[Diabetes-Talk] Are Blood Glucose Meters Accurate? New Data on 18 Meters | diaTribe

[gary-melconian]

Veronica, I am excited that at least all these diabetes management wil be in
the more future tech area instead of being  a hundred years behind.lets say
the glucose meter for example .now  we will have in the future smart watches
that  will measure glucose levels, cgm's  that will be even more intellegent
then past generations, insulin pumps and close loop systems as well as open
sourced ones.i am actually excited for what the future holds for   diabetes
managements.  

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica
Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2021 1:38 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Are Blood Glucose Meters Accurate? New Data on
18 Meters | diaTribe

Hi everyone.
What amazes me is that even in this study, they just had to be within 15 per
cent, as opposed to 20 in the FDA approval game. I've always been sort of
amused, sort of disgusted that we're so hung up on making things like
insulin pumps that can deliver insulin in .005 increments, allow us to
adjust basals to within the idea of a hair on our head, but all of our
decisions are based on technology that could be off by 20 per cent or more
in either direction. Sometimes it really does kind of feel like we're
playing with technology just for technology's sake and pretending we're
doing something. Obviously, there is no question that we've improved the
quality of life for all of us living with diabetes over the years, thank
goodness. But just once in awhile, I find myself thinking, huh? Certainly
the CGM's aren't perfect either. But we do gain tremendously by having
information more often so things don't get out of hand. Wonder what the
future holds.
Thanks for sharing, Patricia.
Veronica


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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Dorothea Martin via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2021 12:56 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Dorothea Martin
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Are Blood Glucose Meters Accurate? New Data on
18 Meters | diaTribe

Hello, Everyone,
First, we should be happy with this test. Whichever meter we use, the
Prodigy, the ReliOn or the Embrace, they all come in at about 90 percent.
Really, that's not bad. I wish they had included the Accu-Chek Guide in this
list, but as the older Accu-Chek meters do reasonably well, I would expect
that the new one also would. Oh, my, I just ordered 300 test strips for the
Embrace meter, and I hate that thing, it looks so square and ugly. The only
nice thing about it is its music when it actually gets enough blood to do
the test.
Dotty Martin

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