I live with two auto-immune conditions: type 1 diabetes, and coeliac disease. The coeliac disease is due to my immune system over-reacting to gluten, and the diabetes is due to my immune system killing off the part of my pancreas which produces insulin. Obviously the coeliac disease doesn’t get much of a look-in on this …
In a slight update to last November’s article on this topic, there’s now a new page on this site: Closed-loop pumps in Australia https://bionicwookiee.com/closed-loop-pumps-in-australia/ It is a high-level overview of the pump and CGM options available today. This link is available from the menu at the top of the BionicWookiee site, and will be updated …
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 …