I would like some clarification..It is my understanding that the Freestyle Libre scanner/reader is needed. The scanner reads the blood glucose level from the sensor & the result is transmitted to the iPhone app via bluetooth. Hopefully, someone who uses the Freestyle Libre will chime in.
Donna > > Hi Kathy, > This is referring I believe to the freestyle libre sensor. For Dora outlier > did a couple of podcasts. Generally, when your doctor prescribes it, they > prescribe the reader, which is useless to blind people, and the sensors. So > what we need is just the sensor, skip the reader. If insurance won’t pay for > it, I understand it’s about $75 a month and can be used very accurately with > the iPhone. Apparently you can also inject the sensor if that’s the right > word, every 14 days without sided assistance. I recently saw an article from > the NFB saying that thanks to their advocacy, Medicare will now cover this > for the blind. I do not know what is involved with making that happen. But if > your friend is blind, they might want to look into that. > > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 19, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Kathy Brandt <katya20...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A friend of mine has been recently diagnosed, and she’s having trouble >> testing in the usual way. Has anyone had luck using voiceover with the app I >> have heard about that you wear a patch for 14 days and the app gets the >> results through it? >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
