I am also a diabetic and like 2-3 months ago I was thinking the exact same thing as you OP. never thought I would get an answer. thanks everyone for everything! by the way, do you mind if i am going to have some questions to ask you people? thanks!
Personally - I'd go for a discount store digital timer. they're mostly for timing cooking, but its not that hard to find one that can time a full hour. They pretty much all have a time-out beeper - wouldn't be much point without it.