A month or so back, I received a very intriguing email from the ever charming Albert,
(Is this guy a sweetheart or what!!)
He kindly offered Lance the opportunity to particpate in the WaveSense Keynote Glucometer Trial.
Nothing EVER exciting like this happens in Diabetes land in Australia, so I put my hand up high, and let him know that we would be honoured to participate.
One small glitch….
The Keynote measures in md/dL, and we are millimollers. (mmol/L.)
I assured Albert that this would be fun to participate in, and that it would help Lance become bilingual in reading blood sugar measurements!!
So, this morning, we received a big square box all the way from Albert 
Lance was in awe that it had travelled so far, and so quickly!!
Along with 2 glucometers, came hundreds of test strips…lancets, lancing devices, testing solutions, and even software to download Lance’s blood sugar levels.
The first reading was 260.
Lance, in panicked tones croaked, “But I don’t feel like I am 26!!”
(In fact, he was 14.6 mmol/L-not fantastic, but certainly better than 26!!!)
The information that Albert included certainly makes the product appear to be extremely accurate, which will be such a relief..I can often test Lance on one finger with another brand of meter and he will be 6.8mmol/L and, just for interests sake, I will test him again on a finger on the other hand, and come up with a slightly concerning 4.5mmol/L. That’s a huge variance in numbers-the difference from being hypo, or needing some extra carbs in fact.
I’ll post a photo tomorrow of Lance with all his new WaveSense toys! (He was excited like it was a parcel from Santa…made me a little sad that he was so elated to have a boxful of diabetes products….) However, I can certainly relate to the excitement after years of “same ol’ same ol’” with the small range of products that are available to us in this neck of the woods…
Thanks so much, Albert!!!!!!!!!!! It was so lovely of you to think of us as a good candidate for the trial!
(We’ll keep you posted.) 
