Sue Marshall - Diabetes Expert Profile
Sue is the first expert Diabetes.co.uk are happy to officially welcome on board.
Sue’s 20-year publishing career has involved business writing, news reporting, content planning, developing story ideas and new elements for magazines.
Sue's Comments: August 2010
Medical Shop’s great Travel Pack Plus gets a lot of useful bits together for any diabetic who’s planning to take a trip. It even includes a Frio insulin wallets, which are cooling carry pouches, which we look at in further detail this month.
For those who use insulin pens, there are two products to note, for those who have needle phobia then the PenMate from NovoPen might prove useful to you. Most injectors will be pleased to learn that BD’s new 4mm needles are even less painful to use than any other on the market.
The Pura blood glucose meter from Ypsomed is a neat little number, while the TRUEone blood glucose meter rom Home Diagnostics is another nifty little number, incorporating the blood-testing bit right on the top of the pot the strips come in.
As you probably already know, we've been creating video product gudes - there's more to come so please let us know what you think!
Hi, my name is Sue Marshall and I've had type 1 diabetes since I was 5, which is going back a few decades - back to the 70s. Since then, there's been a lot of changes in diabetes care. I'm particularly interested in new products and technologies that can help us live with our condition and make things a little easier, and obviously help our control to be better.
So, in association with Diabetes.co.uk, I'm going to do a series of little videos which I hope you find useful.
More about Sue
She is a published author, edits newsletters and contributes to nationally distributed magazines.
Sue has had insulin-dependent diabetes since the age of five. In 2003 Sue set up Desang, a company selling diabetes kitbags and other diabetes accessories and the website has become an information centre on many aspects of living with the condition, focusing especially on diabetes management equipment. Desang.net is also an online resource for people with diabetes with interviews, articles, news and views about living with the condition.
Says Sue: “If you get kit you find easy to use and unobtrusive, then you’re more likely to use it. And for a diabetic, that can lead to better control of the condition. I want to help people get information so they can make the best choices for self-managing the condition.”
Wherever Sue Marshall has written a guide or contributed content, you'll see this:
Product Guide written by Diabetes Expert: Sue Marshall
