I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies… would figure out a way to sell test strips for cheaper.
I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies… understood how accurate their meters really are.
A +/- 20% margin of error as the FDA standard is not very reassuring when you’re trying to calculate your insulin dosage.
I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies… were more transparent about their clinical accuracy studies.
Post your own wishes here and the companies will listen!
I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies…
packaged the connector cables and software in with their meters
I Wish Blood Glucose Meter Companies…
used standardized data formats ans made .APIs and drivers available as a standard so that patients and their caregivers could use third-party software to manage their diabetes
would put two test pads on each strip so you could flip the strip and reuse within a reasonable amount of time (such as 15 minutes after a glucose tablet).
AMEN!!!
I totally agree
I wish blood glucose meter companies made bigger tubs of strips - I want a big tub like 600 to sit on my desk and then a tiny tub to transfer them into when I need to leave the house for the day.
I wish blood glucose meter companies will come to terms of the fact that most people does not change their lancet after only one use… and will understand that it is not really necessary to do so. This recommendation adds to the overall cost of testing and generates more trash.
I wish blood glucose meter companies could come up with a method to monitor blood glucose levels without a drop of blood. In the hospital we measure oxigen saturation (in the blood) by simply taping a little patch with a light on it over the finger tip and the value is read. Why can’t we do something like that to monitor glucose levels?
The medical instrumentation companies are working on this; they just haven’t yet come up with anything in the same range of accuracy.
Would package strips similar to matches in a handy-dandy, one-way slide-out tray—would make it MUCH easier to grab a strip when hands are shaky from a low.
Would figure out a way to have green packaging. I hate all the packing material I throw away with every box.
Would be more responsive, I asked a company for a free meter, and they said no, then one month later they started giving them away right and left, Dude, I already switched to a company that gave me a free meter.
Would figure out a way to keep the meters and strips from being heat and cold sensitive, so I can leave the thing in the car.
Would stop calling me and asking me a bunch of silly questions like they are my friends. Dude, I have friends, I need a company to supply the strips less expensively
Would do the right thing and help people who cannot afford strips get them. It sacres me when people use insulin and cannot test.
That looks like an old school radio tuner!!!
I wish that on cold days my meter(s) would perform (I mean freezing …as in minus 4 C.or colder , after having been outside with my back pack and my testing materials …the meter does not accept my blood on the strip …I have to wait till above 4 degrees C…dah, dah … 15 minutes ?? , so it will accept my test ) .What about mountain climbers , skiers and others , that live in and like cooler temps ???..will someone take the initiative and report this data on this thread to the Meter People ???
This was an early prototype of the Ames Reflectance Meter, made when they were considering the use of aluminum extrusion for the case to minimize the tooling cost. This case configuration was also used for the patent application filed on April 22, 1968.
Photo courtesy of Anton H. (Tom) Clemens, the inventor of the Ames Reflectance Meter.
don’t worry nel peach… they’re listening 
I live way up north–PG and am a avid snowmobiler–I keep it tucked it my breast pocket of my suit and it seems to work well–cheers
I guess what we all want is a more accerate CGM that doesn’t cost an arm and leg and then we can do away with our test strips!!
Me likey. Why can’t today’s meters have similar style, that chunky retro vibe?