Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7:14PM Brainstorming, Jim Coudal, Startup in Online Startups Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 1:26PM South African Holiday 2009 - HV30 from Tim on Vimeo.
Just a quick edit of the footage that I took while on holiday in South Africa in March 2009.
Family Holiday, South Africa in New Media Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 12:01PM I have been a diabetic since 1998 and have been injecting insulin up to 5 times a day which equates to roughly 18,400 injections since then.
I don’t mention these numbers to look for sympathy but rather as a milestone because I have recently gone onto an insulin pump meaning no more injections.
I am on a Medtronic Paradigm Veo pump.
In a nutshell this pump delivers insulin permanently to cover my baseline insulin needs (yes, we all need a small amount of insulin in our systems when we are not eating). When it comes time to eat, I test my blood glucose level and my blood glucose meter sends this information to the pump. The pump then works out how much insulin I need to:
All very clever but I obviously have to calibrate the pump against my insulin requirements as an initial setup and seem to be getting there.
Now this isn’t the answer to world peace but in my case does seem like a good solution to manage my diabetes (taking into account my paragliding etc). It’s not for everyone but so far so good and I can feel the difference it’s starting to make to my lifestyle and control.
Are you a type 1 diabetic or have a general question about how a diabetic pump works, then please do post a comment.
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