Diabetic: Connect/download glucose monitor or insulin pump data to Fitbit- 6 tests a day - How to?

[RickyCarter]

Anyone find a way to download glucose test data from a one-touch ultra (or other glucometer) or an insulin  Pump (e.g. Medtronic Paradigm) to fitbit? ...and regular  Fitbit only allows 3 glucose tests and I usually do 6 a day.

Any experience, suggestions, or creative ideas would be appreciated,

Detail:

I am a type one diabetic.

On my diabetic nutritionist's advice I have purchased a FitBit one.

I want to track my blood glucose readings which currently fluctuate quite a bit - and I have trouble identifying any patterns that might help me change my behavior or insulin values to keep my glucose levels more consistent.

Currently I test 6 or 7  times a day.

I was disappointed to learn that I can only enter 3 blood glucose levels in the web based software.

I do not particularly like data entry - which is one reason I purchased the fitbit one  - Data entry is not high on my priority list.

Sadly I have not found any indication that it is possible for me to download my onetouch glucometer data or the glucose data I enter into my medtronic paradigm pump to Fitbit

I know that I can download data from my glucose monitor (one-touch Ultra) and my Insuline Pump (mini-med paradigm) - using software that the companies (one-touch and minimed) provide.

What I would like to be able to do is download my glucose level data (6 tests a day) to Fitbit.

Is that possible? Or, if there is no current way to download glucometer or pump data to fitbit -  might there be a way to download the data via the device manufactures program and somehow transfer it to FitBit?Or some other creative solution? 

As said any help or suggestions you can provide would be appreciated.

-Ricky Carter (rcarter@lesley.edu)

[Jim_M]

The ONLY way to enter this data into fitbit is to do it manually, and it's very limited.  I'm Type II myself, and been using fitbit for about a year.  I use a free Andriod App called "OnTrack", as you can enter as many gluecose readings as needed, along with A1C and BP stuff...

I've used both the Ultra/Ultra Mini and Contour SW (and connection) for data for those specific vendors too  (to be honest, I like the Contour SW better than the Ultra!)

[electriclady67]

i use my health vault it take the 3 i entered in fit bit sync and then you can add the otheres it also allows you to specify before or after meals and fasting or bedtime. so my doctor can get a better handle on it. then i export to spreadsheet to print it out for the doctor. you might check out it my sync to your machines.

[snickie]

HEY, JIM - I WONDER IF YOU KNOW HOW TO HELP ME.  I'M THE ONE WHO MESSED UP MY FITBIT GLUCOSE RECORDING PAGE TRYING TO DELETE SOME INCORRECT DATA THAT I HAD ENTERED.  I INADVERTENTLY DELETED THE SPOTS WHERE YOU ENTER THE MORNING READINGS AND TIMES AND THE EVENING READINGS AND TIMES, AND I AM TRYING WITHOUT SUCCESS TO FIND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO RESTORE THAT PAGE TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM.  DO YOU KNOW HOW?

SNICKIE

[SunsetRunner]

@snickie I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that log page is going away some time this year. People who signed up after 9/1/14 don't even see the Glucose, BP, Heart Rate or Journal logs. It may be that you can't restore the original page because the general form/template itself no longer exists on the website. Fitbit has not indicated what logs, if any, will replace these logs.

[snickie]

THANK YOU, PATRUNS, FOR GETTING BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.  YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT IN THAT THE TEMPLATE MAY NO LONGER EXIST.

SNICKIE