Nice story on a 14 year old using his cell phone for his diabetes...communication and reminders...there are quite a few posts on the blog relative to cell phones being of assistance if you want to do a quick search for others...BD
"Even when I go for a run I have my insulin, blood glucose meter, some juice in case my levels get too low," he said. "And I don't go anywhere without my cell phone." Within three months, "he lost 50 pounds, chugged gallons of water, and was constantly going to the bathroom," remembers his mother Della Leinart, who was pregnant with twins at the time.
Leinart was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, a chronic disease in which the pancreas stops producing insulin that is used to convert sugars into glucose. Normally, the glucose would fuel the body's cells in a healthy person. Unlike the more common Type 2, which is brought on by obesity, Type 1 has a sudden and mysterious onset -- and there is no cure.Confidant's program is part record keeper and part motivator. The glucose meters that diabetics use can communicate wirelessly with Bluetooth enabled phones which in turn can send the data to a database where doctors and nurses can keep an eye on a patient's readings.
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