Mellitus Manager is a Windows software program.  It solves the hard-to-interpret logbook problem.  With the use of a special cable that connects your glucose meter to your computer, it automatically loads the data from your meter, processes it and then prints it out in different formats which will help you get the most from your doctor.  Your doctor will be able to quickly give you good advice.  It doesn't matter if your doctor has been carefully reviewing your logbook during your quarterly visits or if he's just been glancing at it.  With Mellitus Manager, you can provide your doctor with the precise information he needs to help you keep your blood sugar at close-to-normal levels.

Mellitus Manager provides an easy to read Electronic Log Book, valuable Charts at the push of a button, and an intuitive User Interface. Click image for screen shots.

Mellitus Manager was created by Dr. Timothy Bailey, a computer programmer and practicing endocrinologist who has been seeing people with diabetes on a daily basis for over 10 years.  Like virtually all doctors who treat people with diabetes, he's seen the poor quality of the logbooks his patients have been bringing him.  Dr. Bailey decided to do something about the quality of care he could provide for his patients... in spite of the lousy logbooks.  So when he designed Mellitus Manager, he realized he would have to make it easy for patients to use and still provide doctors with the information they needed to effectively treat their patients.

Once you have the data in your computer, then all you do is specify what information you want Mellitus Manager to print for you. Here's a sample of some of your options.

This pie chart is the Goal View.   It shows you what percentage of the time you were able to meet your goal. One of the secrets for motivating yourself is to set a target range for your blood sugar.   Another secret is that performance improves when people get constant and immediate feedback.  Now you and your diabetes team can set an achievable goal for your blood sugar levels.  Then Mellitus Manager measures your progress so you can see just how well you're doing... and give you the motivation to set even higher goals for yourself.

Here's a bar graph of average blood sugars at different times of the day for a two week period, both before and after meals.   As expected, the post -meal reading are higher than the pre-meal readings.   You can use this information to make adjustments in the amount of medication you take or the amount and types of food you eat.  For example, after looking at the graph, your doctor may recommend increasing the mourning medication dose or eating a smaller lunch.

We've even included an enhanced logbook format.   The advantage of this particular format is that it's familiar to your doctor so he's comfortable with it.  Most doctors would be absolutely thrilled if their patients handed them a logbook that looked this good.  It has all the information that almost all doctors want, but in addition, it has a graph of your blood sugar for each day. Now you and your doctor can tell at a glance how well you've been doing for any time period you select.  You both can see if you're maintaining a good average and minimizing fluctuations between highs and lows.  Like all of the graphs and tables that Mellitus Manager produces, you can print it and hand it to your doctor.

And these are just three of twenty-seven different ways you can look at the data!

"Eye-opening . . . . A Knockout . . . . It practically runs itself!!! Mellitus Manager is the best kept secret in blood sugar management. This software turns health professionals and patients into pros at management. Includes all the tools needed to visu-analyze blood sugar data in a One Touch® meter. It changes testing into an adventure. Indulge yourself on this one!"

John Walsh, PA, CDE, Co-author of Pumping Insulin and STOP the Rollercoaster
San Diego, CA

"When I first showed the printout to my doctor, he was very impressed with the output and what it showed. He was also quite impressed with how I was doing with my sugar - something I could not have done without Mellitus Manager. Since then, because my glucose is so much under control, he has taken me off oral medication. Now I only track diet and exercise and blood sugars with the Manager."

Richard Ford, End User Support, Information Service Department, Children's Hospital
Boston, Ma

"I'm continuing to enjoy using Mellitus Manager. My patients are liking it, too, and we are getting a lot out of it. I still have not read one word of the manual, but plan on it sometime."

Robert Fuentes, MD
Long Island, NY

"This is the first logical and readable program I have ever seen."

Daniel Einhorn, MD
San Diego, CA

"Because my goal for the software was a system to download my One-Touch for a non-computer-using diabetologist, I personally rate Mellitus Manager the best of all the software I've reviewed."

Michael Wolfe, Software Reviewer on misc.health.diabetes Internet newsgroup
Morgantown, WV