Comments on: GlucoSurfer.org, etc. – What Do You Think?

By: CALpumper

CALpumper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:04:16 +0000

In response to Lauren, if it works, work it.

The idea of keeping track of your BGs is to look for trends. While this is very difficult because of the varying factors (oh so many) we need to consider, it can be helpful.

I just started using the Free portion of SugarStats. I need to use it for a good solid month to get any trends – graphs. More important to me personally is the comments I make: this is what I ate, amt of grams, how I was feeling, what was going on at the time, here is my dose, break that dose down, if I did not do the full recommendation, why etc etc etc.

Either way, the point is, what works for one person may not work for someone else. They idea is to figure out the resources out there that will benefit your personal health and needs. I like seeing what is offered. Some are good, some not so much. Makes life more interesting…

By: WC

WC — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:04:01 +0000

As someone who is still using 2 shots a day, I have to disagree with Lauren. I see more value in analyzing trends using historic data than I do with immediate readings (for the purposes of adjusting my dosages – obviously lows are dealt with immediately). This is a lot easier to do with a graph than it is with a table of numbers, dates, and times. And since I follow a pretty strict schedule, I know exactly what I was doing at 3pm last Tuesday – when I ate, when I took my shot, and what the dosage was.

By: AmyT

AmyT — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:47:41 +0000

Excellent point, Lauren

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:19:56 +0000

How is downloading meters and plotting BG data helpful? Why so many sites about recordkeeping? I don’t understand. My BG level is important for me to know in the moment, not two weeks later. The reading tells me whether I am high, low, within the target range, which tells me what to do. I can mentally attribute the BG level to whatever I did in the hours before: oh, I didn’t bolus enough for dinner, or I should have had a few sips of juice before exercising, etc. I don’t understand how seeing what your BG was last Tuesday at 3 p.m. is helpful at all. I don’t remember last Tuesday!

Why rehash BG values? I don’t need a diabetes educator to comment on every 170, every 52. My beta cells don’t work, so these blips in either direction are par for the course. I just want to keep track of my A1c, and as long as it’s between 5 and 5.5, I’m happy.

By: Manny Hernandez

Manny Hernandez — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:06:48 +0000

I registered for DiabetesFriends.net yesterday and now I just registered for WeAreDiabetic.org.

I see a lot of potential in DiabetesFriends.net because it definitely has a more human touch to it.

WeAre… seems too much of a one-size-fits-all type site to get to that level of connection that has made the communities you mention possible.

By: saram

saram — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:55:57 +0000

I like all the information…not just the all D stuff all the time. Thanks for being so completely thorough. Your website is truly a mine full of gold.

Keep up the excellent word!

By: Challenge Diabetes

Challenge Diabetes — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:24:02 +0000

Its All About Easy or forget it!

The GlucoMON-PWA training video (if we ever bother to make one) would be about 3 seconds long including the patient (kid w/ type 1) connecting his meter and another 5 seconds to show parents how to read a text message on their cell phone. By the way, …