Keeping track: Diabetites management

[Michiko]

So I started using Onetouch Ultra2.

I am writing down the glucose level, what I eat, the details of exercise, the feelings throughout the day in my notebook.

I know that there are software that I could buy that I can just connect to the computer for OneTouch.

How do you guys usually keep it track?

[owlyn]

I use the One Touch UltraSmart, so it keeps track for me (last 250 entries). Before that, I used the free logbooks. I've not found software to be all that useful, except for my Endo so he can see what's been going on lately. He just downloads from my meter.

[glashalful]

I use the same meter, but not the software. I use Diabetes Pilot and love it. It's on the web.

[RobiJo]

I have used software since 2007. I was horrible about writing things down. I love the scatter plot graphs as I can see patterns much more easily.

Currently I use the CareLink on MiniMed's website. It combines EVERYTHING for me into various charts. Readings from my meter, insulin and carbs from my pump all organized for me. You can also add your own stuff into it like infusion site changes, exercise, HbA1c's, ketones etc.

My doc loves the print outs and it is very convienent. I typically upload every Sunday evening and review. More frequently if I'm looking for something specific.

[gettingby]

I use the One Touch software with my UltraSmart. I love it.

[Michiko]

I was looking at the site. I was a bit confused. How does it cost?

I have used software since 2007. I was horrible about writing things down. I love the scatter plot graphs as I can see patterns much more easily.

Currently I use the CareLink on MiniMed's website. It combines EVERYTHING for me into various charts. Readings from my meter, insulin and carbs from my pump all organized for me. You can also add your own stuff into it like infusion site changes, exercise, HbA1c's, ketones etc.

My doc loves the print outs and it is very convienent. I typically upload every Sunday evening and review. More frequently if I'm looking for something specific.

[BriOnH]

Might want to look at Diabuddies - For Diabetics, From Diabetics (http://www.diabuddies.com) as well. Still a work in progress.

[Michiko]

This is really hard to figure out!

[volleyball]

Have you gotten the software and cable yet? Without the cable, you will have to write evereything down

[tanyatype1]

I use the same meter, but not the software. I use Diabetes Pilot and love it. It's on the web.

Thanks for this link! Looks really good - I just saved it to my favourites to look at it later when i have more time.

[ProjectZero]

I was about to start a new thread until I saw this pop up today. I was wondering how others was "manage" their results and their meters.

I'm using three meters at the moment:

At Home: OneTouch UltraSmart (picked up "free" at the TCOYD conference in San Jose last month). I use this meter when I test in the morning, before bedtime, weekends and any other time I need to test at home.

At Work: OneTouch Ultra2 (received "free" from my provider). This is actually my first OneTouch-brand meter and used it as my primary until I received the UltraSmart. I used to carry this back and forth but keeping a meter at work seemed to be more sensible.

On-The-Go: OneTouch UltraMini (received free from Lifescan's web page). I typically carry this one in my briefcase/backpack when I'm out and about or travelling.

For logging, I'm using a paper-computer hybrid. When I was first diagnosed, I logged in one of those school-type paper notebooks-- not only recording my BG levels throughout the day but also my BP, what I was eating and when I was excercising. The smaller/pocket-sized log books didn't have enough room to log everything so I bit the bullet and did it in the big book.

At the end of each week, I'd transfer only the BG readings to an Excel spreadsheet to plot out trends over the following periods:

- weekly
- the last two weeks
- monthly
- since Dx'ed
- and at various points (e.g. since last Dr visit or change in medication)

For the longest time, I would carry the paper notebook back and forth from work. But I've recently started to leave the paper book at home and log my work-readings in Google Notebook. Later (which may be that night or that weekend), I'll transfer the readings from Google Notebook to the paper notebook and Excel).

I recently obtained a cable and downloaded the OneTouch Diabetes Management software and giving that a try.

There may be a point where I'll stop the detailed paper logging and go completely computer-based. But the paper logging did help me with starting up and keeping up with the control.