The Simple GlucoMON

By that time the service had sent me an email confirming the result. Normally, of course, that message would have gone to the parent of the young child or the child of the aged parent.

The GlucoMON has to be especially attractive to parents who have children with diabetes in school. Typically, a family will find a place at school that is convenient and which usually coincides with where the child checks his or her blood glucose before lunch, which generally is the most critical time during the school day because of insulin dosing then. Or the child may carry it in his or her backpack and just plug it in when need. Then, he or she might bring it home on weekends to support sleepovers or trips to Grandma's. It weighs less than 7 ounces.

The GlucoMON can support shared users too, Kevin tells me. "I don't know any other device that can support this model."

The company offers discounts for second users of a shared GlucoMON in the same family. Another option is its school plan where three or more family can use a shared GlucoMON.

For my purposes, even more impressive is the automatic log sheet that the system generates and sends out daily. I have seen and used lots of different log sheets and in fact link some of them on my website. But none of them hold a candle to the GlucoMON's report, which is not only automatic but also logs blood glucose results in hourly time-slots, highlights highs and lows, and makes trend analysis simple.

Kevin tells me that his company offers the service on an annual subscription basis for $29.95 per month, which includes the cost of the air time to operate it. There's no hardware to buy. You can order one from the company's website or call 1 (877) 694-5826. The GlucoMON doesn't require a prescription.

Now, that's simple.