My brother-in-law uses one of those stick-on type deals with an app as well. He’s type 1, so if it’s good enough for that, I guess that’s a good sign?
I’m not sure of the name at the moment, but it’s the one that’s been out several years with tv ads and whatnot for it.
I don’t think he’s mentioned switching, so pretty sure it’s still the same brand. Definitely the same style at the very least.
From what he’s described and what I’ve witnessed from time to time at family functions, it’s easy to use and you can do it whenever you want. Seems to be very handy as compared to a traditional meter.
My wife is type 2 and uses a standard meter. Note I didn’t say she was a good one, so she doesn’t use it very often. She should, even just for the day to day history, even if she keeps that to herself so at least she knows. But really overall, somehow she has managed to go from a nightly insulin injection and an 8+ a1c down to fluctuating between 6.8 and 7.1 on her quarterly checks, and no insulin. She’s still on the combination of glyburide/metformin, but even being less than stellar at the input side, I guess the results are showing. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes when she was pregnant 30 years ago. About 12 or so years ago, give or take, her a1c had come down from 7.8-8.4 range to 7.6-7.8, with some bare bone lifestyle changes, but still not like one would think she should. But still better.
Then I made a conscious effort to slip her into a little better lifestyle, without her catching on. First change was to keep her out of fucking starbucks. So I upped my “home barista” game, on the premise of “cost.” It worked, and I used much better syrups and mixers with little to no sugar. To give it the sweet, I did splenda. No problems. She loved them.
At the same time I got her off those fucking liquid and powdered creamers. Granted it was a switch to half and half, but still saved a ton of sugars compared to that other shit. I also started putting a good sprinkle of cinnamon on top of the coffee grounds, which wasn’t a bad thing. Made it “more fancy” according to her. Plus some minor tweaks in the kitchen here and there. So not really a “what” change but a “how” change, if that makes sense.
By 2015, maybe 2016, she was down low enough her doc took her off of insulin. Over those few years her a1c went to mid 6’s, sometimes a hair lower. Up to 6.8 or so after stopping insulin, but still well controlled. She also lost 30lbs, down to 110, which also helped a lot. I think it’s a bit too small, but she’s stuck in that range, plus or minus 3 or 4 from time to time.
A couple years ago her doc moved her from 2 of the combo pills twice a day, to 1 pill twice a day. So that’s good too.
Damn, apologies for the drift. Guess I felt bad about saying she was a “bad” diabetic. Which on some things she is. For example, breakfast is half a pot of doctored up coffee. Lunch? Why bother. She eats good for dinner. She doesn’t really deny herself on carbs, but she does keep the amount within reason. Whatever she does though, she’s finally found some semblance of balance that mostly works for her. As long as her doc is ok with her labs, I guess.