I have used the Abbott Libre “Flash GM” glucose monitoring system since June 2016, so I’ve built up some tricks along the way. I figured I should record some of them for posterity….. Abbott’s Libre Reader (scanner) is a fairly critical piece of equipment. Not only do you use it to scan readings off your …
Well a lot has been going on recently! Looping! I have been running my insulin through a closed-loop pump system for several weeks now, and it’s running well. My system is using a Medtronic Veo pump, an OpenAPS Edison rig, and my existing JARVIS CGM. The OpenAPS software can be configured in many ways, but by …
A theme I hear repeated many times in D-communities is that of finding used BG test strips in all sorts of random places. In the car, in the bed, in the bottom of a handbag, in the freezer (??), and so on. This post is just an outline of the method I use to avoid …
Those of us who use insulin pumps are very used to dealing with cannulas. The pump is connected by tubing to a cannula inserted into the skin. We have to replace this cannula with a fresh one every 2-3 days (both to avoid infections and to stop insulin absorption slowing down). Everyone using a pump …
Language is a funny thing. We use it every day to communicate with each other, and there are many nuances to the way we use various words. Some words are simple and inherently positive (such as “health” and “happiness”) although some (e.g. “gay”) have taken on extra associations over time. Other words have negative connotations: …
You may know the story behind the name of my CGM (continuous glucose monitor): JARVIS. Now I’m building another machine to be part of my diabetes network, and because it will have connections across WiFi and Bluetooth networks it really helps if it has its own network name. This machine is an OpenAPS rig: a …