http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezop1PUV5P4
Yes, yes...please! I'll have one of those with a side of...whateva'. Keeping fingers crossed!
Great video Sarah, thanks for posting this :) I hope this will turn out to help some of us at least and not cost a huge amount of money etc.
I always say I'm not interested in a CGM, but just want to hold out for the artificial pancreas. I don't know if it will happen in my lifetime, but I'm hopeful it will make the next generation feel that what I had to manage my D was like what that woman's dad did.
That would be a great thing Zoe.. there has been amazing progress in treating our D and more that will come too I'm sure. I would love a cgm if it was not invasive. I would just feel safer and maybe could test less if it were reliable. I guess an artificial pancreas would be better maybe.
Ellie, i so badly wish you'd try the Dex again - if it's under insurance for you? seriously, this thing is so right on in terms of blood sugars, sometimes within 1 or 2 points. i actually trust my CGM over my meter sometimes. but i think you mentioned you didn't like the insertion, tape, etc...? So, we'll hope, hope....the future will bring all of us good and promising technology and anything else. :)
Wow, that is a fantastic and very powerful video. Even in the 18+ years since I was diagnosed with Type 1, the technological progress has been amazing, and truly made my life better (insulin analogs, insulin pump, CGM). I absolutely believe that the artificial pancreas will happen in my lifetime, and I am ready! I don't think an actual cure will happen in my lifetime, but I'll take the technology.
Thanks Sarah,
I can't use it due to the sensor inside me, it was quite painful and giving me migraines, it wasn't only the irritation issues which would only have gotten worse I'm sure. And there may be some chemical reaction in my body to the sensor that makes it inaccurate. I also feel it is way too expensive for those sensors, even with my insurance it was costing $30 per month for them. Ok, I guess if I didn't have all the other issues I might pay that for it, but I still feel they're way too expensive. I have the same issues with a pump, something inside me and all the irritations etc. I react badly to anything like that which makes me wonder how I would do with these other devices like the artificial pancreas.
I hope that this comes soon. I would not consider it a cure, though. You'd still have to change sets/sensors, refill insulin, etc. and I think you would still have to carry supplies in case of a pump failure or lows.
Thanks for posting this video. It provides a good contrast between the old technology and the new. I was diagnosed in 1984 and benfitted from BG meters, pumps, rapid acting analolog insulin, and more recently, the CGM. Taking insulin with the only feedback “how you feel” seems very archaic to me. We are lucky to enjoy the benefits of new technology.
I would surpised to see a cure in my lifetime; I would be delighted to enjoy a well working artificial pancreas. I’m hoping to see that within ten years.
That brought some tears. What a difference in 2 Diabetic lives. A well made video.
I was dxd. in 1961 and received my first meter kit in 1988. What a thrill! I do not know what it's like to freely eat without taking a shot of insulin. That would be interesting. We knew how limited our life span was back then but we were not aware of how inadequate our tools for Diabetes were. Scary! Thank goodness for the new technologies through the years that have helped, so many people. I wish the Daughter so many good wishes for her long future. She's cute. :) Type 2's could use this device also. They should stop using the word "cure" or "curing" until there is a Cure.