By
MikeH on
November 7, 2012
We’ve seen the sensational headlines over and over: “no more needles for diabetics!”
Maybe soon we’ll be inhaling insulin through our noses. Or rolling it on like a stick of deodorant. Or lapping it up in the form of a wafer on our tongues.
Maybe we’ll be getting non-stop blood sugar readings just by shining a beam of light onto our skin…
Look out! Here come glucose-sensoring tattoos and saliva measurements that promise pain-free BG…
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Do you wake up during the witching hour to test your blood sugar?
If you’re raising your hand, you’re probably the parent of a child with diabetes. But the odds are pretty slim that you’ll find an adult who willingly sets an alarm to test their blood sugar in the middle of the night, breaking peaceful dreams for a dose of reality. Sleep is supposed to be our break, our meager vacation from the struggles…
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By
MikeH on
September 13, 2012
If I were the parent of a child with diabetes, my opinions about the new-to-the-market and highly praised Medtronic MySentry CGM monitoring device might be different.
But I’m not a CWD parent. No, I’m an adult living with type 1 diabetes.
And from that perspective, despite all the benefits of this device I see, it’s just not for me. I see more cons and downsides to it than benefits and that’s why I can’t say…
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Today we’re chatting with another of our awesome winners of this year’s Patient Voices Contest for our DiabetesMine Innovation Summit: Kathleen Peterson, a 29-year-old nanny and soon-to-be graduate student from Seattle, WA, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 12 years. Kathleen is intimately familiar with the power of diabetes technology, having participated in a clinical trial for the Artificial Pancreas Project.
Kathleen shares with us her thoughts on the importance of device durability…
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