The 1st of April meant lots of things in Australia this year: April Fools Day, Easter Sunday, the end of Daylight Saving Time in the southeastern states, with the clocks moving back an hour, and updates to the NDSS and PBS schedules. PBS – new insulin The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme lists the specific drugs available …
Back in early February I wrote about the latest news/rumours about insulin pumps for the Australian market. During my March UK trip I’ve been privileged to meet many other people with type 1 diabetes, in a variety of locations around the country. Some are using closed-loop pump systems, but as usual there’s actually been a …
The features of insulin pumps differ between models, but there are many similarities and it’s usually not too hard to change to a different model. But one subtle but confronting difference can be the way we can set a basal profile of insulin delivery. However adjusting to a new method is usually not a hard …
As you will no doubt have heard, the choices for insulin pumps in Australia have been changing lately. There are some things we know, some we’re pretty sure of, and some we’re guessing at. This is my attempt at a summary for early February 2018. This article has been superseded by our August 2018 pump …
The above photo shows the retail boxes of reservoirs for three different insulin pumps. The size differences are quite noticeable! When packing for travel I’ll always take at least twice the consumables I need, separated into two packages. One set will be with me in my carry-on luggage, and one will probably be in checked …
Last weekend we had a first for Australia: a meetup of many DIY loopers for a “build party” where we shared with each other in person how we built our loops. “Loopers” are people with Type 1 diabetes who manage to connect their CGM (continuous glucose monitor) with their insulin pump (usually via a phone …