The Sad State of Diabetes Technology in 2012
I've had Diabetes since I was eleven years old. For the last seventeen years. To be in good health, every day I have to:<p>* Measure my blood sugar at least six times a day<p>* Take at least six shots of insulin<p>* Always think what I eat. How many grams of carbohydrates is in the stuff I put into my mouth.<p>* I have to be very careful with alcohol. I've once woken up by an emergency crew while having a hangover. Never again. (Weed is much better though.)<p>* I have lots of small annoyances which require medical care every now and then.<p>* Influenza is a catastrophe - it will take ages and my blood glucose is not going normal easily.<p>Try to forget any of these, and <i>bam</i> your general health is at risk. It's not so easy all the time to be fully with your body and take care of yourself.<p>What I would love is a bloodless way of measuring my glucose, a way to get the results to my iPhone and a way to calculate the amount of carbohydrates I have in front of me. No, a database of different foods is not enough. I have to do it 4-5 times a day, remember.<p>When you have to do something many times a day for the rest of your life, it should be as easy as possible.