Ruby was five, in overalls and fairy wings, legs swinging fast beneath the chair that was too high for her. "Would it be ok for Ruby to touch your Dexcom?" her father asked. "Sure," I said, and shimmied over to where Ruby was sitting. She reached over and traced the Dexcom bump through my sleeve. I asked her … Continue reading Ruby

When I switched on my OpenAPS 'artificial pancreas' in May 2018, it was the end of a long wait. A 38 year dream come true. I bounced around like a maniac for months on a high, and my gratitude to the smart, kind people who developed the system knew no bounds. What I wasn't prepared … Continue reading The wave of sadness – unexpected

'What if an insulin pump was like an extension of the human body?' It's always nerve-racking walking into a conference where you don't know anyone. But I was thrilled to be at DiabetesMine's D-Data19 in San Francisco last November, and when I spied a serene looking man a bit younger than me, sitting alone near the … Continue reading Re-thinking insulin pump design