Thankfully, many readers send me emails when they hear about something newsworthy/ different/ fun/ controversial/ or quirky in the world of diabetes. Thank you! And keep those tips coming, pahhhleeese, People.
Today, from the mailbag, three items that I simply had to share:
New OneTouch Delica Lancing Device
This one’s so new it doesn’t even appear on the JNJ OneTouch website yet — but appears to available via DiabeticPromotions.
According to my reader tip: “At first glance, it seems like a second-generation of the OneTouch UltraMini lancing device with the depth selector placed at the back instead of mid-body… Lifescan may be trying to compete against all the other newer, more expensive lancing devices on the market with this new proprietary mini-lancet.”
Considering the popularity of Roche’s Accu-Chek Multiclix lancer, I’m willing to bet many patients would kill (figuratively speaking) for a product that’s essentially a miniaturized version.
A Dress for Pumpers
A woman named Lindsay writes:
“As someone who has worn a pump for more than a decade, I have steadily watched the number of dresses I wear dwindle to near zero – there is just no where to put the pump in a dress… However, much to my delight there is now a dress available that accommodates a pump.”
The lines of the dress and size of the pocket make it work, she explains, and she simply cuts a small hole in the pocket and feeds the pump tubing through it. Easy-peasy.
This is not new at all, having first appeared in the late 1930′s, but just as intriguing today, IMHO. Apparently a certain Dr. Helen Megaw, (1907-2002) led a “Pattern Group” at the 1951 Festival of Britain, where diagrams of atomic structures were used as inspiration for wallpaper, curtains, laminates, carpets, dress fabrics, ties and crockery. This floral-looking motif was inspired by researcher Dorothy Hodgkin’s contour map of insulin.
Poking around a bit, I also found this. Any PWDs out there currently redecorating? (besides me?)
Is it just me or does that dress look like a hospital gown? Lol! Maybe in a different color.
I understand the Pelikan Sun lancing system has been discontinued in the US. Any idea on what a suitable replacement would be? I don’t have the heart to tell our child, but we just found out on Friday from their website. Too bad….it was a good system!
Bike shorts under a dress have always served me well–clip the pump on the leg and you’re good to go.
Ooh, B: you are right. It DOES look hospital-gownish. Please click the links to see other colors.
I found this article very interesting: http://islet.org/forum/messages/53794.htm
I love KPP’s tanks for under dresses. They hold a pump or a Dexcom receiver. And they are low-cut enough not to show under a dress. They have really opened up my dress possibilities! You can check them out at http://www.mykpp.com.
IMHO the new One Touch Delica device is a tad expensive because you have to pay another $15 or so for the box of single lancets. I much prefer the multiclix.
Gracious! I discovered putting holes in pockets years ago! I just don’t buy any dress or skirt without pockets; they are becoming fewer. And, I don’t wear sheaths. That will make me sad if/when I lose enough weight!
The Delica looks interesting. Since it says it uses a different type of lancet, I wonder if it is built more like the cartridge system of my much-loved MultiClix to give it extra stability. I misplaced my MulitClix recently and was using the lancet that came with one of my UltraMinis. I forgot how much you can hear and feel the lancet shaking around on those devices!
I just called OneTouch & they said they no longer make the Delica.