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I've just seen that Abbot are offering a free trial of their Freestyle Libre 2 sensor: https://sample.freestyle.abbott/gb-en/freestylelibre.html I notice however that there is a very limited list of phones it will work with - i.e. not my newish Xiaomi Remi Note 9S. Is there a way round this?

I thought you might be interested in seeing some data from the last 3 months with Control IQ, Tandem's hybrid loop system. It took a while to get the settings "right" & I was already doing pretty well before Control IQ. The main improvement for me is the reduced mental "load". Yes I still think...

I've had this for a few days now & I'm loving the fact that I've woken up each morning at around 6. If I start the night a bit high, or a bit low, it takes 2 or 3 hours to make the adjustment, but then stays flat in the 6's. Very importantly I know nothing about it until I wake up in the...

Tidepool are working on hybrid closed loops based on the DIY Loop software but with full cooperation from Dexcom, Medtronic & Insulet (Omnipod)...

For anyone who is interested (@Capt-Slog ?) Tandem have released some videos with instructions on how to use Control-IQ, their hybrid closed loop system. It will probably be a long time before we get this in the UK (starts January in the US) but still interesting.

The FDA has now approved the "closed loop" Control IQ technology for use in the USA. It will be a free download for existing Tandem t:slim X2 users. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-authorizes-first-interoperable-automated-insulin-dosing-controller-designed-allow-more-choices

After my recent eye photograph I received a letter stating I have background retinopathy as I have for the last 10+ years. Since they started using digital photography I've asked the photographer to show me the problem area. They always tell me they can't see anything. Nor can my optician who...

My early warning sign for a hypo is a visual disturbance. I get a small area of "shimmering" in the centre of my vision. Anyone else see this? It's a little confusing as this is also how migraines begin for me. However if it is a migraine the disturbance then spreads outward to the periphery...

My Tandem T:Slim X2 pump was (finally) updated to get readings from my G6 CGM. This includes Basal-IQ Tandem's predictive low suspend feature. The red bands show insulin suspended.

Two sub headlines in the Diabetes Times coverage of EASD 2019 https://diabetestimes.co.uk/easd-highlights/ "Poor diabetes control cost NHS £3 billion in 2017/18" "CGM shown to be beneficial in type 1 diabetes" A total of 94 adults with type 1 diabetes were followed for three years. Those who...

From the Diabetes Time - New Junior Dr Handbook for inpatients: https://www.inpatientdiabetes.org.uk/insulin-and-insulin-safety Take a look at the animation half way down. I suppose it's good they are doing this. Unfortunately it is needed. The insulins they mention Humulin I & Humulin S seem...

https://asweetlife.org/tandems-control-iq-explained/?fbclid=IwAR0B1O8NU0zNbJ8iqiNWJ7o9ZBwGP7oWhT3p4tNxnsM_NNF3f6y5AD3BKPg

An amusing & thought provoking article comparing Type 1 to Groundhog Day (Today): https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/ask-dmine-diabetes-groundhog-day#1

https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0b105d5e-e3ba-4f2f-8977-61d4ff969ba7?in=16:34:16

I've just been in to see my DSN nurse. We were having a nice chat & I mentioned injecting in my arms. She tells me that current advice is not to use the arms because of the risk of injecting into muscle. Never heard this before, has anyone else?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/diabetes-amputations-foot-toe-type-1-2-insulin-labour-party-tom-watson-a8533386.html "In 2016 alone the cost of amputations related to diabetes was £44m, the researchers estimate." Continuous Blood Glucose Monitors are too expensive though...

I was just looking at this page of the NHS Type 1 information hub: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/insulin-pumps/ I had thought you weren't officially allowed to self fund an insulin pump? Has anyone done this & was it possible to get the associated paraphernalia (cannulas etc) on...

For anyone using a Nightscout web page & particularly those with a pump, there is a simpler way to run Autotune which analyses basal rates. https://autotuneweb.azurewebsites.net/

Billy has Type 1 Diabetes. Billy wakes up at 4:45 in the morning. Billy looks at his blood sugar on his CGM: 6.4mmol/L. "That's fine" thinks Billy, sleepily. Billy is about to go back to sleep but he realises that his blood sugars are dropping very slowly: 0.1mmol/L in the last 5 minutes. So...

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/06/21/mgh-study-finds-generic-drug-can-reverse-type-i.html