I have these all the time – that feeling of being a little wonky or off and I suspect a low blood sugar, so I look at my CGM or check my blood sugar, and it’s seeing that actual low number that sets off all the symptomatic alarm bells in my body. I become shaky, sweaty, and immersed in a…
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I’m on the road today, visiting with the Patient Revolution team, so I’m looking back at a post from the past. But it’s not just any post … it’s a grost. (A gross post.) How often do you change your lancet? I will admit that I don’t do it as often as I should, but I’ve been really trying to…
Put test strip into glucose meter. Prick finger. Apply blood. (Yawn as the meter counts down because it’s six in the morning and what’s sleep?) Look at screen. Blink. Pull strip out of the meter. Toss it into the meter back with all the other dead strips. Zip up meter bag. Brush teeth. As toothpaste foam starts to drool out…
Checking my blood sugar takes less than 30 seconds. Truly – upcapping the bottle of test strips, inserting the strip, pricking my finger tip, squeezing blood onto the absorption pad on the test strip, waiting the five second countdown of my meter to see the result up on the screen, and then taking the strip out and turning off the…
“How often do you think about diabetes on an average day?” “Not sure,” I said, checking my blood glucose twice so I could calibrate my continuous glucose monitor, mentally calculating the lunch insulin bolus I needed to take cover my food without making me low for my run later this afternoon. Looking at the five strips left in the bottle,…
[Second Disclosure Verse, Same as the First: I have received the Verio Sync meter for review prior to the full US launch. I was not asked to write this review. Opinions shared, for better or for worse, are mine. Typos, too.] It’s been about five weeks since I started using the Verio Sync, and after getting over the initial “eh,…
First Impressions: One Touch Verio Sync.
Blood Sugars, Diabetes Products, Real Life Diabetes, Robot Life[Disclosures up front: I currently have a contract with Animas and I have received the Verio Sync meter for review prior to the full US launch. I was not asked to write this review. Opinions shared, for better or for worse, are mine. Typos, too.] “Mawm! Are there cookies in there?” my daughter asked, after the package containing the Verio…
Sometimes it’s not about the actual “pricking of the finger” but more the “finding out what the number is.” Here’s a new video post about the power of knowing your numbers, in efforts to not wreck yo self. You might also like: Verio Sync: Second Impressions. Review: Verio Flex Meter. Photo-A-Day: Check. It’s Just a Blood Sugar Check.