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I work at a research diabetic equipment and how to improve it, even my dad mild diabetes and I had some questions. It seems that there are many types and brands of glucose monitoring and insulin delivery devices with a variety of features, some better than others, but I do not understand how to choose a person to buy a particular unit. Medicine has a certain way, or they give you a prescription for say an insulin pump, so you have a choice of which brand? Did you shop around? If your insurance only applies to certain types? If you have a choice, as you learn about the different units? want one, each one or a few - there are some they are like "iPod" to diabetic units? If someone with diabetes or know someone who could explain the process that you / they use, I would really appreciate it! PS You can read more about our YouTube video-project: http://sfbay.c craigslistorg/sfc/vol/354715779.html Well, for us, we can choose any meters, but some groups are more expensive than other contracts for the insurance company is working with the supplier. Almost all politicians give their glucometer device, because the money is in the bands. The doctor's office has a couple of guys in the office we have examined to choose what we liked. Often change / upgrade, too. When using a pump, we decided - I do not know if the insurance company has limited us to certain brands (there are only a few) or less. The pump is the most popular by Medtronic MiniMed, but there are some others. The doctor's office, also had a lot of brochures and a "night of the bomb" when the factory is invited to a demonstration of their bombs. supplies Wal-Mart is a very good value. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3555238 article (somewhat dated). glucometers http://www.uspharmacist.com/index.asp?show=article&page=8_1897.h htm I had a type of diabetes for almost ten years and is a long time when you are 17 years at first (me and my parents) gathered my things on the basis of what the doctor said. As I got older, I started doing more research on my own. For things like equipment, testing blood glucose, I ask my doctor about the options and weigh each edge with what is important to me. What I remember is the price of test strips, and the range of memory tests. I used to use the Freestyle Flash because of its size and lighting. But if something happened to my pump and I could not get the insulin, which extends the evidence that the flash does not go past 500 I know it sounds high, but when you are short-acting insulin alone, if no sugar Blood insulin levels can increase rapidly to very low numbers. When I chose my pump, I went with MiniMed. At the time I got my first pump (2002/2003) had most of the available resources. htm I had a type of diabetes for almost ten years and is a long time when you are 17 years at first (me and my parents) gathered my things on the basis of what the doctor said. As I got older, I started doing more research on my own. For things like equipment, testing blood glucose, I ask my doctor about the options and weigh each edge with what is important to me. What I remember is the price of test strips, and the range of memory tests. I used to use the Freestyle Flash because of its size and lighting. But if something happened to my pump and I could not get the insulin, which extends the evidence that the flash does not go past 500 I know it sounds high, but when you are short-acting insulin alone, if no sugar Blood insulin levels can increase rapidly to very low numbers. When I chose my pump, I went with MiniMed. At the time I got my first pump (2002/2003) had most of the available resources.