Type 2 could get off meds. However, I 
wouldn't go that far. Some people can; some people cannot.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


this will be my second time seeing the new diabetic coordinator on the
twenty fourth.
I really like her very much.
I can even email her if I have any questions.
I give that one to her.
this doesn't happen often.
I have only done it once,
Also I sent in my three month readings.
She was pleased.
My question would be,
as she shared, when you keep losing weight, is there a time when you
won't need pills any more?
Or do they just lower the dosage.

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 03:06:10 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:06:10 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
References: <20090803193123.11055.81637@web2.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <D2EEDC306856418B9B46FECE8EFE0F71@owner96190708e>

Only way to know is to try. I would suspect not, however.

Mike

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To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter


I don't have window eyes nor jaws.
I have Serotek.
Can this work with Serotek?

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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 10:11:33 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 06:11:33 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] recent issues
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS7249899B54464B4B7335BA10C0@phx.gbl>

I just want to say over the 24 hours, people have said to me that I am 
insensitive. I am a know it all, or I think I am.

2 questions if people put a question out that and people have the answers 
such as myself who are educated and know the answer I will put it out there.

also when people type you don't know how they mean it, I do not curse, and I 
respect my elders and others.  So to say to me to watch how I type or mean 
something.  I am not going to apoligize for it, and neither should anyone 
else.  There is no such thing as a dumb question.

But at the same time people who are diabetic there is not one the same.

you eat differently, we take different medicines and we have different 
doctors.

My issues recently were that I had the original prodigy meter that we gotten 
during the beta trial with the NFB.  I had just recently got my new meter, 
so yes mine is almost 2 years old.

So I didn't expect it to stay the same was asking questions as to when it 
changed.  It was never mentioned on the list the changes at all.  It would 
have been nice to know all of this prior to me getting it.  At least I 
wouldn't have been so surprised, which I was since I liked my old meter. 
That is life, things change.

But I never cursed at all or even put it out there that I was thinking 
things.

And no one should even myself should suggest anything of the thought should 
one might think that about others.  We don't know one another unless you are 
close friends and know how the other person ticks.

So if I had offended anyone with my posts, but for those who know me 
personally you know what I mean when I post and there is nothing for me to 
apologize for.

take care friends and no I am not leaving at all. I stated my aggrevations 
and expect others to give there input so that maybe these list members don't 
have to be censored for putting what they think or feel.



Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 




From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 13:07:28 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:07:28 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090804130728.12907.88099@web3.serotek.com>

Mike what is wrong with the ear phone spot.
when you turn down the volume does it stop the speech from going off 
while in traveling?
That would be grate if that is happening.
I understand that we must wait for five years before we can get the new 
upgrade?
You can do all the bells and whistles as on this machine correct?

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From paujor at fuse.net  Tue Aug  4 13:10:28 2009
From: paujor at fuse.net (Paul & Paula Jordan)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:10:28 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] recent issues
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS7249899B54464B4B7335BA10C0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY110-DS7249899B54464B4B7335BA10C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000301ca1504$f0536490$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>

Cheryl, just a comment about the new prodigy.  The cd I got with my meter
has the instructions for the old meter, and, heaven knows how long I tried
to find the things that had changed, so, I think I understand your
questions. 
Oh, by the way, how often should a meter be replaced?  I am not on medicare,
just an old federal retiree who is trying to avoid the medicare system as
long as I can.  

Paul

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:12 AM
To: diabetes-talk
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] recent issues

I just want to say over the 24 hours, people have said to me that I am 
insensitive. I am a know it all, or I think I am.

2 questions if people put a question out that and people have the answers 
such as myself who are educated and know the answer I will put it out there.

also when people type you don't know how they mean it, I do not curse, and I

respect my elders and others.  So to say to me to watch how I type or mean 
something.  I am not going to apoligize for it, and neither should anyone 
else.  There is no such thing as a dumb question.

But at the same time people who are diabetic there is not one the same.

you eat differently, we take different medicines and we have different 
doctors.

My issues recently were that I had the original prodigy meter that we gotten

during the beta trial with the NFB.  I had just recently got my new meter, 
so yes mine is almost 2 years old.

So I didn't expect it to stay the same was asking questions as to when it 
changed.  It was never mentioned on the list the changes at all.  It would 
have been nice to know all of this prior to me getting it.  At least I 
wouldn't have been so surprised, which I was since I liked my old meter. 
That is life, things change.

But I never cursed at all or even put it out there that I was thinking 
things.

And no one should even myself should suggest anything of the thought should 
one might think that about others.  We don't know one another unless you are

close friends and know how the other person ticks.

So if I had offended anyone with my posts, but for those who know me 
personally you know what I mean when I post and there is nothing for me to 
apologize for.

take care friends and no I am not leaving at all. I stated my aggrevations 
and expect others to give there input so that maybe these list members don't

have to be censored for putting what they think or feel.



Cheryl Echevarria

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 13:11:58 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:11:58 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090804131158.12801.54190@web3.serotek.com>

I have a fanny pack where the diabetic items have its own place.
I love it this way.
The items don't get mixed up with anything else.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 13:12:35 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:12:35 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090804131235.12907.63392@web3.serotek.com>

this is good to know, because you truly want to believe your coordinator.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 13:13:53 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:13:53 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090804131353.12907.41069@web3.serotek.com>

I understood reading on that they are trying to get fixed up with all 
of the programs out there.
If there is anyone who needs the owner of Serotek and how they can help 
with the diabetic information being used with serotek I know they would 
be glad to help.

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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Tue Aug  4 15:26:30 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:26:30 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
References: <001001ca1482$095fd5a0$1c1f80e0$@net>
Message-ID: <003d01ca1517$f1c4d440$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>

i was recently told (last week) July 28 09 that Walgreens at least in 
Illinois is starting a talking prescription program on their drugs for blind 
folks
Debbie
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From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Bernadette Jacobs" <bandbjacobs at verizon.net>; <ebryant at socket.net>; 
"LeAnne Mayne" <leanne at uddle.com>; "Minnie Walker" <MWKoger21 at Bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:33 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] (no subject)


> Hi folks,
>
> The attached "Diabetes Resources 2009: Equipment and Services" provides
> accessible equipment and information. I was going to send this to our DAN
> Board, but I decided people on this list should have a copy along with the
> DAN Board and perhaps provide me with additional information.
>
>
>
> I need everyone to go over the list and look for any problematic areas or
> any accessible equipment I have failed to mention. I would like to have 
> any
> replies by Friday, September 4th.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Bryant
>
>
>
>


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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 16:18:25 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:18:25 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090804161825.22031.37713@web3.serotek.com>

I tried sharing the same information with the company I use, and since 
they didn't hear of it they won't do it just yet.
I was told that I would need to go threw Medicare.
this is rite sourse with humana.
Cheryl can you help with this one?
I know several blind persons who are on humana and use rite sourse.

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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 17:34:22 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:34:22 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090804161825.22031.37713@web3.serotek.com>
References: <20090804161825.22031.37713@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS38BFDF88B48BAFAFE3E90A10C0@phx.gbl>

dar what is your basic question I will find the answer.

for the talking prescriptions?

please elaborate.

Also what is your primary insurance medicare or humana
Cheryl Echevarria

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions


> I tried sharing the same information with the company I use, and since
> they didn't hear of it they won't do it just yet.
> I was told that I would need to go threw Medicare.
> this is rite sourse with humana.
> Cheryl can you help with this one?
> I know several blind persons who are on humana and use rite sourse.
>
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Tue Aug  4 18:01:53 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:01:53 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Pocket
Message-ID: <cd4.52de49ec.37a9d191@aol.com>

Is  the Prodigy Pocket machine been out a while or is this a new  release?
 
I called several of the stores on DDI's website to check on the  
availability and price on this machine and they said it was not listed so they  could 
not order it.[Walgreens, Target, and Walmart].  I understand it is  the size 
of a businesscard and it takes Prodigy Auto Code Strips
 
 
Can anyone tell me if the insurance companies will pay for 2 different  
types of strips?  As I have a Prodigy Voice, but would love to have  something 
this size to take along with me when going out for dinner and friends  and 
meetings.  It seems it would be perfect for that.  
 
I will tell you I am nervous when I take my Prodigy Voice with me as I have 
 left it behind and then have to listen to my dear husband complain about 
going  back to get it.  I don't have to worry about forgetting my insulin pen 
 because I give it to him to put in his pocket and I always have an extra 
pen at  home.
 
I hear the Prodigy  Pocket comes in colors!  I am definitely a  purple 
kinda girl, too bad they don't come in purple!  I was one of the  first to get a 
purple KNFB Reader phone.
 
Joyce
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Tue Aug  4 18:20:49 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:20:49 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Pocket
In-Reply-To: <cd4.52de49ec.37a9d191@aol.com>
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Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7EB451D@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

The Prodigy Pocket is a new release and it's our new "non talking meter"


It uses the same strips as the Auto Code meter.  The Prodigy Voice uses
its own indicated strip.  

It is available at all Drugstores, so I'm clear as to why they're
turning you away.  Because they order through Amerisource Bergen,
Cardinal or McKesson they can get our products.  If the pharmacist needs
help ordering they may call our tech support line at 800-243-2636.  We
also have the ability to drop ship this item to any of the retailers
mentioned. 

The Pocket is covered under Medi-Care and depending on your private
insurance.  However......the retail cost/cash pay for the Pocket is very
reasonable so may be an option for a secondary meter as a cash pay if it
isn't covered.

I'm not sure if insurance will cover the two different strips.  My hope
is eventually that all our meters will use one strip so you may
interchange meters if needed without affecting your insurance.  

I will get additional information for you if this isn't helpful.  Please
let me know.

The Pocket comes in blue, pink, green, black and green camouflage.  

Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
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From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:02 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Pocket

Is  the Prodigy Pocket machine been out a while or is this a new
release?
 
I called several of the stores on DDI's website to check on the  
availability and price on this machine and they said it was not listed
so they  could 
not order it.[Walgreens, Target, and Walmart].  I understand it is  the
size 
of a businesscard and it takes Prodigy Auto Code Strips
 
 
Can anyone tell me if the insurance companies will pay for 2 different  
types of strips?  As I have a Prodigy Voice, but would love to have
something 
this size to take along with me when going out for dinner and friends
and 
meetings.  It seems it would be perfect for that.  
 
I will tell you I am nervous when I take my Prodigy Voice with me as I
have 
 left it behind and then have to listen to my dear husband complain
about 
going  back to get it.  I don't have to worry about forgetting my
insulin pen 
 because I give it to him to put in his pocket and I always have an
extra 
pen at  home.
 
I hear the Prodigy  Pocket comes in colors!  I am definitely a  purple 
kinda girl, too bad they don't come in purple!  I was one of the  first
to get a 
purple KNFB Reader phone.
 
Joyce
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easy 
steps! 
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 18:55:33 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:55:33 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] thursday
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS7DABEA6A47EE9135E0CB0A10C0@phx.gbl>

I will be away thursday thru tuesday and going to disney world, I am writing 
an article of what it is like going to disney  now without sight and how 
things have changed.

I also write for allears.net which is the unofficial website of disney 
world.

so look for it in up coming braille monitors.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 




From Blindhands at aol.com  Tue Aug  4 18:56:58 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:56:58 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Pocket
Message-ID: <d51.5233ad69.37a9de7a@aol.com>

I did not know it did not talk.  That would not be for me then.   It did 
sound good and it did not say on the website or when I called DDI that  this 
does not talk.
 
I read all I could on the website about it and then called them up,  too.
 
If it talked it sounds perfect.
 
Joyce 
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Tue Aug  4 19:12:42 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:12:42 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket
Message-ID: <d05.5dd9a535.37a9e22a@aol.com>

Here is what is on the website for the Prodigy Pocket.  Please tell  DDI 
they need to clarify the fact it does not talk.
 
 
Diagnostic Devices > Our Meters > Prodigy Pocket  > Pocket more information


Prodigy Pocket?. A No-Coding blood glucose  monitoring system with the 
latest technology and a fresh, colorful  design. NOW  AVAILABLE!


Small. Fast. Accurate. What?s in YOUR pocket?
No-Coding- Requires no calibration.  Simply insert your test strip and 
begin to test. This feature  avoids the danger of false test results caused by 
coding  errors. 
Full USB port- Uses any standard USB  cable. 
Small Design- Fits in your pocket  making it easy to carry everywhere you 
go. 
Memory and Data Management- Stores up  to 120 test results with time and 
date and gives 7, 14 and 28-day  averages. Download your results from Prodigy?
s FREE Diabetes  Management Software available at www.prodigymeter.com with 
any  standard USB Cable to your personal computer to trend and  graph your 
blood glucose test results. 
Alternate Site Testing- Offers you the  option of testing other places such 
as your palms, forearms,  upper-arms, thighs and calves. These places tend 
to have fewer nerve  endings than your fingertips thus resulting in more 
comfort and  less pain. 
Small Blood Sample- Requires only a  tiny sample of blood. 
One-Button Simplicity- Uses one button  for easy navigation. 
Personal- Another great advantage of  the Prodigy Pocket? is that it is 
available in four different  vibrant colors. It gives you the option to pick 
the pocket that fits  your personality; making it a bit more personal and a 
little less  clinical. 
The New Prodigy Pocket? ...utilizes the proven  technology of our Prodigy 
AutoCode? meter in a small, colorful  compact size.    


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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 19:12:36 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:12:36 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Pocket
In-Reply-To: <cd4.52de49ec.37a9d191@aol.com>
References: <cd4.52de49ec.37a9d191@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS1161ED4B7D2C07ACD0632A10C0@phx.gbl>

yes they will not at the same time though. they will only pay for one meter 
a year or under medicare 1 meter every 5 years.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Prodigy Pocket


> Is  the Prodigy Pocket machine been out a while or is this a new  release?
>
> I called several of the stores on DDI's website to check on the
> availability and price on this machine and they said it was not listed so 
> they  could
> not order it.[Walgreens, Target, and Walmart].  I understand it is  the 
> size
> of a businesscard and it takes Prodigy Auto Code Strips
>
>
> Can anyone tell me if the insurance companies will pay for 2 different
> types of strips?  As I have a Prodigy Voice, but would love to have 
> something
> this size to take along with me when going out for dinner and friends  and
> meetings.  It seems it would be perfect for that.
>
> I will tell you I am nervous when I take my Prodigy Voice with me as I 
> have
>  left it behind and then have to listen to my dear husband complain about
> going  back to get it.  I don't have to worry about forgetting my insulin 
> pen
>  because I give it to him to put in his pocket and I always have an extra
> pen at  home.
>
> I hear the Prodigy  Pocket comes in colors!  I am definitely a  purple
> kinda girl, too bad they don't come in purple!  I was one of the  first to 
> get a
> purple KNFB Reader phone.
>
> Joyce
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 19:29:05 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:29:05 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] president clinton got the 2 jounalist pardoned in
	North Korea
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS14EC08EC126B94C8C2BD3A10C0@phx.gbl>

just got it from CNN

President clinton got the 2 us journalist pardon in North Korea.

Cheryl Echevarria

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 19:43:01 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:43:01 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket
In-Reply-To: <d05.5dd9a535.37a9e22a@aol.com>
References: <d05.5dd9a535.37a9e22a@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20090804194301.k7uij@panix.com>

Joyce:

My question is why? Firstly, if an ad doesn't say a meter talks, it's a fair assumption that the meter doesn't talk!

Secondly, the fact that it uses just one button is a pretty good clue that the meter doesn't talk since it would take some pretty elaborate menus to perform the functions of a talking meter with just one button.

I guess I don't see why one should automatically assume that if a manufacturer makes a tlking meter, all of its products should be expected to talk.

Oh well.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: unknown Blindhands at aol.com
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 12:32:33
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket

>
>
> Here is what is on the website for the Prodigy Pocket.  Please tell  DDI 
> they need to clarify the fact it does not talk.
>  
>  
> Diagnostic Devices > Our Meters > Prodigy Pocket  > Pocket more information
> 
> 
> Prodigy Pocket?. A No-Coding blood glucose  monitoring system with the 
> latest technology and a fresh, colorful  design. NOW  AVAILABLE!
> 
> 
> Small. Fast. Accurate. What's in YOUR pocket?
> No-Coding- Requires no calibration.  Simply insert your test strip and 
> begin to test. This feature  avoids the danger of false test results caused by 
> coding  errors. 
> Full USB port- Uses any standard USB  cable. 
> Small Design- Fits in your pocket  making it easy to carry everywhere you 
> go. 
> Memory and Data Management- Stores up  to 120 test results with time and 
> date and gives 7, 14 and 28-day  averages. Download your results from Prodigy'
> s FREE Diabetes  Management Software available at www.prodigymeter.com with 
> any  standard USB Cable to your personal computer to trend and  graph your 
> blood glucose test results. 
> Alternate Site Testing- Offers you the  option of testing other places such 
> as your palms, forearms,  upper-arms, thighs and calves. These places tend 
> to have fewer nerve  endings than your fingertips thus resulting in more 
> comfort and  less pain. 
> Small Blood Sample- Requires only a  tiny sample of blood. 
> One-Button Simplicity- Uses one button  for easy navigation. 
> Personal- Another great advantage of  the Prodigy Pocket? is that it is 
> available in four different  vibrant colors. It gives you the option to pick 
> the pocket that fits  your personality; making it a bit more personal and a 
> little less  clinical. 
> The New Prodigy Pocket? ...utilizes the proven  technology of our Prodigy 
> AutoCode? meter in a small, colorful  compact size.    
> 
> 
> ininininininininininininininininininininininininininininA Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy 
> steps! 
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> =JulystepsfooterNO115)
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Tue Aug  4 20:09:05 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:09:05 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket
Message-ID: <bd8.3a48028b.37a9ef61@aol.com>

On that same page there is reference about the autocode comparing this  
machine to that one.  I had an Prodigy Auto Code and it talked.
 
They also have on that particular webpage Links to NFB,.  They have  
promoted the talking machine since the beginning prior to even thinking about  
working with the blind on their product.
 
So if you think I am stupid for suggesting they note that this machine does 
 not talk, I think it would be not too much trouble for them to add 5 words 
 on the web page,  "This isn't a talking machine." 
 
I called them and told them my suggestion.
 
I recall a blood glucose machine that was the size of a businesscard that  
talked going back a couple of years ago.  
 
You mention one button and that should have given me the clue, I guess you  
don't know anything about IPods.  I have one with one button and it talks,  
plays books, movies, and music and is the size of a Bic lighter and has all 
of  these diferent menus you use all with one button.
 
Joyce
 
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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 20:20:24 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:20:24 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
In-Reply-To: <4AE14F9ADF132F42BA587D071F628AD1026741F9@hei-mail.HEIEXPO.COM>
References: <4AE14F9ADF132F42BA587D071F628AD1026741F9@hei-mail.HEIEXPO.COM>
Message-ID: <20090804202024.k7uij@panix.com>

Dar:

Yes, the newer Voice has all the same functions as the old. I only remarked about the headphones because some of them have distorted speech with the newer Voice that did not with the older one. It depends upon the headset one is using. With Bose Quiet Comfort headphones, one must set them to receive as if one were hooking them to the sound system on an airliner, that is, turn the sensitivity down in order not to be blasted to Kingdom Come.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 7:07:10
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter

>
>
> Mike what is wrong with the ear phone spot.
> when you turn down the volume does it stop the speech from going off 
> while in traveling?
> That would be grate if that is happening.
> I understand that we must wait for five years before we can get the new 
> upgrade?
> You can do all the bells and whistles as on this machine correct?
> 
> -- 
> -comDar
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Tue Aug  4 20:22:59 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:22:59 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket
In-Reply-To: <d05.5dd9a535.37a9e22a@aol.com>
References: <d05.5dd9a535.37a9e22a@aol.com>
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7EB455D@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Thank you for your comments regarding the Prodigy Pocket.  

The thought process behind the website not saying this is a non talking
meter is that with all our meters it has a description, the talking
meters do state that they're talking and the pocket omits that due to it
being a non talking meter. 

I have also forwarded your comments to Management. 

I hope this helps and apologize for the confusion.

Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
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-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 3:13 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket

Here is what is on the website for the Prodigy Pocket.  Please tell  DDI

they need to clarify the fact it does not talk.
 
 
Diagnostic Devices > Our Meters > Prodigy Pocket  > Pocket more
information


Prodigy Pocket(tm). A No-Coding blood glucose  monitoring system with
the 
latest technology and a fresh, colorful  design. NOW  AVAILABLE!


Small. Fast. Accurate. What's in YOUR pocket?
No-Coding- Requires no calibration.  Simply insert your test strip and 
begin to test. This feature  avoids the danger of false test results
caused by 
coding  errors. 
Full USB port- Uses any standard USB  cable. 
Small Design- Fits in your pocket  making it easy to carry everywhere
you 
go. 
Memory and Data Management- Stores up  to 120 test results with time and

date and gives 7, 14 and 28-day  averages. Download your results from
Prodigy'
s FREE Diabetes  Management Software available at www.prodigymeter.com
with 
any  standard USB Cable to your personal computer to trend and  graph
your 
blood glucose test results. 
Alternate Site Testing- Offers you the  option of testing other places
such 
as your palms, forearms,  upper-arms, thighs and calves. These places
tend 
to have fewer nerve  endings than your fingertips thus resulting in more

comfort and  less pain. 
Small Blood Sample- Requires only a  tiny sample of blood. 
One-Button Simplicity- Uses one button  for easy navigation. 
Personal- Another great advantage of  the Prodigy Pocket(tm) is that it
is 
available in four different  vibrant colors. It gives you the option to
pick 
the pocket that fits  your personality; making it a bit more personal
and a 
little less  clinical. 
The New Prodigy Pocket(tm) ...utilizes the proven  technology of our
Prodigy 
AutoCode(r) meter in a small, colorful  compact size.    


**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2
easy 
steps! 
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 20:38:44 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:38:44 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>

Yes Humana is where I get the perscriptions from.
I was speaking with them on behalf of fixing the medicine bottles so 
the Blind know what is in the bottle.
I shared about the program, where they didn't know anything about it.
I was asked to go threw Medicare.
I don't know why just what I was asked.
I would like rite sourse to know about labling the bottles, so I don't 
have to ask someone to come in every three months to help me with my bottles.
I hope I explained it well.
This would be for any blind person getting on with rite sourse.
this is the drug store if you will that mails my supplies.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 20:49:27 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:49:27 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket
Message-ID: <20090804204927.29978.59055@web3.serotek.com>

Mike,
Companies love to hear from us, asking all of the time.
If they made everything talk, then what would we have to complain about smile.

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From k7uij at panix.com  Tue Aug  4 21:08:19 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:08:19 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
References: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <20090804210819.k7uij@panix.com>

Dar:

I suspect that what you've heard about is the "Scrip-talk" system; it requires that you have a special unit to read the recordings on the bottles and that the pharmacy have a unit to put the prescription info on the RF-ID tag so that the reading unit can voice it for you.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 16:49:23
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions

>
>
> Yes Humana is where I get the perscriptions from.
> I was speaking with them on behalf of fixing the medicine bottles so 
> the Blind know what is in the bottle.
> I shared about the program, where they didn't know anything about it.
> I was asked to go threw Medicare.
> I don't know why just what I was asked.
> I would like rite sourse to know about labling the bottles, so I don't 
> have to ask someone to come in every three months to help me with my bottles.
> I hope I explained it well.
> This would be for any blind person getting on with rite sourse.
> this is the drug store if you will that mails my supplies.
> 
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
>  dmgina23
>  every saint has a past
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 21:13:05 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:13:05 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090804211305.29977.91913@web3.serotek.com>

Yes I would love to have a machine like this to read my own bottles of 
medicine.
I know that the place I use doesn't know about this.
I would love for this in years to come to be a national program.
I get three month supplies, some bottles are square and some are round.
this is why I didn't upgrade on getting new bottle holders for a one 
month supply.

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From Blindhands at aol.com  Tue Aug  4 21:24:12 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:24:12 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Please note Prodigy Pocket
Message-ID: <c46.5de29159.37aa00fc@aol.com>

Thank you for this consideration.
 
Joyce
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Tue Aug  4 21:32:29 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:32:29 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] new prodigy voice meter
Message-ID: <20090804213229.30718.33535@web3.serotek.com>

Oh my that makes sense.
You see, I use the ear peace that came with this machine, especially 
when I am out in public.
I love being able to just know what is happening.
It also helps me, since I have a hearing loss.

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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 22:31:21 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:31:21 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
	<20090804210819.k7uij@panix.com>
References: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
	<20090804210819.k7uij@panix.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS528FB62B56C3D6C48542DA10C0@phx.gbl>

>From last year in Dallas when I spoke to the people at script talk they said 
that if you want it at your pharmacy you can contact script talk and they 
will get it to your pharmacy, the next thing would be to see if your 
insurance will cover it, at this time medicare is not covering it, I 
contacted them today when dar first asked the question.

They are looking into it, it might be in the durable medical equiptment part 
some time next year, they are still working on it.

Your insurance companies usually follow medicare. it if it medically 
necessary they might consider it as out of formulary or out of network. But 
if medicare is your primary insurance and they will not pay for it, don't 
look from you secondary to pay for it.  They wont.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions


> Dar:
>
> I suspect that what you've heard about is the "Scrip-talk" system; it 
> requires that you have a special unit to read the recordings on the 
> bottles and that the pharmacy have a unit to put the prescription info on 
> the RF-ID tag so that the reading unit can voice it for you.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 16:49:23
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
>
> >
> >
> > Yes Humana is where I get the perscriptions from.
> > I was speaking with them on behalf of fixing the medicine bottles so
> > the Blind know what is in the bottle.
> > I shared about the program, where they didn't know anything about it.
> > I was asked to go threw Medicare.
> > I don't know why just what I was asked.
> > I would like rite sourse to know about labling the bottles, so I don't
> > have to ask someone to come in every three months to help me with my 
> > bottles.
> > I hope I explained it well.
> > This would be for any blind person getting on with rite sourse.
> > this is the drug store if you will that mails my supplies.
> >
> > -- 
> > --Dar
> > skype
> >  dmgina23
> >  every saint has a past
> > every sinner has a future
> >
> > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network.  Visit
> > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.
> >
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Tue Aug  4 22:32:51 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:32:51 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
References: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS53AB6ED7247F7F6413069A10C0@phx.gbl>

Dar who is your primary insurance medicare or humana

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions


> Yes Humana is where I get the perscriptions from.
> I was speaking with them on behalf of fixing the medicine bottles so
> the Blind know what is in the bottle.
> I shared about the program, where they didn't know anything about it.
> I was asked to go threw Medicare.
> I don't know why just what I was asked.
> I would like rite sourse to know about labling the bottles, so I don't
> have to ask someone to come in every three months to help me with my 
> bottles.
> I hope I explained it well.
> This would be for any blind person getting on with rite sourse.
> this is the drug store if you will that mails my supplies.
>
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
>  dmgina23
>  every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
>
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> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere.
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug  5 00:14:45 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:14:45 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090805001445.2993.67315@web3.serotek.com>

Humana is the start and medicare is next.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug  5 00:18:53 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:18:53 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090805001853.2712.97809@web3.serotek.com>

How do you contact script talk?
Thanks,

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From k7uij at panix.com  Wed Aug  5 00:49:30 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:49:30 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090805001853.2712.97809@web3.serotek.com>
References: <20090805001853.2712.97809@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <20090805004930.k7uij@panix.com>

Dar:

ScripTalk (that's S c r i p T a l k) is manufactured by Envision America, Inc. Go to its web site at:

http://www.envisionamerica.com

where you'll find information on the ScripTalk.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message -----
From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 20:30:04
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions

>
>
> How do you contact script talk?
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug  5 01:44:41 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:44:41 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090805001445.2993.67315@web3.serotek.com>
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well then humana is your primary you need to ask the durable medical 
supplies department of your insurance. Call Humana and see not in the 
pharmacy but a different part of your insurance medical supplies and see if 
it would be considered and let them know who puts it out and ask the people 
who make the talk containers, I think it went around again, maybe Mike 
Freeman or Ed Bryant might have a contact with them and ask them how to deal 
with insurance.

they might be able to help.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions


> Humana is the start and medicare is next.
>
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug  5 02:10:40 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:10:40 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090805021040.5819.17588@web3.serotek.com>

Thanks,
I will go and see what I can find out.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug  5 03:20:37 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:20:37 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090805032037.7274.25884@web3.serotek.com>

Thanks I will do just that.

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From ebryant at socket.net  Wed Aug  5 19:37:06 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:37:06 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <003d01ca1517$f1c4d440$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>
References: <001001ca1482$095fd5a0$1c1f80e0$@net>
	<003d01ca1517$f1c4d440$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>
Message-ID: <000001ca1604$1db8c8d0$592a5a70$@net>

Hi Debbie, 
Please let us know when you find out something more about the Walgreen's
program.

Thanks, 
Ed Bryant

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of catdancing
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:27 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions

i was recently told (last week) July 28 09 that Walgreens at least in 
Illinois is starting a talking prescription program on their drugs for blind

folks
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Bernadette Jacobs" <bandbjacobs at verizon.net>; <ebryant at socket.net>; 
"LeAnne Mayne" <leanne at uddle.com>; "Minnie Walker" <MWKoger21 at Bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:33 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] (no subject)


> Hi folks,
>
> The attached "Diabetes Resources 2009: Equipment and Services" provides
> accessible equipment and information. I was going to send this to our DAN
> Board, but I decided people on this list should have a copy along with the
> DAN Board and perhaps provide me with additional information.
>
>
>
> I need everyone to go over the list and look for any problematic areas or
> any accessible equipment I have failed to mention. I would like to have 
> any
> replies by Friday, September 4th.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Bryant
>
>
>
>


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From ebryant at socket.net  Wed Aug  5 19:47:19 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:47:19 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] thursday
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS7DABEA6A47EE9135E0CB0A10C0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY110-DS7DABEA6A47EE9135E0CB0A10C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000101ca1605$8adb35f0$a091a1d0$@net>

Hi Cheryl, 
You ought to send your article to Barbara Pierce, editor of the Braille
Monitor.

Regards,
Ed Bryant


-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:56 PM
To: diabetes-talk
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] thursday

I will be away thursday thru tuesday and going to disney world, I am writing

an article of what it is like going to disney  now without sight and how 
things have changed.

I also write for allears.net which is the unofficial website of disney 
world.

so look for it in up coming braille monitors.


Cheryl Echevarria

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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Wed Aug  5 20:01:56 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:01:56 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Emailing: Walgreen's Piloting ScripTalk System
	- En-Vision America.htm
Message-ID: <001201ca1607$966edaf0$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>

Walgreen's Piloting ScripTalk System - En-Vision America
----- Original Message ----- 
From: catdancing 
To: jfreder at siue.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:28 AM
Subject: Emailing: Walgreen's Piloting ScripTalk System - En-Vision America.htm



Skip Navigation
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Walgreen's Piloting ScripTalk System 
Walgreen's pharmacy chain is currently conducting a small 12 store pilot program for ScripTalk Talking Prescriptions at select pharmacies in the Northwest Indiana area including the Gary, Hammond, Highland, and Merrillville areas. The ScripTalk System, developed by En-Vision America, allows accessibility to prescription label information for Blind and Visually Impaired patrons. Individuals residing in this region are encouraged to talk with their Walgreen's pharmacist to participate in the pilot. Piloting pharmacies will place a special electronic tag onto issued prescriptions. Using a provided ScripTalk at-home reader, the patient can get all the details of their Walgreen's prescription label spoken. Upon completion of this small trial, Walgreen's will consider availability on a wider scale. 
     



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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug  5 20:11:11 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 16:11:11 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] thursday
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS7DABEA6A47EE9135E0CB0A10C0@phx.gbl>
	<000101ca1605$8adb35f0$a091a1d0$@net>
References: <BAY110-DS7DABEA6A47EE9135E0CB0A10C0@phx.gbl>
	<000101ca1605$8adb35f0$a091a1d0$@net>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS33CECCB9254F213D0B72AA10D0@phx.gbl>

I am, I already asked her if I could, plus she is putting in a story that I 
wrote or article about medical billing.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] thursday


> Hi Cheryl,
> You ought to send your article to Barbara Pierce, editor of the Braille
> Monitor.
>
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:56 PM
> To: diabetes-talk
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] thursday
>
> I will be away thursday thru tuesday and going to disney world, I am 
> writing
>
> an article of what it is like going to disney  now without sight and how
> things have changed.
>
> I also write for allears.net which is the unofficial website of disney
> world.
>
> so look for it in up coming braille monitors.
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Wed Aug  5 21:52:49 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:52:49 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Out of the office
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7EB468B@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Hello,

 

I wanted to let you know that I will be off line until August 18th as I
will be away for my wedding and honeymoon. 

 

I will respond to any inquiries related to our technology upon my
return.

 

I hope you have a wonderful week and look forward to connecting upon my
return.

 

Best Regards,

 

Kelly Massaro

Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative

Diagnostic Devices

9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450

Charlotte NC  28269

Direct: 704-285-6425

Main: 800-366-5901

kellym at prodigymeter.com

www.prodigymeter.com

 

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug  5 22:20:39 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:20:39 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Out of the office
Message-ID: <20090805222039.3135.57983@web2.serotek.com>

Oh you have a special day.
blessings to you always,

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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Wed Aug  5 22:22:58 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:22:58 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Out of the office
In-Reply-To: <20090805222039.3135.57983@web2.serotek.com>
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Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7EB4691@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Thanks Dar

Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:21 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Out of the office

Oh you have a special day.
blessings to you always,

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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug  5 23:25:26 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:25:26 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Out of the office
In-Reply-To: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7EB468B@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
References: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7EB468B@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
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congratulations

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:52 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Out of the office


> Hello,
>
>
>
> I wanted to let you know that I will be off line until August 18th as I
> will be away for my wedding and honeymoon.
>
>
>
> I will respond to any inquiries related to our technology upon my
> return.
>
>
>
> I hope you have a wonderful week and look forward to connecting upon my
> return.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Kelly Massaro
>
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
>
> Diagnostic Devices
>
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
>
> Charlotte NC  28269
>
> Direct: 704-285-6425
>
> Main: 800-366-5901
>
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
>
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
>
>
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From PMaurer at nfb.org  Thu Aug  6 15:58:58 2009
From: PMaurer at nfb.org (Maurer, Patricia)
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:58:58 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How many children in America are not taught to read?
Message-ID: <auto-000113299196@mailfront2.g2host.com>


----------
From: Marc Maurer [mailto:outreach at nfb.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:14 PM
To: Maurer, Patricia
Subject: How many children in America are not taught to read?

The answer is 90 percent if the children are blind.  Most Americans 
are shocked to hear this statistic.  And we should be.  The blind 
read and write using Braille, so why is our educational system 
failing to teach Braille to so many children?  Why are these children 
being denied the opportunities that come with a proper 
education?  What if you could not read and write?  Where would you be today?

There are three primary reasons for this educational crisis: (1) 
there are not enough Braille teachers; (2) some teachers of blind 
children have not received enough training; and (3) many educators do 
not think Braille instruction is even necessary.

To bring critically-needed attention to this educational crisis, the 
United States Congress authorized the minting of the 2009 Louis 
Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar with a portion of the sale of each 
coin going toward a revolutionary and comprehensive Braille literacy 
campaign.

Learning to read and write is fundamental to education, which in turn 
is paramount to full and equal participation in American 
society.  This coin, the first U.S. coin to have proper tactile 
Braille, symbolizes independence, opportunity, and the potential of 
blind people to make significant contributions to society when they 
are taught to read and write using Braille.  To learn more, read our 
report 
<http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=yeymcYhMheQ-y7-mcNDRWg..>The 
Braille Literacy Crisis in America, or watch our video 
<http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=8AWBxYZpjpELqegcgZlFhg..>Making 
Change with a Dollar.

<http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=oU7TznrVm6kt3P1O7AWYDg..>Please 
purchase this unique and beautiful coin now and help solve this 
educational crisis for blind children in America.

The law authorizing this 2009 silver dollar requires that any coins 
not sold by midnight on December 31, 2009, be melted down.  Time is 
of the essence--a 90 percent illiteracy rate is not acceptable and 
the opportunity to purchase this coin will soon be gone.

Be part of the solution.  Give the gift of literacy.  Create new 
opportunities. 
<http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=nMVjIeI1iave6Nk717B4dA..>Buy 
the Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar today.

Marc Maurer, President
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND



From vgc732 at optonline.net  Sat Aug  8 06:34:28 2009
From: vgc732 at optonline.net (Vincent Chaney)
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:34:28 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Anniversary
References: <3.0.3.32.20080807201649.085ed648@uddle.com>
Message-ID: <27FAFFCC411B429985061E39C2720844@Vincent>

Leanne,

Wishing you the best with your health on your 45th anniversary with 
diabetes. It was August 7th of last year you shared you had reached your 
44th. We all are praying and wishing you the strength...

Vinny
Vincent Chaney, NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board
NFBNJ Diabetes Division President
NJAGDU Committee Co-chair Lead

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LeAnne Mayne" <leanne at uddle.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:16 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Anniversary


Just thought I would share with all of you  that today marks 44 years of
being type 1. I'm doing ok and haven't been in a hospital for 10  months.
LeAnne Mayne
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Sat Aug  8 07:03:48 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com)
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 00:03:48 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Vacation reply
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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Sat Aug  8 16:05:03 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:05:03 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Vacation reply
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Have FUN!
Debbie
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  Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Vacation reply


   
  Hi all in walt disney world be back on the 12th.
   
  ttfn
   
  Ta Ta For Now
   
  cheryl, nelson, dina and maxx



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From joyce.m.porter at verizon.net  Mon Aug 10 18:49:13 2009
From: joyce.m.porter at verizon.net (Joyce Porter)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:49:13 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
In-Reply-To: <20090804203844.28092.39281@web3.serotek.com>
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Daar:  I use Right Source for my prescriptions too so I wish they would work
toward getting this talking prescription program.
Joyce P.


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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions

Yes Humana is where I get the perscriptions from.
I was speaking with them on behalf of fixing the medicine bottles so 
the Blind know what is in the bottle.
I shared about the program, where they didn't know anything about it.
I was asked to go threw Medicare.
I don't know why just what I was asked.
I would like rite sourse to know about labling the bottles, so I don't 
have to ask someone to come in every three months to help me with my
bottles.
I hope I explained it well.
This would be for any blind person getting on with rite sourse.
this is the drug store if you will that mails my supplies.

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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Mon Aug 10 20:32:19 2009
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:32:19 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
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guess you'll have to go to Wakgreens.
Debbie
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Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:49 PM
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> Daar:  I use Right Source for my prescriptions too so I wish they would 
> work
> toward getting this talking prescription program.
> Joyce P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:39 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
>
> Yes Humana is where I get the perscriptions from.
> I was speaking with them on behalf of fixing the medicine bottles so
> the Blind know what is in the bottle.
> I shared about the program, where they didn't know anything about it.
> I was asked to go threw Medicare.
> I don't know why just what I was asked.
> I would like rite sourse to know about labling the bottles, so I don't
> have to ask someone to come in every three months to help me with my
> bottles.
> I hope I explained it well.
> This would be for any blind person getting on with rite sourse.
> this is the drug store if you will that mails my supplies.
>
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 12 15:34:20 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:34:20 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] talking perscriptions
Message-ID: <20090812153420.11351.15152@web2.serotek.com>

One of the things I need to watch with the company rite sourse is when 
they decide you need a medicine, because it is on their list, they want 
to send it to you.
Even though the numbers mean nothing to me.
so I called over and said the only way you can send medicines is if you 
hear froom the doctor.
You get them and then they wish their money.
Even if you are not taking the medicine.
So I am hoping I solved this problem.
I did speak with the nurse yesterday and we have another set of 
medicine coming my way.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Fri Aug 14 16:52:56 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:52:56 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] feet
Message-ID: <20090814165256.23399.56392@web3.serotek.com>

Hello everyone,
I am waiting for my doctor to come back from vacation, where I will 
share with him, when I started the vitamin
I am taking now, can't think of the name.
senior silvere for women over fifty is all I can think of at this time.
What is happening, is I have wonderful circulation where I am pleased.
I also have feet burning the more I walk the burning builds.
then I get the rubbing of the sides of the shoes.
I am getting diabetic shoes which will come in a week and a half they say.
I don't want to go far, since walking does this for me.
Is there a vitamin that would relax this problem, where you wouldn't 
have to take another medical pill?
Just thought I would ask.
the foot doctor says it is the beginning signs of noropathy.
I wouldn't know if this was or wasn't true.
He said he would rather have the doctor give  me something.
When I was taking the vitamin from QVC I didn't have this problem.
When they upgraded the vitamins from there, it didn't shake hands well 
with the blood pressure medicine I am taking.
the doctor mine says keep on the blood pressure pill and change vitamins.
this has started that I am aware of for two weeks.
Yes from time to time my toes would pull, once the pain was gone, then 
I was fine until the next time.
Now it is daily.
Even at night at times wanting to let me know they are proud to show me 
they are feeling good.
I am so pleased that the circulation is good.
I am hoping that when I get the shoes that are lifted on the top so 
they won't rub the tops of the feet, and a wide width that they won't 
rub the sides of the feet this might help.
I tried a pair on, where I felt as if they were a pair of heels.
They have three inserts in them, where they can take one out if needed.
Walking on the ball of the foot can be painful at times.
I know we can get this worked out.
Just asking if this has happened to anyone else.

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From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 19 13:37:42 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:37:42 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <caf.4cd56234.37bd5a26@aol.com>

What is the highest blood sugar reading that you have had on your meter  
that you tested?  What did you do about it?
 
There are no right or wrong answers with these questions so please share  
your experiences.
 
Joyce


From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 19 14:02:14 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:02:14 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
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Message-ID: <BAY110-DS383ABEB1764CF639DC7ABA1FE0@phx.gbl>

mine was around 400, it was when I was at work, very stressed out, I took my 
reading every few hours and called the dr. told me to take 10 units of 
humalog at first and then wait about 1 1/2 hours, and do check sugar, since 
I kind of knew what was going on, by the end of the day, it was around 180 
still high but was able to get in down.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


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To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:37 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?


> What is the highest blood sugar reading that you have had on your meter
> that you tested?  What did you do about it?
>
> There are no right or wrong answers with these questions so please share
> your experiences.
>
> Joyce
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 19 14:15:31 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:15:31 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <d3e.4541fe3b.37bd6303@aol.com>

Cheryl,
 
Did you eat anything while this was happening?  Like if you have a  high 
blood sugar and it is mealtime should you eat?
 
Joyce 
Remember there are no right and wrong answers.


From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 19 14:41:30 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:41:30 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
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no I didn't eat anything unusualy I left my job, and have issues going on 
there right now I cannot discuss them with legal issues, but I had left due 
to Mental Duress, ADA issues and such, nothing to do with blindness, just 
the same, your stress level and blood pressure can send your sugar over the 
top.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


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To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?


> Cheryl,
>
> Did you eat anything while this was happening?  Like if you have a  high
> blood sugar and it is mealtime should you eat?
>
> Joyce
> Remember there are no right and wrong answers.
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 19 14:56:49 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:56:49 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <20090819145649.10085.61390@web3.serotek.com>

the highest reading I have had so far is 250.
I just waited it out.
the next morning it was better.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 19 15:00:41 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:41 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <20090819150041.10085.35628@web3.serotek.com>

Oh my gosh how did you walk with it being so high.
Does it effect your ears or standing in any way?
I am pleased you had a doctor working with you.
Glad you got it down again.

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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 19 15:52:48 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:52:48 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
In-Reply-To: <20090819150041.10085.35628@web3.serotek.com>
References: <20090819150041.10085.35628@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS7819655F84D8E3B5F576BA1FE0@phx.gbl>

no I was just very tired, and since leaving my job I have to say that my 
blood work doesn't go over 130

So if anyone needs a medical biller willing to work p/t, I know off topic.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?


> Oh my gosh how did you walk with it being so high.
> Does it effect your ears or standing in any way?
> I am pleased you had a doctor working with you.
> Glad you got it down again.
>
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Wed Aug 19 18:00:01 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:01 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
Message-ID: <F0EBEF6C0AB84F799BDBFBD6622F548E@D2ZW0GD1>

Hi everyone!
I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!

So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!

Sally Maguire

From 1.sally at comcast.net  Wed Aug 19 18:31:10 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:31:10 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
Message-ID: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>





Hi everyone!
I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!  Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!

So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!

Sally Maguire


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From dianefilipe at peoplepc.com  Wed Aug 19 18:49:02 2009
From: dianefilipe at peoplepc.com (Diane)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:49:02 -0600
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <F109F457B8F549A181EACD94E57F6940@DianePC>

HOLY COW Sally!
Congratulations!
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:31 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


>
>
>
>
> Hi everyone!
> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week. 
> My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to 
> take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it! 
> The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge. 
> The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I 
> grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now. 
> I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the 
> actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, 
> only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants 
> while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would 
> let me experience part of life without diabetes!  Hurray, hurray, 
> hurray!!!
>
> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is 
> a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>
> Sally Maguire
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 19 20:21:51 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:21:51 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <20090819202151.20992.28261@web3.serotek.com>

Oh I am pleased for you.
Gosh that would have scared me lots.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 19 20:39:59 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:39:59 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
Message-ID: <20090819203959.23206.35722@web3.serotek.com>

Oh this is special.
I am pleased for you.
Will you be able to stop taking sugar readings to make sure you stay in 
the normal range?
Wishing you the best.

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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Wed Aug 19 21:35:24 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:35:24 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <5C4E4B559CBA413D9BC5AAF15E66B6C1@eileenPC>

Sally:

Wow!  Congradulations.  I hope you and your new working cells have many 
happy years together! <SMILE>  I know you have been waiting a long time for 
a transplant of sorts.  Keep me posted on how its going for you.  I lost 
your email, so glad you wrote.

Good health.

Eileen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:31 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


>
>
>
>
> Hi everyone!
> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week. 
> My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to 
> take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it! 
> The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge. 
> The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I 
> grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now. 
> I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the 
> actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, 
> only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants 
> while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would 
> let me experience part of life without diabetes!  Hurray, hurray, 
> hurray!!!
>
> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is 
> a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>
> Sally Maguire
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 19 21:37:44 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:37:44 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <bc6.4ea5d6f3.37bdcaa8@aol.com>

Well my blood sugars have been all over the place in the last 50  years.  
More recently I had my highs due to steroids and a bout of asmatic  
bronchitis.  Do you know what your Prodigy meter says when you are over  600?  It 
says "High".  I have had blood sugars readings such as 585  and maybe only 
twice I had the "High" reading.  I have handled these on my  own only because I 
had experienced these things and I do know the symptom prior  to going into 
a coma.
 
At 585 I can function normally, but have a tremendous thirst, urinate  
frequently.  I have in the past gotten spikes like this due to forgetting  to 
take my insulin.  I have reacted by taking coverage according to a  sliding 
scale of what my doctor has set up for coverage of each 50 count past a  
decided normal for me.  I follow up with blood sugars and take more  coverage 
according to what they are.
 
At times I have eaten and other times I have not eaten one or two meals,  
usually breakfast and or lunch.
 
For me instead of thinking that one shot will do it to get it down, a few  
sshots spaced a couple of hours apart gets it down.  It does not just dive  
downward.  You do need to eat so you do not bottom out.  You can yoyo  up 
and down, too.
 
Once blood sugar levels come down to at least mid 200 I will eat and take  
coverage for carbs and blood sugar level.  It is important for me to eat at  
this point as I will bottom out and since I don't feel any symptoms  for  
low blood sugars any more, I can't tell when I am getting too low.
 
 
I have not been in a coma since I was a teenager.  That was before  blood 
machines at home and we would test urine and acetones.    I  have been in an 
acedosis diabetic coma 3 times.  Twice was while I was in a  hospital under 
the doctor's care.  Back then there was not endocrinologists  specializing 
in children around me.  Not even up at Yale Medical Center  which is 1/2 hour 
drive from where I lived.
 
Joyce



From kcc86 at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 19 23:50:36 2009
From: kcc86 at hotmail.com (K C)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:50:36 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
	<5C4E4B559CBA413D9BC5AAF15E66B6C1@eileenPC>
Message-ID: <COL0-DAV27A983DBC7B2B472346337AAFE0@phx.gbl>

Hello, Sally.  I don't know you but I'd like to join the list in extending 
hearty congratulations to you, and your family!  Keep us all posted on how 
you do over the coming weeks, and months as well as the progress of the 
study you participated in.  All though I have type 2 I'm still interested. 
Take care, and stay well.
Kijuana


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Sally:
>
> Wow!  Congradulations.  I hope you and your new working cells have many 
> happy years together! <SMILE>  I know you have been waiting a long time 
> for a transplant of sorts.  Keep me posted on how its going for you.  I 
> lost your email, so glad you wrote.
>
> Good health.
>
> Eileen
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:31 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week. 
>> My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to 
>> take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it! 
>> The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge. 
>> The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I 
>> grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now. 
>> I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the 
>> actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, 
>> only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants 
>> while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would 
>> let me experience part of life without diabetes!  Hurray, hurray, 
>> hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is 
>> a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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From kcc86 at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 20 00:19:46 2009
From: kcc86 at hotmail.com (K C)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:19:46 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
References: <bc6.4ea5d6f3.37bdcaa8@aol.com>
Message-ID: <COL0-DAV377C8F39E9F436403B1BA3AAFD0@phx.gbl>

Hi, Joyce.  Actually I am fairly new at the whole Diabetic game.  I to took 
steroids back in late June for an Asthma episode.  I had my very first 
experience with high blood sugar.  At my highest the Prodigy said 285, and I 
was pretty slurred of speech, and yelling about wanting cake, and cookies. 
:)

Are there any other alternatives for Asthmatics in crisis, or others who 
have to take Steroids?  Seems to me like ending the Asthma attack, at least 
in my case , could have then put me in danger from high sugars, which 
doesn't seem like a fair trade off in my book.  Has anyone done any research 
on this subject?  For type twos who wouldn't normally be on Insulin how 
should such situations be handled?

I didn't have Diabetes when I last took Prednisone, and that was well over a 
year ago.  Still, I do have Asthma, and such an even could very well happen 
again.  If you, or anyone else understands my experience I'd love to hear 
from you.  The Emergency room staff were more concerned with breaking up the 
Asthma attack, and I understand that.  There just has to be some middle of 
the road to get you through taking the Steroids.  Any advice would be 
helpful.
Take care of you,

K C




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?


> Well my blood sugars have been all over the place in the last 50  years.
> More recently I had my highs due to steroids and a bout of asmatic
> bronchitis.  Do you know what your Prodigy meter says when you are over 
> 600?  It
> says "High".  I have had blood sugars readings such as 585  and maybe only
> twice I had the "High" reading.  I have handled these on my  own only 
> because I
> had experienced these things and I do know the symptom prior  to going 
> into
> a coma.
>
> At 585 I can function normally, but have a tremendous thirst, urinate
> frequently.  I have in the past gotten spikes like this due to forgetting 
> to
> take my insulin.  I have reacted by taking coverage according to a 
> sliding
> scale of what my doctor has set up for coverage of each 50 count past a
> decided normal for me.  I follow up with blood sugars and take more 
> coverage
> according to what they are.
>
> At times I have eaten and other times I have not eaten one or two meals,
> usually breakfast and or lunch.
>
> For me instead of thinking that one shot will do it to get it down, a few
> sshots spaced a couple of hours apart gets it down.  It does not just dive
> downward.  You do need to eat so you do not bottom out.  You can yoyo  up
> and down, too.
>
> Once blood sugar levels come down to at least mid 200 I will eat and take
> coverage for carbs and blood sugar level.  It is important for me to eat 
> at
> this point as I will bottom out and since I don't feel any symptoms  for
> low blood sugars any more, I can't tell when I am getting too low.
>
>
> I have not been in a coma since I was a teenager.  That was before  blood
> machines at home and we would test urine and acetones.    I  have been in 
> an
> acedosis diabetic coma 3 times.  Twice was while I was in a  hospital 
> under
> the doctor's care.  Back then there was not endocrinologists  specializing
> in children around me.  Not even up at Yale Medical Center  which is 1/2 
> hour
> drive from where I lived.
>
> Joyce
>
> _______________________________________________
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> 




From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 20 02:33:18 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:33:18 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
In-Reply-To: <caf.4cd56234.37bd5a26@aol.com>
References: <caf.4cd56234.37bd5a26@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20090820023318.k7uij@panix.com>

Joyce:

I think around 215 or 220 mg/dl. Took extra humalog to bring it down!

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message -----
From: unknown Blindhands at aol.com
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 6:51:38
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?

>
>
> What is the highest blood sugar reading that you have had on your meter  
> that you tested?  What did you do about it?
>  
> There are no right or wrong answers with these questions so please share  
> your experiences.
>  
> Joyce
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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 20 02:41:07 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:41:07 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
In-Reply-To: <d3e.4541fe3b.37bd6303@aol.com>
References: <d3e.4541fe3b.37bd6303@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20090820024107.k7uij@panix.com>

I'm not Cheryl, but ...

I think it depends upon what insulin regimen you are using. In my case, I'd figure the humalog dose for the carbs I'll be eating pand than add appropriate amount of insulin according to my established correction factor to get the total dose expected to bring me back down to a reasonable bg level, i.e., within my target range. I'd shoot up, wait perhaps ten minutes to give the insulin a head-start, then eat.

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: unknown Blindhands at aol.com
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 7:29:44
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?

>
>
> Cheryl,
>  
> Did you eat anything while this was happening?  Like if you have a  high 
> blood sugar and it is mealtime should you eat?
>  
> Joyce 
> Remember there are no right and wrong answers.
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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 20 03:17:13 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:17:13 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
In-Reply-To: <COL0-DAV377C8F39E9F436403B1BA3AAFD0@phx.gbl>
References: <bc6.4ea5d6f3.37bdcaa8@aol.com>
	<COL0-DAV377C8F39E9F436403B1BA3AAFD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20090820031713.k7uij@panix.com>

KC:

In general, if steroids are needed, insulin is often given temporarily until you're off the steroids.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "K C" <kcc86 at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 17:59:45
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?

>
>
> Hi, Joyce.  Actually I am fairly new at the whole Diabetic game.  I to took 
> steroids back in late June for an Asthma episode.  I had my very first 
> experience with high blood sugar.  At my highest the Prodigy said 285, and I 
> was pretty slurred of speech, and yelling about wanting cake, and cookies. 
> :)
> 
> Are there any other alternatives for Asthmatics in crisis, or others who 
> have to take Steroids?  Seems to me like ending the Asthma attack, at least 
> in my case , could have then put me in danger from high sugars, which 
> doesn't seem like a fair trade off in my book.  Has anyone done any research 
> on this subject?  For type twos who wouldn't normally be on Insulin how 
> should such situations be handled?
> 
> I didn't have Diabetes when I last took Prednisone, and that was well over a 
> year ago.  Still, I do have Asthma, and such an even could very well happen 
> again.  If you, or anyone else understands my experience I'd love to hear 
> from you.  The Emergency room staff were more concerned with breaking up the 
> Asthma attack, and I understand that.  There just has to be some middle of 
> the road to get you through taking the Steroids.  Any advice would be 
> helpful.
> Take care of you,
> 
> K C
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
> 
> 
> > Well my blood sugars have been all over the place in the last 50  years.
> > More recently I had my highs due to steroids and a bout of asmatic
> > bronchitis.  Do you know what your Prodigy meter says when you are over 
> > 600?  It
> > says "High".  I have had blood sugars readings such as 585  and maybe only
> > twice I had the "High" reading.  I have handled these on my  own only 
> > because I
> > had experienced these things and I do know the symptom prior  to going 
> > into
> > a coma.
> >
> > At 585 I can function normally, but have a tremendous thirst, urinate
> > frequently.  I have in the past gotten spikes like this due to forgetting 
> > to
> > take my insulin.  I have reacted by taking coverage according to a 
> > sliding
> > scale of what my doctor has set up for coverage of each 50 count past a
> > decided normal for me.  I follow up with blood sugars and take more 
> > coverage
> > according to what they are.
> >
> > At times I have eaten and other times I have not eaten one or two meals,
> > usually breakfast and or lunch.
> >
> > For me instead of thinking that one shot will do it to get it down, a few
> > sshots spaced a couple of hours apart gets it down.  It does not just dive
> > downward.  You do need to eat so you do not bottom out.  You can yoyo  up
> > and down, too.
> >
> > Once blood sugar levels come down to at least mid 200 I will eat and take
> > coverage for carbs and blood sugar level.  It is important for me to eat 
> > at
> > this point as I will bottom out and since I don't feel any symptoms  for
> > low blood sugars any more, I can't tell when I am getting too low.
> >
> >
> > I have not been in a coma since I was a teenager.  That was before  blood
> > machines at home and we would test urine and acetones.    I  have been in 
> > an
> > acedosis diabetic coma 3 times.  Twice was while I was in a  hospital 
> > under
> > the doctor's care.  Back then there was not endocrinologists  specializing
> > in children around me.  Not even up at Yale Medical Center  which is 1/2 
> > hour
> > drive from where I lived.
> >
> > Joyce
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
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> > Diabetes-talk:
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> > 
> 
> 
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Thu Aug 20 03:22:54 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:22:54 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
Message-ID: <20090820032254.5168.3436@web1.serotek.com>

Yes,
how did they tell you to handle this if it was to happen again?
I am so sory.
Interesting how you talked about cookies and such.
Yu always wonder what is in the thinking process at the time.
Glad you got better.

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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 20 04:14:38 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:14:38 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>

Congratulations! And good luck!

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!






Hi everyone!
I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last 
week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is 
supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I 
can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so 
there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes 
Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting 
the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital 
for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a 
catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from 
the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now! 
I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes! 
Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!

So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there 
is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!

Sally Maguire


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From jstigile at sbcglobal.net  Thu Aug 20 04:38:07 2009
From: jstigile at sbcglobal.net (Joy Stigile)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:38:07 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <F0EBEF6C0AB84F799BDBFBD6622F548E@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <A221A4BD299F4E98925E810EFA580E9F@DBTOA000>

Dear Sally,
Congrats!
Where do I sign up!
Thanks, Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi everyone!
> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week. 
> My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to 
> take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it! 
> The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge. 
> The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I 
> grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now. 
> I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the 
> actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, 
> only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants 
> while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would 
> let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>
> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is 
> a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>
> Sally Maguire
> _______________________________________________
> Diabetes-talk mailing list
> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 20 09:49:16 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:49:16 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl>

For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I want 
to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is just a 
treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients, 
that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was 
evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 and 
they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical type 
1 and more of a type 2.

You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal 
range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a treatment 
for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications 
hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's transplants 
lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me, he 
is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop working.

Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the same 
time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.  Transplant 
are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.

God Bless.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Congratulations! And good luck!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi everyone!
> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>
> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>
> Sally Maguire
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 20 09:50:18 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:50:18 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>
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	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>
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Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf, 
predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these as 
well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Congratulations! And good luck!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi everyone!
> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>
> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>
> Sally Maguire
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
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From kcc86 at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 20 11:51:01 2009
From: kcc86 at hotmail.com (K C)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:51:01 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
References: <20090820032254.5168.3436@web1.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <COL0-DAV47C41B22C90453E6D3CA66AAFD0@phx.gbl>

:)  Thanks, Dar..  Actually what scared me the most was how, well, almost 
high I felt, and because I was in a full service Hotel where most f the 
staff didn't know about my being Diabetic I really could have gotten what I 
was yelling for with a simple phone call.  I guess your mind saves you 
sometimes.

K C


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?


> Yes,
> how did they tell you to handle this if it was to happen again?
> I am so sory.
> Interesting how you talked about cookies and such.
> Yu always wonder what is in the thinking process at the time.
> Glad you got better.
>
> -- 
> --Dar
> skype
> dmgina23
> every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Thu Aug 20 12:46:43 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:46:43 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
	<5C4E4B559CBA413D9BC5AAF15E66B6C1@eileenPC>
Message-ID: <002701ca2194$45e2ac40$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>

I didn't get the whole story. did someone get cured of type 1 diabetes?
Who? what did u do?
please let me know
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Sally:
>
> Wow!  Congradulations.  I hope you and your new working cells have many 
> happy years together! <SMILE>  I know you have been waiting a long time 
> for a transplant of sorts.  Keep me posted on how its going for you.  I 
> lost your email, so glad you wrote.
>
> Good health.
>
> Eileen
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:31 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last week. 
>> My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is supposed to 
>> take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I can't believe it! 
>> The procedure is still considered experimental, so there was no charge. 
>> The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Am I 
>> grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting the study right now. 
>> I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for one week and the 
>> actual procedure, implanting the cells through a catheter into the liver, 
>> only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from the immune suppressants 
>> while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!  I just knew God would 
>> let me experience part of life without diabetes!  Hurray, hurray, 
>> hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there is 
>> a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Thu Aug 20 13:25:19 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:25:19 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <002701ca2194$45e2ac40$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>
	<5C4E4B559CBA413D9BC5AAF15E66B6C1@eileenPC>
	<002701ca2194$45e2ac40$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>
Message-ID: <E9301136A4204FD48BCB3A9A45B19DD0@eileenPC>

Debbie:

Sally's message is below my response.  She is saying she has had a cell 
implant that has cured her diabetes of 52 years!

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


>I didn't get the whole story. did someone get cured of type 1 diabetes?
> Who? what did u do?
> please let me know
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Sally:
>>
>> Wow!  Congradulations.  I hope you and your new working cells have many 
>> happy years together! <SMILE>  I know you have been waiting a long time 
>> for a transplant of sorts.  Keep me posted on how its going for you.  I 
>> lost your email, so glad you wrote.
>>
>> Good health.
>>
>> Eileen
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:31 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone!
>>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
>>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last 
>>> week. My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is 
>>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I 
>>> can't believe it! The procedure is still considered experimental, so 
>>> there was no charge. The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes 
>>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting 
>>> the study right now. I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital for 
>>> one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a 
>>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from 
>>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now! 
>>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes! 
>>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>>
>>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there 
>>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>>
>>> Sally Maguire
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
>>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 20 14:15:45 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:45 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] transplants are you cures they are treatments
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS277CB1E1684305E9712A8A1FD0@phx.gbl>

Again, I want to congratulate on transplant, but being a member of the 
National Kidney Foundation, Donate Life here in NY which is the NY Organ 
Donor Network, and TRIO (which is Transplant Recipient International 
Organization) there are not cures there are treatments.  You have to make 
sure again that you take care of yourself check your sugar every day, and 
eat the right foods and exercise.

Not trying to burst anyone bubbles here at all it is a gift from god, 
someone who hasn't beed on dialysis since 2005, I got my life saving kidney 
from my best friend steve carroll who lives in Tuscon, AZ.  I have to take 
medication for the rest of my life, but again, transplant are treatments, 
there are no cures yet for diabetes.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 




From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Thu Aug 20 17:00:12 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:12 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1><5C4E4B559CBA413D9BC5AAF15E66B6C1@eileenPC><002701ca2194$45e2ac40$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>
	<E9301136A4204FD48BCB3A9A45B19DD0@eileenPC>
Message-ID: <001101ca21b7$af52c750$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>

thanks so much... i sure hope it works for her.please keep me posted.
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Debbie:
>
> Sally's message is below my response.  She is saying she has had a cell 
> implant that has cured her diabetes of 52 years!
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>>I didn't get the whole story. did someone get cured of type 1 diabetes?
>> Who? what did u do?
>> please let me know
>> Debbie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>> Sally:
>>>
>>> Wow!  Congradulations.  I hope you and your new working cells have many 
>>> happy years together! <SMILE>  I know you have been waiting a long time 
>>> for a transplant of sorts.  Keep me posted on how its going for you.  I 
>>> lost your email, so glad you wrote.
>>>
>>> Good health.
>>>
>>> Eileen
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:31 PM
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After 
>>>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last 
>>>> week. My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is 
>>>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I 
>>>> can't believe it! The procedure is still considered experimental, so 
>>>> there was no charge. The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes 
>>>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting 
>>>> the study right now. I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital 
>>>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a 
>>>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from 
>>>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great 
>>>> now! I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
>>>> diabetes! Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>>>
>>>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there 
>>>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>>>
>>>> Sally Maguire
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>>>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>>> Diabetes-talk:
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>>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Thu Aug 20 20:37:34 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:37:34 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do? steroid problems
Message-ID: <c15.4587f676.37bf0e0e@aol.com>

!My friend is on chemo for lung cancer and has been on it for 3 years  now. 
 She was given 18 months to live.  She is doing fairly well  except the 
steroids do spike her blood sugar levels.  She was not a  diabetic before she 
was diagnosed with the lung cancer.  She now takes a  long acting insulin on 
the day they give her the steroids and her chemo  treatment and then for the 
next couple  of days she covers herself with a  short acting insulin if 
needed.
 
I believe for each individual it is finding the right docvtor that knows  
what to do.
 
Joyce 


From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 20 21:15:50 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:15:50 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do? steroid problems
In-Reply-To: <c15.4587f676.37bf0e0e@aol.com>
References: <c15.4587f676.37bf0e0e@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS397CAA1F2F6171ECE7E31A1FD0@phx.gbl>

well with transplant drugs it does the same thing if you don't have 
diabetes, they weaken you some even give you cancer, but you know what dying 
from kidney failure is terrible.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do? steroid problems


> !My friend is on chemo for lung cancer and has been on it for 3 years 
> now.
>  She was given 18 months to live.  She is doing fairly well  except the
> steroids do spike her blood sugar levels.  She was not a  diabetic before 
> she
> was diagnosed with the lung cancer.  She now takes a  long acting insulin 
> on
> the day they give her the steroids and her chemo  treatment and then for 
> the
> next couple  of days she covers herself with a  short acting insulin if
> needed.
>
> I believe for each individual it is finding the right docvtor that knows
> what to do.
>
> Joyce
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From ebryant at socket.net  Fri Aug 21 18:14:51 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:14:51 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] transplants are you cures they are treatments
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS277CB1E1684305E9712A8A1FD0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY110-DS277CB1E1684305E9712A8A1FD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <003001ca228b$47130db0$d5392910$@net>

Hi Cheryl,
Yes all transplant procedures are treatments and not cures. 
On August 9 my transplanted kidney experienced it 26th birthday! And I feel
great!
Regards,
Ed Bryant

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:16 AM
To: diabetes-talk
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] transplants are you cures they are treatments

Again, I want to congratulate on transplant, but being a member of the 
National Kidney Foundation, Donate Life here in NY which is the NY Organ 
Donor Network, and TRIO (which is Transplant Recipient International 
Organization) there are not cures there are treatments.  You have to make 
sure again that you take care of yourself check your sugar every day, and 
eat the right foods and exercise.

Not trying to burst anyone bubbles here at all it is a gift from god, 
someone who hasn't beed on dialysis since 2005, I got my life saving kidney 
from my best friend steve carroll who lives in Tuscon, AZ.  I have to take 
medication for the rest of my life, but again, transplant are treatments, 
there are no cures yet for diabetes.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3 


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From ebryant at socket.net  Fri Aug 21 18:22:42 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:22:42 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>
	<BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net>

Hi Cheryl,
I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years. 
When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
transplant.
No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the new
anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all remember
to "be positive--accentuate the positive."

Regards,
Ed Bryant

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I want 
to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is just a 
treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients, 
that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was 
evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 and 
they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical type 
1 and more of a type 2.

You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal 
range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a treatment 
for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications 
hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's transplants 
lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me, he 
is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop working.

Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the same 
time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.  Transplant

are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.

God Bless.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Congratulations! And good luck!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi everyone!
> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>
> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>
> Sally Maguire
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Fri Aug 21 19:07:26 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:07:26 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl>
	<003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl>
	<003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS3BCC71D18E7A59DAE971FA1FC0@phx.gbl>

again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and 
hopefully it will last the rest of your life.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi Cheryl,
> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
> transplant.
> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the new
> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all 
> remember
> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I 
> want
> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is just 
> a
> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients,
> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 and
> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical 
> type
> 1 and more of a type 2.
>
> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal
> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a 
> treatment
> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's transplants
> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me, 
> he
> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop working.
>
> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the same
> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future. 
> Transplant
>
> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>
> God Bless.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
> > Congratulations! And good luck!
> >
> > Mike Freeman
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone!
> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
> >
> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
> >
> > Sally Maguire
> >
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Fri Aug 21 23:17:53 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:17:53 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1><543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e>
	<BAY110-DS1CDBBD4D0469E0DF5B9B5A1FD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <0E33C0C6941A4299839927C31F05C6D1@D2ZW0GD1>

Hi Cheryl,
Many of the medications have already been decreased.  Here is what I am taking now:
      Sirolimus (Rapamune?)
     
      Belatacept
     
      Atovaquone
     
      Valganciclovir (Valcyte?) through month 6

       
     

 


Belatacept Is a new drug for this protocol and has not yet been approved by the FDA.  I am having weekly labs and they are quite willing to alter the meds if there is anything that does not agree with me.  I was nauseous the first week, but all that has gone.  I feel very good.  Although Type 1 is not life threatening in and of itself as is kidney failure, the quality of my life is drastically improved.  Type 1's lead not only a disciplined life, but it needs to be regimented.  For the first time in my life, i have the freedom to exercise whenever I want and for as long as I want to.  Type 1's really do weigh their food so that they can get an accurate measurement of carbohydrates to inject the proper amount of insulin.  No more ambulance rides wit paramedics for low blood sugars!  I know that diet and exercise are the best treatment for Type 2.  ...not just a little bit important...very, very important!  



I am very happy with my decision to get a transplant and would do it again if at any time it is necessary.  I could not have lived for 52 years with diabetes if I did not follow the rules, and I certainly intend to follow all instructions now.  I have just received the greatest gift!  I am very grateful to the donor, researchers and doctors.  I need to keep a log on everything and my husband has been helping me with all of it.  



Take care,

Sally







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf, 
> predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these as 
> well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria
> 
> skype: angeldn3
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> 
> 
>> Congratulations! And good luck!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Fri Aug 21 23:29:18 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:29:18 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl><003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net>
	<BAY110-DS3BCC71D18E7A59DAE971FA1FC0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <C135F0861E4F4B58B24929C272F357DC@D2ZW0GD1>

Hi Cheryl,
Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52 years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!

My procedure was done in California and there are several universities conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.  

Thank you all for the good wishes.

Sally



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and 
> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria
> 
> skype: angeldn3
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> 
> 
>> Hi Cheryl,
>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
>> transplant.
>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the new
>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all 
>> remember
>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ed Bryant
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I 
>> want
>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is just 
>> a
>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients,
>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 and
>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical 
>> type
>> 1 and more of a type 2.
>>
>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal
>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a 
>> treatment
>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's transplants
>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me, 
>> he
>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop working.
>>
>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the same
>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future. 
>> Transplant
>>
>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>>
>> God Bless.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>> skype: angeldn3
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
>> >
>> > Mike Freeman
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi everyone!
>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>> >
>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>> >
>> > Sally Maguire
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
>> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> > Diabetes-talk:
>> >
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>> .com
>> >
>> >
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From serenityangel1983 at gmail.com  Fri Aug 21 23:34:43 2009
From: serenityangel1983 at gmail.com (Rachel and Rhett)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:34:43 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <C135F0861E4F4B58B24929C272F357DC@D2ZW0GD1>
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl><003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net><BAY110-DS3BCC71D18E7A59DAE971FA1FC0@phx.gbl>
	<C135F0861E4F4B58B24929C272F357DC@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <30B6A0BB1C5A449D89D8534E384E5065@rakriegPC>

Hi, Sally.

The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell 
transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked 
into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
Rachel
Rachel Krieg
Ameriplan Representative
Ameriplan USA
www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi Cheryl,
> Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I 
> don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52 
> years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood 
> sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side 
> effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more 
> complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
>
> My procedure was done in California and there are several universities 
> conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved 
> for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
>
> Thank you all for the good wishes.
>
> Sally
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
>> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>> skype: angeldn3
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Cheryl,
>>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
>>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
>>> transplant.
>>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the new
>>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
>>> remember
>>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ed Bryant
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>
>>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
>>> want
>>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is 
>>> just
>>> a
>>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients,
>>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
>>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 
>>> and
>>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
>>> type
>>> 1 and more of a type 2.
>>>
>>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal
>>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
>>> treatment
>>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
>>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's 
>>> transplants
>>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me,
>>> he
>>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop 
>>> working.
>>>
>>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the 
>>> same
>>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
>>> Transplant
>>>
>>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>>>
>>> God Bless.
>>>
>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>>
>>> skype: angeldn3
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>
>>>
>>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
>>> >
>>> > Mike Freeman
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi everyone!
>>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant. 
>>> > After
>>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great 
>>> > now!
>>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>> >
>>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>> >
>>> > Sally Maguire
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ----
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Sat Aug 22 01:59:52 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:59:52 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
Message-ID: <20090822015952.12636.53513@web3.serotek.com>

they wouldn't give him a transplant because he is blind?
Oh me I am sorry you didn't know about this list,
that is hog wash.
I had a friend who had this done, and did quite well.
Of course he has passed on now, where he was blind when he got the transplant.

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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Sat Aug 22 02:03:33 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:03:33 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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Sally:

I hope this isn't to personal a question, but I was wondering if for the 
type of transplant you have had, do the cells come from a live donor, or 
does it have to be through a cadavour?  Just wondering if any of the 
donating for these cells has changed.

Thanks.

Eileen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


Hi Cheryl,
Many of the medications have already been decreased.  Here is what I am 
taking now:
      Sirolimus (Rapamune?)

      Belatacept

      Atovaquone

      Valganciclovir (Valcyte?) through month 6







Belatacept Is a new drug for this protocol and has not yet been approved by 
the FDA.  I am having weekly labs and they are quite willing to alter the 
meds if there is anything that does not agree with me.  I was nauseous the 
first week, but all that has gone.  I feel very good.  Although Type 1 is 
not life threatening in and of itself as is kidney failure, the quality of 
my life is drastically improved.  Type 1's lead not only a disciplined life, 
but it needs to be regimented.  For the first time in my life, i have the 
freedom to exercise whenever I want and for as long as I want to.  Type 1's 
really do weigh their food so that they can get an accurate measurement of 
carbohydrates to inject the proper amount of insulin.  No more ambulance 
rides wit paramedics for low blood sugars!  I know that diet and exercise 
are the best treatment for Type 2.  ...not just a little bit 
important...very, very important!



I am very happy with my decision to get a transplant and would do it again 
if at any time it is necessary.  I could not have lived for 52 years with 
diabetes if I did not follow the rules, and I certainly intend to follow all 
instructions now.  I have just received the greatest gift!  I am very 
grateful to the donor, researchers and doctors.  I need to keep a log on 
everything and my husband has been helping me with all of it.



Take care,

Sally







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf,
> predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these 
> as
> well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Congratulations! And good luck!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Sat Aug 22 04:14:21 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:14:21 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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Hi Rachael,
The thing is that you need to keep logs.  My husband is doing it for me.  I assured them before the transplant that I would be able to give them all this information.  Actually, they have put everything in email attachments, so I would have no trouble filling out all the information.  I seem to recall they  wanted you to have complications to be eligible for this study.  I had been applying for these islet transplants for about 10 years and was always turned down because of my kidneys.  This newer study is not using anything that  damages the kidneys.  My doctor really likes my guidedog and I think they have other people with guidedogs.  I think there are about 5 universities doing the same study.  If you want, I would be happy to send you the phone number of the coordinator in San Francisco.   I'm sure she can give you all the info you want.  Let me know.
How long has your husband had diabetes and is it type 1?

Sally





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi, Sally.
> 
> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell 
> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked 
> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
> Rachel
> Rachel Krieg
> Ameriplan Representative
> Ameriplan USA
> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> 
> 
>> Hi Cheryl,
>> Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I 
>> don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52 
>> years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood 
>> sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side 
>> effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more 
>> complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
>>
>> My procedure was done in California and there are several universities 
>> conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved 
>> for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
>>
>> Thank you all for the good wishes.
>>
>> Sally
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
>>> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
>>>
>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>>
>>> skype: angeldn3
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Cheryl,
>>>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
>>>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
>>>> transplant.
>>>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the new
>>>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
>>>> remember
>>>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ed Bryant
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>>
>>>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
>>>> want
>>>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is 
>>>> just
>>>> a
>>>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant patients,
>>>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
>>>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05 
>>>> and
>>>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
>>>> type
>>>> 1 and more of a type 2.
>>>>
>>>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in normal
>>>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
>>>> treatment
>>>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
>>>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's 
>>>> transplants
>>>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct me,
>>>> he
>>>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop 
>>>> working.
>>>>
>>>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the 
>>>> same
>>>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
>>>> Transplant
>>>>
>>>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>>>>
>>>> God Bless.
>>>>
>>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>>>
>>>> skype: angeldn3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike Freeman
>>>> >
>>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>>>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>>>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi everyone!
>>>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant. 
>>>> > After
>>>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>>>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>>>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>>>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>>>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>>>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>>>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>>>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>>>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>>>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great 
>>>> > now!
>>>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>>>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>>> >
>>>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>>>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>>> >
>>>> > Sally Maguire
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ----
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
>>>> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Sat Aug 22 04:24:44 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:24:44 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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Hi Eileen,
No, not personal at all.  A cadaver.  I just know that he died suddenly, was healthy and a large person because I got 690,000 islets which is a very large amount.  Some people only get half that amount.  They think that is why I am doing so well.   I had been on the waiting list since February of this year.  Any pancreas will not due-it has to have a certain amount of islets and they need to be in the right condition.  Eileen, I don't  know what area you are in.  I met the woman that does dogs 4 diabetics today who had  an islet cell transplant almost a year ago.  She is doing great.  She doesn't need a dog anymore and neither do I-for my blood sugar that is!  I sent you  an email message a while ago about the study they are doing in Chicago.  Did you get it?
Are you OK?  I was worried when I didn't hear from you.  

Sally








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


Sally:

I hope this isn't to personal a question, but I was wondering if for the 
type of transplant you have had, do the cells come from a live donor, or 
does it have to be through a cadavour?  Just wondering if any of the 
donating for these cells has changed.

Thanks.

Eileen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


Hi Cheryl,
Many of the medications have already been decreased.  Here is what I am 
taking now:
      Sirolimus (Rapamune?)

      Belatacept

      Atovaquone

      Valganciclovir (Valcyte?) through month 6







Belatacept Is a new drug for this protocol and has not yet been approved by 
the FDA.  I am having weekly labs and they are quite willing to alter the 
meds if there is anything that does not agree with me.  I was nauseous the 
first week, but all that has gone.  I feel very good.  Although Type 1 is 
not life threatening in and of itself as is kidney failure, the quality of 
my life is drastically improved.  Type 1's lead not only a disciplined life, 
but it needs to be regimented.  For the first time in my life, i have the 
freedom to exercise whenever I want and for as long as I want to.  Type 1's 
really do weigh their food so that they can get an accurate measurement of 
carbohydrates to inject the proper amount of insulin.  No more ambulance 
rides wit paramedics for low blood sugars!  I know that diet and exercise 
are the best treatment for Type 2.  ...not just a little bit 
important...very, very important!



I am very happy with my decision to get a transplant and would do it again 
if at any time it is necessary.  I could not have lived for 52 years with 
diabetes if I did not follow the rules, and I certainly intend to follow all 
instructions now.  I have just received the greatest gift!  I am very 
grateful to the donor, researchers and doctors.  I need to keep a log on 
everything and my husband has been helping me with all of it.



Take care,

Sally







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf,
> predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these 
> as
> well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Congratulations! And good luck!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
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From serenityangel1983 at gmail.com  Sat Aug 22 04:43:10 2009
From: serenityangel1983 at gmail.com (Rachel and Rhett)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:43:10 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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Hi, Sally.

I'm glad they like the guide dog, as both my husband and I have one.. My 
husband has had type 1 for 31 years. Take care.
Rachel and Rhett
Rachel Krieg
Ameriplan Representative
Ameriplan USA
www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi Rachael,
> The thing is that you need to keep logs.  My husband is doing it for me. 
> I assured them before the transplant that I would be able to give them all 
> this information.  Actually, they have put everything in email 
> attachments, so I would have no trouble filling out all the information. 
> I seem to recall they  wanted you to have complications to be eligible for 
> this study.  I had been applying for these islet transplants for about 10 
> years and was always turned down because of my kidneys.  This newer study 
> is not using anything that  damages the kidneys.  My doctor really likes 
> my guidedog and I think they have other people with guidedogs.  I think 
> there are about 5 universities doing the same study.  If you want, I would 
> be happy to send you the phone number of the coordinator in San Francisco. 
> I'm sure she can give you all the info you want.  Let me know.
> How long has your husband had diabetes and is it type 1?
>
> Sally
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Hi, Sally.
>>
>> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet 
>> cell
>> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic 
>> looked
>> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
>> Rachel
>> Rachel Krieg
>> Ameriplan Representative
>> Ameriplan USA
>> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
>> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Cheryl,
>>> Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I
>>> don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
>>> years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
>>> sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
>>> effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
>>> complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
>>>
>>> My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
>>> conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved
>>> for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
>>>
>>> Thank you all for the good wishes.
>>>
>>> Sally
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>
>>>
>>>> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
>>>> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
>>>>
>>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>>>
>>>> skype: angeldn3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>>>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Cheryl,
>>>>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
>>>>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
>>>>> transplant.
>>>>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the 
>>>>> new
>>>>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
>>>>> remember
>>>>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ed Bryant
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl 
>>>>> echevarria
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
>>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>>>
>>>>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
>>>>> want
>>>>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is
>>>>> just
>>>>> a
>>>>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant 
>>>>> patients,
>>>>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
>>>>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05
>>>>> and
>>>>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
>>>>> type
>>>>> 1 and more of a type 2.
>>>>>
>>>>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in 
>>>>> normal
>>>>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
>>>>> treatment
>>>>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
>>>>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's
>>>>> transplants
>>>>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct 
>>>>> me,
>>>>> he
>>>>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop
>>>>> working.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the
>>>>> same
>>>>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
>>>>> Transplant
>>>>>
>>>>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> God Bless.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>>>>
>>>>> skype: angeldn3
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Mike Freeman
>>>>> >
>>>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>>>>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>>>>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hi everyone!
>>>>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.
>>>>> > After
>>>>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>>>>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>>>>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>>>>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, 
>>>>> > so
>>>>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>>>>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities 
>>>>> > conducting
>>>>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the 
>>>>> > hospital
>>>>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through 
>>>>> > a
>>>>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick 
>>>>> > from
>>>>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great
>>>>> > now!
>>>>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
>>>>> > diabetes!
>>>>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when 
>>>>> > there
>>>>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sally Maguire
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> ----
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>>>> .com
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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>>>>> %40hotmail.com
>>>>> >
>>>>>
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>>>>> ket.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 22 10:46:27 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:46:27 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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because with rapamune they have taken transplant patients off this 
medication here at all NY Transplant Hospitals as well as in Chicago and 
some other transplant hospitals.  This has been shown to cause cancer, and a 
dear friend of mine actually died from complications of this drug.

Again, good luck, I hope it lasts forever.  August 23rd of this will 
celebrate my 4th rebirthday that is what we call them, I got a call the 
other day from Steve and we are all going on a cruise in 2010 to the 
carribean.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


Hi Cheryl,
Many of the medications have already been decreased.  Here is what I am 
taking now:
      Sirolimus (Rapamune?)

      Belatacept

      Atovaquone

      Valganciclovir (Valcyte?) through month 6







Belatacept Is a new drug for this protocol and has not yet been approved by 
the FDA.  I am having weekly labs and they are quite willing to alter the 
meds if there is anything that does not agree with me.  I was nauseous the 
first week, but all that has gone.  I feel very good.  Although Type 1 is 
not life threatening in and of itself as is kidney failure, the quality of 
my life is drastically improved.  Type 1's lead not only a disciplined life, 
but it needs to be regimented.  For the first time in my life, i have the 
freedom to exercise whenever I want and for as long as I want to.  Type 1's 
really do weigh their food so that they can get an accurate measurement of 
carbohydrates to inject the proper amount of insulin.  No more ambulance 
rides wit paramedics for low blood sugars!  I know that diet and exercise 
are the best treatment for Type 2.  ...not just a little bit 
important...very, very important!



I am very happy with my decision to get a transplant and would do it again 
if at any time it is necessary.  I could not have lived for 52 years with 
diabetes if I did not follow the rules, and I certainly intend to follow all 
instructions now.  I have just received the greatest gift!  I am very 
grateful to the donor, researchers and doctors.  I need to keep a log on 
everything and my husband has been helping me with all of it.



Take care,

Sally







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf,
> predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these 
> as
> well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Congratulations! And good luck!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 22 10:47:26 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:47:26 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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Being Diabetic for over 30 years I understand about your decision, I would 
do it again in a heart beat.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


Hi Cheryl,
Many of the medications have already been decreased.  Here is what I am 
taking now:
      Sirolimus (Rapamune?)

      Belatacept

      Atovaquone

      Valganciclovir (Valcyte?) through month 6







Belatacept Is a new drug for this protocol and has not yet been approved by 
the FDA.  I am having weekly labs and they are quite willing to alter the 
meds if there is anything that does not agree with me.  I was nauseous the 
first week, but all that has gone.  I feel very good.  Although Type 1 is 
not life threatening in and of itself as is kidney failure, the quality of 
my life is drastically improved.  Type 1's lead not only a disciplined life, 
but it needs to be regimented.  For the first time in my life, i have the 
freedom to exercise whenever I want and for as long as I want to.  Type 1's 
really do weigh their food so that they can get an accurate measurement of 
carbohydrates to inject the proper amount of insulin.  No more ambulance 
rides wit paramedics for low blood sugars!  I know that diet and exercise 
are the best treatment for Type 2.  ...not just a little bit 
important...very, very important!



I am very happy with my decision to get a transplant and would do it again 
if at any time it is necessary.  I could not have lived for 52 years with 
diabetes if I did not follow the rules, and I certainly intend to follow all 
instructions now.  I have just received the greatest gift!  I am very 
grateful to the donor, researchers and doctors.  I need to keep a log on 
everything and my husband has been helping me with all of it.



Take care,

Sally







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf,
> predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these 
> as
> well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Congratulations! And good luck!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 22 10:53:11 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:53:11 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl><003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net><BAY110-DS3BCC71D18E7A59DAE971FA1FC0@phx.gbl><C135F0861E4F4B58B24929C272F357DC@D2ZW0GD1>
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don't understand that one for being blind. I was blind when I got my 
transplant and so was ed bryant, they also do these transplants I believe at 
Columbia University Hospital here in NY.

There is going to be a new tv show this fall called three rivers all about 
different stories of transplants.

also contact UNOS, this is the organ donor lists, and we as google 
transplant and see all there is about them, as well as becoming organ 
donors, there are over 100,000 people on waiting lists, and for someone who 
is o+ we are the longest wait out there because we can only receive from o+, 
we can donate to anyone but we can only receive from o+, in NY for a kidney 
it is a 7-10 year wait for an organ unless a family members wants to donate 
or a good friend.  The average wait for a kidney here in NY for other organs 
it all depends.

Sally, Ed, and myself and for all others on this list who had gotten 
transplants it is a gift from god.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi, Sally.
>
> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell
> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked
> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
> Rachel
> Rachel Krieg
> Ameriplan Representative
> Ameriplan USA
> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
> > Hi Cheryl,
> > Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I
> > don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
> > years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
> > sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
> > effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
> > complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
> >
> > My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
> > conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved
> > for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
> >
> > Thank you all for the good wishes.
> >
> > Sally
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >
> >
> >> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
> >> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
> >>
> >> Cheryl Echevarria
> >>
> >> skype: angeldn3
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
> >> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi Cheryl,
> >>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
> >>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
> >>> transplant.
> >>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the 
> >>> new
> >>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
> >>> remember
> >>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Ed Bryant
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl 
> >>> echevarria
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
> >>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>>
> >>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
> >>> want
> >>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is
> >>> just
> >>> a
> >>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant 
> >>> patients,
> >>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
> >>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05
> >>> and
> >>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
> >>> type
> >>> 1 and more of a type 2.
> >>>
> >>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in 
> >>> normal
> >>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
> >>> treatment
> >>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
> >>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's
> >>> transplants
> >>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct 
> >>> me,
> >>> he
> >>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop
> >>> working.
> >>>
> >>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the
> >>> same
> >>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
> >>> Transplant
> >>>
> >>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
> >>>
> >>> God Bless.
> >>>
> >>> Cheryl Echevarria
> >>>
> >>> skype: angeldn3
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
> >>> >
> >>> > Mike Freeman
> >>> >
> >>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> >>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> >>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi everyone!
> >>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.
> >>> > After
> >>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> >>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> >>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> >>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, 
> >>> > so
> >>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> >>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities 
> >>> > conducting
> >>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the 
> >>> > hospital
> >>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through 
> >>> > a
> >>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick 
> >>> > from
> >>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great
> >>> > now!
> >>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
> >>> > diabetes!
> >>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when 
> >>> > there
> >>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
> >>> >
> >>> > Sally Maguire
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> ----
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > _______________________________________________
> >>> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
> >>> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
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> >>> .com
> >>> >
> >>> >
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Sat Aug 22 13:20:08 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:20:08 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Emailing: Clever Chek Talking Glucometer.htm
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Clever Chek Talking Glucometerhas anyone ever heard of or used this glucometer?
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            Description
                    
                    
            Built-In Audio. Clever Chek Auto-Code Voice T makes monitoring your blood glucose level easier than ever. An essential tool for the visually impaired, the audio function is perfect for all who prefer the spoken word to a digital display. Audio prompts guide you through each step of using your meter and testing your blood, and when the test is done you hear the results. Historical readings are available in audio.

            This item is non returnable.

            Product Details 

              a.. Talking Blood Glucose Monitor. 
              b.. No coding required for convenient testing! Fewer wasted strips. 
              c.. Small and discreet meter for testing on the go. 
              d.. Fast, 7-second accurate results in an average test time. 
              e.. Test will only start when enough blood is applied. 
              f.. Meter beeps when the strip has enough blood. 
              g.. Virtually pain-free testing. 
              h.. Clinical Accuracy: Uses Advanced Test Strip Technology 
              i.. Large Display 
              j.. Test strips sold separately. 
              k.. Multiple test sites so your fingers can get a rest. 
              l.. Stores up to 450 results with date and time. 
              m.. Provides results in 7, 14 , 21, 28 , 60 and 90-day averages. 
              n.. Tiny blood sample (0.7 Microliter). 
              o.. Most test sites: 
                a.. Patients can test on less sensitive parts of their body - We recommend that you test on your fingers if you are testing for hypoglycemia - low blood glucose - or if you suffer from hypoglycemia unawareness. 
                b.. Upper arms. 
                c.. Forearms. Hands. 
                d.. Fingers. 
                e.. Thighs. 
                f.. Calves. 
              p.. PC Link (Download data to your personal computer with our free software) 
              q.. Easy to Use 
              r.. Fast Results 
              s.. For In Vitro Diagnostic Use 
              t.. Use only with Clever Chek Auto-Code Voice Blood Glucose Test Strips 
            Contents: 
              a.. Clever Chek Blood Glucose Monitor 
              b.. Carrying Case 
              c.. User's Manual 
              d.. Quick Reference Guide 
              e.. Log Book 
              f.. Batteries (installed) 
              g.. Warranty Card (see package for details) 

           
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           Item#  235762  Clever Chek Glucose Control Solution 
            Clever Chek Glucose Control Solution contains glucose at points relevant to normal limits of the clinical range and therefore, may be used to assess the linearity and calibration, or verify performance of the blood glucose systems listed on the package insert. Clever Chek Control Solution is intended for use with all Clever Chek Brand blood glucose monitoring systems and 2-in-1 blood glucose plus blood pressure monitoring systems. It is used to check that the meter and test strips are working together properly. It is important to do control tests routinely to ensure getting accurate results. Important:
            The control range may change with each new vial of test strips. Always use the control range on the label of your current vial of test strips. To perform a control test: 
              1.. Apply a drop of control solution to the test strip instead of a drop of blood 
              2.. Compare the results to the control range (you can find the range on the side of the vial of test strips) 
              3.. If the results are inside the range printed on the vial, your meter is functioning correctly. 
              4.. If the results are outside the range, you should call the manufacturer of your meter immediately. 
           
           


     

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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Sat Aug 22 18:19:20 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:19:20 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1><543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS1CDBBD4D0469E0DF5B9B5A1FD0@phx.gbl><0E33C0C6941A4299839927C31F05C6D1@D2ZW0GD1>
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Message-ID: <E726F8F103CF4C3F91C858BD71BB0DAC@D2ZW0GD1>

Hi Cheryl,
Have a wonderful cruise.  I cancelled a cruise just before my transplant.  They told me "Murphy's law" go ahead a book it and we'll get an organ.  About 30 seconds after I booked it, I got a call for the transplant.  That one did not happen, but I did get the transplant  about a month later.   I'll just wait until things calm down a bit before I go on another cruise.  Today is 2 weeks.

I'm sure you are enjoying every minute of your life!  

Sally


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


because with rapamune they have taken transplant patients off this 
medication here at all NY Transplant Hospitals as well as in Chicago and 
some other transplant hospitals.  This has been shown to cause cancer, and a 
dear friend of mine actually died from complications of this drug.

Again, good luck, I hope it lasts forever.  August 23rd of this will 
celebrate my 4th rebirthday that is what we call them, I got a call the 
other day from Steve and we are all going on a cruise in 2010 to the 
carribean.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


Hi Cheryl,
Many of the medications have already been decreased.  Here is what I am 
taking now:
      Sirolimus (Rapamune?)

      Belatacept

      Atovaquone

      Valganciclovir (Valcyte?) through month 6







Belatacept Is a new drug for this protocol and has not yet been approved by 
the FDA.  I am having weekly labs and they are quite willing to alter the 
meds if there is anything that does not agree with me.  I was nauseous the 
first week, but all that has gone.  I feel very good.  Although Type 1 is 
not life threatening in and of itself as is kidney failure, the quality of 
my life is drastically improved.  Type 1's lead not only a disciplined life, 
but it needs to be regimented.  For the first time in my life, i have the 
freedom to exercise whenever I want and for as long as I want to.  Type 1's 
really do weigh their food so that they can get an accurate measurement of 
carbohydrates to inject the proper amount of insulin.  No more ambulance 
rides wit paramedics for low blood sugars!  I know that diet and exercise 
are the best treatment for Type 2.  ...not just a little bit 
important...very, very important!



I am very happy with my decision to get a transplant and would do it again 
if at any time it is necessary.  I could not have lived for 52 years with 
diabetes if I did not follow the rules, and I certainly intend to follow all 
instructions now.  I have just received the greatest gift!  I am very 
grateful to the donor, researchers and doctors.  I need to keep a log on 
everything and my husband has been helping me with all of it.



Take care,

Sally







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Question what kind of medications are you on, cellcept, myfortic, prograf,
> predisone, are you on any antijections medications.  Becareful with these 
> as
> well, willing to give knowledge of these as well.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Congratulations! And good luck!
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.  After
>> living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, so
>> there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities conducting
>> the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the hospital
>> for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through a
>> catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick from
>> the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great now!
>> I just knew God would let me experience part of life without diabetes!
>> Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>>
>> So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when there
>> is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>>
>> Sally Maguire
>>
>>
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Sat Aug 22 18:24:35 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:24:35 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
References: <2192D2D876AB4DC4A0F6236C0B6C96D0@D2ZW0GD1>	<543F1E7C61EE4C40A735BADBC79329EC@owner96190708e><BAY110-DS56D6BC3454048A7480EA1A1FD0@phx.gbl><003101ca228c$5f4ce080$1de6a180$@net><BAY110-DS3BCC71D18E7A59DAE971FA1FC0@phx.gbl><C135F0861E4F4B58B24929C272F357DC@D2ZW0GD1><30B6A0BB1C5A449D89D8534E384E5065@rakriegPC>
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Message-ID: <049313C0F99549E683F1C4735AC58046@D2ZW0GD1>

There was no wait on the islet cell transplant.  When I put my name on the list, I was at the top.  There was no one on the list.  This is still considered a research program.  
They have done 15 in San Francisco in the past 3 years and all have been successful.  
I consider myself very, very fortunate.   

Sally




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> don't understand that one for being blind. I was blind when I got my 
> transplant and so was ed bryant, they also do these transplants I believe at 
> Columbia University Hospital here in NY.
> 
> There is going to be a new tv show this fall called three rivers all about 
> different stories of transplants.
> 
> also contact UNOS, this is the organ donor lists, and we as google 
> transplant and see all there is about them, as well as becoming organ 
> donors, there are over 100,000 people on waiting lists, and for someone who 
> is o+ we are the longest wait out there because we can only receive from o+, 
> we can donate to anyone but we can only receive from o+, in NY for a kidney 
> it is a 7-10 year wait for an organ unless a family members wants to donate 
> or a good friend.  The average wait for a kidney here in NY for other organs 
> it all depends.
> 
> Sally, Ed, and myself and for all others on this list who had gotten 
> transplants it is a gift from god.
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria
> 
> skype: angeldn3
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> 
> 
>> Hi, Sally.
>>
>> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell
>> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked
>> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
>> Rachel
>> Rachel Krieg
>> Ameriplan Representative
>> Ameriplan USA
>> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
>> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>> > Hi Cheryl,
>> > Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I
>> > don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
>> > years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
>> > sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
>> > effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
>> > complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
>> >
>> > My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
>> > conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved
>> > for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
>> >
>> > Thank you all for the good wishes.
>> >
>> > Sally
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >
>> >
>> >> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
>> >> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
>> >>
>> >> Cheryl Echevarria
>> >>
>> >> skype: angeldn3
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>> >> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Cheryl,
>> >>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
>> >>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
>> >>> transplant.
>> >>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the 
>> >>> new
>> >>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
>> >>> remember
>> >>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Ed Bryant
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> >>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl 
>> >>> echevarria
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
>> >>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>>
>> >>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
>> >>> want
>> >>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is
>> >>> just
>> >>> a
>> >>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant 
>> >>> patients,
>> >>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
>> >>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05
>> >>> and
>> >>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
>> >>> type
>> >>> 1 and more of a type 2.
>> >>>
>> >>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in 
>> >>> normal
>> >>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
>> >>> treatment
>> >>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
>> >>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's
>> >>> transplants
>> >>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct 
>> >>> me,
>> >>> he
>> >>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop
>> >>> working.
>> >>>
>> >>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the
>> >>> same
>> >>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
>> >>> Transplant
>> >>>
>> >>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
>> >>>
>> >>> God Bless.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> >>>
>> >>> skype: angeldn3
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Mike Freeman
>> >>> >
>> >>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> >>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> >>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Hi everyone!
>> >>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.
>> >>> > After
>> >>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> >>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> >>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> >>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, 
>> >>> > so
>> >>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> >>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities 
>> >>> > conducting
>> >>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the 
>> >>> > hospital
>> >>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through 
>> >>> > a
>> >>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick 
>> >>> > from
>> >>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great
>> >>> > now!
>> >>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
>> >>> > diabetes!
>> >>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when 
>> >>> > there
>> >>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Sally Maguire
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
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>> >>> >
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>> >>>
>> >>>
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From tanspach at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Aug 23 17:09:31 2009
From: tanspach at tampabay.rr.com (Tammy Anspach)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:09:31 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS72B716AA075D10377FB2DA1FB0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <FC37E25EDAB04228A5C497AE0930CF5B@tanspachPC>

Hi Cheryl,
I agree that receiving a kidney transplant  was a gift from God. 
Tammy

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:53 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

don't understand that one for being blind. I was blind when I got my
transplant and so was ed bryant, they also do these transplants I believe at
Columbia University Hospital here in NY.

There is going to be a new tv show this fall called three rivers all about
different stories of transplants.

also contact UNOS, this is the organ donor lists, and we as google
transplant and see all there is about them, as well as becoming organ
donors, there are over 100,000 people on waiting lists, and for someone who
is o+ we are the longest wait out there because we can only receive from o+,
we can donate to anyone but we can only receive from o+, in NY for a kidney
it is a 7-10 year wait for an organ unless a family members wants to donate
or a good friend.  The average wait for a kidney here in NY for other organs
it all depends.

Sally, Ed, and myself and for all others on this list who had gotten
transplants it is a gift from god.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi, Sally.
>
> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell
> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked
> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
> Rachel
> Rachel Krieg
> Ameriplan Representative
> Ameriplan USA
> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
> > Hi Cheryl,
> > Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I
> > don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
> > years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
> > sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
> > effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
> > complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
> >
> > My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
> > conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved
> > for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
> >
> > Thank you all for the good wishes.
> >
> > Sally
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >
> >
> >> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
> >> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
> >>
> >> Cheryl Echevarria
> >>
> >> skype: angeldn3
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
> >> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi Cheryl,
> >>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
> >>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
> >>> transplant.
> >>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the 
> >>> new
> >>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
> >>> remember
> >>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Ed Bryant
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl 
> >>> echevarria
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
> >>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>>
> >>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
> >>> want
> >>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is
> >>> just
> >>> a
> >>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant 
> >>> patients,
> >>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
> >>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05
> >>> and
> >>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
> >>> type
> >>> 1 and more of a type 2.
> >>>
> >>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in 
> >>> normal
> >>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
> >>> treatment
> >>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
> >>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's
> >>> transplants
> >>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct 
> >>> me,
> >>> he
> >>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop
> >>> working.
> >>>
> >>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the
> >>> same
> >>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
> >>> Transplant
> >>>
> >>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
> >>>
> >>> God Bless.
> >>>
> >>> Cheryl Echevarria
> >>>
> >>> skype: angeldn3
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
> >>> >
> >>> > Mike Freeman
> >>> >
> >>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> >>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> >>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi everyone!
> >>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.
> >>> > After
> >>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> >>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> >>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> >>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, 
> >>> > so
> >>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> >>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities 
> >>> > conducting
> >>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the 
> >>> > hospital
> >>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through 
> >>> > a
> >>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick 
> >>> > from
> >>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great
> >>> > now!
> >>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
> >>> > diabetes!
> >>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when 
> >>> > there
> >>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
> >>> >
> >>> > Sally Maguire
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> ----
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > _______________________________________________
> >>> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
> >>> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> >>> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
> >>> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
> >>> > for
> >>> > Diabetes-talk:
> >>> >
> >>>
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> >>> .com
> >>> >
> >>> >
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> >>> >
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Sun Aug 23 18:47:24 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:47:24 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Chicago Diabetes Project (Islet Cell Transplants)
Message-ID: <8C604E9F35BE4B6F8F7A72002D3B4E58@D2ZW0GD1>

Hi!  
For those of you who would like more information on islet cell transplants, here is a short but very informative video.  Instructions for which links to click are at the bottom of this message.  It is fine to write me off list.  Thank you all for the support.
Sally


Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 8:54 AM
Subject: Diabetes Research Update


> Dear Individuals Interested in Diabetes Research,
> 
> 
> I am writing to introduce you to the Chicago Diabetes Project (CDP). CDP is 
> developing a widespread cell-based functional cure for diabetes that does 
> not require immunosuppression. We have taken the unique approach of 
> creating a scientific collaboration between physicians, scientists, 
> engineers, chemists and molecular biologists from the US, Australia, 
> Switzerland, France, Norway, and Slovakia to develop this functional cure.
> 
> To learn more about our global research team, our achievements to date, 
> clinical trials and our aggressive time line to develop a functional cure 
> for diabetes, visit us online at www.chicagodiabetesproject.org
> 
> If you would like be added to our mailing list to receive research updates, 
> simply respond to this e-mail or you may call
> Patricia Wager at the Chicago Diabetes Project (312) 799-1941.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jose Oberholzer, MD
> Founder Chicago Diabetes Project




Chicago Diabetes Project

Click on link. at www.chicagodiabetesproject.org

Then click on , "Overview".  Then click on link, Thumbnail video.
The video should play.

Sally

From jstigile at sbcglobal.net  Sun Aug 23 20:26:22 2009
From: jstigile at sbcglobal.net (Joy Stigile)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:26:22 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Chicago Diabetes Project (Islet Cell
	Transplants)
References: <8C604E9F35BE4B6F8F7A72002D3B4E58@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <A3BDBD6FDF484C7B8391439D0382FDE8@DBTOA000>

Dear Sally,
Thanks for all of the info.  I will call tomorrow.
Thanks, Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 11:47 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Chicago Diabetes Project (Islet Cell Transplants)


> Hi!
> For those of you who would like more information on islet cell 
> transplants, here is a short but very informative video.  Instructions for 
> which links to click are at the bottom of this message.  It is fine to 
> write me off list.  Thank you all for the support.
> Sally
>
>
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 8:54 AM
> Subject: Diabetes Research Update
>
>
>> Dear Individuals Interested in Diabetes Research,
>>
>>
>> I am writing to introduce you to the Chicago Diabetes Project (CDP). CDP 
>> is
>> developing a widespread cell-based functional cure for diabetes that does
>> not require immunosuppression. We have taken the unique approach of
>> creating a scientific collaboration between physicians, scientists,
>> engineers, chemists and molecular biologists from the US, Australia,
>> Switzerland, France, Norway, and Slovakia to develop this functional 
>> cure.
>>
>> To learn more about our global research team, our achievements to date,
>> clinical trials and our aggressive time line to develop a functional cure
>> for diabetes, visit us online at www.chicagodiabetesproject.org
>>
>> If you would like be added to our mailing list to receive research 
>> updates,
>> simply respond to this e-mail or you may call
>> Patricia Wager at the Chicago Diabetes Project (312) 799-1941.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jose Oberholzer, MD
>> Founder Chicago Diabetes Project
>
>
>
>
> Chicago Diabetes Project
>
> Click on link. at www.chicagodiabetesproject.org
>
> Then click on , "Overview".  Then click on link, Thumbnail video.
> The video should play.
>
> Sally
> _______________________________________________
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Mon Aug 24 19:52:36 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:52:36 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Link to universities doing islet cell protocol
Message-ID: <465A1CA16F044DACA9098FFEA82DBED8@D2ZW0GD1>

To any one interested, here are the universities using this protocol for islet cell transplantation.  


http://www.citisletstudy.org/index.html


Around the world, there are other studies and here is the link:

http://www.citregistry.org/

From ebryant at socket.net  Tue Aug 25 18:24:35 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:24:35 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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Hello,
If you have a diabetes complication there is no reason why any surgical unit
would not offer you a transplant. 
I know many diabetics who have had transplants who were blind, amputees,
cardiac problems, etc.. 
Regards,
Ed Bryant

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tammy Anspach
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:10 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

Hi Cheryl,
I agree that receiving a kidney transplant  was a gift from God. 
Tammy

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:53 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!

don't understand that one for being blind. I was blind when I got my
transplant and so was ed bryant, they also do these transplants I believe at
Columbia University Hospital here in NY.

There is going to be a new tv show this fall called three rivers all about
different stories of transplants.

also contact UNOS, this is the organ donor lists, and we as google
transplant and see all there is about them, as well as becoming organ
donors, there are over 100,000 people on waiting lists, and for someone who
is o+ we are the longest wait out there because we can only receive from o+,
we can donate to anyone but we can only receive from o+, in NY for a kidney
it is a 7-10 year wait for an organ unless a family members wants to donate
or a good friend.  The average wait for a kidney here in NY for other organs
it all depends.

Sally, Ed, and myself and for all others on this list who had gotten
transplants it is a gift from god.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hi, Sally.
>
> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet cell
> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic looked
> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
> Rachel
> Rachel Krieg
> Ameriplan Representative
> Ameriplan USA
> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
> > Hi Cheryl,
> > Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, I
> > don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
> > years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
> > sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
> > effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
> > complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
> >
> > My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
> > conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be approved
> > for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
> >
> > Thank you all for the good wishes.
> >
> > Sally
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >
> >
> >> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
> >> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
> >>
> >> Cheryl Echevarria
> >>
> >> skype: angeldn3
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
> >> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi Cheryl,
> >>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
> >>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his kidney
> >>> transplant.
> >>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the 
> >>> new
> >>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
> >>> remember
> >>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Ed Bryant
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl 
> >>> echevarria
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
> >>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>>
> >>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, I
> >>> want
> >>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is
> >>> just
> >>> a
> >>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant 
> >>> patients,
> >>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I was
> >>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 05
> >>> and
> >>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a typical
> >>> type
> >>> 1 and more of a type 2.
> >>>
> >>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in 
> >>> normal
> >>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
> >>> treatment
> >>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
> >>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's
> >>> transplants
> >>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct 
> >>> me,
> >>> he
> >>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop
> >>> working.
> >>>
> >>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the
> >>> same
> >>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
> >>> Transplant
> >>>
> >>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one yet.
> >>>
> >>> God Bless.
> >>>
> >>> Cheryl Echevarria
> >>>
> >>> skype: angeldn3
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
> >>> >
> >>> > Mike Freeman
> >>> >
> >>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
> >>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
> >>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi everyone!
> >>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.
> >>> > After
> >>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
> >>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
> >>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
> >>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental, 
> >>> > so
> >>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
> >>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities 
> >>> > conducting
> >>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the 
> >>> > hospital
> >>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through 
> >>> > a
> >>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick 
> >>> > from
> >>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great
> >>> > now!
> >>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without 
> >>> > diabetes!
> >>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when 
> >>> > there
> >>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
> >>> >
> >>> > Sally Maguire
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
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From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Tue Aug 25 21:04:53 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:04:53 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
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	<005501ca25b1$4cb01e10$e6105a30$@net>
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they may do transplants but u sure can't do any clinical trials.
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!


> Hello,
> If you have a diabetes complication there is no reason why any surgical 
> unit
> would not offer you a transplant.
> I know many diabetics who have had transplants who were blind, amputees,
> cardiac problems, etc..
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tammy Anspach
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:10 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
> Hi Cheryl,
> I agree that receiving a kidney transplant  was a gift from God.
> Tammy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:53 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
> don't understand that one for being blind. I was blind when I got my
> transplant and so was ed bryant, they also do these transplants I believe 
> at
> Columbia University Hospital here in NY.
>
> There is going to be a new tv show this fall called three rivers all about
> different stories of transplants.
>
> also contact UNOS, this is the organ donor lists, and we as google
> transplant and see all there is about them, as well as becoming organ
> donors, there are over 100,000 people on waiting lists, and for someone 
> who
> is o+ we are the longest wait out there because we can only receive from 
> o+,
> we can donate to anyone but we can only receive from o+, in NY for a 
> kidney
> it is a 7-10 year wait for an organ unless a family members wants to 
> donate
> or a good friend.  The average wait for a kidney here in NY for other 
> organs
> it all depends.
>
> Sally, Ed, and myself and for all others on this list who had gotten
> transplants it is a gift from god.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>
>
>> Hi, Sally.
>>
>> The thing is, are you blind or visually impaired? A lot of the eyelet 
>> cell
>> transplants require no complications, as my husband who is diabetic 
>> looked
>> into it. He couldn't do it because he is blind, or so he was told.
>> Rachel
>> Rachel Krieg
>> Ameriplan Representative
>> Ameriplan USA
>> www.freedomathometeam.com/rkrieg/
>> www.mybenefitsplus.com/rkrieg/
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>>
>>
>> > Hi Cheryl,
>> > Well, for me it is a cure.  Technically, it may be called a treatment, 
>> > I
>> > don't know and I don't really care about the semantics here.  After 52
>> > years of living this life on a tightrope, taking insulin and the blood
>> > sugars you-yoing, , I call this a cure!  I understand there may be side
>> > effects from immune suppressants, but at least I do not expect more
>> > complications from the high and low blood sugars of the diabetes!
>> >
>> > My procedure was done in California and there are several universities
>> > conducting the same study right now.  I went to Minnesota to be 
>> > approved
>> > for the study.  If anyone wants the contact info, let me know.
>> >
>> > Thank you all for the good wishes.
>> >
>> > Sally
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:07 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >
>> >
>> >> again, I want to congratulate the person who got the transplant, and
>> >> hopefully it will last the rest of your life.
>> >>
>> >> Cheryl Echevarria
>> >>
>> >> skype: angeldn3
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
>> >> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:22 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Cheryl,
>> >>> I know of a man who had a transplanted kidney for 32 years.
>> >>> When he died he was in his eighties but he did not die from his 
>> >>> kidney
>> >>> transplant.
>> >>> No one knows just how long a kidney transplant can last but with the
>> >>> new
>> >>> anti-rejection therapies they may last a life time... We should all
>> >>> remember
>> >>> to "be positive--accentuate the positive."
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Ed Bryant
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> >>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl
>> >>> echevarria
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:49 AM
>> >>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>>
>> >>> For someone who is a kindey transplant patient as well as Ed Bryant, 
>> >>> I
>> >>> want
>> >>> to wish you congratulation.  I also want to say that a transplant is
>> >>> just
>> >>> a
>> >>> treatment and may not last forever.  We are told as transplant
>> >>> patients,
>> >>> that we can lose our organs if we do not take care of ourselves, I 
>> >>> was
>> >>> evaluated for the same transplant with my kidney transplant back in 
>> >>> 05
>> >>> and
>> >>> they couldn't do it because I my blood work showed I was not a 
>> >>> typical
>> >>> type
>> >>> 1 and more of a type 2.
>> >>>
>> >>> You must stay to your meds, and you must keep your blood sugar in
>> >>> normal
>> >>> range.   I am not curent of end stage renal disease, I just had a
>> >>> treatment
>> >>> for it and as long as my kidney is health and I take my medications
>> >>> hopefully I will never need another one. I have heard people's
>> >>> transplants
>> >>> lasting over 25 years if I am not mistaken and Ed Bryant can correct
>> >>> me,
>> >>> he
>> >>> is even at the 25 year marker or longer. But they may or may stop
>> >>> working.
>> >>>
>> >>> Again, I want to congratulate you on this wonderful thing, but at the
>> >>> same
>> >>> time, it is not a cure.  You may need another one in the future.
>> >>> Transplant
>> >>>
>> >>> are covered by Medicare and insurance but not this particular one 
>> >>> yet.
>> >>>
>> >>> God Bless.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> >>>
>> >>> skype: angeldn3
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:14 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > Congratulations! And good luck!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Mike Freeman
>> >>> >
>> >>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> > From: "Sally Maguire" <1.sally at comcast.net>
>> >>> > To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:31 AM
>> >>> > Subject: [Diabetes-talk] My cure of Type 1 Diabetes!
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Hi everyone!
>> >>> > I am so excited to share with youabout my islet cell transplant.
>> >>> > After
>> >>> > living with Type 1 for 52 yearsI had an islet cell transplaant last
>> >>> > week.  My blood sugars are now in the normal range although it is
>> >>> > supposed to take 4 to 6 weeks for the cells to function normally. I
>> >>> > can't believe it!  The procedure is still considered experimental,
>> >>> > so
>> >>> > there was no charge.  The study is funded by the Juvenile Diabetes
>> >>> > Foundation.  Am I grateful!!!There are several Universities
>> >>> > conducting
>> >>> > the study right now.  I had mine done at UCSF.  I was in the
>> >>> > hospital
>> >>> > for one week and the actual procedure, implanting the cells through
>> >>> > a
>> >>> > catheter into the liver, only takes about 45 minutes.  I was sick
>> >>> > from
>> >>> > the immune suppressants while I was in the hospital, but feel great
>> >>> > now!
>> >>> > I just knew God would let me experience part of life without
>> >>> > diabetes!
>> >>> > Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So, keep healthy everyone and avoid those complications for when
>> >>> > there
>> >>> > is a cure for your kind of diabetes, you want to enjoy it!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Sally Maguire
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>> ----
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > _______________________________________________
>> >>> > Diabetes-talk mailing list
>> >>> > Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> >>> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>> >>> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info
>> >>> > for
>> >>> > Diabetes-talk:
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>> >>>
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>> >>> .com
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
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>> >>> >
>> >>>
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Tue Aug 25 21:39:07 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:39:07 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
Message-ID: <be0.62bb198b.37c5b3fb@aol.com>

How do you know?
 
How do you know if you took your insulin today or not?  How do you  know if 
you took your diabetes medication or not today?
 
Let me give you a little example:
 
You get up in the morning and the first thing you do is test your blood  
sugar.  Now the phone rings or your kid comes and asks you for lunch money,  
something interrupts you and you are now in a rush to eat breakfast, get 
dressed  and get out the door.  You get to work and start thinking did I take my 
 medicine?  You have been a diabetic for years and believe me it becomes  
such a routine thing to do you do not give it much thought when you are doing 
 it.  So how do you know if you took it or not?
 
I have had diabetes for 50 years since the age of 7 and my Mom will say to  
me, ?How can you forget to take your insulin??
 
Let?s share some thoughts on this for all to consider.
 
Joyce Kane



From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Tue Aug 25 22:55:06 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:55:06 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
References: <be0.62bb198b.37c5b3fb@aol.com>
Message-ID: <003b01ca25d7$1773ecb0$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>

what i do is write down what time i take my insulin and how much in a 
notebook daily.
Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


> How do you know?
>
> How do you know if you took your insulin today or not?  How do you  know 
> if
> you took your diabetes medication or not today?
>
> Let me give you a little example:
>
> You get up in the morning and the first thing you do is test your blood
> sugar.  Now the phone rings or your kid comes and asks you for lunch 
> money,
> something interrupts you and you are now in a rush to eat breakfast, get
> dressed  and get out the door.  You get to work and start thinking did I 
> take my
> medicine?  You have been a diabetic for years and believe me it becomes
> such a routine thing to do you do not give it much thought when you are 
> doing
> it.  So how do you know if you took it or not?
>
> I have had diabetes for 50 years since the age of 7 and my Mom will say to
> me, ?How can you forget to take your insulin??
>
> Let?s share some thoughts on this for all to consider.
>
> Joyce Kane
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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 26 01:26:17 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:26:17 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
Message-ID: <20090826012617.24041.27112@web2.serotek.com>

Hi there,
Yes I test before breakfast, I don't leave the table until I take my 
vitamins and sugar pills.
Then it is done.
I take care of me first before anything else gets done.
Yes you have children, I don't, even if I did, that is one time I would 
take care of myself first.
Then I could do better with my children.

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From jstigile at sbcglobal.net  Wed Aug 26 04:13:37 2009
From: jstigile at sbcglobal.net (Joy Stigile)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:13:37 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
References: <be0.62bb198b.37c5b3fb@aol.com>
Message-ID: <CDB79D91982A442C938B33549A7EB6BC@DBTOA000>

I start a new syringe for Humalog dosages and a new one for the Lantis 
dosages each morning.  I also use a
"Count-A-dose" which stays at the last dosage that was filled.

Those our my 2 back-up systems.

Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


> How do you know?
>
> How do you know if you took your insulin today or not?  How do you  know 
> if
> you took your diabetes medication or not today?
>
> Let me give you a little example:
>
> You get up in the morning and the first thing you do is test your blood
> sugar.  Now the phone rings or your kid comes and asks you for lunch 
> money,
> something interrupts you and you are now in a rush to eat breakfast, get
> dressed  and get out the door.  You get to work and start thinking did I 
> take my
> medicine?  You have been a diabetic for years and believe me it becomes
> such a routine thing to do you do not give it much thought when you are 
> doing
> it.  So how do you know if you took it or not?
>
> I have had diabetes for 50 years since the age of 7 and my Mom will say to
> me, ?How can you forget to take your insulin??
>
> Let?s share some thoughts on this for all to consider.
>
> Joyce Kane
>
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From k7uij at panix.com  Wed Aug 26 04:37:17 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:37:17 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
References: <be0.62bb198b.37c5b3fb@aol.com>
Message-ID: <A2DA485609C94534A1DC6EA1F8BACF76@owner96190708e>

Hmmm ... I generally take the humalog right before I eat so haven't had 
to worry about missing it. I can generally remember the dosages for 
several past meals and I try to write my readings, dosages and meal 
contents down two or three times a day so I am able to look back.

I take lantus at night. I've only missed once (at this year's national 
convention) but remembered it next morning so took it then without ill 
effect. I guess I just know -- sorta like the old days when we knew when 
we had made a typo -- it just didn't feel right.

I'm not saying I won't ever make a mistake but so far, I'ave managed to 
avoid mistakes. Since I use pens, Joy's option isn't available. If worse 
comes to worse, at least for the humalog, I note in my log when I start 
a new pen so can figure the doses back to se how much I have left and my 
bg readings will tell me pronto if I missed the dose.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


How do you know?

How do you know if you took your insulin today or not?  How do you  know 
if
you took your diabetes medication or not today?

Let me give you a little example:

You get up in the morning and the first thing you do is test your blood
sugar.  Now the phone rings or your kid comes and asks you for lunch 
money,
something interrupts you and you are now in a rush to eat breakfast, get
dressed  and get out the door.  You get to work and start thinking did I 
take my
 medicine?  You have been a diabetic for years and believe me it becomes
such a routine thing to do you do not give it much thought when you are 
doing
 it.  So how do you know if you took it or not?

I have had diabetes for 50 years since the age of 7 and my Mom will say 
to
me, ?How can you forget to take your insulin??

Let?s share some thoughts on this for all to consider.

Joyce Kane

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From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 16:35:36 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:35:36 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
Message-ID: <d45.50814201.37c6be58@aol.com>

How I use to be sure was in the past I took 2 injections a day with a  
combined dosage of long acting and short acting insulin.  The method I used  was 
I would use 1 disposable syringe  with needle for both  injections.  So in 
the morning I would use a new syringe.  I would  take my insulin and then 
put the used syringe in the plastic bag with the  insulin.  When I took my 
insulin at supper I would throw the syringe  away.  Now if I went off to work 
and started thingking  did I take my  insulin I could call my husbvand, who 
worked evenings and he could look in the  bag with my insulin and see if 
there was a syringe in it.  A syringe in the  bag meant I took my insulin, no 
syringe meant I did not take it.  Night  dosage check was the same.
 
Joyce


From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 17:01:02 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:01:02 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
Message-ID: <be9.5a72f060.37c6c44e@aol.com>

I now take Lantis and Novalog a short acting insulin  and I have a  
different method of double checking if I have taken it or not.
 
For the once a day shot of the Lantis once a week on Sunday I take out 7  
needles for my pen and I keep them in the box that has my finger lances  in.  
So I use one a day starting on Sunday and if I have any doubts I count  the 
needles in the box.
 
As far as the short acting insulin it is easier to figure if you missed a  
dose and I have done this in the past.  You can test your blood sugar and  
ttake actions on results.  The only time you need to be very careful and  
this is a quote from my endocrinologist, "Don't take coverage before bed 
without  eating something along with the insulin."
 
I hear what you are saying, but in real life situations things come up and  
children can play a big part in that area.  My kids are grown and moved out 
 of my house now, but I now sit on three little Princesses 3 days a week 
all  under 6 years old.


From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 17:05:28 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:05:28 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
Message-ID: <d14.51c7ee68.37c6c558@aol.com>

Some of you say you note down when you take medicine, what do you take  
these notes on?  I am just curious if you start up your computer, put it on  a 
note taker or write it on paper?  
 
This is a group for the visually impaired/blind and I thought some of us  
would like suggestions on what we do.
 
Joyce Kane


From paujor at fuse.net  Wed Aug 26 17:48:37 2009
From: paujor at fuse.net (Paul & Paula Jordan)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:48:37 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question
Message-ID: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>

Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual diabetes
review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download the
info from all my readings for the period.  

As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test my
a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't necessary
to be concerned about what data the meter had.  

Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him to
overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, or
what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to feel
apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is what
they're doing sufficient? 

I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.

 

Paul



From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 18:15:17 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:15:17 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question
Message-ID: <bbf.574a54c6.37c6d5b5@aol.com>

Paul:
 
I don't know what your AC1 has been in the past only you and your physician 
 knows that  If they have been good in a normal range I could understand a  
doctor possibly skipping over a daily average.  The doctors I have gone too 
 like to check numbers by looking at them checking for highs and lows and 
when  they are happening.  The more information you give them the better idea 
 they know what is happening.  They look for the highs and lows to see if  
any repeating pattern is occuring.  Then that is how they determine  where  
and how to make adjustments with medication dosages.
 
I know I did not answer your question, but let this be a guide on what you  
think to ask your doctor.
 
Joyce Kane


From catdancing at sbcglobal.net  Wed Aug 26 18:23:09 2009
From: catdancing at sbcglobal.net (catdancing)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:23:09 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
References: <d14.51c7ee68.37c6c558@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001201ca267a$43d664b0$d7bafea9@VALUED664B84C7>

ihave a small notebook i write the info in.
Debbie
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To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


> Some of you say you note down when you take medicine, what do you take
> these notes on?  I am just curious if you start up your computer, put it 
> on  a
> note taker or write it on paper?
>
> This is a group for the visually impaired/blind and I thought some of us
> would like suggestions on what we do.
>
> Joyce Kane
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 18:28:54 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:28:54 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Looking for
Message-ID: <c51.55fe34e4.37c6d8e6@aol.com>

The lady that ran the diabetic testing for correct pen measuring at the  
convention in Detroit, please excuse me for not remembering your name, but 
could  you contact me off list?  I would like to ask you something.
 
_Blindhands at aol.com_ (mailto:Blindhands at aol.com) 
 
Many thanks,
 
Joyce


From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 26 18:58:30 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:58:30 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question
In-Reply-To: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
References: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS37AD02346975CD21F5159A1F70@phx.gbl>

In my opinion, and this is I hope a diabetic specialist meaning an 
endocrinologist and not an internist or a Primary Care Doctor, the doctor 
definitely needs to see your highs and lows to adjust your insulin or other 
medication appropirately, it is very important that you have a specialist 
for your diabetes.  I will give you my own issues so you see how important 
it is.

I was going to my Primary Care Doctor for years, with no problem I thought 
was taking care of my diabetes, a little above normal on my sugars but did 
seem to send up red flags to her, she had left New York and moved to another 
state, a month later while driving to work, I had blurred vision in my eyes 
and couldn't see the road in front of me.  I had been suffering from 
diabetic retinopathy for years but it was stable which I thought. The next 
day after seeing my eye doctor to which he told me that he had to put me on 
disability because my diabetes has caused my eyesight to be considered 
legally blind and that I would probably lose all vision in left which I have 
done, and slowly losing the right.  He also told me to see my regular dr. 
because with a diabetic when an organ or issue occurs in one part of your 
body another may be going on as well.

I found a new primary care doctor that same week, had blood work done etc, 
The new doctor had called me in 2 days later and told me that my kidneys 
were shutting down and did any put me on medications to protect my kidneys I 
said no, Diabetes should be on ACE Inhibitors to protect there kidneys 
because the eyes and kidneys are the first to get damage from diabetes.

The end of this story is that the new primary care doctor told me to 
immediately get an endocrinologist which is a doctor that takes are of 
diabetes and to see a Nephrologist and urologist to get my kidneys checked 
out.  I had to be on dialysis from 2002-2005 I just celebrated on the 23rd 
of August my first re-birthday for my transplanted kidney.  For anything 
like diabetes I emplore you to get a specialist.

And again to answer your question, you need to question your doctor and he 
needs to readings from your meter, blood tests are good, but they need to 
see on a daily bases how to adjust medications etc.

Take care all and god bless

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


> Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual 
> diabetes
> review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download the
> info from all my readings for the period.
>
> As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test my
> a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't 
> necessary
> to be concerned about what data the meter had.
>
> Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him to
> overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, or
> what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to feel
> apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is what
> they're doing sufficient?
>
> I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
> either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Wed Aug 26 19:19:17 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:19:17 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] forgetting insulin
Message-ID: <D087532610344BDD92350807F28389F2@D2ZW0GD1>

I cannot remember when I have taken insulin.  Sometimes when I write it down, it makes it worse.  Doing something, like putting it on the computer, makes me think I have done with it and then don't take the insulin after I have written it down.  I have tried it so many before and after.  This is how I found the islet transplants are working already.  I forgot my lunch novolog insulin and 3 hours later, my blood sugar was 120.  The docs have told me they want me to continue insulin for 3 weeks after transplant, so I have another week to go.   The islets should prevent blood sugar from getting too low also.  About .5 unit before a meal is what I am going to try.  
Even now, I'm still having trouble remembering if I took the insulin or just thought about it and wrote it down.  Part of the problem is that I take insulin after I eat, rather than before.

Sally


From etscrivani at verizon.net  Wed Aug 26 19:21:52 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:21:52 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice Software;
	was - question
In-Reply-To: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
References: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
Message-ID: <CF667DAE994D48AABC8A9B5B4FFD9101@eileenPC>

Paul:

On my last visit to my diabetic doctor, I too brought in my Prodigy Voice 
meter.   I do not usually write down the results I get from the meter unless 
I plan ahead for a doctor's visit.  Also with the new meter and the ability 
to connect it to a PC I thought, let my doctor just connect the meter and 
get my daily results.  I was told when I asked if they wanted to connect the 
meter that they did not have the software for this particular meter and were 
unable to get my daily readings.

It is a major pain in the behind when I have to manually type in after each 
and every test my readings, into a file on my Pc.  But, I'll be dammed if 
the money to buy the software or cable for the Prodigy for my doctor's 
benefit is comming out of my pocket.  If this is now the meter of choice for 
diabetics who are blind, what will it take to get doctor's offices to get 
the necessary connections for it?  I'm not about to start a 
when-push-comes-to-shove argument with my doctor of 13 years who I mostly 
like and am able to work with over this issue.  I wish that Prodigy would at 
least provide us, the end-user of the product with the cable & software that 
we could offer to our doctors.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


> Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual 
> diabetes
> review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download the
> info from all my readings for the period.
>
> As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test my
> a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't 
> necessary
> to be concerned about what data the meter had.
>
> Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him to
> overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, or
> what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to feel
> apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is what
> they're doing sufficient?
>
> I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
> either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Wed Aug 26 19:28:17 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:28:17 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] forgetting insulin
In-Reply-To: <D087532610344BDD92350807F28389F2@D2ZW0GD1>
References: <D087532610344BDD92350807F28389F2@D2ZW0GD1>
Message-ID: <2A4D4213D5894777AD0BF7187BD28802@eileenPC>

Sally:

If you have a Victor Reader Stream, could you simply create a little voice 
recording with the date & time & amount of insulin each time you take it and 
only when you take it?  At the end of the day you can just delete your 
little messages and start the next day with a clear slate.  I find the 
Victor Reader very useful for short notes although my insulin routine is so 
second nature I only forget if I get badly distracted between the time I 
test and get to the area where I keep my insulin supplies.

I can honestly say that forgetting to take insulin is an extreme rarity for 
me after all these years.
Eileen

----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:19 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] forgetting insulin


>I cannot remember when I have taken insulin.  Sometimes when I write it 
>down, it makes it worse.  Doing something, like putting it on the computer, 
>makes me think I have done with it and then don't take the insulin after I 
>have written it down.  I have tried it so many before and after.  This is 
>how I found the islet transplants are working already.  I forgot my lunch 
>novolog insulin and 3 hours later, my blood sugar was 120.  The docs have 
>told me they want me to continue insulin for 3 weeks after transplant, so I 
>have another week to go.   The islets should prevent blood sugar from 
>getting too low also.  About .5 unit before a meal is what I am going to 
>try.
> Even now, I'm still having trouble remembering if I took the insulin or 
> just thought about it and wrote it down.  Part of the problem is that I 
> take insulin after I eat, rather than before.
>
> Sally
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From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 19:31:11 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:31:11 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] forgetting insulin
Message-ID: <be4.5e5b7da5.37c6e77f@aol.com>

I, too take my insulin after I eat.  I check the blood before I eat  and 
then after take the insulin.  I do this because I never much have been  the 
family cook before I went blind and I pop things in the microwave when my  
husband doesn't cook.  I handle breakfast and lunch on my own, but I feel  like 
I have a better idea of carbs counting instead of guessing before I eat  it.
 
I have always even when I could see and cooked for my kids when they lived  
home as Dad worked evenings I took my insulin after I ate.
 
Joyce


From Blindhands at aol.com  Wed Aug 26 19:43:33 2009
From: Blindhands at aol.com (Blindhands at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:43:33 EDT
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice
	Software; was - ...
Message-ID: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>

Eileen,
 
would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the machine and  
let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
 
I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without chasing  
around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in the  
price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
 
Joyce


From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 26 20:30:29 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:30:29 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
Message-ID: <20090826203029.8761.21328@web3.serotek.com>

Gosh I don't take notes any more.
I just send my coordinator my information every three months even if I 
don't see her.
I go to where it says seven day fourteen day and then up to 90 day.

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From dmgina at samobile.net  Wed Aug 26 20:37:53 2009
From: dmgina at samobile.net (d m gina)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:37:53 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question
Message-ID: <20090826203753.7372.34905@web3.serotek.com>

I share with the diabetic coordinator, then I don't worry about the doctor.
She and the doctor work things out.
The numbers just give them an idea what is happening on a daily bases.
I also speak with the coordinator on behalf of many questions I have on 
fixing meals.
Things like that.
I keep my meder with me at all times so I can test.
That gives me peace of mind.
Hope that helps.

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From vgc732 at optonline.net  Wed Aug 26 20:38:49 2009
From: vgc732 at optonline.net (Vincent Chaney)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:38:49 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice
	Software; was - question
References: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
	<CF667DAE994D48AABC8A9B5B4FFD9101@eileenPC>
Message-ID: <5475C72EFA7F41BA81D979C299B9C97B@Vincent>

Eileen and Paul,

Kelly Massaro, or if she has changed to her new married name, would be who 
and where to obtain the Prodigy cable and software. Unfortunately we who use 
screen readers are not able to use the software and they do not have a way 
without calling Kelly to send the software to you if you have someone 
sighted that would be able to run the software.
A note on the daily tests and the A1C, the daily/periodic tests are 
snapshots. Unless you/we use a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor, they may 
show we are in the right church but do not give the indication as to the 
seat where we are supposed to be sitting. The CGM checks every 5 minutes and 
records the result and can track what happens to our bodies when we eat, 
administer insulin or oral medications or activities we do in our lives.
The A1C gives the average over the last 2 to 3 months and how much glucose 
has adhered to the red blood cells. The A1C is a percentage of the blood 
with these having the bonded glucose.
Regarding our doctors, there are just too many different blood testers for 
them to have all the cables and software to download the results. We 
unfortunately have to do the manual mode of producing a report to bring to 
our doctors with most if not all glucose testers who use screen readers.

Vinny
Vincent Chaney, NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board
NFBNJ Diabetes Division President
NJAGDU Committee Co-chair Lead

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:21 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice Software; 
was - question


Paul:

On my last visit to my diabetic doctor, I too brought in my Prodigy Voice
meter.   I do not usually write down the results I get from the meter unless
I plan ahead for a doctor's visit.  Also with the new meter and the ability
to connect it to a PC I thought, let my doctor just connect the meter and
get my daily results.  I was told when I asked if they wanted to connect the
meter that they did not have the software for this particular meter and were
unable to get my daily readings.

It is a major pain in the behind when I have to manually type in after each
and every test my readings, into a file on my Pc.  But, I'll be dammed if
the money to buy the software or cable for the Prodigy for my doctor's
benefit is comming out of my pocket.  If this is now the meter of choice for
diabetics who are blind, what will it take to get doctor's offices to get
the necessary connections for it?  I'm not about to start a
when-push-comes-to-shove argument with my doctor of 13 years who I mostly
like and am able to work with over this issue.  I wish that Prodigy would at
least provide us, the end-user of the product with the cable & software that
we could offer to our doctors.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


> Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual
> diabetes
> review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download the
> info from all my readings for the period.
>
> As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test my
> a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't
> necessary
> to be concerned about what data the meter had.
>
> Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him to
> overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, or
> what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to feel
> apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is what
> they're doing sufficient?
>
> I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
> either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
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From cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 26 20:47:34 2009
From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com (cheryl echevarria)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:47:34 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
	VoiceSoftware; was - ...
In-Reply-To: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl>

well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely get the 
usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just needs a 
regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for the 
prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or infact 
the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if this is 
still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears on and 
let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard usb port 
in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for there computer 
systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some from DDI I am 
sure they will response with the part about downloading software from DDI 
website.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy 
VoiceSoftware; was - ...


> Eileen,
>
> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the machine and
> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>
> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without chasing
> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in the
> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>
> Joyce
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Wed Aug 26 21:09:45 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:09:45 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get ProdigyVoiceSoftware;
	was - ...
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
	<BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B873@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

Hello,

The Software for the Voice is still being updated so unfortunately isn't
available on our website at this time; however Cheryl is correct in the
fact that a standard mini USB cable can be used when in fact the
software is complete and available. Many have a standard mini USB cable
already in their home, but if not, it can be purchased from a drug store
or from us upon request.

My hope is we have a resolution soon regarding software as I know
everyone is anxiously waiting.

The Voice model that was available prior to this past January did
require a special cable from DDI.  The software that is compatible with
that model wasn't jaws compatible.

We're having a meeting tomorrow to discuss timeline so I will attempt to
keep you as updated as possible.



Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
kellym at prodigymeter.com
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:48 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...

well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely get
the 
usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just needs
a 
regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for the

prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or
infact 
the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if this
is 
still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears on
and 
let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard usb
port 
in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for there
computer 
systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some from DDI I am

sure they will response with the part about downloading software from
DDI 
website.

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy 
VoiceSoftware; was - ...


> Eileen,
>
> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the machine
and
> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>
> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without
chasing
> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in
the
> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>
> Joyce
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Wed Aug 26 21:10:00 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:10:00 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
 Prodigy	VoiceSoftware; was - ...
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
	<BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <CA0146332C0D4A368BE3E98E37999CBE@eileenPC>


Cheryl:

Like Joyce said, and I agree with, both the software & the cable should come 
with the meter as a package so people don't have to go chasing it down after 
buying the meter.  As for downloading it is often a struggle to get normal 
refill prescriptions or other types of forms to be filled in by various 
doctors.  My doctor is a good doctor and I am over all happy with him, but 
like many doctors dealing with his staff can be painful at times.  I think 
this is common place among busy practices and I can tell you right now it 
will be an issue asking someone in their office to download software for my 
Prodigy.  The software should be provided with the meter at point of 
purchase. The software could then be used by the patient and the doctor if 
necessary.  I'm not getting into any type of confrontation over this with 
either my doctor or people in his staff, nor should I have to.

The problem is that all these companies who make glucose meters want their 
software & their cable to be proprietary so we have to buy exactly what they 
offer us.  I do recall reading something about the newer prodigy meter using 
a standard USB cable, but it and the necessary software should come with the 
meter as a package when purchased.  Just about every little electronic 
device I've bought over the last few years from a minidisk recorder to the 
reader stream, cell phone, etc (accessible or not accessible), comes with a 
little mini USB cable and if needed software for the device.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy 
VoiceSoftware; was - ...


> well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely get the 
> usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just needs a 
> regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for the 
> prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or 
> infact the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if 
> this is still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears 
> on and let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard 
> usb port in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for 
> there computer systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some 
> from DDI I am sure they will response with the part about downloading 
> software from DDI website.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy 
> VoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
>
>> Eileen,
>>
>> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the machine 
>> and
>> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>>
>> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without chasing
>> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in the
>> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>>
>> Joyce
>> _______________________________________________
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Wed Aug 26 21:13:00 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:13:00 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
 Voice	Software; was - ...
In-Reply-To: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
Message-ID: <DCC396CDC80F4B19A3EE6A669C45C02D@eileenPC>

I agree with you that the cable should come with the meter, but so should 
software so readings can be printed off right from the meter.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice 
Software; was - ...


> Eileen,
>
> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the machine and
> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>
> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without chasing
> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in the
> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>
> Joyce
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Wed Aug 26 21:21:22 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:21:22 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get ProdigyVoiceSoftware;
 was - ...
In-Reply-To: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B873@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com>
	<BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl>
	<022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B873@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
Message-ID: <DD0F96F5EA864AB989C13565A1A30D32@eileenPC>

Kelly:

My Prodigy meter was purchased last December 2008 so you're saying it 
requires the specific prodigy cable for connecting it to a computer.  And 
even if I had the correct cable, the software that will work with my 
specific meter is not going to be Jaws compatible?  Since insurance will 
only cover one of these meters every five years, will there be any kind of 
trade-in abalable for people who got their Prodigy meters right before the 
newer model was released?

Thanks.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Bret Morey" <bretm at prodigymeter.com>; "Megan McGregor" 
<meganm at prodigymeter.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get 
ProdigyVoiceSoftware;was - ...


> Hello,
>
> The Software for the Voice is still being updated so unfortunately isn't
> available on our website at this time; however Cheryl is correct in the
> fact that a standard mini USB cable can be used when in fact the
> software is complete and available. Many have a standard mini USB cable
> already in their home, but if not, it can be purchased from a drug store
> or from us upon request.
>
> My hope is we have a resolution soon regarding software as I know
> everyone is anxiously waiting.
>
> The Voice model that was available prior to this past January did
> require a special cable from DDI.  The software that is compatible with
> that model wasn't jaws compatible.
>
> We're having a meeting tomorrow to discuss timeline so I will attempt to
> keep you as updated as possible.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:48 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
> ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
> well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely get
> the
> usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just needs
> a
> regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for the
>
> prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or
> infact
> the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if this
> is
> still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears on
> and
> let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard usb
> port
> in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for there
> computer
> systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some from DDI I am
>
> sure they will response with the part about downloading software from
> DDI
> website.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
> VoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
>
>> Eileen,
>>
>> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the machine
> and
>> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>>
>> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without
> chasing
>> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in
> the
>> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>>
>> Joyce
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Wed Aug 26 21:56:01 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:56:01 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get ProdigyVoiceSoftware;
	was - ...
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Eileen,

The new software will be jaws compatible.  At that time, I'm confident
we will have the ability to upgrade your meter so that you have the
option to download your results.  This is what I have been told. 

At this time, all patients who have the voice pre January or post
January are unable to download their results due to the software not
being available. 

I hope this helps.  



Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
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Charlotte NC  28269
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:21 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...

Kelly:

My Prodigy meter was purchased last December 2008 so you're saying it 
requires the specific prodigy cable for connecting it to a computer.
And 
even if I had the correct cable, the software that will work with my 
specific meter is not going to be Jaws compatible?  Since insurance will

only cover one of these meters every five years, will there be any kind
of 
trade-in abalable for people who got their Prodigy meters right before
the 
newer model was released?

Thanks.

Eileen
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To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Bret Morey" <bretm at prodigymeter.com>; "Megan McGregor" 
<meganm at prodigymeter.com>
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> Hello,
>
> The Software for the Voice is still being updated so unfortunately
isn't
> available on our website at this time; however Cheryl is correct in
the
> fact that a standard mini USB cable can be used when in fact the
> software is complete and available. Many have a standard mini USB
cable
> already in their home, but if not, it can be purchased from a drug
store
> or from us upon request.
>
> My hope is we have a resolution soon regarding software as I know
> everyone is anxiously waiting.
>
> The Voice model that was available prior to this past January did
> require a special cable from DDI.  The software that is compatible
with
> that model wasn't jaws compatible.
>
> We're having a meeting tomorrow to discuss timeline so I will attempt
to
> keep you as updated as possible.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl
echevarria
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:48 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
> ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
> well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely get
> the
> usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just
needs
> a
> regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for
the
>
> prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or
> infact
> the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if this
> is
> still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears on
> and
> let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard
usb
> port
> in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for there
> computer
> systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some from DDI I
am
>
> sure they will response with the part about downloading software from
> DDI
> website.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
> skype: angeldn3
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
> VoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
>
>> Eileen,
>>
>> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the
machine
> and
>> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>>
>> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without
> chasing
>> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in
> the
>> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>>
>> Joyce
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From mota at hawaii.rr.com  Wed Aug 26 22:08:29 2009
From: mota at hawaii.rr.com (Milton Ota)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:08:29 -1000
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Looking for
In-Reply-To: <c51.55fe34e4.37c6d8e6@aol.com>
References: <c51.55fe34e4.37c6d8e6@aol.com>
Message-ID: <D97EBBA500314EFCB36E7AF2B31BDBC8@miltonlaptop>

Here is the contact for the person who was doing the insulin pen study at
convention.

Ann S. Williams, PhD, RN, CDE, email <ann.s.williams at case.edu>; Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106; phone               (216)
368-1704         (216) 368-1704.
 
Milton Ota

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Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Looking for

The lady that ran the diabetic testing for correct pen measuring at the  
convention in Detroit, please excuse me for not remembering your name, but 
could  you contact me off list?  I would like to ask you something.
 
_Blindhands at aol.com_ (mailto:Blindhands at aol.com) 
 
Many thanks,
 
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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 27 01:49:53 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:49:53 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
References: <d14.51c7ee68.37c6c558@aol.com>
Message-ID: <CED90FBD022E408CB7175CF5AD64C1A7@owner96190708e>

I put it on a note-taker -- a Braille Sense Plus.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


Some of you say you note down when you take medicine, what do you take
these notes on?  I am just curious if you start up your computer, put it 
on  a
note taker or write it on paper?

This is a group for the visually impaired/blind and I thought some of us
would like suggestions on what we do.

Joyce Kane
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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 27 01:52:42 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:52:42 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question
References: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
Message-ID: <EF71244B52484FBDB11F87881739CE96@owner96190708e>

I think you would be better off writing down your readings in a computer 
file, printing it and handing your doc the print-out. I suspect that the 
reality was that he or she didn't have (a) the appropriate software for 
the Voice and/or (b) the correct cable.

You should write your readings down for your own edification in any 
event.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:48 AM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual 
diabetes
review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download 
the
info from all my readings for the period.

As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test 
my
a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't 
necessary
to be concerned about what data the meter had.

Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him to
overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, 
or
what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to feel
apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is 
what
they're doing sufficient?

I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.



Paul

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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 27 01:56:25 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:56:25 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice
	Software; was - question
References: <001b01ca2675$70c77770$fdc8a8c0@PaulJordan>
	<CF667DAE994D48AABC8A9B5B4FFD9101@eileenPC>
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Eileen:

With great respect, it's not up to your doctor -- it's up to *you* 
ultimately to take care of your diabetes. DDI probably would provide the 
software if you asked. But there's no guarantee that the good doctor 
would install it on his machine in any event (people are double-plus 
reluctant to install stuff given by a stranger).

Write down your readings and print them out for the good doctor. 
Besides, *you* may learn something by reviewing your readings. In the 
end, the idea is to be more expert about your diabetes than your doctor 
is!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:21 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy Voice 
Software;was - question


Paul:

On my last visit to my diabetic doctor, I too brought in my Prodigy 
Voice
meter.   I do not usually write down the results I get from the meter 
unless
I plan ahead for a doctor's visit.  Also with the new meter and the 
ability
to connect it to a PC I thought, let my doctor just connect the meter 
and
get my daily results.  I was told when I asked if they wanted to connect 
the
meter that they did not have the software for this particular meter and 
were
unable to get my daily readings.

It is a major pain in the behind when I have to manually type in after 
each
and every test my readings, into a file on my Pc.  But, I'll be dammed 
if
the money to buy the software or cable for the Prodigy for my doctor's
benefit is comming out of my pocket.  If this is now the meter of choice 
for
diabetics who are blind, what will it take to get doctor's offices to 
get
the necessary connections for it?  I'm not about to start a
when-push-comes-to-shove argument with my doctor of 13 years who I 
mostly
like and am able to work with over this issue.  I wish that Prodigy 
would at
least provide us, the end-user of the product with the cable & software 
that
we could offer to our doctors.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


> Yesterday, I had a meeting with my primary care doctor for my usual
> diabetes
> review.  I took my prodigy voice with me in case he wanted to download 
> the
> info from all my readings for the period.
>
> As much as I asked, I never got a straight answer.  They opted to test 
> my
> a1c level, but then told me that having that information it wasn't
> necessary
> to be concerned about what data the meter had.
>
> Is this really a sensible response, or could this attitude cause him 
> to
> overlook important information?  Am I wasting my time taking my meter, 
> or
> what?  I'm trying to be reasonable about this, but I'm beginning to 
> feel
> apprehensive about being dismissed so cavalierly.  Am I right, or is 
> what
> they're doing sufficient?
>
> I'm not asking anyone to judge my doctor's competence, but should I be
> either more nasty, or assertive?  Please advise.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
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From k7uij at panix.com  Thu Aug 27 02:06:28 2009
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:06:28 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
References: <20090826203029.8761.21328@web3.serotek.com>
Message-ID: <C84C22086C0D4C98968125B368694862@owner96190708e>

But even that isn't truly accurate in that those averages depend upon 
when you took your readings. Frankly, I've come to consider meter 
averages to be like someone described history: a myth agreed-upon! 
(grin)

Mike

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From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


Gosh I don't take notes any more.
I just send my coordinator my information every three months even if I
don't see her.
I go to where it says seven day fourteen day and then up to 90 day.

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From newmanrl at cox.net  Thu Aug 27 02:08:27 2009
From: newmanrl at cox.net (Robert Newman)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:08:27 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] The NFB Where The Blind Work Needs Nursing Job
	Descriptions
Message-ID: <auto-000114019481@mailfront1.g2host.com>


The NFB Where The Blind Work Needs Nursing Job Descriptions

We need descriptions of all types of jobs which fall within the realm 
of nursing (Registered Nurse, nurse aid, school nurse, etc) and how 
you do them. Your description will be added to the NFB's "Where The 
Blind work," a new and ever growing resource of career descriptions 
and how the blind compete within them. This is a great resource to 
assist youth to plan for future employment and for the adult who is 
looking to change jobs and/or careers.

Your description must follow the below five question format:
When completed please email them to me at 
<mailto:newmanrl at cox.net>newmanrl at cox.net

  (A * indicates a required field):

1. * Name, * Industry in which you work, * Job title, Address 1, 
Address 2, City, State, Zip Code, Phone number, E-mail,

* 2. Please explain to us what any worker would do on this job 
(specialized blindness alternatives will appear below).

* 3. Please tell us the cause of your blindness. Then, let us know 
about the alternative methods and/or techniques you use to perform your job.

* 4. Please let us know of any required special training, education, 
certificates, experience, etc. needed for this job.

* 5. Please tell us about anyone or anything that aided you to be successful.

(A joint project between the Jernigan Institute and the NFB Writers' 
Division; for all people)

Visit the "Where The Blind Work" at-

<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Blind_Work.asp?SnID=28992349>http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Blind_Work.asp?SnID=28992349 


President NFB Writers' Division
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From etscrivani at verizon.net  Thu Aug 27 13:59:00 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:59:00 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
 Voice	Software; was - question
In-Reply-To: <A179832890414339ACC3AA78BF13F9B9@owner96190708e>
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	<A179832890414339ACC3AA78BF13F9B9@owner96190708e>
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Mike:

As a type 1 diabetic for 41 years, I know perfectly well that it is up to 
*me* to take care of my diabetes just as it is for every other diabetic on 
the face of the earth!  No one will care for my illness the way I can or do 
care for it.  It's pretty arrogant for anyone other than my doctor to tell 
me that I might *learn something* about my diabetic control by keeping track 
of my numbers since I have for a very long time been living with this 
disease, testing on a regular basis (many times during a day, every day) 
and have a dam good idea on where my diabetic control is at and when it goes 
out of whack,  along with those things that might cause control to waver.

As for the doctor being willing or unwilling to uninstall software that will 
work with the Prodigy meter or any other meter for that matter, then with * 
"great respect","* how do doctor's offices get the software to be able to 
connect patients meters?  I have been told by my doc that they in fact are 
able to connect the Bayer meter & one other brand that their office 
recommends, but of course, I am blind and cannot use those particular 
brands/models.  Doctor's offices that deal with a large diabetic population 
most certainly do have a way of obtaining & installing software that works 
with a variety of meters, including the Prodigy brand.  Not being a doctor, 
I can only guess at how the softwares are obtained by them.  If the Prodigy 
is so specialized that the doctor's office will not buy a sample meter &/or 
software that works in conjunction with it and If I am the only patient they 
have using it, I would bring it in and ask that they install the software 
since I cannot use it.  It is an accessibility issue that has long been 
neglected or at least not fully thought through, even by DDI.

Finally, when necessary I certainly am able to write down and keep a log of 
dates, times readings and more.  The problem for me as is for other 
diabetics that are blind is writing out the information in a format that can 
be visually glanced at by our doctors to be able to compare dates, times and 
high, lows and level good numbers.  This is an accessibility issue for many 
blind diabetics. I've seen numerous messages right here on this list 
regarding the pain-in-the-but methods we as blind diabetics have to employ 
to write out results, keeping logs and having access to meter software and 
connectability all for the sake of bringing in our information to our 
diabetic doctors & educators.  For my own knowledge, I don't have to see it, 
I have to hear it and that's where the meter's memory button comes into 
play.

Eileen 



From etscrivani at verizon.net  Thu Aug 27 14:03:46 2009
From: etscrivani at verizon.net (Eileen Scrivani)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:03:46 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get ProdigyVoiceSoftware;
 was - ...
In-Reply-To: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B886@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com><BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl><022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B873@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
	<DD0F96F5EA864AB989C13565A1A30D32@eileenPC>
	<022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B886@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
Message-ID: <89300C5AF878416096C7F3F06460A5D6@eileenPC>

Kelly:

Thank you.  I will look forward to being able to upload my information in an 
accessible format for myself & for my doctor.  By the way, prior to your 
leaving for your wedding, I had emailed you off this list with my contact 
information which I did not want to go public.  It was regarding the case 
for the meter.  I never heard back from you nor received the newer case in 
the mail.  I am just wondering what the status on this is?

Thanks again.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get 
ProdigyVoiceSoftware;was - ...


> Eileen,
>
> The new software will be jaws compatible.  At that time, I'm confident
> we will have the ability to upgrade your meter so that you have the
> option to download your results.  This is what I have been told.
>
> At this time, all patients who have the voice pre January or post
> January are unable to download their results due to the software not
> being available.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
>
> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this
> electronic message and any attachments are confidential property of the
> sender. The information is intended only for the use of the person to
> whom it was addressed and should not be used in any manner not
> authorized by the sender. Any other interception, copying, accessing, or
> disclosure of this information is prohibited. The sender takes no
> responsibility for any unauthorized reliance on this information. If you
> have received this message in error, please immediately notify the
> sender and purge the message you received. Do not forward this message
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>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:21 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
> ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
> Kelly:
>
> My Prodigy meter was purchased last December 2008 so you're saying it
> requires the specific prodigy cable for connecting it to a computer.
> And
> even if I had the correct cable, the software that will work with my
> specific meter is not going to be Jaws compatible?  Since insurance will
>
> only cover one of these meters every five years, will there be any kind
> of
> trade-in abalable for people who got their Prodigy meters right before
> the
> newer model was released?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Bret Morey" <bretm at prodigymeter.com>; "Megan McGregor"
> <meganm at prodigymeter.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
> ProdigyVoiceSoftware;was - ...
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The Software for the Voice is still being updated so unfortunately
> isn't
>> available on our website at this time; however Cheryl is correct in
> the
>> fact that a standard mini USB cable can be used when in fact the
>> software is complete and available. Many have a standard mini USB
> cable
>> already in their home, but if not, it can be purchased from a drug
> store
>> or from us upon request.
>>
>> My hope is we have a resolution soon regarding software as I know
>> everyone is anxiously waiting.
>>
>> The Voice model that was available prior to this past January did
>> require a special cable from DDI.  The software that is compatible
> with
>> that model wasn't jaws compatible.
>>
>> We're having a meeting tomorrow to discuss timeline so I will attempt
> to
>> keep you as updated as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kelly Massaro
>> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
>> Diagnostic Devices
>> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
>> Charlotte NC  28269
>> Direct: 704-285-6425
>> Main: 800-366-5901
>> kellym at prodigymeter.com
>> www.prodigymeter.com
>>
>>
>> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this
>> electronic message and any attachments are confidential property of
> the
>> sender. The information is intended only for the use of the person to
>> whom it was addressed and should not be used in any manner not
>> authorized by the sender. Any other interception, copying, accessing,
> or
>> disclosure of this information is prohibited. The sender takes no
>> responsibility for any unauthorized reliance on this information. If
> you
>> have received this message in error, please immediately notify the
>> sender and purge the message you received. Do not forward this message
>> without permission.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl
> echevarria
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:48 PM
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
>> ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...
>>
>> well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely get
>> the
>> usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just
> needs
>> a
>> regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for
> the
>>
>> prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or
>> infact
>> the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if this
>> is
>> still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears on
>> and
>> let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard
> usb
>> port
>> in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for there
>> computer
>> systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some from DDI I
> am
>>
>> sure they will response with the part about downloading software from
>> DDI
>> website.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>> skype: angeldn3
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
>> VoiceSoftware; was - ...
>>
>>
>>> Eileen,
>>>
>>> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the
> machine
>> and
>>> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>>>
>>> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without
>> chasing
>>> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in
>> the
>>> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>>>
>>> Joyce
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> Diabetes-talk:
>>>
>>
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/cheryland
>> maxx%40hotmail.com
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
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>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
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>>
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>> prodigymeter.com
>>
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>
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From kellym at prodigymeter.com  Thu Aug 27 14:07:58 2009
From: kellym at prodigymeter.com (Kelly Massaro)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:07:58 -0400
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get ProdigyVoiceSoftware;
	was - ...
In-Reply-To: <89300C5AF878416096C7F3F06460A5D6@eileenPC>
References: <c46.5fe55a20.37c6ea65@aol.com><BAY110-DS6F62D14C73755916386BFA1F70@phx.gbl><022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B873@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com><DD0F96F5EA864AB989C13565A1A30D32@eileenPC><022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B886@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>
	<89300C5AF878416096C7F3F06460A5D6@eileenPC>
Message-ID: <022AE7713F4AEA48B3ACBFF2992A73D7F0B8F0@SREX01.vc.vitalcare.com>

I requested that our Sales Assistant mail you a case.  I apologize that
you haven't received it.

I will ask her if she sent it and if not, I will mail it personally.



Best Regards,
 
Kelly Massaro-Neal
Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
Diagnostic Devices
9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
Charlotte NC  28269
Direct: 704-285-6425
Main: 800-366-5901
kellym at prodigymeter.com
www.prodigymeter.com
 

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sender. The information is intended only for the use of the person to
whom it was addressed and should not be used in any manner not
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disclosure of this information is prohibited. The sender takes no
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-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:04 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...

Kelly:

Thank you.  I will look forward to being able to upload my information
in an 
accessible format for myself & for my doctor.  By the way, prior to your

leaving for your wedding, I had emailed you off this list with my
contact 
information which I did not want to go public.  It was regarding the
case 
for the meter.  I never heard back from you nor received the newer case
in 
the mail.  I am just wondering what the status on this is?

Thanks again.

Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get 
ProdigyVoiceSoftware;was - ...


> Eileen,
>
> The new software will be jaws compatible.  At that time, I'm confident
> we will have the ability to upgrade your meter so that you have the
> option to download your results.  This is what I have been told.
>
> At this time, all patients who have the voice pre January or post
> January are unable to download their results due to the software not
> being available.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Kelly Massaro
> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
> Diagnostic Devices
> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
> Charlotte NC  28269
> Direct: 704-285-6425
> Main: 800-366-5901
> kellym at prodigymeter.com
> www.prodigymeter.com
>
>
> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this
> electronic message and any attachments are confidential property of
the
> sender. The information is intended only for the use of the person to
> whom it was addressed and should not be used in any manner not
> authorized by the sender. Any other interception, copying, accessing,
or
> disclosure of this information is prohibited. The sender takes no
> responsibility for any unauthorized reliance on this information. If
you
> have received this message in error, please immediately notify the
> sender and purge the message you received. Do not forward this message
> without permission.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:21 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
> ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...
>
> Kelly:
>
> My Prodigy meter was purchased last December 2008 so you're saying it
> requires the specific prodigy cable for connecting it to a computer.
> And
> even if I had the correct cable, the software that will work with my
> specific meter is not going to be Jaws compatible?  Since insurance
will
>
> only cover one of these meters every five years, will there be any
kind
> of
> trade-in abalable for people who got their Prodigy meters right before
> the
> newer model was released?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kelly Massaro" <kellym at prodigymeter.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Bret Morey" <bretm at prodigymeter.com>; "Megan McGregor"
> <meganm at prodigymeter.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
> ProdigyVoiceSoftware;was - ...
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The Software for the Voice is still being updated so unfortunately
> isn't
>> available on our website at this time; however Cheryl is correct in
> the
>> fact that a standard mini USB cable can be used when in fact the
>> software is complete and available. Many have a standard mini USB
> cable
>> already in their home, but if not, it can be purchased from a drug
> store
>> or from us upon request.
>>
>> My hope is we have a resolution soon regarding software as I know
>> everyone is anxiously waiting.
>>
>> The Voice model that was available prior to this past January did
>> require a special cable from DDI.  The software that is compatible
> with
>> that model wasn't jaws compatible.
>>
>> We're having a meeting tomorrow to discuss timeline so I will attempt
> to
>> keep you as updated as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kelly Massaro
>> Senior Marketing and Sales Account Representative
>> Diagnostic Devices
>> 9300 Harris Corners Pkwy Suite 450
>> Charlotte NC  28269
>> Direct: 704-285-6425
>> Main: 800-366-5901
>> kellym at prodigymeter.com
>> www.prodigymeter.com
>>
>>
>> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this
>> electronic message and any attachments are confidential property of
> the
>> sender. The information is intended only for the use of the person to
>> whom it was addressed and should not be used in any manner not
>> authorized by the sender. Any other interception, copying, accessing,
> or
>> disclosure of this information is prohibited. The sender takes no
>> responsibility for any unauthorized reliance on this information. If
> you
>> have received this message in error, please immediately notify the
>> sender and purge the message you received. Do not forward this
message
>> without permission.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl
> echevarria
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:48 PM
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get
>> ProdigyVoiceSoftware; was - ...
>>
>> well if the doctor has the prodigy voice then we should definitely
get
>> the
>> usb cable and software, and from what I understand the doctor just
> needs
>> a
>> regular usb cable connection standard and not one specially made for
> the
>>
>> prodigy voice, the software the doctor can easily acquire from DDI or
>> infact
>> the can I think download it from the DDI website, I don't know if
this
>> is
>> still an option but I think someone from DDI might have there ears on
>> and
>> let us know if this is still true, so doctor should have a standard
> usb
>> port
>> in there office anyway, being medical biller knowing this for there
>> computer
>> systems and they don't have to buy a special one, and some from DDI I
> am
>>
>> sure they will response with the part about downloading software from
>> DDI
>> website.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>
>> skype: angeldn3
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Getting Your Doctor To Get Prodigy
>> VoiceSoftware; was - ...
>>
>>
>>> Eileen,
>>>
>>> would be willing to bring in my cable that I purchased for the
> machine
>> and
>>> let the doc's office use it to get the results from the machine.
>>>
>>> I honestly believe the cable should come with the machine without
>> chasing
>>> around for it after you get the machine.  That should be included in
>> the
>>> price of the machine.  If it was  the insurance would pay for  it.
>>>
>>> Joyce
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Diabetes-talk mailing list
>>> Diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info
for
>>> Diabetes-talk:
>>>
>>
>
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/cheryland
>> maxx%40hotmail.com
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Diabetes-talk:
>>
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>> prodigymeter.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
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>>
>
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From ebryant at socket.net  Thu Aug 27 18:16:22 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:16:22 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin Warning
Message-ID: <006601ca2742$7bc65240$7352f6c0$@net>

Hi folks the following came from the Institute For Safe Medication
Practices. The following is about Levemir insulin. Made by Novo Nordisk. If
you use this insulin I suggest you have it checked out by your pharmacists
or at least call them.

Regards,

Ed Bryant 

 

FDA Alert! LEVEMIR Insulin (Novo Nordisk) 

 

FDA is updating a June 13, 2009 alert reminding the public that stolen vials
of the long-acting insulin LEVEMIR made by Novo Nordisk Inc. still may be on
the market. Evidence gathered to date suggests that the stolen insulin was
not stored and handled properly and may be dangerous for people to use. FDA
has received multiple reports of patients who suffered an adverse event due
to poor control of glucose levels after using a vial from one of the stolen
lots.

 

Read the complete MedWatch 2009 Safety summary including a link to the FDA
News release and the original June 13,2009 alerts at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMed
icalProducts/ucm166359.htm
<https://mail.ismp.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.fda.gov/Safety/M
edWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm166359.htm>


 

 



From ebryant at socket.net  Thu Aug 27 18:36:57 2009
From: ebryant at socket.net (Ed Bryant)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:36:57 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
In-Reply-To: <d14.51c7ee68.37c6c558@aol.com>
References: <d14.51c7ee68.37c6c558@aol.com>
Message-ID: <007301ca2745$5b9a8380$12cf8a80$@net>

Hi Joyce,
I am away from home quite a bit and I carry with me a small pocket recorder
which can play at normal speed or one half speed. This is what many doctors
use while making rounds in hospitals. When they return to their office
someone types their notes into the computer or adds it to the patients
chart.
Regards,
Ed Bryant 

-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:05 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?

Some of you say you note down when you take medicine, what do you take  
these notes on?  I am just curious if you start up your computer, put it on
a 
note taker or write it on paper?  
 
This is a group for the visually impaired/blind and I thought some of us  
would like suggestions on what we do.
 
Joyce Kane
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From 1.sally at comcast.net  Sun Aug 30 21:30:52 2009
From: 1.sally at comcast.net (Sally Maguire)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:30:52 -0700
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
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When I took Lantus insulin twice a day, I kept it in my dog's food(not the bowl she eats from!).  She eats twice a day and I took my insulin at the same time.  I did decide that I needed to take my insulin before I fed her.  I had to come first!  Until I made that rule for myself, I would still sometimes forget.   That worked well.  Now, with the transplant, I'm usually taking 2 to 3 units a day of Novolog.  I think it works better to write it down right after I take it, or I just find myself forgetting again.   Some good ideas on this list.  Thanks.  Hopefully, I will not be  taking insulin much longer.  that will be the best solution!

Sally



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?


> Hi Joyce,
> I am away from home quite a bit and I carry with me a small pocket recorder
> which can play at normal speed or one half speed. This is what many doctors
> use while making rounds in hospitals. When they return to their office
> someone types their notes into the computer or adds it to the patients
> chart.
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:05 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] How do you know?
> 
> Some of you say you note down when you take medicine, what do you take  
> these notes on?  I am just curious if you start up your computer, put it on
> a 
> note taker or write it on paper?  
> 
> This is a group for the visually impaired/blind and I thought some of us  
> would like suggestions on what we do.
> 
> Joyce Kane
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