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Hi Everyone

I'm currently a final year University Student. While I do not have diabetes many of my family do, including my Father.
As part of my final year i am currently researching the problems faced by individuals with Diabetes in every day life, with the hope of maybe solving some of these problems.

Please feel free to tell me some of the problems you face day in, day out and hopefully a product can come to fruition from this. ie: a product idea that would help overcome problems faced when participating in sport, at school, at work etc.

Thanks

John
 
How about an affordable, reliable cgm. Even better a system that does the testing,dosing,delivering automatically.

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better and more dedicated and standardised support from the health service , it varies from health board to heath board , some recall for checking six weeks after diagnosis , others give you pills and leaflets and send you packing after a cursory check over from the nurse , not much help I know , but all the best , HBD
 

Are you a Hitchikers fan? :clap:
 
For me, until we get to the point where we can replicate the entire action of the pancreas we still have work to do. I would be happy to participate in any trials that get us there, but let's think about what such a machine would need to be able to do?
- continuous glucose monitoring, without a time lag
- continuous insulin on board calc or monitoring
- continuous dose adjustment based on those two, just to be able to bumble arund at steady state, so hypo alerts, and reducing insulin doses when detected or hyper alerts and increasing the dose as necessary, i,e, a closed loop feedback system
- identify increased activity levels and drop insulin dosing quickly enough to prevent hypos on starting exercise.

The latter is the bit that, based on my experience as a chemical engineer is the tricky one.
 
This may be a bit controversial but diabetic patients get free prescriptions.
My personal opinion is you should get free prescriptions for what is related only to your diabetes this may include if you need antibiotics ect. Other medication that is not related to diabetes shouldn't be free. Instead free chiropodist treatment or something that will help your diabetes. So what the NHS is saving on unrelated prescriptions they could put into things that I think we should get free I.e foot care ect. Just a thought...


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i agree. If I need a prescription totally unrelated to diabetes I think I should pay.


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Hi John

Here's my tuppence worth. When you have become a millionaire, based on my third suggestion, I hope you'll remember where the idea came from.

1. I use Insulatard, in 10ml vials. Must remember not to shake it (that breaks the chains in the insulin) just roll it. Thought about asking for a device that would gently roll the vial, but that's too complicated. How about a dark, stretchy sleeve. It would go over the vial, keep it dark, and on the side, in big letters it would say ROLL ME.

2. Something that helps me find my stuff. I use Humalog, Insulatard, one blood meter supposedly by the bed, another supposedly in the kitchen, one I take out, so bound to be in some pocket. How about something like a remote control that communicates wirelessly with a sensor attached to the object. Press a button and the remote would beep in a "hotter, colder..." fashion. If It said Hotter or colder that would be even nicer

3. A device to help with foot examination. We all check our feet daily but sometimes it's not easy to get a good view of anything untoward. I've tried (haven't we all...?) the mirror on a stick, the inspection camera, the friend with a camera. Putting all them together I think I am imagining a device which is cross between a set of bathroom scales and a scanner. You stand on it, it captures an image, and communicates it wirelessly ,or via USB, to a PC. (I suppose most folk would want it to talk to a smart phone and email a health care professional, but not in release 1, please)

And, taking account of health and safely, I'd like say "Don't try standing on your scanner at home."
 
if your offering to invent something useful, id like a stomach bypass button please, so i can eat something bad and just press.

thanks lemme know the postage costs and do you accept paypal?

 
you gotta be on licence, im gonna try and trick you into being naughty :twisted: unless anna sees this then, i am only joking :angel:
 
A CGM that linked to my watch or mobile would make my life a whole lot easier and probably have saved my job too.
 
i think that exists, i saw it on the tv recently, there was a post about it
 




ahhh cool, i looked for ages for it but couldnt find it hehe
 
That happens for me in France, if I break a leg, need a hip replacement or get flu , I will have to pay part of the cost (30% or more so for major problems covered hopefully by extra insurance)
I have to pay 30% for my thyroid meds which are actually probably related to diabetes since the hypothyroid is also caused by an autoimmune attack.
 
The reason all prescriptions are free for diabetics is because diabetes affects your whole body and so almost everything you need a prescription for could be attributed in some way, shape or form to the diabetes. I do think diabetics should get free prescriptions because I'm not being funny but since if have had to completely overhaul my diet my grocery costs have almost doubled! I am young with a ridiculously busy life and two young children so I don't have time to sit and read recipe books and learn how to cook different meals to freeze etc and so I have to buy everything fresh and also reduced sugar/sugar free/stevia which are more than THREE TIMES the price of normal sugar. So to be honest free prescriptions is the least we deserve!


Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 22 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.
 
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