[Diabetes-Talk] Pogo Glucose Monitoring system, is it real?

[Lisa Belville]

It is by no means a perfect solution.  But for someone like me who has 
difficulty getting blood on a regular basis,it would be a good back up.  
It would also be useful for a recently diagnosed person to learn what 
foods impact their blood sugar the most. Many of us fall between the 
cracks when it comes to getting funding for a CGM, this is at least 
something to consider.



Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

On 5/19/2022 9:44 AM, Rick Alfaro via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> This is a great idea but very expensive if you don't have private insurance. Hopefully, that will change in the future.
> The device is $68 and comes with no cartridges. The cartridges are $32 each and provide ten readings which works out to $3.20 per reading. Way too much for my taste no matter how convenient it is. I'm sure this will come down in price as time goes on.
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> Warmest regards
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> Rick Alfaro
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> Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Pogo Glucose Monitoring system, is it real?
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> Hi, all.
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> My sister just told me about a new device called the Pogo that was just approved by the FDA.  Apparently you stick a finger in it like you would a blood oxygen monitor, and it draws a small sample of blood and tests it by using a lancet and a test strip that's in a cartridge that's inserted into the device.  It uses replaceable cartridges that have the lancets and strips included in the cartridge.  It has audible alarms if a reading is considered too high or low.  I'm not sure if this is customizable, or if the alarms are a different sound for too high or too low.  The device itself doesn't speak, but there are apps so it can be paired with an Android or iOS phone.  This thing supposedly doesn't require a prescription.
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> The price my sister found was $68 for the device.  Not sure about the cartridges.
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> Obviously, this would be a huge breakthrough for anyone who has great
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> Has anyone tried this, and are the Smart Phone apps accessible?
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> I haven't heard anyone mention this on any diabetes or tech list, so I
> hope it's not a pie in the sky thing.
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