Posted by Kelly on December 31, 1998 at 10:20:24:
In Reply to: a great glucometer posted by Marilee on December 29, 1998 at 14:03:48:
perhaps part of a dream, size...
2 meters I know of are small, the penII and Dex (last I knew to be marketed early 99). While both still require jabbing, they are easily carried.
Draw backs for *me*: the penII was a pain with the individual foil wrapped strips. Sometimes if I was low I couldn't figure out how to get them or or place them in the meter The Dex...smaller than the palm of my hand, fits in my pocket, has several features. Has a daisy wheel cartridge of 10 test strips you load. Will record in memory automatically your tests. You can display an average over time and there is a cable and data export software too. The amount of blood is very tiny, and is channeled in by placement of the end of the strip against the sample. I am on my second one, as a result of having taken a fall while rock climbing with my 62 year old mother this fall and I landed on my well padded bottom with the meter in my back pocket. I was most relieved when the company replaced my meter, even though trials were completed for my group. Not a sales plug but a meter i felt was worth a look, half a dream may be better than no dream while we await a tiny package that can be an internal sensor, react to the glucose consumed and never cause us a hypo-episode. A Better New Year to All, Kelly & Jenny