From the.gems at att.net  Fri Nov 13 05:40:51 2015
From: the.gems at att.net (Grant Metcalf)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:40:51 -0800
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] syringes and the Count-A-Dose
Message-ID: <C2B63E54941D47EB884E7D6BC6244C3E@GrantPC>

Hello,
My pharmacy called and told me that they could no longer get the BD Insulin Syringes I have used with my Count-A-Dose device. Are there other serviceable sytinges available now that will work comfortably with the Count-A-Dose?
Thank you for any positive help you may be able to give.

Grant Metcalf
Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc.
Phone: 650 754-4207 or 650 589-6890
Email: the.gems at att.net
Website: http://Bartimaeus.us/


From joystigile at gmail.com  Sat Nov 14 00:26:55 2015
From: joystigile at gmail.com (Joy Stigile)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:26:55 -0800
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] syringes and the Count-A-Dose
In-Reply-To: <C2B63E54941D47EB884E7D6BC6244C3E@GrantPC>
References: <C2B63E54941D47EB884E7D6BC6244C3E@GrantPC>
Message-ID: <003301d11e73$2b3aa130$81afe390$@gmail.com>

Hi Grant,

B-D syringes that fit the Count A Dose are still produced.  Your pharmacy
just decided not to carry them.  Switching pharmacies will be your only
choice.  I know that Costco pharmacy still carries the right size to fit the
Count A Dose.

Joy


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To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Grant Metcalf <the.gems at att.net>
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] syringes and the Count-A-Dose

Hello,
My pharmacy called and told me that they could no longer get the BD Insulin
Syringes I have used with my Count-A-Dose device. Are there other
serviceable sytinges available now that will work comfortably with the
Count-A-Dose?
Thank you for any positive help you may be able to give.

Grant Metcalf
Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc.
Phone: 650 754-4207 or 650 589-6890
Email: the.gems at att.net
Website: http://Bartimaeus.us/
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From the.gems at att.net  Sat Nov 14 17:09:09 2015
From: the.gems at att.net (Grant Metcalf)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:09:09 -0800
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Syringe issue resolved
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Message-ID: <24F831ADD93A4F66827FF4D1C4244A6B@GrantPC>

    Thank you Joy for your information. I was able to resolve the issue with 
my Kaiser pharmacy.

Cordially,

Grant Metcalf
Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc.
Website: http://bartimaeus.us/




From joystigile at gmail.com  Sat Nov 14 23:57:02 2015
From: joystigile at gmail.com (Joy Stigile)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:57:02 -0800
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Syringe issue resolved
In-Reply-To: <24F831ADD93A4F66827FF4D1C4244A6B@GrantPC>
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	<24F831ADD93A4F66827FF4D1C4244A6B@GrantPC>
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Glad to know!  I am happy to hear the outcome.
Joy


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Grant Metcalf via Diabetes-talk
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To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Grant Metcalf <the.gems at att.net>
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Syringe issue resolved

    Thank you Joy for your information. I was able to resolve the issue with
my Kaiser pharmacy.

Cordially,

Grant Metcalf
Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc.
Website: http://bartimaeus.us/


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From jenkins_tia at yahoo.com  Mon Nov 16 05:12:46 2015
From: jenkins_tia at yahoo.com (Tia D Jenkins)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:12:46 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] need help for friend
Message-ID: <000001d1202d$6e9e99c0$4bdbcd40$@yahoo.com>

I need some help for a friend of mine.  She is also diabetic and visually
impaired like me.  She is almost totally blind now due to her diabetes but
she is also half deaf due to a growth in her ear as a child  She has tried
all kinds of pills to control her sugar but her a1c was almost 11 and she
was just diagnosed with stage 2 kidney failure.  Her doctor wants her on
Insulin but due to her hearing loss she cannot make out the clicks for a
quick pen (cause the clicks are for people with normal hearing).  She cannot
see good enough to tell if there is an air bubble or if she had the correct
dose in a syringe.  We finally got VNA to come out and pre fill 2 weeks of
medicine at a time but they keep trying to get out of it.  They keep saying
she needs to get better friends (who aren't handicapped) , learn to do it
herself, move into a nursing home, or give up her home and move in with her
sister who lives out of state.  This is after her insurance company
(Wellcare Medicare advantage plan) said they would approve them coming out.
Does anyone have any idea of an adaptive aid that might be able to help.
She has gone to her department of the blind but she gets no help.  She has
asked for help in getting other adaptive aids like an audio thermostat for
her heating and air cause she has one of the OLD slide bar ones that is hard
for a sighted person to use is tearing up.  They told her they don't have
money to help buy adaptive aids unless she was needing them for work.  

Any ideas or help would be much appreciated  
Thanks
Tia Jenkins 


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From bernienfb75 at gmail.com  Mon Nov 16 12:35:50 2015
From: bernienfb75 at gmail.com (Bernadette Jacobs)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 07:35:50 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] need help for friend
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References: <000001d1202d$6e9e99c0$4bdbcd40$@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <8628057E-069B-4489-BEA4-57A967D0884A@gmail.com>

my email is: 

Bernienfb75 at gmail.com.  You may write me at anytime. I will then give you my telephone number so that we can talk via phone. I think that would make things far easier. Thank you. I will be delighted to help you. If I can't do this myself, depending on if we are you and she both live, I might know somebody who can help you personally. Thank you. Have a  Blessed day.

Bernadette M. Jacobs

Good morning MS. Jenkins.

Bernadette Jacobs here.

It appears to me that this is something that in order to help you and your friend, I think you need to write me off the list. I will then give you my phone number. I do not wish to publish my phone number on the list serve

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 16, 2015, at 12:12 AM, Tia D Jenkins via Diabetes-talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I need some help for a friend of mine.  She is also diabetic and visually
> impaired like me.  She is almost totally blind now due to her diabetes but
> she is also half deaf due to a growth in her ear as a child  She has tried
> all kinds of pills to control her sugar but her a1c was almost 11 and she
> was just diagnosed with stage 2 kidney failure.  Her doctor wants her on
> Insulin but due to her hearing loss she cannot make out the clicks for a
> quick pen (cause the clicks are for people with normal hearing).  She cannot
> see good enough to tell if there is an air bubble or if she had the correct
> dose in a syringe.  We finally got VNA to come out and pre fill 2 weeks of
> medicine at a time but they keep trying to get out of it.  They keep saying
> she needs to get better friends (who aren't handicapped) , learn to do it
> herself, move into a nursing home, or give up her home and move in with her
> sister who lives out of state.  This is after her insurance company
> (Wellcare Medicare advantage plan) said they would approve them coming out.
> Does anyone have any idea of an adaptive aid that might be able to help.
> She has gone to her department of the blind but she gets no help.  She has
> asked for help in getting other adaptive aids like an audio thermostat for
> her heating and air cause she has one of the OLD slide bar ones that is hard
> for a sighted person to use is tearing up.  They told her they don't have
> money to help buy adaptive aids unless she was needing them for work.  
> 
> Any ideas or help would be much appreciated  
> Thanks
> Tia Jenkins 
> 
> 
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From jerrymunden at carolina.rr.com  Mon Nov 16 12:38:07 2015
From: jerrymunden at carolina.rr.com (Jerry Munden)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 07:38:07 -0500
Subject: [Diabetes-talk]  need help for friend
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References: <000001d1202d$6e9e99c0$4bdbcd40$@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <00aa01d1206b$a5ed5900$f1c80b00$@carolina.rr.com>

Hi Tia,

 

 <http://www.prodigymeter.com/> Prodigy Diabetes Care makes a product called
<http://www.prodigymeter.com/consumers/diabetic-supplies/prodigy-count-a-dos
e-insulin-syringe/> Count-a-dose that enables people without sight to fill
an insulin syringe without assistance.  The device holds the syringe and
insulin vial together and a wheel is turned which provides a click that can
be heard and felt for each unit of insulin that is drawn into the syringe.
I am sure there are Count-a-dose users on this NFB list that can provide
their own experience as well to see if this could help your friend.

All the best,

 

Jerry Munden, "Recipient of the 2011 NFB Bolotin Award"

 

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From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Tia D Jenkins via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 12:13 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Tia D Jenkins <jenkins_tia at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] need help for friend

 

I need some help for a friend of mine.  She is also diabetic and visually
impaired like me.  She is almost totally blind now due to her diabetes but
she is also half deaf due to a growth in her ear as a child  She has tried
all kinds of pills to control her sugar but her a1c was almost 11 and she
was just diagnosed with stage 2 kidney failure.  Her doctor wants her on
Insulin but due to her hearing loss she cannot make out the clicks for a
quick pen (cause the clicks are for people with normal hearing).  She cannot
see good enough to tell if there is an air bubble or if she had the correct
dose in a syringe.  We finally got VNA to come out and pre fill 2 weeks of
medicine at a time but they keep trying to get out of it.  They keep saying
she needs to get better friends (who aren't handicapped) , learn to do it
herself, move into a nursing home, or give up her home and move in with her
sister who lives out of state.  This is after her insurance company
(Wellcare Medicare advantage plan) said they would approve them coming out.

Does anyone have any idea of an adaptive aid that might be able to help.

She has gone to her department of the blind but she gets no help.  She has
asked for help in getting other adaptive aids like an audio thermostat for
her heating and air cause she has one of the OLD slide bar ones that is hard
for a sighted person to use is tearing up.  They told her they don't have
money to help buy adaptive aids unless she was needing them for work.  

 

Any ideas or help would be much appreciated Thanks Tia Jenkins 

 

 

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From k7uij at panix.com  Mon Nov 16 15:15:50 2015
From: k7uij at panix.com (Mike Freeman)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 07:15:50 -0800
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] need help for friend
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The clicks on an insulin pen can be felt as well as her. She can use an insulin pen just fine as long as any neuropathy in her hands is not severe.

Mike Freeman


> On Nov 15, 2015, at 21:12, Tia D Jenkins via Diabetes-talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I need some help for a friend of mine.  She is also diabetic and visually
> impaired like me.  She is almost totally blind now due to her diabetes but
> she is also half deaf due to a growth in her ear as a child  She has tried
> all kinds of pills to control her sugar but her a1c was almost 11 and she
> was just diagnosed with stage 2 kidney failure.  Her doctor wants her on
> Insulin but due to her hearing loss she cannot make out the clicks for a
> quick pen (cause the clicks are for people with normal hearing).  She cannot
> see good enough to tell if there is an air bubble or if she had the correct
> dose in a syringe.  We finally got VNA to come out and pre fill 2 weeks of
> medicine at a time but they keep trying to get out of it.  They keep saying
> she needs to get better friends (who aren't handicapped) , learn to do it
> herself, move into a nursing home, or give up her home and move in with her
> sister who lives out of state.  This is after her insurance company
> (Wellcare Medicare advantage plan) said they would approve them coming out.
> Does anyone have any idea of an adaptive aid that might be able to help.
> She has gone to her department of the blind but she gets no help.  She has
> asked for help in getting other adaptive aids like an audio thermostat for
> her heating and air cause she has one of the OLD slide bar ones that is hard
> for a sighted person to use is tearing up.  They told her they don't have
> money to help buy adaptive aids unless she was needing them for work.  
> 
> Any ideas or help would be much appreciated  
> Thanks
> Tia Jenkins 
> 
> 
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From bkpollpeter at gmail.com  Mon Nov 16 16:29:25 2015
From: bkpollpeter at gmail.com (Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:29:25 -0600
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] need help for friend
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	<112C13C7-9DFC-4905-850D-958C21EBC82A@panix.com>
Message-ID: <011a01d1208b$f5651340$e02f39c0$@gmail.com>

This is true. I just went and played with a pen I have, and as it clicks,
there's also a slight tug or vibration you can feel. As long as your friend
does not have a severe loss of sensitivity in her fingers, I think with
practice a pen can work.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Freeman via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 9:16 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] need help for friend

The clicks on an insulin pen can be felt as well as her. She can use an
insulin pen just fine as long as any neuropathy in her hands is not severe.

Mike Freeman


> On Nov 15, 2015, at 21:12, Tia D Jenkins via Diabetes-talk
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I need some help for a friend of mine.  She is also diabetic and 
> visually impaired like me.  She is almost totally blind now due to her 
> diabetes but she is also half deaf due to a growth in her ear as a 
> child  She has tried all kinds of pills to control her sugar but her 
> a1c was almost 11 and she was just diagnosed with stage 2 kidney 
> failure.  Her doctor wants her on Insulin but due to her hearing loss 
> she cannot make out the clicks for a quick pen (cause the clicks are 
> for people with normal hearing).  She cannot see good enough to tell 
> if there is an air bubble or if she had the correct dose in a syringe.  
> We finally got VNA to come out and pre fill 2 weeks of medicine at a 
> time but they keep trying to get out of it.  They keep saying she 
> needs to get better friends (who aren't handicapped) , learn to do it 
> herself, move into a nursing home, or give up her home and move in 
> with her sister who lives out of state.  This is after her insurance
company (Wellcare Medicare advantage plan) said they would approve them
coming out.
> Does anyone have any idea of an adaptive aid that might be able to help.
> She has gone to her department of the blind but she gets no help.  She 
> has asked for help in getting other adaptive aids like an audio 
> thermostat for her heating and air cause she has one of the OLD slide 
> bar ones that is hard for a sighted person to use is tearing up.  They 
> told her they don't have money to help buy adaptive aids unless she was
needing them for work.
> 
> Any ideas or help would be much appreciated Thanks Tia Jenkins
> 
> 
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