Sleep Sentry

[lgvincent]

Has anyone ever heard of or used this device? It's like the Glucowatch I saw back in the mid-80's (which isn't like the GlucoWatch available now) in that it's worn at night and is supposed to provide a warning when you have symptoms of low blood sugar. I tried to find the glucowatch when I was finally able to afford one but guess the company must have gone out of business. I think the sleep sentry is around $300 so it's kind of steep but might be helpful.

[HeatherP]

I suppose it depends on how stable your sugars are. For you, it may just be worthwhile, especially considering last week. Can it be worn during the day too? I mean, how would the thing know if it was day or night?

[PepsiLvr]

I always worry about going low at night because I am by myself. If I had a device to warn me before I black out (hopefully) that would be great.

[lgvincent]

If you would like, I'll try to find the catalog I saw it in, but it is expensive though and I understand it does give a lot of false positives, but I think I could probably use one too and would like to buy one as soon as I can afford one.

Maybe I can sell my daddy's color television set and a few of his other things. It's not like he's using them any more.

[dpav]

Glucowatch has an active website. The unit is available but it is priced outr of the market at $700.00 per unit and 63.00 per 6 test strips.

http://www.glucowatch.com/us/default.html

I hope this helps

Don

[lgvincent]

Son of a gun, that's pretty expensive. I remember when I got some information on the GlucoWatch several years ago, they said it was going to cost $250.00 and the "strips" for it were going to cost about $2.50 each. The most recent information I've gotten was it cost around $600. but the "strips" were still around $2.50. $10.50 for one is just a bit on the steep side for me.

[lgvincent]

Okay, I saw the sleep sentry mentioned in the Diabetes Mall Catalog. They have a website at www.diabetesnet.com. The odd thing is, at their website, the device is $389.00 (pretty steep) but in the catalog it is $295.00, still high but a pretty large price reduction. Sorry it took so long for me to find it.

[zookeeper671]

Hi lg,

I use the Sleep Sentry. I works well. I've worn it during the day, however it tends to go off if I enter a very cold, air conditioned building (skin temp changes), or if I sweat due to high temps outside. If it goes off due to air conditioning, I turn it off for a couple of minutes then turn it back on again (push of a button). This way it'll be adjusted to my current skin temp. It's an easy fix. Works best when worn at night. Has awakened me many a time during a low.

[Belinda]

Wow that is really a cool device and very practical for those that tend to go low at night.....