We’re getting well into Summer here in Australia, and the question of how to keep our insulin safe in the heat keeps coming up. All the manufacturers will tell us are the storage requirements listed in the official drug approvals. Legally they would find it hard to recommend anything outside that without first going through …
We have already seen reports in Australian peer-support communities of dramatic pump failures when Apidra insulin is used in the Tandem t:slim X2! A few people who have previously been successfully using Apidra in their pumps have been upgraded to the Tandem t:slim X2 (either through Vibe upgrades or through new purchases) and then found …
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 …
This week NDSS published (early) the new October consumables lists. Officially there were two updates: A new 4mm-long 32G needle from Unifine. The reservoirs for the Tandem t:slim X2 pump. The Tandem pumps have been rolling out in the last few weeks, and users will be happy to know they can now get the reservoirs through …
As we reported last month, the Cellnovo pump’s handset controller is getting an upgrade. The old Android-based handset included an Accu-Chek Performa BG meter, and was designed by Cellnovo. I say “old”, but it was only introduced into Australia in April 2018. The new handset is a re-packaged phone designed and manufactured by a non-diabetes …
Last month I wrote about changing pump cannulae, and pointed out that many people don’t replace the cannula and pump reservoir at the same time. In fact many people replace a cannula without replacing the tubing to the reservoir. In some ways I think replacing the tubing no more frequently than the reservoir can make …