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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Aren’t people lovely part II: cakes and plastic cows.

13 November 2008
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This week, my Mum was showing some of the women at her work the latest issue of diabetes magazine, which I have an article published in. The article talks about my experiences with the Dexcom CGMS (see all the posts on this here) and mentions that I’m moving to a pump. Mum’s talked to these women before about the expense of the pump and how I’m still paying it off, and one of her work friends piped up all of a sudden and said “Right – this is what’s going to happen – we’re going to all cobble together and bake lots of cakes and sell them on behalf of your daughter and raise…

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By Nic on 13 November 2008 at 8.06 pm
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I’m gonna miss you, Dexcom – or can I call you Dex?

17 August 2008
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Dear Dexcom

Well, our month of companionship is almost over – and I’m sad to say goodbye. We’ve been through good times and bad, but knowing that you’re there for me always has been quietly comforting. Or not so quietly now that I think of all the times you’ve woken me in the night with your buzzing and beeping. All the same, the good times have been good. You’ve taught me new ways of doing things. You’ve embraced me with your robotic kindness and graphical insights. You’ve made me see things from a whole new perspective, and I feel like I’ve grown both spiritually and medically with you literally by my side. It’s been emotional.

We’ve still got two days together,…

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By Nic on 17 August 2008 at 8.07 pm
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Naughty Dexcom.

6 August 2008
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When you’re paying $500 for a piece of kit for a month you sort of hope you can squeeze every last cent out of it. Unfortunately I’ve found the Dexcom to be a little bit dicey on the return on investment front this week. I changed over the insertion mid Thursday last week and shouldn’t have had to do it again until mid Thurs this week. However by late morning on Tuesday the results it was getting were scarce, and the ??? signs were starting to show ever more frequently. By the afternoon it was pretty much kaput – no results at all. I was so tired I vowed to sort it in the morning, but didn’t get a chance…

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By Nic on 6 August 2008 at 9.29 pm
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Caught red handed.

30 July 2008
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Well, thanks to my trusty Dexcom, I’ve caught those naughty overnight blood sugars in their tracks. I now have three nights’ worth of data which shows the little blighters partying it up while I’m asleep, much like we as teenagers would when our parents went away for the weekend. What I plan to do about this I’m not too sure at this stage – being less than three weeks from hooking up to a pump (see previous post) I’m almost reluctant to be changing regimes at this point even though this will continue to hinder my HbA1c (and ability to sleep).

This makes for two street busts in the last few days…. We have been aware…

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By Nic on 30 July 2008 at 1.22 pm
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