Using technology to kick the butt of type one diabetes
I ordered the parts for my OpenAPS rig and waited impatiently for them to arrive. I couldn't wait to get started! Piece by piece, the life-changing system arrived at my front door. In unassuming brown boxes from around the world. I didn't have a compatible insulin pump despite pumping for 18 years so the hunt … Continue reading Getting ready to loop
Within weeks of writing that first post in 2017 I realised everything had changed. Medtronic had launched their 670G hybrid closed loop system in the US and pivotal trials were underway for systems by Bigfoot Biomedical, Beta Bionics, Insulet, Diabeloop and TypeZero/Tandem/Dexcom. The dawn of the artificial pancreas had well and truly begun. It was … Continue reading The dawn of the artificial pancreas
November 2017 I started dreaming and praying for an artificial pancreas 38 years ago when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. It was Easter Sunday 1980 and I was 12 years old. 'Five years' they said. 'We’ll have a closed loop system in five years!' There was even a handy diagram of what a … Continue reading The long wait
My Artificial Pancreas 