I've been on the sensor for the last 5 days. Checking it out to see if I like it. Getting some better feedback about what happens to my blood sugars throughout the day and more importantly, at night. It's been quite the cyborg adventure. Overall good, in the sense that I was surprisingly fascinated by the information it provides as well as loving the idea of getting more accurate data about trends. On the downside was the obvious bummer of one more thing stuck in my body and the fact that at times, there was some real disconnect between the numbers on my meter and those on the sensor when I went to calibrate. The good news is that I'm upgrading my pump because it needs to be anyway. The new one will have the ability by design, to wear the sensor when I want without needing the 2nd brick to read the results, which will be a bit better than this weeks adventure at least. Do I think it's perfect? Far from it! But all things being equal, I'm up for the advancement it represents and more importantly, the potential for a closed loop system in the future. Of course, I'm not thrilled about the design issues, but at the end of the day, I'm on the progress train, looking for any improvement I can get. Ah, the technology adventure continues!
I love seeing all these CGMS pictures - gives me a good visual, at least, on what this would look like on my body.
Also, I sent you an email but I'm not sure if it made it to you. Could you drop me a line at kerri @ sixuntilme dot com? :)
Posted by: Kerri. | May 06, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Ruppert
When I was in Las Vegas last week I chatted with Scott Hanselman who's also wearing a Minimed. We spent a few minutes comparing the user interfaces on our CGM systems (mine's a Dexcom). I liked what Minimed had done on the pump.
Could you post some information about the software that goes with the Minimed pump? I'm interested to know whether it produces any useful statistics, and how it graphs readings (from sensor and meter) and insulin together.
Good luck with the new piece of cyborgy equipment.
Posted by: Bernard Farrell | May 06, 2007 at 06:46 PM
Hi Bernard,
I have just wear tested the CGMS from minimed for the last few days, but don't have one of my very own yet. I'm upgrading my pump so that it's compatible with the CGMS which I'll get after I take the $999 (not covered by insurance yet) plunge for the starter kit. So unfortunately, I'm not much help regarding the software and graph/stat/tech details at this point. As soon as I know more, I'll let you know what I know...Cyborg Birdie
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