Hyperinsulinaemia

A long word that basically means “too much insulin in the blood”. Hyperinsulinaemia is especially associated with Type 2 Diabetes and insulin resistance, where the body’s response to insulin is reduced, and higher-than-normal insulin levels are needed to get the required effect. But it can apparently also be involved with Type 1 (allegedly not just …

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JDRF Type One Summit

On this coming Sunday March 20 2022, JDRF Australia is holding another Type One Summit. It’s online again this year, and it’s free to register. There’ll be speakers on many topics relevant to our T1D tribe (both for children and for adults). The program can be seen at the above link. And if you register …

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Fun with icons

It should be fairly obvious that over the years I’ve been an avid consumer of science fiction (both as books and movies). At the very start of this blog you can find a discussion of JARVIS (from Iron Man) which was my CGM controller. Soon after I introduced GERTY (from Moon) which was the pocket …

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Mixing insulins – theory and practice

Faster insulins can be dramatically useful for AID (Automated Insulin Delivery) systems. Anything that reduces latency within the loop can improve our overall glycaemic control. A topic often discussed amongst people looking to get faster insulins is the possibility of mixing insulins in pumps. I do have to be clear and point out that this …

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Control-IQ in Australia

It seems Control-IQ is finally starting to roll out. AMSL have been saying they expect to roll out Control-IQ for the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump in April, and in fact their website still refers to the Basal-IQ firmware. But today at least one person been able to proceed through the firmware updates for their …

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