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Post by BD on Sept 3, 2024 17:29:39 GMT -5
I'm sitting here watching the U.S. Open and they had a camera on Alexander (Sasha) Zverev, world #4 men's singles player from Germany, as he was pricking his finger on a changeover to check his blood sugar.
If you could reach him with info about Afrezza, and it works for him, and he starts telling the world about it, that would be a big win.
Just sayin'.
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Post by awesomo on Sept 3, 2024 17:38:34 GMT -5
Zverev is one of the least likeable players on tour though.
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Post by BD on Sept 3, 2024 18:11:00 GMT -5
Oh? He's not a Nadal or a Roger, but he's more likable than many others. I like him more than Djoker, Tsitsifly, Rublev, ...  |
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Post by uvula on Sept 3, 2024 18:16:27 GMT -5
I wonder why he doesn't have a cgm that his coach can monitor remotely.
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Post by BD on Sept 3, 2024 18:19:47 GMT -5
That he could wear while playing in an elite-level tennis match? Maybe if it were surgically implanted into his body...
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Post by awesomo on Sept 3, 2024 18:26:07 GMT -5
Oh? He's not a Nadal or a Roger, but he's more likable than many others. I like him more than Djoker, Tsitsifly, Rublev, ... On court anger issues, off court domestic abuse allegations, arrogance... But yeah, Rublev and Tsitsipas aren't very likeable either. Other than Alcaraz, the top 10 are either kinda boring (Sinner, Ruud) or kinda jerks (Medvedev) lol. |
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Post by cretin11 on Sept 3, 2024 18:32:56 GMT -5
I used to be a big tennis fan, but now I don’t even know half the names y’all are throwing out there.
But can’t deny it’d be great to have one of them puffing on some Afrezza to help get the word out.
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Post by BD on Sept 3, 2024 18:34:22 GMT -5
I forgot about Zverev's domestic abuse case. Just checked and it was settled, so probably becomes an asterisk in his career. But yeah, the truly uplifting pro tennis personality is a rare breed. Of currently active players, there's Alcaraz of course (always grinning), Nadal (who's virtually retired), Tiafoe (who doesn't like Big Foe?) and Ben Shelton, another smiling one.
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Post by uvula on Sept 3, 2024 18:49:23 GMT -5
That he could wear while playing in an elite-level tennis match? Maybe if it were surgically implanted into his body... SENS? |
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Post by daisyz on Sept 11, 2024 12:33:35 GMT -5
That he could wear while playing in an elite-level tennis match? Maybe if it were surgically implanted into his body... I'm unclear why this comment is posted. |
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Post by BD on Sept 11, 2024 12:50:20 GMT -5
What's unclear about it?
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Post by prcgorman2 on Sept 11, 2024 13:00:57 GMT -5
That he could wear while playing in an elite-level tennis match? Maybe if it were surgically implanted into his body... I'm unclear why this comment is posted. - I think BD's post was in response to uvula's question about why the tennis player (Zverev) was having to use a finger stick (rather than use a CGM). I think BD was assuming a professional tennis player with diabetes would need a CGM implant to withstand the challenge of measuring BG on a tennis player in a match. |
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Post by BD on Sept 11, 2024 13:23:28 GMT -5
Sorry, thought it was obvious. There are serious G forces happening when a pro player moves around the court, and his/her body contorts into all kinds of unimaginable positions. Just Google some pictures of Novak Djokovic. So good luck with anything not bolted down to an inner bone or something. Look, I'm a software guy, I really haven't looked into the mechanicals of the hardware PWD use.
But I know a bit about what it's like to play a hard set of tennis lol.
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Post by sayhey24 on Sept 11, 2024 15:14:13 GMT -5
I'm unclear why this comment is posted. - I think BD's post was in response to uvula's question about why the tennis player (Zverev) was having to use a finger stick (rather than use a CGM). I think BD was assuming a professional tennis player with diabetes would need a CGM implant to withstand the challenge of measuring BG on a tennis player in a match. Leena does not have an implanted G6 but then again she is not Zverev. I am assuming she is wearing it on her abdomen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiCCeuwYjJY |
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Post by agedhippie on Sept 12, 2024 10:19:34 GMT -5
daisyz - I think BD's post was in response to uvula's question about why the tennis player (Zverev) was having to use a finger stick (rather than use a CGM). I think BD was assuming a professional tennis player with diabetes would need a CGM implant to withstand the challenge of measuring BG on a tennis player in a match. A finger stick is always more timely than a CGM. The lag on capillary blood is about 5 minutes and interstitial fluid is about 20 minutes. A large part of the CGM is the code that tries to predict what is going to happen in that gap. Most of the time a CGM is pretty accurate, but if your level is really important you always use a meter (like in a key tennis match!)
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