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Drum roll please.

And the 2007 award for the most flippant comment related to diabetes management goes to ,

Mr. Travis Hudson, a reviewer of tech devices over at dvice.com, for his review of a shoe insole developed by New Zealand's Zephyr Technology called the ShoePod Diabetic, that "has the ability to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy."

"Glucose, schmucose," the review begins.

"This allows yourself, or your doc to keep an active eye on your condition and provide plenty of preventative measures to keep those feet nice, healthy and still attached," writes Hudson.

Still attached? A cheeky joke about losing your feet to diabetes-related complications? Are you kidding me? The blurb shows a diagram of how the insoles transmit feet temperature data to a PC via radio frequency for early detection of neuropathy. Hudson falls just short of including an actual diagram of feet being amputated.

You want nice feet this holiday season? Feet that are still attached? Look no further. Zephyr Technologies has just the thing for you.

So congratulations, Mr. Hudson, you win. Other comments nominated for this award were:

"Insulin schminsulin," by South Carolina third-grade teacher Emily Stevens.

"Blood sugah, schmud sugah," by Brooklyn firefighter Alan McKay.

and ,

"Pfffff! Diabetes is gay," by Vincent Chorsky, an ordained minister from Pensacola, Florida.

For adults living with diabetes and those of us with children with diabetes, the thought of long-term complications that include amputation is really, really, REALLY frightening. We don't need crass and insensitive comments from someone looking to give his otherwise dull medical device review a little "edge." This is just a hunch, but I'm guessing Mr. Hudson does not have a child or loved one with diabetes.

Hey, I've got a shoe that he can review.




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