My journey begins today!
Today, I began my journey looking into the possibly the biggest breakthrough in diabetes in a long while...continuous glucose monitoring.

I've been an insulin pump user for over 7 years, and diagnosed with diabetes almost 14 years ago. Overall, I've been very pleased with my Minimed insulin pumps, but like most pumpers, have the occasional challenge of certain sites not absorbing as well as others. This challenge can bring some crazy high values, without much warning. I would still like to get a better understanding as to why this occurs, since I didn't seem to have that problem with injections.

As many of you may already know, I'm also the owner of www.dia-log.com (Your Free Online Diabetes Logbook).

However, with that said, you must constantly be checking blood sugars. The pump provides a lot of freedom, but this freedom can sometimes get you into trouble. Nothing is more frustrating, than realizing 2 hours after lunch that your sugars are out of range. Usually, I say ...If I only knew about this trend as it was happening, I could have reacted quicker. That is my exact reason for trying this new technology CGMS “Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. How many days have you gone through 10-12 test strips, trying to regain control of your sugars! I have, and boy it gets expensive as you look at your closet of dwindling supplies.

That is why I'm here today; I'm going to blog my experience from the beginning. Enjoy and please share with others.

I am not a doctor, not a nurse, just a diabetic that is looking to share this journey and gain better control of this wonderful disease.