I’m planning to trial AndroidAPS in the coming weeks. It’s exciting and intimidating. And it’s made me take stock of what I’ve loved about the iPhone/OpenAPS combination I’ve been using for the past eight months. Doing things quickly on the go, without too much thought, is the way I want to run my diabetes, and … Continue reading iPhone shortcuts for OpenAPS

It’s hard to write about Ben West without “feeling it deep in the heart” as Weston Nordgren put it so well on Twitter. I’ve been fascinated by Ben ever since I discovered the lengths he went to to liberate diabetes data over a five year period, starting in 2009. Ben’s work, Decocare, formed the central part … Continue reading Ben West – fixing diabetes, changing the conversation

First published in Australian Diabetes Educator, 8 July, 2019. Patton, Mary Anne. “One year of DIY looping after 38 years of type 1 diabetes.” Australian Diabetes Educator, vol. 22, no. 2, 2019. Introduction One year ago I started do-it-yourself (DIY) looping with the hybrid closed loop system, OpenAPS.[1] I’d been living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) for … Continue reading One year of DIY looping after 38 years of type 1 diabetes