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Ken Alfred
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What gets me is not the meter it's that they want you to buy their TEST STRIPS. Agree?
Love your creativity, Domo! Technology design wizards of the world, take heed! There is market for pizazz in the BG meter universe!
the perfect advertisement would be a meter that looks like it could be in a mp3 comercial. I want something slick, edgy, and easy to carry around but i want the screen large enough to tell me my number and heck i want a back light to it (heck if i...
I'm with you all on how annoying these ads are & I'll pass on ever seeing Nick Jonas & his meter again. Hey Nick, since you're not exactly hurting for bucks why don't you donate your endorsement money to research for a cure.
Wilford Brimley--arrg...
Commercials that get on my nerves:
(a) any that talk about eliminating the "painful" finger prick. I'm sorry, you're bleeding, it's going to hurt a little.
(b) promotes a diabetic sock, foot cream, diet plan, or includes Wilford Brimley pronouncin...
All ads for Diabetes products are dollar signs for the pharmacy folks. If someone would have told me 50 years ago that Diabetes would be part of big business I wouldn't have believed them.
My meter must-haves are size (small), speed, and memory capacity. But I'm also a sucker for pretty colors. If I've got to use the thing 8+ times a day, why can't it look as good as the rest of my fabulous accessories?
I disagree that the no-code ...
Well, as a guitar and mandolin player, having B. B.King hawking a meter that required less blood than the dinosaur meter I had been using did get my attention (and now I'm on CGMS). But you're right, and I laugh at the commercial that touts being ...
Hi all. Just riffing on odd pet peeves in the D world...
Anyone else get riled up over the TV ads from the Diabetes Care Club? They push new meters that have as benefits "they hurt less" and "you don't have to code them". Both of these seem compl...
For me I think speed, accuracy and size of a monitor matter. Nothing against the women with the huge purses but I need a monitor that fits in my pocket. Coding, and "pain" have nothing to do with me picking a monitor. And like Ken said... what doe...
the 104 is a like a joke here, and on Twitter. Danny has done a good job of keeping up the laughs. yes, wouldn't you just love to see a 285 every once in a while? or even 185!
Ken, For years my closing line when writing a Diabetic friend (via email) would be, "May all of your blood sugar readings be 104mg/dl just like the One Touch Commercials."
The commercials that promise to cure Diabetes with a pill. I can not begin...
Agree with you, Marie. How about all those meter commercials that ALWAYS show 104 or 98 or some other perfect bg reading? Real world there. Bet it would generate more reaction if they showed a 285 and then a "boy, I better do something about that!...
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- Hometown (where you come from):
- LA boy but Clevelander now
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Date diagnosed
- January 3, 1974
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 7.3
- What glucose meter do you use?
- Accucheck Advantage
- Type of treatment you use
- Pump
- What pump model do you use, if any?
- Mimimed Paradigm 522
- What is the address for your Twitter profile or other web site, if any?
- http://www.twitter.com/clevelandken
- What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
- social network, tips, help others.
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- stumbled upon it from Beth Kanter blog, via twitter
- What do you do for a living?
- energy industry executive in transition
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Ads that drive me crazy
Hi all. Just riffing on odd pet peeves in the D world...
Anyone else get riled up over the TV ads from the Diabetes Care Club? They push new meters that have as benefits "they hurt less" and "you don't have to code them". Both of these seem completely ridiculous, if not outright stupid, to me. The meter you use has absolutely nothing to do with the "hurt"...its the lancet that matters. The claim of using less blood and therefore less pain is also rather misleading, but to equate the meter with… Continue
Anyone else get riled up over the TV ads from the Diabetes Care Club? They push new meters that have as benefits "they hurt less" and "you don't have to code them". Both of these seem completely ridiculous, if not outright stupid, to me. The meter you use has absolutely nothing to do with the "hurt"...its the lancet that matters. The claim of using less blood and therefore less pain is also rather misleading, but to equate the meter with… Continue
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 7:26am — 13 Comments
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- At 6:30pm on November 18, 2009,
Steve RRR said…
- i am east of Turnpike Exit 8 and slightly sound of Parkway Exit 109.
- At 7:56am on April 24, 2009,
Sheila Green said… - Wow, who did you get your Beardie from ? Even though my dogs are show dogs, they are still the love of my life and sleep with us every night. I don't know what I would do without a beardie. I see you are on the pump too - you have to try the minimed CGM - I absolutely live by it.....for people who have had the big D for quite sometime, it is an absolute life-saver. When you get your A1c numbers down you can loose your "warning signs" of going low. The pump actually shows the rate you are falling. If your BG is say 108 and you have a 30 minute drive home...with fingersticks you would think you are ok - but with the little arrows going down, means you are dropping 20-40 points in 15 minutes - you know to grab some carbs before you drive. The sensors that you wear are really small and the transmitter is small too. Its not like the Dexcom that is a separate unit...I am sure you know all this stuff anyway. Write back and let me know about your beardie....don't you just love them....
Sheila
- At 12:10pm on April 23, 2009,
Sugabetic said… - Hey Ken! Glad you are now part of the community!
- At 11:47am on April 23, 2009,
Yvonne C. said… 
Hello Ken!
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