Good move Diabetes Auckland!

26 February 2010
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Last May, I did a post about a great medical item I’d come across online, the i-Port. Basically, this little number works like an insulin pump cannula, but for people on injections – i.e. you insert it once every 3-4 days, and it has a line which goes directly into your subcutaneous layer for insulin to pass in. I actually contacted the company at the time to find out if they supplied NZ and they passed me through to their Australian distributors who pretty much shut me down, saying they were not in a position to distribute to NZ at that time.

I got my copy of Dia-log from Diabetes Auckland…

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By Nic on 26 February 2010 at 8.35 am
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Guest blog: Pumping for 25 years.

16 February 2010
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Pumping for 25 years – My story – Kathy Scott.

Palmerston North.

It is now 35 years since I was first diagnosed with diabetes. Yes, (January, 1975) I remember the day – even the hour! I knew what was wrong with me before going to the doctor, but in those days one didn’t say what you thought … you started with the symptoms. The main one that was causing the most distress, was vaginal thrush. Then I added on a few other things, the huge weight loss, the thirst, the constant peeing …..’Oh’ he said rubbing his hands gleefully (after all it was first thing on a Monday morning) ‘do you know what that sounds like?’

Unfortunately I did!…

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By Nic on 16 February 2010 at 9.24 am
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You had me at hello.

20 January 2010
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Wow, wow, wow. This week I came across something which has literally changed my life (from a diabetes point of view). The only thing cooler than using this system to log my BGs, carbs, insulin and exercise would be, ermmm, not to have to log my BGs, carbs, insulin and exercise at all. Check it out!

The little beauty of a system can be found here: https://www.logforlife.com/.

Seriously, I downloaded this on Sunday night and it has already spurred me on to record my blood sugars and all that goes with it in more detail.

Here’s the skinny. You can use this just as a web-based tool, but where it has spun my wheels…

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By Nic on 20 January 2010 at 10.09 am
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A new artificial pancreas in the making.

14 January 2010
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There’s been plenty of talk over the last few years about ‘closed loop’ systems and artificial pancreases. Talk and a bit of action but nothing conclusive just yet.

However, the latest announcement that the JDRF are pouring $US 8 million into a closed loop system between Animas and Dexcom (CGMS) sounds like great news to me.

Details over at Diabetes Mine…

Interesting to hear they’d hope to have a product in market in four year’s time.

My questions are two-fold.

1. Does that mean it could get released in the States in 2014…

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By Nic on 14 January 2010 at 9.59 am
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Tubeguard.

27 December 2009
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In a previous post, I mentioned a painful incident involving one rushing diabetic (me), a door handle and an insulin pump cord. After that I vowed to tape a loop to my stomach from there on in to prevent my site being ripped out, causing pain and further expense – especially now that I have a young one with kicking legs and curious hands (it’s only going to get worse).

Lovely Jane -  who is a regular reader of this blog – sent me a package in the post containing a Unomedical Tubeguard. I just got a chance to try it out today for the first time, and it seems…

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By Nic on 27 December 2009 at 8.08 pm
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