In my recent “Pancreas phone” options post I listed some of the small Android phones people have been using for diabetes management lately. This post is a brief update on that. Cubot KingKong Mini 3 I mentioned the KingKong Mini 3 and Pocket 3 models (which seem to share the same internals, just with the …
Yes, the Omnipod DASH is soon to be subsidised through NDSS. People have been asking for this for a while (pretty much since the pods were introduced a year ago). The new subsidy will apparently become effective on the 1st of December. Hopefully this means that the appropriate registration forms can be processed and training …
In the last day there have been some sensational claims on networks like 9News about Omnipods possibly catching fire. Luckily this is just tabloid journalism at its “finest”, including bogus claims that the wearable device may catch fire. I’ll try to clarify. There is no “product recall”. There is no risk that the pods will …
For years many of us have been wearing these devices and carrying phones in our pockets talking to them. And we’ve usually worked out what we need to to do let everything operate smoothly. Now with more people starting to use them (with the recent expansion of the CGM Subsidy and the launch of AID …
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Earlier this year in “Securing CGM sensors” I wrote about my use of Opsite Flexifix Gentle to cover my CGM sensors. This is quite different to traditional “Opsite Flexifix”. The silicone-based adhesive doesn’t cause me any irritation, stays secure for a long time, and when I do remove it it leaves the sensors intact (instead …
I’ve mentioned before that I often fill my pump reservoirs from insulin pen cartridges. They’re a convenient and compact size, plus they can be dropped into pens for emergency backup use. It makes for a quick and convenient fill process, where instead of “sucking” insulin out of a vial, I “push” the insulin down into …