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TEST to TEXT (And Other Thoughts to Encourage Diabetes Self-Care Skills)

Dr. Fran Cogen
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Director, Child/Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children's Nat'l

Fran R. Cogen, MD, CDE, originally from New York, has resided in San...

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As we have no cure for diabetes yet, we are left with the following treatment modalities: diet, exercise, medication, self monitoring of blood glucose, and support from a multidisciplinary diabetes team. Diet and exercise are behavioral interventions that are perhaps the most difficult to achieve. An...
  1. Brilliant Incentive!
    Beth McNamara
    Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 09:32 PM

    As the mother of a young teen, I can attest to the fact that texting/cell phones are paramount to a teen's survival (social, in any case). Lose the ability to communicate, it could be disasterous from a social standpoint! That they get ... losing the ability to text/talk immediately has the short term effects they can understand.

     

    Not that not testing BG doesn't have long-term disasterous consequences. But let's face it, long-term for a young teen is next week ... not complications that will affect him or her in years to come. My son cannot fathom being as old as I am, so how can he fathom how poor behavior now can impact him negatively when he's my age (however, I will say he is a good tester, and driven somewhat by the fear of DKA).

     

    Please keep us posted (no pun intended) on your experiment's outcomes!

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    re: Brilliant Incentive!
    Dr. Fran Cogen
    Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 01:30 PM

    Thanks for your comments, Beth. Will do!!

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