About half of the people with Type 1 Diabetes in Australia are eligible for subsidised CGM through NDSS. Broadly speaking, that’s people who are under 21, have concession status, or are pregnant (there is a little more detail to it). For a while Dexcom G6 has only been subsidised for people using the Tandem t:slim …
This article describes the way I’ve been managing my CGM so that I get continuous data, with only a few 5-minute updates missed for many months now. For most people using CGMs (such as the Medtronic and Dexcom systems) each time they start a new sensor there’s a big gap in their CGM coverage. Not …
WARNING (February 2021): The situation has changed again. Pharmacy prices for CGM are now sky-high. At the 2019 Australasian Diabetes Congress (last week) no announcements were made about Dexcom G6. It’s still waiting for approval from the TGA before AMSL will be able to start selling or even marketing it. The strongest story I heard …
I’ve written about technology such as insulin pumps for a while now, so I figured it was time for me to show you the pump I’m using in 2018. Combo pump It’s an Accu-Chek Combo pump, purchased through my health insurance earlier this year. So its 4-year warranty lasts until mid-2022. Some of the things …
There may not be many Bionic Wookiee updates for the rest of July, as I’m currently off on a photographic expedition through Namibia. Yes I’ve taken my T1D, my coeliac disease, and my cameras and headed off for 3 weeks self-drive around parts of Africa (I am after all amongst other things a professional nature …
Lots of news has been surfacing lately about the Tandem t:slim X2 pump which is being brought to Australia by AMSL. There are still some details yet to be clarified, but here’s a little recap. The pump is approved by the TGA for supply in Australia. The consumables are not yet available through the NDSS …