Do you know a type 1 diabetic? Then tell them to get a Dexcom G4 Constant Glucose Monitor. I got one after many extreme low blood sugar events, and this thing is miraculous. Seriously, the most effective tool for managing diabetes since the glucometer. It reads your blood glucose every 5 minutes, and plots a graph to show you a real-time look at where you are and where you're going. Alerts you to high and low glucose readings, and will wake you up so you don't wake up in the middle of an insulin reaction.

I don't normally starts this kind of thread, but I wanted to let everyone know how impressed I am with this thing. The sensor/transmitter is small and easy to "install" and replace - and comfortable to wear, and the receiver is small enough to fit in your pocket - similar in size to an ipod. Now I can stick my finger twice a day instead of 6 or 7 - to calibrate the unit - and I always know what my bg is and where it's going. A glucometer says your bg is 90. 90 on the way to 50, or 90 on the way to 200? With the Dexcom, you know - and you won't get to 200 because you knew you were at 90 and rising quick, and gave yourself some insulin so it leveled out at 160 and dropped back down to 115.

It's likely your doctor will have to prescribe it as a "medical necessity" for your insurance to cover it, but Dexcom and their partner companies made it easy for me to get set up for 150 clams, and 50 bones a month for sensors. It's worth every cent of it.

I do not work for or represent Dexcom. I just use their G4 GCM and want every diabetic I know to know how awesome this thing is. Go to the Dexcom site and check them out. OK -back to your regularly scheduled programming.