The Dario Meter is a pocket-sized,smartphone-connected monitor for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. It's cheap and easy to use, logs blood sugar levels andother important stats via a dedicated app, while automaticallykeeping loved ones and caregivers in the loop.
The device is designed tomake life that little bit easier for diabetes sufferers, providing asingle product and experience that lets them keep track of bloodsugar levels, insulin intake, calories consumed (via a built-in fooddatabase) and their exercise regime.
The meter itself plugs straight intoyour smartphone, working with both iOS and Android. Very small bloodsamples – just 0.3 microliters – are taken via an ultra-thinlancet, which is apparently pain-free to use. It takes just sixseconds to complete the whole blood glucose-metering process andaccording to the company, returns highly-accurate readings, despiteonly taking tiny blood samples.
The meter incorporates a cartridge of25 disposable strips that contain chemicals whch react with theglucose in the blood, giving the reading. Once a cartridge is usedup, you simply slip it out and put a new one in.
It also provides simple reports aboutthe health of the user, helping them to understand why their levelshave changed, as well as the ability to see an estimated A1C – ahaemoglobin measurement used to show average glucose levels overlonger periods of time.
Furthermore, if the user's blood sugarlevels get dangerously low, the app can automatically contact a lovedone or caregiver. All the data is stored in the cloud, andusers can allow family and friends to see it all by logging onthrough a web portal.
The other good news here is that theDario Meter is pretty inexpensive, coming in at £14.95 (US$23) for theLite version (blood glucose meter only) and £24.95 ($38) for the Allin One package (blood glucose meter plus test strips). In fact, you can currently get the All in One package for just £9.95 ($15) in honor of World Diabetes Month.
Source: MyDario
People with Type-1 really need a CGM. Type-2's can use this. The big difference is the life cycle cost.
CGM's need: an on-body injected sensor (that must be replaced & new one injected every 7 days - $2k every 90 days) & connected transmitter PLUS the monitoring device ($3k) - which then still requires a back up BG test device plus test strips & lances.
This is simply the BG test device ($15) - and only needs new test strips & lances ($?/90days).
Honestly, anyone under the age of 70 that gets Type-2 really has no excuse for themselves. If they only knew what every Type-1 has to do they would make the change to simply EAT LESS.
This country has a very bad obsession with sugar, and unfortunately, even a diagnosis with T2 isn't enough to snap some people into reality. It is literally killing our country like "death by a thousand paper cuts" - slowly and painfully.
Americans need to wake up and realize that it's not just the problem of that guy across the street with T2 diabetes. It's all of our problem.
We are all paying for the high cost of our own insurance because of T2 diabetes. We are all paying for the ambulance that comes to the house across the street 4 times a week when that guy's BG is too high because he just doesn't know and doesn't care. And we're all paying more of our taxes to pay for the government programs managing the lives of millions of Americans with a sugar problem - and it needs to stop.
What will it take for people to change their lives for the better???!!! All, feel free to vent below: