High Tech Digital Diabetes World..

Now I just love a device that can make your life easier.  Who doesn't!?  Usually, I am looking at the latest and greatest 'computer-high-tech-gadget-thingy' that can wake you up and serve you breakfast and THEN CLEAN UP THE MESS and ... and ...... OK you know what I mean.  I am sure most can relate.  With the smartphone, I can not believe they have not invented such an 'app' already... 

Now a days, I find myself looking curiously at a different kind of high tech.  That is ways to manage (and some days hide) your Diabetes better.  Comparing technology now to the first insulin pump ever created in 1963, you would think it is the year 2080!  In Insulin shots alone, the advancements made there are incredible.  You do not have to draw an amount out of a val  upside down, each time and inject yourself with that large needle.  Not to mention, Sally-Lou at the next table looking at you in shock and awe as you do it.  (I even read a story online about a girl who was pulled over, for speeding, and then searched because the police officer saw her needles!  I had to laugh) .... So the Insulin Pen came along and by turning the dial to the correct unit, followed by an incredibly small flexible needle and a few clicks later  - you were ready to dig in and enjoy those carbohydrates.  Oh and the newest insulin pumps?  It is about the same as viewing a pager and pushing 2-3 buttons.

Speaking of that pump-thing...Last weekend, I was reading Diabetes Forecast online.  I came across the top ten products to be on the look out for in 2014.  Cell-Novo completely caught me eye, and I quickly found myself with several other Internet Explorer tabs open as I Googled it, Youtubed it, and emailed a representative about it..

Coming from the UK, Cell Novo is a wireless/tubeless pump, with a remote that you would maybe mistake for the iphone, it has a colorful screen and comes with 2 rechargeable cartridges.  It uses one site (on the stomach) for continuous glucose monitoring and insulin injections.  The site and cartridge is changed every 3 days.  What I found interesting than most other pumps, was that you have 'real time' updates online that update and show graphs.  Just think for a child that is in school, and the parent who is at the office working... they can log into the site and keep a close eye on there child's readings.  Did I mention I am 30 years old, and I know my retired mother and father would be doing the same thing?  I heard the excitement in my Mothers voice over the phone..I guess  a child of any type, has no age limitations to there parents..
Cell Novo comes out of England and they are about to launch there and other parts of Western Europe.  The representative I emailed with said approval from the FDA will be pending by 2014 (hopefully).  Check out Cell Novo - I'm pretty excited, are you?