Diabetes Blog Week - Wildcard Entries

Dream Diabetes Device Wildcard

Back by popular demand, let's revisit this prompt from last year! Tell us what your fantasy diabetes device would be? Think of your dream blood glucose checker, delivery system for insulin or other meds, magic carb counter, etc etc etc. The sky is the limit – what would you love to see?

Okay, since I was a slacker about the art piece, I decided to throw a wild-card entry into the mix instead.

I think my fantasy diabetic invention would be something that (I hope) is not too far off. I want a pump and sensor built into one device. We are SO close (I think). Wearing the CGM sucked for me. I mean, really. When there are computers that can fit inside devices smaller than a pencil eraser, and then we have the sensor as big as Texas, there's a problem. And good lord - inserting that thing - 
A) was like a geometry question - hold the device at such-and-such an angle...
B) hurt like hellllllll.....o there is something stabbing me
C) bled - um, yuck
D) couldn't sleep because I couldn't sleep ON it at all (= stabbing pain)

Isn't it time they just got savvy and made the two devices one device? See - simple. (okay, yeah, I am no scientist or engineer, but still, there has GOT to be a better way!)

So my one device would pretty much do it all - monitor blood sugar (or CGM monitoring) and deliver insulin. Through ONE - I repeat ONE port. As diabetics, we get stabbed enough on a regular basis. Let's shave that number where we can..mmk thanks. 

-LD