Soon (Sunday October the 6th) most of Australia starts Daylight Saving as we’re heading into summer. What will this mean for our diabetes technology? Back in April I wrote about how the end of Daylight Saving affected us. So what’s different this time? On the 6th of October the clocks will go forward instead of back. In Victoria, …
ABC News SA has published a feature story on DIY Looping this morning! I am a little annoyed that the title refers to us as diabetes “sufferers”, but overall it seems like a nicely balanced article. Just ignore details like the caption “building software” on pictures that are showing people in fact replacing the batteries …
I had to laugh recently. Various advertising from diabetes companies comes through my feeds, and this time it was an ad from Medtronic Australia, touting the improvements in TIR (Time In Range) for their 670G pump. Here it is reproduced in its entirety: I’m not sure exactly where they sourced this data, but presumably …
Since my last post about rumours of legal action regarding CGM pricing in Australia, I’ve learnt more about the way the NDSS supply system works. As it turns out it’s just refinements of the “lay view” I outlined previously. This applies for all NDSS supplies, including CGM. If you don’t know what all the fuss is …
There has been a lot of excitement in Australia about the discovery of a cheaper way of accessing the Dexcom G5 CGM. Read that article if you haven’t already. Many people have discovered that yes they can afford to use this life-changing technology. Incidentally, the Medtronic CGM transmitters and sensors have also been available via …
At last week’s diabetes congress in Sydney, Accu-Chek announced that the tubeless Solo pump will be available in November once the government’s Prostheses List is next updated. The Prostheses List controls which pumps are available through private health insurance, and is only updated several times a year. I mentioned this in the ADC 2019 – Day …