A gentleman cornered me at the Diabetes Technology Society meeting earlier this month, and said he wanted to talk non-invasive glucose monitoring. How could I resist?
He said his name was Avner Gal, from Israel. He pulled out a chunky little MP3-looking device, and plugged in a cord with a small clamp on the end. Then he hooked the clamp to his earlobe, and pressed a button. We both watched the progress bar move slowly…
Browsing through the latest issue of Wired magazine (my favorite print pub!), I stumbled upon a “reader rant” that stopped me in my tracks. A guy named Edward Aboufadel from Ada, Michigan, was responding to a recent article titled Living by Numbers, about our new data-driven lifestyles. He writes:
People who are really ‘living by numbers’ are type 1 diabetics, who struggle every day to keep their blood glucose in range with carbohydrate counts, insulin…
Darn it, it’s tough returning from vacation. Somehow you feel like your life is all loose ends, and man, are you behind on tying things up! Diabetes sort of makes you feel that way all the time though, doesn’t it? As I attempt to “un-bury” and get back into my “more responsible” routine, it occurred to me that a list might help (or not…)
Ten Things I Should Definitely Do More Often
1. Count…
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Once again, I’ve returned from the gym to discover major diabetes announcements in my inbox. Why do these things invariably hit the wire while I’m off spinning?
Anyhoo, two pieces of big diabetes device news today:
* Bayer today has announced release of the new and improved A1c Now SelfCheck home testing kit, the technology it acquired from Metrika back in 2006. You get 2 test kits for $29.99, each of which provides at-home results…
It may or may not surprise you to know that lots of people with diabetes don’t really know how to use their glucose meters. By that I mean they were never given a good explanation of when test to test or why. Naturally this refers mostly to folks not on insulin (because taking insulin generally makes testing a do-or-die affair).
But there are a shocking number of Type 2 diabetics out there who were truly…