What's the best way for a diabetes patient to monitor and manage their diabetes?

By monitoring blood glucose levels regularly, a diabetes patient can properly control and manage their blood sugar levels.  This used to be one of the most difficult part of managing diabetes.  The constant pricking of sensitive finger tips to get large blood samples and the actual insulin injections via long syringes used to be quite painful. My loved one no longer cries because she no longer has to inject long needles into her harm.

There are now very short needles that are incorporated with the Humalog pen, for example, that make the frequent shots relatively painless.  Many newer blood glucose monitors (glucometers) require just a tiny blood sample for testing and the blood sample can be taken from less sensitive areas, such as the palm or forearm, instead of sensitive finger tips. 

You can now even get an insulin pump that doesn't require needle injections; instead, small doses of insulin are automatically administered into your body through a pump without even thinking about it.

My baby's favorite glucose meter is the OneTouch UltraMini.  It was the easiest for her to carry in her purse and she trusts the results and it has a good battery life.  Her's is still working over a year now. 

She had problems with the FreeStyle monitor because it gave her inconsistent readings and poor battery life.