I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies...

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Permalink Reply by Albert Chen on March 5, 2009 at 11:20am

wow... or The Strip-a-Lot Program? ... Top Stripper Benefits?

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Permalink Reply by nel peach on March 5, 2009 at 11:59am

Good one :-)

I promise not to strip in 20 C.below weather ...for that matter: I promise not to strip .

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Permalink Reply by Ron on March 13, 2009 at 3:13pm

Knowing the cynics they would prob send us a coupon to cold stone.

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Permalink Reply by Albert Chen on March 5, 2009 at 2:16pm

I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies... had the technology to tell you your number AND your trend (example: +25mg/dL per hour) ALL in 1 test. Who knows if that will ever be possible, but it's worth wishing for!

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Holko on March 5, 2009 at 2:19pm

Would make and sell the meters that existed 10 years ago. they took 60 seconds for a measurement and they were acurate. No bells and whistles.

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Permalink Reply by Radical Yellow Duck on March 13, 2009 at 2:34pm

Suggestions for Blood Glucose Meter manufacturers

WiFi enabled so that you can wirelessly download your history to your computer?

make the thing multifunctional by adding a 120 GB hard drive and making it into a personal mp3/video player like the Zune or Ipod (maybe not so good, but it would limit the number of things to carry)

how about developing test strips using microneedle technology the will eliminate the need for lancets altogether.

Develop meters that will give an accuracy of +/- 2% of lab results.

Test stips that cost about 2 cents a piece.

A meter that will chirp or otherwise alarm to tell you when to test. Such as two hours after a meal

a meter that allow you to log things like cals/fats/carbs consumed to allow for more closely following the diet portion of control.

A meter that directly stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain, so that you wont want to stop testing

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Permalink Reply by Andreina Davila on March 13, 2009 at 3:18pm

I wish Blood Glucose Meter will get more involved on third world countries, were it is extremely difficult and expensive to get the meter, even harder the strips. Some mayor hospital in Venezuela still poke fingers with recycled needles to their patients.

If that is in the hospital setting, I can only imagine how hard is for low income patients to afford the supplies they need to take good control.

It seems that advertising budget is a lot smaller on those countries... and it is so hard for people to even have an idea of waht they need... a free meter, is a dream there, here in the US, many people have more that one (my husband included) we get them for free easily (because the strips will pay off the apparatus on the long term)

There is another story...

My worry is that meanwhile the number of people that goes around without knowing how high or low they are, of even without being diagnosed. I know this is a complicated issue, probably beyond this question, but I just feel that technology wise we are kind of OK, to my eyes accessibility is a mayor issue.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on March 17, 2009 at 12:40pm

I totally agree with you Andreina. Here in Bolivia, I am one of the few diabetics I know who actually tests at home. Most go in once a week to the diabetes center, where, to be fair, they are only nominally charged more than the price of the strip. However, as we all know, it is virtually impossible to achieve good control when you have no idea what your numbers are! So accessibility and price are two huge issues.

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Permalink Reply by Ron on March 13, 2009 at 3:19pm

I have been reading a lot about pumps thinking about switching to one but, I feel that all the pumps lead you toward one meter or another. Why cant meter companies all work wireless with the pumps. Oh wait then there would be freedom to choose someone else...... Silly me!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by fiammeredlabel on March 16, 2009 at 9:23pm

I wish that one by one the meter companies would either GET COMPETITIVE IN THEIR PRICING / TESTING ACCURACY or GO OUT OF BUSINESS ....the 2 previous turn-of-events being the result of ALL us folks who are 'PANCREATICALLY CHALLENGED' pooling our resources and launching our VERY OWN meter / strips company ....hey, are we not constantly being told that diabetes is at epidemic proportions ? -Well, everybody who wants to join 'our club' can pay a type of 'dues' -( current 'club members' too ! ) and from the millions and millions of folks who are P.C. ( see above ) we should quite easily be able to gather enough dough to get this enterprise up and running ....our 'club' will make a number of different meter models for those of us with a variety of needs -ALL based around a 'LAB ACCURACY' strip / result and everyone who is in the 'club' gets their supplies for low-down 'member' prices ....who knows, might even attract a few folks who are NOT P.C.., but who just cannot turn down a bargain and want to be 'members' anyway ! Tell me, in all seriousness, what is so farfetched about the above scenario ?

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Permalink Reply by Marie on March 17, 2009 at 4:45am

I wish glucose meter companies would make a lancet device that had the tips nested and spat out a new one when you needed it, kinda like those nested tip " mechanical "pencils. Especially in the winter when my fingers are all dry and splitting, handling those lancets and their covers is really aggravating.

What I REALLY want is for my Palm Treo to also have a glucose meter device in it. I has a PDA, a phone, an alarm clock, a camera, a MP3 player, a calculator, video games, email, Internet and GPS and is blue tooth and WIFI enabled. It is my external back up brain!!!!

Why doesn't it have a glucose meter, too?

There have gotta be millions of diabetic who use i-phones. blackberrys or treos, many of these millions would flock to the first of them to integrate an accurate glucose meter into the package! with a case that holds a little vial of strips and a tiny pen lancet device? Hey Apple and Palm, are you listening?


Marie

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Permalink Reply by Chyrisse Arnold on March 17, 2009 at 6:03am

I wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies would quit making deals with medicaid and other insurance companies that leave some people having to change meters because their insurance won't cover the supplies.

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