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mySentry Trial: CareLink Pro

On February 25, 2013 By

Last posts in this series: mySentry Trial: Starting Up, mySentry Trial: Wearing the Sensor, & mySentry Trial: The mySentry Unit

I’m still wearing my old Cozmo pump. It’s long past its warranty period. There are so many [...]

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mySentry Trial: The mySentry Unit

On December 19, 2012 By

Last posts in this series: mySentry Trial: Starting Up & mySentry Trial: Wearing the Sensor

The mySentry device is a remote display station for the Metdronic Paradigm pumps.  Retail price is $3000, and I’m not sure whether people have had [...]

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mySentry Trial: Wearing the Sensor

On November 4, 2012 By

Last post in this series: mySentry Trial: Starting Up

I wore the pump for about a week before starting on a sensor.  That time was used to become familiar with the basics of delivering insulin with a pump that was brand new to me.  My sensor training went great, [...]

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mySentry Trial: Starting Up

On October 25, 2012 By

I recently had an opportunity to try the Medtronic mySentry product for a few months.

Because I wasn’t using one of their pumps, this trial meant I had the opportunity to experience the whole suite of their products.  A paradigm pump, their CGM transmitter and sensors, the One Touch UltraLink meter, the [...]

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Medtronic 723 & Deltec Cozmo 1800

Medtronic Trial Over

On October 5, 2012 By

I am done with the Medtronic MySentry trial, and am happy to report that I didn’t see another motor error or have any more unusual encounters with ceiling fans.

I have a lot [...]

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Motor Error – Me Too (Channeling Wil Dubois)

On June 4, 2012 By

Evidence of a delicious cob of corn, and a motor error.

To be fair, this pump was snatched out of my hand last night when the infusion tubing snagged on a moving ceiling fan, was whipped around at high speed and thrown violently into the closet.  I would bet that nobody in the [...]

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2012 Medtronic Diabetes Advocates Forum

On April 6, 2012 By

Medtronic Diabetes hosted the second ‘Medtronic Diabetes Advocates Forum’ at their headquarters in Northridge, CA last week.  Myself and nearly thirty others involved in diabetes social media spent about a day and a half visiting with some of the brightest minds at Medtronic.

I am always encouraged by the caliber of people that [...]

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Lane Desborough – Chemical Engineering and Diabetes?

On December 1, 2011 By

I met Lane at the Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum last Spring.  He made quite an impression on me.

Have you ever met a person who is so smart that they exude inspiration?  That’s Lane Desborough, Product Strategist at Medtronic Diabetes.  His son, Continue Reading →

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