Back at the end of July Amy went on a trial of the Dana RS insulin pump, a trial which was due to last four weeks, two of which we were on holiday in France. The trial was successful, Amy has asked for the pump and whilst it’s not cut-and-dry …
Amy’s been using #OpenAPS (closed loop artificial pancreas system) since March and it’s been working very well, with some impressive results such as waking up in range without fail and without intervention every morning. Her set up includes a Dexcom G5, her phone (Xiaomi 4X), her OpenAPS rig (Edison/Explorer) and …
As a parent you sometimes get a wake-up call that your job is done, that your child no longer needs your assistance in one area of their life. Be it walking to school, going to the cinema or shopping, catching the bus or train, or managing their Type 1 diabetes. …
Okay, I know, it’s really World Diabetes Day but for reasons which will become clear later I’m calling it Global Diabetes Day this year. It’s been in some ways a busy year, in some ways a quiet year, since 2016’s World Diabetes Day blog. It started with Amy and me …
The start of a whirlwind long weekend of diabetes events was an event organised by our clinic which jointly covers the Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Basingstoke Hospital, and their surrounding areas. There was one last year and I found it really good, an opportunity to speak with our consultant …
Through INPUT Diabetes I got a chance to get to see the Palace of Westminster for the first time AND talk about diabetes tech to anyone prepared to listen. Two birds, one stone, what could have been better. Well actually I attended another great event afterwards too – blog coming …
Disclaimer: this post is all about fundraising – sponsorship link is here. The beginnings of a trip In preparation for doing last year’s 100km Nightrider charity ride with group of work colleagues we naturally formed a team bond, of people who just enjoyed cycling together. After the Nightrider event we …
xDrip logo on left, Nightscout logo on rightAs you can see xDrip loves Nightscout NOTE: xDrip used to be called DexDrip so you might find some references to the old name in this article. Okay, I’ll own up, I know I shouldn’t be so excited about this but I …
It’s hard to believe yet another year has gone by in the Diabetes world, here’s a little bit about what’s been going on. But first, it’s my blog’s birthday; 2 years old today (well actually yesterday but let’s not worry about that minor fib). Its visits have doubled since the …
On Wednesday last week, Amy fitted her own Dexcom CGM for the first time, going live with something she’d (and we’d) been looking forward too for almost a year, 363 days in fact since she got her pump on 20th June 2013. It was back in March that Animas announced …
Thursday’s topic:Yesterday we opened up about how diabetes can bring us down. Today let’s share what gets us through a hard day. Or more specifically, a hard diabetes day. Is there something positive you tell yourself? Are there mantras that you fall back on to get you through? Is there …
Monday’s topic:Let’s kick off Diabetes Blog Week by talking about the diabetes causes and issues that really get us fired up. One of the (many) things that gets me fired up is the headline ‘diabetes is going to bankrupt the NHS’ that you see splattered in news stories occasionally. Articles …
Earlier this week I blogged about waiting for Animas to get their licence to sell Dexcom G4 for use by kids and how the Diabetes Online Document (#DOC) rumour mill was suggesting an announcement would happen soon. That announcement was rumoured to be tomorrow at a symposium held by Animas …
In May 2013 we chose Animas for Amy’s pump for many reasons, one of which was that in the future we might like to get CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) and Animas’s in-built CGM display unit would make using CGM cheaper – because we wouldn’t need to purchase Dexcom’s own display …
Announcement of new blog, November 2012 On World Diabetes Day 2012 our new blog, Circles of Blue, went live. What a year it has been. A good year. A year of dealing with diabetes proactively. A year of diabetes advocacy. whirl (hwûrl, wûrl) verb. whirled, whirl·ing, whirls 1. To …