Re: RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

[Guest guest]

I've been using a pump for almost a year now and it has truly been amazing. I

would never go back to shots.

Jen

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

To: blind-diabetics

> Great article for those who are considering the

> pump. I have

> used one for 7 years and would not change back to syringes for

> anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> considering a pump.

[Guest guest]

I would just be happy if the pump companies would consider making their pumps

vocal, due to the fat that the code beeps sometimes overlap, and the warning

beep requires a sighted person to figure it out in my case (minimed).

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

To: blind-diabetics

> Great article for those who are considering the

> pump. I have

> used one for 7 years and would not change back to syringes for

> anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> considering a pump.

[Guest guest]

I agree . I have a Disetronic pump and it seems no amount of

complaing and frequiesting has not made any insulin pump company make an

accessible one.

Re: RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

I would just be happy if the pump companies would consider making their

pumps vocal, due to the fat that the code beeps sometimes overlap, and

the warning beep requires a sighted person to figure it out in my case

(minimed).

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

To: blind-diabetics@ <mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

yahoogroups.com

> Great article for those who are considering the

> pump. I have

> used one for 7 years and would not change back to syringes for

> anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> considering a pump.

[Guest guest]

Can you set the upper limits or the lower limits for a bs using a pump? Also

does the pump give you a different tonal or different beep for a high bs or a

low bs?

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

To: blind-diabetics@ <mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

yahoogroups.com

> Great article for those who are considering the

> pump. I have

> used one for 7 years and would not change back to syringes for

> anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> considering a pump.

[Guest guest]

Hi Harry,

A pump does not measure your blood sugar, it only delivers insulin. You still

must measure your blood sugar and tell it how much to deliver. The pump has a

" target blood sugar " which it corrects to when you use a correction bolus or

when figuring in insulin on board. This can be set to whatever you would like it

to be, such as 5.5 mmol/l, and can be changed any time.

The alarms on my pump all have the same beeps. However, some pumps let you set

different tones for different types of alarms.

Jen

Re: RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

To: blind-diabetics

> Can you set the upper limits or the lower limits for a bs using

> a pump? Also does the pump give you a different tonal or

> different beep for a high bs or a low bs?

[Guest guest]

I talked to a Minimed guy at the Canadian Diabetes Conference in October and he

seemed interested in the idea of a talking pump. 'Course, he's just a sales guy

and who knows whether the fact that he's interested is any indication that

Minimed themselves would be interested ...

The Accu-Chek people were also interested when I asked them about a talking

pump.

I think for them, seeing a blind person face-to-face might be more convincing.

Has there been any kind of meetings or such with pump companies? I am in Canada

so feel like I can't do as much as those of you in the U.S., things get released

later here and all.

Jen

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

> To: blind-diabetics

>

> > Great article for those who are considering

> the

> > pump. I have

> > used one for 7 years and would not change back to

> syringes for

> > anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> > considering a pump.

>

>

[Guest guest]

not to my knowledge on both questions. The minimed does have a sensor that ou

can implant, like a infusion set, under the skin that will interact with the

pump, but once again, unless you have sight and a magnifier, it really doesn't

help unless you have sighted assistence with you.

The newer minimed pumps have a bolus wizard, which can calculate how much

insulin you should take , which I guess is helpful just took a bolus and then

ate something. Course, there is no vocalization of the screen by the pump

itself, and the beeps do not assosciate themselves with displays on the pump

(amount of insulin taken, blood sugar, up or down trend in glucose, etc.).

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

To: blind-diabetics@ <mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

yahoogroups.com

> Great article for those who are considering the

> pump. I have

> used one for 7 years and would not change back to syringes for

> anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> considering a pump.

[Guest guest]

Just a heads up, in the US, I have been advocating for a talking pump for 6

years. Minimed gives me the same run around (well the sales people do). " There

are are many blind diabetics who use the 722 version of the paradigm pump and

they get along using the pump fine in it's current invocation. We don't see the

need to add a aulial / vocalization system to the current pump " .

Hopefully a push from other counntries will help the cuase.

RE: Pumper's Voice: A Pumping Primer

> To: blind-diabetics

>

> > Great article for those who are considering

> the

> > pump. I have

> > used one for 7 years and would not change back to

> syringes for

> > anything!I sent this to several others I know who are

> > considering a pump.

>

>