"Who's Counting?" by Shara Bialo

An entry for the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices contest!

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[Timbeak45]

I'm encouraged to see a T1 going into diabetes medicine. You know all the annoying things we put up with. In the early years of recording a drummer walks in, the recording engineer says, "get rid of this, get rid of that." The musician says, "do what you want with the mics, I'll play the way I play. You don't do this at live performances, so figure it out." We need to say to the manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, "figure out how to make this work for us, not just your bottom line."

[DiabeticDoc]

Love that analogy! Spot on.

[brandingiron100]

Bravo, Shara! It's great to hear a clever diabetes product idea from a fellow T1! I agree with you 100% on the retractable tubing idea, or something similar that gives tubing flexibility. Being able to move the infusion site and tubing around is KEY, since we only have so much usable skin. Until pumps get a LOT smaller and thinner, tubing is the nemesis we all deal with. I hope your idea sparks more bright thinking among diabetes product developers everywhere!!

[Cr8ivpgs]

hope its made as an attachment so we dont have to buy a new pump...but would be a.nice.feature.once.they're.bu­ilt in.

[Cr8ivpgs]

Dont know how many times my son running/playing has gotten his pump pulled out or got caught on a door knob.in the last 6mo.because the tubbing was too long. what.a great idea, wish i thought of it. hope yhey make it as an attachmeny