Re: New monitor - Therasense Freestyle Tracker - Anyone use it?

Sorry I"m late answering, been away for a bit.

The Freestyle "Tracker", as opposed to just Freestyle, is a plug-in 
module for the Handspring Visor PDA.  I have both this (had a relative 
get it for me in the US, as it's not in Canada) AND the regular 
Freestyle stand-alone (which is on the market here).

Love them both.  Very, very disappointed in Handspring's decision to 
discontinue the Visor technology, as they did so practically before this 
module hit the market, however, Therasense was very smart and grabbed up 
as much stock as they could to re-sell with the module.  Other 
Handsprings are available reconditioned from Handspring (now PalmOne) 
and probably on E-Bay.  I actually bought a second visor end-of-line in 
case mine ever poops right out or breaks, I love them.

I highly recommend it, as the better you can track and understand your 
glucose, the better off you are, and I have been dependent on a PDA to 
organize my life for about 5 years now and love it.

I DO recommend having a back-up meter, and of course the regular 
Freestyle makes the most sense as the test strips are the same.  I 
recommend a back-up regardless of what meter you use, but realize with 
the Tracker, that a PDA malfunction means you can't use your meter even 
if the meter is fine.  Not a huge concern, as these are reliable and 
recoverable little powerhouses (always sync and back up!), and are about 
as likely to break as any other stand-alone meter is or isn't.

Hope that's worth your $0.25.  Cheers,

Johanna

Darcy Stice wrote:
> I was checking out the new meters on the Therasense website, the ones who
> make Freestyle and noticed this new machine, does anyone have any experience
> with it and is it a good machine overall?  My hubby currently uses the
> Accu-Chek Active and we find that pretty good, but looking for something
> that has the tracking capabilities.  Any comments are welcome!
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Don and Darcy Stice
> Don w/Type II and using Metaglip 15/1500 HbA1C at 6.0%!!!!