The ADEA (Australian Diabetes Educators Association) recently published a short article in their ADE internal journal which is relevant to DIY loopers. The article (DIY Looping Technologies [PDF copy]) is essentially a status report saying they’re working with the ADS (Australian Diabetes Society, which is the endocrinologists more than the DEs) on a position statement …
Here in Victoria as someone with diabetes I’m subject to a medical review of my fitness to drive a car, every 2 years (for people with diabetes not using insulin it’s usually every 5 years). It’s a fairly straightforward process, but in peer support communities I still hear reports of problems such as “they lost …
This article isn’t about fancy new technology. But it is about an issue which should be important to everyone who has to inject insulin. We’re lucky in Australia that we get access to this life-saving drug. So many children in the world DIE because they don’t have access to insulin. Life for a Child is a …
Medtronic’s 670G pump finally launched in full in Australia this week, after the Guardian3 CGM sensor it relies on received TGA approval. Medtronic is doing its usual thing and saying it’s “the first” and “the only” (see this screengrab from their website). It’s not. It is of course the first commercial system. The 670G has been used overseas …
“Continuous” glucose monitors (CGMs) aren’t actually continual. Most take a reading every 5 minutes. But it’s easy to forget that. In any moment we see a number on our CGM display, and it feels like that’s our current BG. But it was calculated by the CGM up to 5 minutes ago, and will usually be …
The t:lock connector is being introduced to Australia. Originally Tandem insulin pumps used the standard luer-lock connector for its infusion sets, meaning they could use the same infusion sets used by pumps such as Animas, Cozmo, Accu-Chek Combo. Then in 2017 Tandem introduced their own t:lock connector, and a whole set of new infusion sets …