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Every couple of years we hear about a new glucose meter that is easier to use, less painful, uses less blood, and has other remarkable features.

I remember an old family friend with diabetes who had to test her blood sugar levels several times per day starting over 30 years ago and how difficult it was for her.  I always thought it was amazing that she was able to use a rather barbaric version of a lancet to poke her already red and sore fingers so she could check the levels of sugar in her blood and try to stay healthy.  I knew it was hard for her, but there were no other choices if she wanted to control the disease and ultimately stay alive.

When we fast forward through time, there have been improvements in those lancets and meters.  Many of the newer ones can be used on the arm rather than the fingers and boast much smaller amounts of blood being needed to perform the test.  They are easier to use and less painful.

There is now a new glucose meter that was approved by the FDA within the past few days, and it is touted as the “smallest glucose meter in the world.”  The True2go meter and the TRUEresult meter, both produced by the Home Diagnostics, take about 4 seconds to give an accurate reading and only use about a half a microliter of blood. 

Though other meters that are currently on the market may come close, the True2go meter and TRUEresult meter will be the smallest available and will use the smallest amount of blood. 

It may seem like a moot point – what’s an extra tiny drop of blood?  I can tell you that if my friend were still here, she would be celebrating the fact that she might possibly be able to go to sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow without her fingers in so much pain.