Future Blood Glucose Meter Offering
Something really exciting happened today when I called Minimed about my insulin pump. They had an option in the menu listing to learn about their future blood glucose meter offering. This excited me because before I got the meter that I have now, the one that talks to my insulin pump, the one manufactured by BD, I had been a loyal One Touch user for 14 (and then some) years.
So, I guess what happened is that back in 2006, BD said they were exiting blood glucose monitoring market. (Which is good if you ask me because I’ve heard nothing but complaints about their products.) They also said that they’d offer test strips for their machines through the end of 2007. Minimed sent us letters a few months back saying that we didn’t have to worry we’d have test strips because of Santiva, some company that’s going to make the strips…blah blah blah…
But here’s the deal, in Spring 2008 (which is like only 6 months away), we’re going to be given the option to get the new machines which are put out by my favorite people, LifeScan. And it will be built on LifeScan’s OneTouch® meter platform which means I can return as a loyal user to OneTouch. I’m seriously excited. It’s difficult to express on my blog how excited I am…but I’m really really excited!!!
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