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Source: Wayne Swanson (swanee@pillarsoft.net)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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Some of you may have noticed that I have had my head down for a
while... (Not too visible as opposed to sad.)

I recently went in to get my throat checked and in the process found
out that I have diabetes. I now have to track my blood sugar and the
doc even wants to know what I eat. I did a search for software to
help track this information and as you may well know, I saw nothing
for OS/2. A win solution doesn't fit for me as I do not want to
reboot to do this. I'm staying with what I know...

I did find a template that I could use in 123 but it's kinda' "heavy"
for something I just want to use to spot a number or meal info into
three or four times a day. Like any good blue-blooded OS/2 user, I
began a project to make it work for me. I would like to ask if there
are any others out there that have a need for something like this. I
would like to make it available for testing, feedback and use. Is
this something we need? Here are the capabilities so far...

1) Track Bg readings pre/post-breakfast, pre/post-lunch,
pre/post-dinner, pre/post-snacks, bedtime, fasting and "other".

2) Show daily average of readings.

3) Track weight.

4) Track meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks) and their "carb"
values.

5) Show daily total "carbs"

6) Graph "All" Bg values or "Daily average"

7) Print Bg or meal reports and print graphs.



I would like to go a bit further with this program and would like to
make a couple more points.

1) I would like to have more control over some or the reports and am
looking for a copy of VisPro Reports to aid in that. VisPro Reports
isn't especially cheap and I'd rather not spend much on something I
will not be looking to get a return on. If you have a copy you are
willing to sell reasonably please contact me.


2) The program data is currently being housed in a database that is
written without the aid of a database driver. This makes it load
instantly for now but when the db gets larger I am afraid it will bog
down. So far I have tested it with a years worth of data and it took
about 7 secs to load and 10 secs to save. (that still beats the heck
out of SmartSuite)

There is also the future consideration of deeper relationships than
are currently being implemented. If you know of a reasonable way or
of a product to do a good database that will be small, fast and any
user can use the engine without having to pay more for it, please let
me know.


3) Being quite new to the glucometer game, I don't know a whole lot
about it but I believe there are serial cable hookups and software
for downloading the data from the glucometer. I would like to get
this working but I can make no promises. (I think I have an OS/2
buddy that may be able to give a few pointers though) :-)

As I understand it, many glucometers are of the Boehringer Mannheim
type and have a common interface(?) so maybe we can at least get the
basics working.


If you, your family or friends have to track blood sugar and are
looking for an OS/2 solution, please contact me. I should also
mention that if we could get insurance to pay for something like
this, that would be great but that is unlikely and I have no
intention of charging individuals for it otherwise. Outside of my my
own use, my main motivation is the hope that it will help someone
else that may have a need.

Contact me at: swanee@pillarsoft.net

btw: My throat? It is not serious but I am having a small surgery on
monday and would appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

Wayne Swanson
 
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