My stepdad, rest his soul, was a diabetic whose weakness for frozen Mallomars contributed to his death at an early age. So a blood glucose monitor that resembles a giant jellybean strikes me as a little cruel.
The OneTouch UltraMini Meter (OneTouchUltraMini.com), available in pink, silver, lime green, or black, will look a lot sexier coming out of your handbag, however, than most of those clinical-looking devices.
The UltraMini (about $20 at pharmacies), comes with batteries, a carrying case, and a logbook, and yields results in about five seconds.
Mark Baard
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