Nana Lamb - Using the glucometers before and after each and every meal and snack!! Most insurance companies limit us to up to 4 tests per day. This is not enough for anyone on insulins for sure and would benefit those on oral medications to know exactly what their body is doing.
CarbonDated - Well, yes, but depends on the patient. For instance, I was recently able to get my BIL a talking glucose meter (he is legally blind, although he can see well enough to do the test - just can't read it).
maria - recently, a new app named glooko in iphone is published. It is a digital logbook for people with Diabetes who have to check their blood sugar every day. this is just an assistant tool to manage your diabetes, but not a effective treatment. you need to find a innovatory treatment to dig the root. read for the new therapy for diabetes:http://www.diabetes-kidney.org/type-1-diabetes/292.html
wardmw - If Glooko doesn't fit your needs then you could try Glucose Buddy for the iPhone/iPad/iTouch. You have to manually enter your BG figures but it stores your figures remotely, you can also log insulin intake, carbs, activity and your Hba1c.
If you don't have an iPhone or similar then see about getting a glucose monitor that stores your BG values, it means you can write them down in a paper logbook at the end of the day instead of having to carry your book around with you.
On that note get yourself a decent logbook, I find A5 a good size. Note your daily BG levels, what food you ate and what insulin you took. Use one page per day and log these figures in the same page each day so that you and your doctor can easily check what your levels are at any particular day across the weeks and months, it's good to see how your control is trending.
Nana Lamb - Using the glucometers before and after each and every meal and snack!! Most insurance companies limit us to up to 4 tests per day. This is not enough for anyone on insulins for sure and would benefit those on oral medications to know exactly what their body is doing.
ReplyDeleteCarbonDated - Well, yes, but depends on the patient. For instance, I was recently able to get my BIL a talking glucose meter (he is legally blind, although he can see well enough to do the test - just can't read it).
ReplyDeletemaria - recently, a new app named glooko in iphone is published. It is a digital logbook for people with Diabetes who have to check their blood sugar every day. this is just an assistant tool to manage your diabetes, but not a effective treatment. you need to find a innovatory treatment to dig the root.
ReplyDeleteread for the new therapy for diabetes:http://www.diabetes-kidney.org/type-1-diabetes/292.html
wardmw - If Glooko doesn't fit your needs then you could try Glucose Buddy for the iPhone/iPad/iTouch. You have to manually enter your BG figures but it stores your figures remotely, you can also log insulin intake, carbs, activity and your Hba1c.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't have an iPhone or similar then see about getting a glucose monitor that stores your BG values, it means you can write them down in a paper logbook at the end of the day instead of having to carry your book around with you.
On that note get yourself a decent logbook, I find A5 a good size. Note your daily BG levels, what food you ate and what insulin you took. Use one page per day and log these figures in the same page each day so that you and your doctor can easily check what your levels are at any particular day across the weeks and months, it's good to see how your control is trending.
Anarawd - Ι think it's better seeing a doctor in person to answer this kind of questions
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