Miscellaneous

Ch-ch-ch-Changes

Seeing as I just hit my 6-month Blogiversary and 100th post (!), I decided it was time for a little freshening up here. So I’ve switched some things around, hopefully making it easier to search my site, i.e. the Google search window at left, under “Must-Reads.”
And I’ve also added a new photo, which is HUGE, I know, but it’s the one my family liked best. (See how those three-quarter-length sleeves cover up the BG…

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Technical Upgrade Complete

Hello Again — looks like the technical tweak was a success here! Which means:
All posts are now permalinked under the URL www.diabetesmine.com.
In case you had linked to the original Typepad URL, it is officially changed to http://amytenderich.typepad.com (WITHOUT THE UNDERSCORE in my name), so you’ll want to update, preferably to the main URL above.
Images are back, too, right? Now just let me know if anything looks weird. Thanks folks!…

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The Case of the Pump Case

The Deltec people (henceforth to be known under the name of their parent company, Smiths Medical), who make the highly appealing CozMore pump/monitoring system, hosted a series of intimate dinners at the ADA Conference last weekend to present a “state of the technology” address to their valued contacts. I was lucky enough to attend one. (What? I’m a prime prospect for them!)
The conversation quickly turned to the less-than-stellar Cozmo pump case. “Yeah, we really…

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Product Roundup: Continuous Monitors (in the Holding Pen), Convenience Enhancers

*ADA Conference News*
With over 150 companies going all out to showcase the latest and greatest here, I was surprised to hear many conference attendees expressing disappointment not to see anything “earth-shattering” on the new technology front this year. Nevertheless, three continuous monitoring products, currently in the holding pen awaiting FDA approval, look promising:
* DexCom was showing off its new Continuous Monitor, featuring a long-term implantable sensor half the size of a triple-A battery,…

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Too Pretty to Save My Life?

Diabetes Anniversary Present to self: a beee-uuutiful new medical alert bracelet from The Beadin’ Beagle that will “alert the medics without alerting the fashion police.” But will it?!

Take a look. (Nice, ay?)
But could it be too pretty? Should I pass out in an accident, would any paramedic (or anybody else) think to examine those charming multi-colored beads on my arm for evidence that I may suffer from a life-threatening disease? Considering that the…

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