Much of the research into diabetes and its management (including using tech) still suffers from the trope of being based on “white guys”. For some years now there have been efforts to make the research populations more diverse, but there is still an imbalance that ignores that facts that women are exposed to different hormone …
Recently I wrote an article about how day-to-day highs and lows can even out over time. I mentioned at the end that this was only an average across 21 days, not the 60-day statistics that I usually consider (including when comparing with my HbA1c blood tests). Well now those 60 days are up, so here’s …
I was recently discussing with others their occasional issue of noticing “stinging” from Fiasp and Lyumjev insulins. Curious, I looked at a block of 7 of my recent days, and counted the boluses the system delivered. In that time there were 639 boluses, which is an average of 91 per day. Overall I do seem …
I’ve written in the past about “Streaking“, and how expectations of getting 100% Time-In-Range can be unreasonable. Any of us can be within range for 5 minutes, but the longer and longer we measure the harder and harder it gets to not cross either of those borders. Unless the range is unreasonably large of course. …
Today marked another milestone for me. I do remember bits of a day 42 years ago as I was rushed to hospital with a Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis! In the decades since, a lot has changed with the mechanics of how I’ve managed my diabetes. Back then I started off with syringes and regular injections …
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Fun and games this morning. Normally I’m using Inset infusion sets on my YpsoPump, but decided last night to test out an Orbit Micro 2.0 again. It’s a Saturday and I woke around 9:00. Padded off to the bathroom, came back, and was wondering what was going on. What on earth was I doing above …