CGMS - Tattoos -an alternative to sensors?

[Alzibiff]

Just got a news Email from an American site which carried the following link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33831728/ns/health-diabetes/

Gosh! If it was 1st April, I may have been suspicious! Very hi-tech but for those of us who remember urine testing rather than BG testing back in the 60s and early 70s - doesn't it remind you of comparing colours in test tubes to the colours on blue tablet bottles and carboard boxes?

Alan

 

[Caroline]

A couple of things spring to mind like where would this tattoo be sited? WOuld any one want to nip to the bathroom in the middle of an important meeting to look at their tatoo if it were und clothes?

Also is it likely to fade or cause an alergic reaction?

I think a lot more reasearch needs to be done, and if it were April 1st I'd think it was a joke...

 

[AlisonM]

Oh, but imagine not having to prick your fingers all the time.

 

[Caroline]

There is that, no more pain...

 

[katie]

The main problem with it is that if the tattoo is visable to other people, they will know if you are high. Basically you'd get nagged all the time 😉

 

[rachelha]

wow that would be fantastic. I play the cello and having sometimes it hurts as my fingers are sensitive and bruised from checking my bloodsugar. I dont think i would care about people seeing it if it saved my poor fingers.

 

[shiv]

...but it's colour coded.

i love love love the theory, but no way would i trust it.