This weekend I’m going to be in Adelaide (in South Australia) meeting up with some of the locals involved in using DIY technology for their diabetes management. On Saturday the 18th of May we’re having an afternoon session at the Adelaide City Libraries [Facebook] where I’ll be running a Q&A session demonstrating some of the …
Back in 2017 I wrote about streamlining the process of inserting a new pump infusion site, and last night it paid off again! For a long time when I insert a new cannula I’ve left the old one in place for a few hours, until I’m sure the new one is working properly. Sometimes a site …
Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to spend most of three days with lots of other people who also live with Type 1 Diabetes. More than 50 of us descended on the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for an intensive weekend of education and networking at the 2019 AMSL Sports & Exercise …
Well, the end for this summer, at least. This coming weekend in Tasmania, Victoria, ACT, NSW, and SA sees the end of Daylight Saving Time. Our clocks will go backwards by an hour on Sunday the 7th of April 2019, at 3AM jumping back to 2AM. If you’re awake, you might see 02:00 twice! Luckily most of …
In December 2017 an online survey of Australian loopers (people using closed-loop insulin pump therapy) was run, and the results were eventually published in the Journal of Internal Medicine in November 2018. It identified at least 20 people using DIY loop systems. In September 2018 a simpler survey was done via this website, and the results …
For years Bigfoot Biomedical has been touted as a champion of bringing closed-loop insulin therapy into a commercial product. They were formed in 2014, and are continuing to work towards introducing a product (they plan to support both pumping and MDI with their technology). They remain an interesting entity to watch, although there are also a …