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A method of self treating a disease, such as diabetes, includes collecting in one or more databases data representing values of parameters that related to the self treatment. The data is processed to provide a plurality of alternate choices between two or more actions that may be taken and a corresp

A method of self treating a disease, such as diabetes, includes collecting in one or more databases data representing values of parameters that related to the self treatment. The data is processed to provide a plurality of alternate choices between two or more actions that may be taken and a corresponding value for each action is calculated. A computerized system may be employed to perform the above method and the system may include a computer readable medium for executing the method.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for assisting a patient in self-treating diabetes, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a value for a blood glucose level from a patient with a blood glucose monitor; analyzing the blood glucose value with a processor that is configured to model human metab

What is claimed is: 1. A method for assisting a patient in self-treating diabetes, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a value for a blood glucose level from a patient with a blood glucose monitor; analyzing the blood glucose value with a processor that is configured to model human metabolism, and based on the analysis, proposing alternative choices for treating the patient based on the blood glucose level; wherein the processor contains a means for proposing the choices automatically and wherein each choice presented will result in adequate blood glucose levels. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the value of the blood glucose level is automatically, without user intervention, transmitted to the processor. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the blood glucose monitor is a continuous blood glucose monitor. 4. A method for assisting a patient in self-treating diabetes, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a value for a blood glucose level from a patient with a blood glucose monitor; automatically transmitting the blood glucose value to a processor that is configured to model human metabolism, analyzing the blood glucose value with the processor, and based on the analysis, proposing alternative choices for treating the patient based on the blood glucose level; wherein the processor contains a means for proposing the choices automatically and wherein each choice presented will result in adequate blood glucose levels. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein at least one choice is to administer a dose of insulin. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein dosing information is automatically transmitted to an insulin delivery device. 7. A method for assisting a patient in self-treating diabetes, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a value for a blood glucose level for a patient; receiving other data relating to the patients condition; modeling the patients metabolism with a processor; predicting, based on the other data and the blood glucose level, a future blood glucose level; determining whether it is possible to propose a self-treatment that will result in a blood glucose level with a predetermined target range, if it is possible to propose a self-treatment that will result in a blood glucose level being within a predetermined range, proposing at least one such self-treatment, wherein the proposed treatment was automatically generated on said processor and based on the modelling of the patient's metabolism and if it is determined that no self-treatment will bring blood glucose levels to an acceptable range, sending a warning to the patient, wherein the warning warns the patient that it is not possible to propose a self-treatment that will result in an acceptable blood glucose level within the predetermined target range. 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising sending a warning to a medical care professional authorized by the patient to receive patient data. 9. An apparatus for assisting a patient in self-treating diabetes, the apparatus comprising: a means for obtaining a value for a blood glucose level from a patient; a means for analyzing the blood glucose value with a processor that is configured to model human metabolism, and a means for, based on the analysis, proposing alternative choices for treating the patient based on the blood glucose level; wherein the processor contains a means for proposing the choices automatically and wherein each choice presented will result in adequate blood glucose levels. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the blood glucose level is automatically transmitted, without user intervention, to the processor. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the means for obtaining blood glucose levels comprises a continuous blood glucose monitor. 12. An apparatus for assisting a patient in self-treating diabetes, the apparatus comprising: a means for obtaining a value for a blood glucose level from a patient with a blood glucose monitor; a means for automatically transmitting the blood glucose value to a processor; a means for analyzing the blood glucose value with the processor, and a means for, based on the analysis, proposing alternative choices for treating the patient based on the blood glucose level; wherein the processor contains a means for proposing the choices automatically and wherein each choice presented will result in adequate blood glucose levels. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is configured such that at least one choice is to administer a dose of insulin. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a means for automatically transmitting the dosing information to an insulin delivery device.