Big press release news from the US today. Johnson & Johnson have decided to close down their Animas pump business! The change is effective immediately in the US & Canada. They’ll still be supporting existing pumps under warranty but sales have been discontinued, and they’re promoting Medtronic as a migration path for their customers. Apparently …
Earlier this week I replaced my first Dexcom G5 CGM sensor, after letting it run for over 16 days. Here’s part of the graph shown by xDrip+ (the CGM that runs on an Android phone) for the old sensor. You can see the way the value is skipping up and down, and this is the …
We were expecting to see updates to the NDSS supplies list as of October 1, but they haven’t come to pass! The NDSS (National Diabetes Services Scheme) is an Australian government-funded service which provides subsidised diabetes consumables. The latest insulin pump being introduced in Australia is from Cellnovo, and they had been making a lot …
Well my first sensor, anyway. Having switched my CGM from Libre sensors as an experiment, I’ve been using a G5 transmitter and a single sensor. But in the last few days the values being returned have been a bit jittery, and xDrip+ has been reporting high noise from time to time. Here’s a little sample from …
No, I’m not 35 years old today. But my diabetes is! Actually, it’s the anniversary of my diagnosis and hospital admission in 1982. I presumably had diabetes for a while before that, but October 2 is the date that means something. But it’s not a date I’ve paid a lot of attention to over the years. …
I’m in the middle of one of many experiments: I’m now using a Dexcom G5 CGM system instead of a Freestyle Libre. It’s not necessarily going to be a permanent change, but I have a box of G5 sensors to work through while I compare the two. I’ve been using the Libre since it became available …