MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'insulin pump'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130752&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-this-diabetic-isnt-concerned-about-her-insulin-pump-being-hacked%2F2011.08.14 Jay Radcliffe is a fellow type 1 diabetic, and I remember reading his diabetes blog way back in the day, when I first started blogging.  We read and commented on each other’s posts, and we were both part of the blogosphere when the DOC first started to grow.  I knew he was married, had children, and did the day-to-day diabetes stuff that I did. Which is why when I read the mainstream media’s take on his pump-hacking research (this article, Insulin Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking, for example), I reached out to him immediately.  “Can I just tell you that my mother sent me this article about your research?  Do you have time to talk?” Jay was out in Las Vegas this morning, attending the Black Hat security conference, but he and I had a chance to hash it out over the ph... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130752 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:00:57 +0100 5130752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125739&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmobile-application-shown-to-enhance-diabetes-care%2F2011.08.12 It seems intuitive (at least to Medgadgeteers) that mobile technology can be used to improve health outcomes, but we still need studies to actually put data behind this idea.  A recent study of the DiabetesManager mobile health platform from WellDoc is a step in this direction. We last reported about WellDoc’s mobile diabetes application in 2010, and since that time it has been tested in a clinical trial and was shown to reduce HgbA1c by 1.9%. The DiabetesManager is a behavioral coaching and clinical decision support system.  Patients enter details about blood glucose values, medications, and behaviors via mobile phone, and health care providers receive quarterly summaries based on this information. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125739 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:00:14 +0100 5125739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107520&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgrowing-up-with-type-1-diabetes%2F2011.08.08 In the years I’ve attended CWD’s Friends for Life conference, I always came away with this appreciation for what the conference provides for kids with diabetes, and their parents.  Kids – a whole bunch of them – running amuck and clad in green bracelets with pump tubing flapping from underneath their t-shirts … it’s a place where these families hopefully feel normal, and safe, and understood. But I’m not a kid with diabetes.  I’m an adult.  (I checked, and it’s true: adult.)  I always felt welcomed at past FFL conferences, but people constantly checked for the kid at my side, because the “child with diabetes” surely couldn’t be me.  (And then there was that time that the registration lady thought Sara(aah) was my ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107520 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:00:15 +0100 5107520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984632&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FYOGnoNT4cOQ%2Fnew-insulin-pump-technologies.php The next generation of insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology is coming.Medtronic's Paradigm Veo was approved in Europe two years ago and was recently updated with a more accurate and reliable sensor. The insulin pump uses a CGM to automatically suspend when you are going low. Their studies have shown that this has a real impact on the frequency and intensity of severe low blood sugars. The Veo technology will likely arrive in the USA in 18 to 36 months.The Animas Vibe, an insulin pump with a built-in DexCom CGM, was just approved in Europe and will be submitted to the FDA for approval later this year. It uses a new generation DexCom sensor.Insulet has sought approval from the FDA for it's next generation OmniPod, a tubeless insulin pump. The new pods are 1/3 small... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984632 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:33:03 +0100 4984632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841475&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-to-hide-an-insulin-pump-under-a-wedding-dress%2F2011.05.19 Yesterday I wrote about my wedding, focusing on the parts that meant the most to me:  the man I love, our families and friends, the church service, saying “I do,” and dancing ourselves silly at the reception. But diabetes was a part of my wedding day.  We did our best to keep it quiet and unnoticed, though, using several tricky methods.  I’m like a diabetes wedding magician … sort of. First things first:  the dress.  Wearing an insulin pump is the easiest and least intrusive way for me to take my insulin, and I wasn’t about to go off the pump just for the sake of fashion.  My solution?  Design a pocket to hold my insulin pump, hidden in my wedding dress.  I spoke with the seamstress at Ye Olde Bridal Shoppe and she and I designed something that left th... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841475 Thu, 19 May 2011 19:00:02 +0100 4841475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4658553&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35193&url=http%3A%2F%2Fannetics.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Ftotal-daily-insulin-versus-cycling-time.html Thanks to my super-fantastic coach and team director Kori, I have been logging my workouts since she started working with me late last year.  From my insulin pump, I can also pull off my total daily insulin amounts (or "TDD" for total daily dose) since the beginning of time, give or take.  I thought it might be fun to just plot out my TDD as a function of my cycling time, even though the results are probably as shocking as showing that washing hands reduces the spread of colds.  Anyway, I decided to just do a very simple linear regression of the data between January and March, 2011.  This model ignores variables such as what other exercise I did that day (I often walk about 40 minutes per day), whether I ate more or less than normal, my weight, how old my infusion set w... Annetics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4658553 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:49:00 +0100 4658553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501587&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fi-see-pump-people%2F2011.02.20 A few weeks ago, Chris and BSparl and I went out to dinner. Dining out with our little bird is a bit of a tangled experience, and we don’t spend as much time people watching as we used to because we’re very preoccupied with the baby wrangling.  That night, though, we were sitting and settled and throwing gluten-free puffs (yes, all of us) around the dinner table like confetti when I saw this woman walk in with her family. She settled her family in at the table, and then reached to remove her coat, revealing a beeper clipped to her pocket. Only it was one of them fancypants beepers with the tubes and the buttons and the accompanying not-making-insulin pancreas. I reckon it was an insulin pump. Immediately, I wanted to swing mine over my head like a lasso and say “OMG la... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501587 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:00:10 +0100 4501587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326900&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-patdown-diabetes-at-the-airport%2F2011.01.09 Last week we were at the airport to travel to Marco Island for the CWD Family Weekend. And we were NOT traveling light, by any stretch. Chris and I had our suitcases, our laptops, and my diabetes supplies (infusion sets, insulin, test strips, glucose tabs, etc.) stashed in a carry on. Oh, and we also had that giggly baby BSparl, plenty of clothes for her to spit up on, formula, bottles, wipes, diapers, water for mixing the formula, toys, Happy Baby puffs for snacks, her car seat, the car seat base, and the stroller. (Phew.) In addition to all the junk we were carrying, I was also wearing my Animas Ping and my Dexcom sensor (and carrying the receiver) — which made me a prime candidate for the airport opt-out search from a TSA employee, thanks to the fact that these devices are bett... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326900 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:00:05 +0100 4326900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197288&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FtduqhZXSEWM%2Fflying-on-the-bandwagon.php I hate to post about air travel and the changes with the TSA protocols just because everyone else is doing it... but I am.I live across the country from my family so that means that I travel a lot - especially around the holidays. Last time I posted about security procedures, in March 2009, the entry was actually picked up by the TSA and posted on their blog.Basically, I explained that "don't ask, don't tell" was my standard procedure for going through security. The MiniMed pump has very little metal in it, so it VERY rarely sets off the metal detector. Often I can get through security without a second glance.I am not traveling for Thanksgiving, but I am for Christmas. So far, my local airport has not replaced all their old metal detectors, so there is a chance that nothing will be an... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197288 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:09:36 +0100 4197288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097938&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fjuvenile-diabetes-the-walk-for-the-cure%2F2010.10.22 This weekend is the Western Carolina Walk for the Cure for Juvenile Diabetes. Our son Seth is 13, and has been diabetic since age five. The Walk is one of our favorite yearly events. More than that, the idea of a cure is one of our favorite dreams! Seth has come a long way. He wears an insulin pump, and is now wearing a continuous glucose monitoring system. His chances of long-term complications, such as blindness or renal failure, are remarkably low compared to what kids faced in past decades. His physician, Dr. James Amrhein of the Greenville Hospital System, is outstanding. He and his outstanding nurse practitioners brought us through the shock and trials of diabetes with great compassion and understanding. He offered us that precious commodity: Hope. (more…) *This b... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097938 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:00:22 +0100 4097938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013430&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FtY5p-Bnj-CQ%2Fclean-but-high.php I've pretty much always known it to be true, but now I have the graphs to back me up. I can wake up with an amazing fasting number in the morning but my "getting ready" routine sends the number soaring. I have tried different methods to combat the rise, but I am not really satisfied with any of the results and so I'm looking for something new.I am disconnected from my insulin pump for probably about 15-20 minutes as I shower and get dressed. It's not that long, but it is also at the time of day that my basal rate is the highest. When I sleep in (read: weekends), my numbers stay level during the same time so I know it is not my basal rates; it's my routine.So what do you guys do for the post shower rise?***And yes, this picture was taken in the same location as the picture yesterday. So Cry... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013430 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:45:46 +0100 4013430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3807394&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fon-the-battlefield-against-diabetes%2F2010.07.31 I have no idea how it happened, but yesterday was a crummy day, diabetes-wise. Somehow, early in the evening, I heard the Dexcom singing from the kitchen countertop, and BSparl and I went over to investigate. “High.” With a long line at the very top of the Dexcom screen. “Hi to you, jerkface,” I said, pulling out my meter to see just what the greeting was about. And I saw a sticky 451 mg/dl blinking back at me. “What the fern?” I couldn’t figure out how I ended up so high, especially since after lunch I was 174 mg/dl and flatlined on the Dex. And I was so angry. How does this happen? Did I eat the wrong thing? Take a shallow bolus? Is the pump ferning with me? Could the insulin have spoiled? Did I just lose track of everything and my numb... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3807394 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:00:17 +0100 3807394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798745&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FWHFzcwyREY4%2Fthe-magic-of-auto-insertion-1.php Full Disclosure: OmniPod is a Diabetes Daily Sponsor. Each month, I share my experiences using the tiny tubeless insulin pump. This week I'd like to talk about one of my favorite features on the OmniPod insulin pump: auto insertion. If you are wondering what the OmniPod is all about, you can watch a video of me putting it on.Auto insertion is something I never thought about much when I was on a tethered pump. I just assumed I would use an insertion device (or my own hands) to connect my infusion set to my body. And I did. For years. And I had many problems.The Manual Insertion Experience on My Old Pump One of the things that that frustrated me most about my last pump was that I had a terrible time with bent cannulas. I'm a very petite person and have little available real estate for i... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798745 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:45:12 +0100 3798745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3754031&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FKxxOYM9B53o%2Funderwater.php A few days ago, someone commented on an old post of mine. It is actually a topic that I get some of my most frequent search results for, so I thought I would drag it back out of the archives for an update.Growing up in Southern California, I LIVED in the water. Beach, pool, water parks, I loved all of it. My blond hair was perpetually green from all the chlorine. Since I wasn’t diagnosed with diabetes until late in college, it never really played a part in my summer plans.For my first job out of graduate school I moved across the country and about a mile away from the ocean. Only now, I was pumping and finding it difficult to manage water, sand, insulin, and delicate machinery at the same time. I abandoned water parks because it was just too difficult, and would try to disconnect and hide... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3754031 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:25:39 +0100 3754031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610327&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-diabetic-new-mommy%2F2010.05.29 You know you’re a diabetic mommy when… The bottle of glucose tabs is just as important as the bottle of breast milk in the diaper bag. You have already started wondering how you’re going to explain juice as “medicine” to the kiddo. When you wake up for 3am feedings and they double as a 3am blood sugar check. You start cooing sweetly at your meter when it gives you a result of 100 mg/dl. (”Oooh, what a good meter you are! Yes you are!”) Your baby ends up with a dot of blood on the back of her pajamas from your middle-of-the-night blood sugar check that didn’t stop bleeding right away. When you talk about “the pump,” you need to clarify “the insulin one, not the boob one.” Sometimes you have to draw numbers to see who... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610327 Sat, 29 May 2010 15:21:21 +0100 3610327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577567&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FG9BH-2nCAFE%2Fanswers-to-common-omnipod-insulin-pump-questions.php In last week's newsletter, we asked you what you wanted to know about the OmniPod insulin pump. OmniPod is a Diabetes Daily sponsor and the pump I use to successfully manage my diabetes. We received many questions. Because I don't have a child on the Pod and a lot of you had questions about kids and OmniPod, I enlisted the help of a fellow OmniPod enthusiast and D-Blogger at Arden's Day, Scott Benner, whose daughter, Arden, 5, is a happy OmniPod user.  He told me all about they're experiences with OmniPod, and I was so happy to hear that it changed their lives, too!   If you have any additional questions, please leave them in the comments section below. If you are interested in seeing a pod in real life, you can get a free sample pod.How is the OmniPod attache... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577567 Wed, 19 May 2010 04:59:00 +0100 3577567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3552491&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fsmall-but-mighty-hankypancreas-aims-to-transform-pumpers-style.html Next up in our series on “mom-and-pop” diabetes shops is Jessica Floeh, who knows a thing or two about good design. As a type 1 diabetic and a student at Parsons The New School of Design, Jessica is mixing her love of design with her personal connection with diabetes. She’s recently concocted Hanky Pancreas, a [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3552491 Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:38 +0100 3552491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538345&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fmy-most-excellent-life-as-a-pancreas.html Funny what you find when you clean out your closets. As I was sorting through some of the piles of diabetes-related materials in my office last week, I uncovered this cheery-looking little book called “My Life as a Pancreas” by Priscilla Call Essert: Someone had sent it to me for review a while back, and I [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538345 Thu, 06 May 2010 13:00:28 +0100 3538345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529960&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fsizing-up-the-solo.html Show and Tell today, Friends! I received my demo kit of the Solo tubeless insulin pumping system the other day. That’s the would-be competitor to OmniPod which was acquired by Roche Diabetes last month. It’s not yet on the market — in fact, not slated to be available until 2012, but you can order a free sample [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529960 Tue, 04 May 2010 13:00:13 +0100 3529960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3515569&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmastering-those-carb-guessing-skills.html I loved D-psychologist Jessica Bernstein’s assertion that aiming to control your blood glucose levels with diabetes is a lesson in frustration. Rather, the best we can hope for is to influence our BG “by combining enough insulin and exercise to burn the sugar,” she says. Right on, Jessica! — which is I’ll talk about [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3515569 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:00:33 +0100 3515569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508388&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FmYGowG6u5Ss%2Fthe-big-revel-reveal.php Is it bad that I want to rename the new MiniMed pump model? :)After reading this post on Amy’s Diabetes Mine blog about the new Paradigm Revel insulin pump, I headed over to the MiniMed website to learn a little more for myself and to see if an upgrade was in store for me.As someone who does not have, and really has no interest in the MiniMed CGMS system (I found it less accurate and more painful than DexCom during my trials of both – but know that’s not the case for everyone), I was frustrated to find that most of the upgrades are CGMS related.The new features include predictive alerts, rate of change alerts, high and low alerts, and new graphs. Blah, blah, blah… Not too helpful or valuable without a CGMS.They also made the basal rate more precise, and you can have it deliver as littl... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508388 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:58:50 +0100 3508388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499272&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fa-techie-type-1-reviews-the-new-medtronic-revel-insulin-pump-cgm-system.html Technology blogger and Type 1 diabetic Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft, and is quite famous in software developer circles.  As it happens, he’s been wearing the brand new “Revel” combo Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) system from Medtronic for six days now, and has just posted his thoughts on his tech blog, Computer [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499272 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:50:08 +0100 3499272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3483063&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fwhats-new-in-diabetes-goods-reader-tips.html Thankfully, many readers send me emails when they hear about something newsworthy/ different/ fun/ controversial/ or quirky in the world of diabetes. Thank you! And keep those tips coming, pahhhleeese, People. Today, from the mailbag, three items that I simply had to share: New OneTouch Delica Lancing Device This one’s so new it doesn’t even appear on the [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3483063 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:00:06 +0100 3483063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467969&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Froche-acquires-medingo-solo-patch-pump-begin-the-usability-wars.html I’m sure many of you heard the news yesterday that Roche Diabetes has acquired Israel-based Medingo, makers of the much-anticipated Solo insulin patch pump — a would-be direct competitor to the OmniPod tubeless pumping system. Roche paid $160 million for the small company and its technology, which is a drop in the bucket in industry terms. [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467969 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:00:30 +0100 3467969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460348&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmetformin-vs-symlin-for-type-1-diabetes-whatever-works.html Not long ago, I reported here on the possible benefits of Metformin for people with type 1 diabetes. It is of course an oral medication traditionally aimed at type 2 diabetics who are not on insulin.  Today, we revisit that issue with a real live test case — my friend and colleague Allison Blass, who’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460348 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:19 +0100 3460348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420704&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fbasalbolus-mix-and-match.html I just knew that working with expert CDE Gary Scheiner was going to be eye-opening. After all, I’ve barely touched the settings on my pump since I started using it three years ago. What a sense of empowerment to start altering so many Pump Settings — which have frankly intimidated the heck out of me until [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420704 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:43 +0100 3420704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374321&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fnewsflash-medtronics-new-next-gen-pump-cgm-okd-by-the-fda.html Happy St. Patrick’s Day, again.  See this morning’s post with some wee silliness on that. A quick newsflash on this lovely green day: this morning Medtronic has announced that it has received FDA approval for its new Paradigm Revel combination insulin pump/continuous glucose monitor, which they’re calling “the industry’s most advanced integrated system for diabetes [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374321 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:23:55 +0100 3374321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374322&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ffrom-ireland-with-love-and-diabetes.html I often wonder what it would be like to have diabetes in a different western industrialized country — one that has a sensible, functioning health care system, for example. Or just someplace smaller, and greener. This being St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d look up Ireland. Here are a some interesting wee tidbits that Google coughed up: ♣ [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374322 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:38 +0100 3374322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359174&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fbasal-testing-a-new-kind-of-torture.html Just when I thought I’d experienced every indignity and inconvenience this disease could dish up, along comes basal testing. I’ve had the Big D for almost seven years now, and I’ve always been told never to skip meals (a good thing too, because I need my meals!). At the same time, I know you’re supposed to [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359174 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:01 +0100 3359174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342829&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fkris-freeman-closing-thoughts-on-vancouver-2010.html Admittedly, I’m a bit tardy here in publishing the final installment of my Winter Olympics conversations with cross-country skier Kris Freeman.  He has type 1 diabetes and was America’s best hope for a medal in his sport in Vancouver this year — but alas, things did not go well for Kris this time around.  He [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342829 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:35 +0100 3342829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294756&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fkris-freeman-update-breaking-d-ground-in-olympic-endurance-sport.html I’m back today for my second exclusive check-in with Kris Freeman, world-class cross-country skier competing in the Winter Olympics this week. He’s the only athlete there with diabetes. And on Saturday, it caught up with him. A blood sugar crash killed his chances for taking a medal in the men’s 30K event, where he was [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294756 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:35 +0100 3294756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283775&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fchecking-in-with-kris-freeman-type-1-diabetic-going-for-olympic-gold.html This year, and among the thousands of ueber-athletes striving for Gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics, there’s one ueber-diabetic. His name is Kris Freeman, and he’s a star cross-country skier, poised to break the USA’s decades-old “Olympic medal drought” in that sport — and also the first-ever athlete with Type 1 diabetes to compete in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283775 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:23 +0100 3283775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262826&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fsmall-but-mighty-who-is-jimmy-insulin.html Today, our series on the many small, ‘maverick’ organizations making an impact the diabetes world continues with Jimmy Insulin — the alias for a new diabetes mentoring program. Who the heck? you may ask.  My question exactly. To find out, I’ve been in touch with the man behind ‘Jimmy,’ Founder & Executive Director Jeremy Weisbach, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262826 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:00:41 +0100 3262826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246949&cid=t_102246_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FQcY-dRv5yag%2F People who live with diabetes know how frustrating it can be to try to maintain a healthy and balanced level of sugar in the blood, particularly if they take insulin. Much progress has been made in terms of developing technology to help manage insulin doses, especially in children, but as good as they can be, there is still a lot of room for improvement. Type 1 diabetes, what used to be called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes, cannot be cured. Insulin isn’t a cure, but rather, a way to manage it. The insulin must be given in specific doses and adjusted according to activity and food intake, something which can be quite difficult to do for an active child or teen. When blood sugar isn’t properly controlled, this can lead to severe complications later in life (blindness, ki... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246949 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:05:15 +0100 3246949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167321&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fnews-flash-jdrf-joins-with-animas-dexcom-to-build-first-generation-artificial-pancreas.html Very big news in the diabetes world today, Folks: the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has announced a partnership with insulin pump makers Animas Corp. (a Johnson & Johnson company) to actually start building the first ready-for-market artificial pancreas, i.e. “a fully automated system to dispense insulin … based on real-time changes in blood sugar [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167321 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:03:12 +0100 3167321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163989&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fa-funny-thing-happened-as-i-fell-off-my-spin-bike.html OK, I didn’t exactly fall, but it’s the closest I’ve come since I started taking spin classes a little over a year ago… On Dec. 31, hubby and I decided to attend the “New Year’s Special” combo class — 60 minutes of body conditioning followed by a 90-minute marathon spin session — run by our favorite [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163989 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00:47 +0100 3163989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3139205&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fpod-submersion.html Over the holidays, hubby and I managed to slip away for one-night romantic getaway, and I finally did it! (Check your imaginations at the door, Guys - nothing kinky)  I finally decided to enjoy a hot and steamy jacuzzi session without worrying about my OmniPod. Not where it was, or wasn’t, or what was happening [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3139205 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:00:03 +0100 3139205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3129638&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fmeeting-act1.html If you’re like me — or even if you don’t spend quite as much time browsing “all things diabetes” in cyberspace — you might have noticed that the incredible proliferation of new D-blogs and online communities is making it seemingly impossible to keep up. Which is actually a wonderful thing, I suppose. Quite by accident, in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3129638 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0100 3129638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124669&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthis-year-at-diabetesmine-2009.html Once again it’s time to reflect on what marked the year here at DiabetesMine.com.  2009 was surely eventful, both for this blog and for me personally.  Never a dull a moment when you’re a busy D-blogger, Health 2.0 advocate, and mother of three, I guess.  Here’s a list of some key milestones that stand out [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124669 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:57:06 +0100 3124669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3119017&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fhappy-holidays-from-diabetesmine.html Wishing you and yours a wonderful long weekend. By way of season’s greetings, a favorite scene from a Christmas classic: See? You don’t’ have to celebrate Christmas yourself to enjoy this majorly frolicsome film — although you do have to be American, it seems. My German husband didn’t find it funny at all. (Don’t know what you’re [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3119017 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:00:42 +0100 3119017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092872&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fwayback-wednesday-diab-entity-crisis.html As a sort of addendum to this Monday’s post, I can’t believe I wrote the following testimonial four whole years ago. Ever more confirmation that the more things change, the more they stay the same: Diab-entity Crisis Sometime in the middle of last week, as I was gazing at my blog banner and mulling over my next [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092872 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:00:59 +0100 3092872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3084926&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fa-kindred-spirit-on-symlin-and-cgm.html By far the most positive thing that has come out of getting this stupid chronic illness is meeting incredible people.  Who knew there were so many wonderful kindred spirits out there, before I began connecting with others who struggle all day every day with carb counts and insulin dosing calcs and potentially dangerous blood sugar [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3084926 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:02 +0100 3084926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012569&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fguest-post-have-a-little-respect.html My D-blogger friend and intermittent correspondent Allison Blass has been living with diabetes since she was 8 years old. It’s pretty much all she knows. She copes with it her way, and strives to let others do the same. That’s why, this week, she’s musing on the theme of respecting each others’ choices in this [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012569 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:48 +0100 3012569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2954721&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Finsulin-patch-pump-co-opens-up-rd.html Welcome to another “Where Are They Now?” update on a DiabetesMine Design Challenge entrant.   This year, we received a paper entry on PicoSulin, a “revolutionary miniature insulin pump with direct Penfill Cartridge loading.” I heard from the Geneva, Switzerland-based company last week that their website is now live, presenting in particular a new patch pump [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2954721 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:10 +0100 2954721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934905&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwayback-wednesday-seven-things-worse-than-the-diabetes.html On an overnight trip to Dallas two weeks ago, I broke out in some rather ugly hives — again! My lips poofed up like I’d been slammed with a hockey puck, and my right eye went all ape-like. This lasted for several days.  It was that damn gluten allergy again, I must assume, although for [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934905 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:52 +0100 2934905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2899144&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fworlds-best-minor-inventions.html We often forget to be grateful for the little things, I think.  In the Sixties, remembering to do this was called “stop and smell the flowers.”  We rarely do that nowadays.  I’m not talking about praising locomotion or penicillin here — nothing that moves the masses or revolutionizes public health. Rather, the more trivial, ‘minor [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2899144 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:00:49 +0100 2899144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886670&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FA5XOpdcTcVg%2Fthe-first-year.php As we sat with the family looking at our family photo album, the kids had plenty of comments about Mom and Dad back then. Especially Dad. Wedding Day: "Gee Dad, you look so skinny!" One Year Anniversary: "Dad, is that when you got your big belly?" Rewind. His belly isn't big. But it was interesting to see the noticeable difference in weight gain in one year's time. Our first year of marriage was tainted with drastic highs and lows and quickly got me adjusted to living with someone who has diabetes. Although I would've enjoyed less of a crash course our first year.  When we got married, my husband was using a pen for insulin delivery. He had also switched to Lantus which didn't seem to work well for him. His poor body was on a roller coaster--and it was objec... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886670 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:54:06 +0100 2886670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876292&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F9akNz4_8A1Q%2Fset-change-struggles.php I am all for pumping.  It allows me to deal with my dawn phenomenon, where at 3:00 AM my body needs 50% more insulin than normal. It allows me to be very precise with my insulin doses, does all the math for me, and keeps an eye out for insulin on board that might trip me up later.  It allows me to adjust my insulin before, during, and after exercise, rather than having to eat.  But, even with all of those wonderful things pumping makes possible, there are a few things that drive me up a wall.  Dealing with infusion set changes every few days is one of them.It's not really the set change that bothers me.  It is the disruption in the flow of insulin that gets me.  Today is a fine example.  I woke up around 8:00 AM, tested 123 mg/dl.  I changed my infus... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876292 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:50:13 +0100 2876292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871942&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F10%2Felizabeth-profit-diabetes-the-future-of-pro-tennis.html We often hear about adult athletes with diabetes — especially when they win Olympic gold or have a run-in with the law. But we don’t always get to hear about the younger athletes, the ones who are up-and-coming Olympians or World Champions. During the US Open last month, I spotted a young girl named Elizabeth [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871942 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:56:29 +0100 2871942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846576&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fwayback-wednesday-the-quest-for-animal-insulin.html Apropos to last week’s post on Testing Driving Insulin, I was thinking about the ‘older’ versions — and discovered a reader letter I received back in February of 2006.  It seems just as timely today, considering that research supported the case for continuing to offer patients the option of animal insulin: “In our systematic review we [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846576 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:00:35 +0100 2846576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741560&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fdiabetes-summer-2009.html September is nearly upon us (ugh…), and I for one am already eyeball-deep in work mode again. As I pack up my swimsuits, and prepare to start wearing my OmniPod on my now-hidden upper arms again (pending any late summer heat waves),  I reflect on what went on in the diabetes world this summer, much [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741560 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:00:59 +0100 2741560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725203&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fback-in-country-miss-me-much.html Greetings Dear Readers, We landed in SFO yesterday after a wonderfully smooth 10-hour flight from Dublin on Aer Lingus. When I say “smooth” I mean no one broke out in tears, kicked the neighboring passengers, or spilled their juice on the seats. Not even the kids To summarize our vacation very briefly, we spent long [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725203 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:00:19 +0100 2725203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719927&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fthe-latest-trick-in-insulin-dosing-formulas-for-insulin-pumps.html Kelly Close is the brillant mind behind Close Concerns, a consultancy dedicated to “the business of diabetes.” In addition to having type 1 diabetes for more than 20 years, she is also one of the thought leaders in the diabetes community. One of Close Concern’s main objectives is to go every ― and I mean every [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719927 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:35:48 +0100 2719927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702483&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Flow-blood-sugar-one-of-my-biggest-fears-as-a-parent.html I met John Crowley a couple of years ago when I started working with Alliance Health. He’s a sweet, down-to-earth, tech-savvy guy who made me realize — for the first time really realize — how much a child’s diabetes affects every aspect of the parents’ life, even long after that child is able to perform [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702483 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0100 2702483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695575&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ftriathlon-season-arrived-diabetes-never-left%25e2%2580%25a6.html * Part 3 of a three-part guest series on Diabetes & Exercise* Diagnosed with Type 1 nine years ago, David Weingard has committed himself to “navigating the challenges of this condition for my health and for the benefit of my family.” He’s a veteran of numerous running events and triathlons (including the infamous Ironman). He’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695575 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:52 +0100 2695575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2681966&cid=t_102246_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FmMKn954YwVs%2F Health Canada has issued a recall of Paradigm Quick-set insulin infusion sets. If you use one of these, please read this press release to see if yours is affected: Health Canada is advising Canadians that the company Medtronic has initiated a recall of its Paradigm Quick-set infusion sets with lot numbers beginning with “8″ (”Lot 8″). A small percentage of the affected infusion sets may work improperly and may deliver too much or too little insulin, which could cause serious health effects. Medtronic Paradigm Quick-set infusion sets are used by patients with diabetes as part of intensive insulin therapy. An infusion set is a narrow-diameter tube that connects to an insulin pump to deliver insulin to the patient through a needle under the patient’s skin. Patie... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2681966 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:36:00 +0100 2681966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653974&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fnewsflash-new-tubeless-solo-pump-wavesense-iphone-app-are-here.html I hereby interrupt my vacation to bring you some exciting diabetes technology news. Some of you may know that the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) is holding its annual conference in Atlanta on Aug. 5-8.  This event takes a close second to the ADA’s big annual shindig in June as the biggest event of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653974 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:04:20 +0100 2653974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2626218&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FsQs2vzU3Ghs%2Fskinned.php When I got home from work around half an hour ago and collected my mail from the mailbox, I actually jumped up and down with excitement.It's not my birthday, and this is not my usual resposne to a mailbox filled with an assortment of junk, dental magazines and bills. Mixed in tonight was a thin cardboard airmail envelope with www.skinit.com on the label.Medtronic recently outsourced production of their pump skins... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2626218 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:05:31 +0100 2626218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576821&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F07%2F50-diabetes-myths-and-the-truths-you-need-to-know.html It’s not every day that you pick up a diabetes book with an ice cream cone on the cover — or two, actually! (OK, one is squashed) But the new book by fellow Type 1 D-writer and advocate Riva Greenberg is something different in many ways. There are numerous books that aim to dispel myths about [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576821 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:00:32 +0100 2576821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2553205&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fdoes-lantus-cause-cancer.html Considering what I am about to write, I feel a little guilty about the post headline here. But these sensational headlines are just the point: the media is abuzz the last few days with the possibility that Lantus insulin “may be linked” to cancer. The rumors started late last week, when the media got wind that [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2553205 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:32:49 +0100 2553205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523619&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fdiabetic-aesthetic.html A final run-through of our 150+ amazing submissions in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge reveals some of the “prettiest” entries — those that obviously come from the world of artful design rather than medical utility. And why shouldn’t more medical devices be more aesthetic?!   PicoSulin mini insulin pump - weighs just 2 oz. and uses and [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523619 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:00:23 +0100 2523619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523621&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Ftype-1-diabetes-advocacy-meet-the-goulds.html As people with diabetes or parents of children with diabetes, we all know how difficult it is to manage the never-ending balance of food, insulin, exercise and myriad of other endlessly circumvolving variables.  Now imagine having to handle all of that turmoil for FOUR children. Meet Ellen and Dave Gould, parents of EIGHT children ages [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523621 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:00:34 +0100 2523621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512628&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FsLgkgYWxzCw%2Fovernight-improvement.php A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about how I was beginning to crack up. Well - my pump was at least! Since it was not affecting the functionality of the pump, I wasn't too motivated to do anything about it. However with a few vacations coming up, I decided it was better to look into getting a crackless pump now, rather than face unfortunate consequences later. After speaking to... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512628 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:46:45 +0100 2512628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523625&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fa-year-and-a-half-with-the-diabetes-monster.html I met David Lazarus years ago when he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle. Two years ago, he moved south to join the Los Angeles Times. And shortly thereafter, he became one of us. This is his view from ‘the inside’… A guest post by David Lazarus, business columnist for the LA Times The day I was [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523625 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:00:20 +0100 2523625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453048&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fmore-really-creative-diabetes-dream-designs.html More contest entries worth featuring… these ideas stood out as incredibly creative. So creative, in fact, that the judges struggled with rating them, either due to uncertainty whether they’d be implementable any time in the foreseeable future, or the fact that the target audience may be a small slice of the D-world. Still, as we [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453048 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:57 +0100 2453048 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442500&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fshout-out-against-insurers-cost-cutting-skimping-on-insulin-packs.html Does your insulin always come packed carefully in ice? Or perhaps not anymore? Medical insurers, notably CVS/Caremark, are cutting costs by skimping on packaging used to keep insulin safe during shipping. And a bunch of PWDs are mad as hell about it. T1 writer and advocate Riva Greenberg wrote to me not long ago saying: “What they [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442500 Thu, 28 May 2009 13:36:20 +0100 2442500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442501&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Finventor-of-the-safetube-small-kid-with-a-big-mind.html Meet Griffin Bonner. He’s 13 years old, and in the 7th grade at a private Quaker school in Baltimore, Maryland. He also has Type 1 diabetes. And some very big ideas about how to improve on the products he uses every day to treat his illness. His clever Safe Tube design was the winner of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442501 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:00:51 +0100 2442501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442418&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FhzF7i3E3oaY%2Fwhy-am-i-so-stubborn.php I put in a new site on Sunday. I have been using my stomach lately, trying to give my hips a break. I know the site was working after I put in in because I was in range after breakfast. For lunch, I went to the mall with a friend. We ate at a California Pizza Kitchen - which probably wasn't the best idea but it tasted so good! Anyway, the... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442418 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:37:46 +0100 2442418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442437&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2Fji3hkYlNOng%2Fi-wanted-to-tell-you.php I wanted to tell you guys about an amazing new product that I found recently. I found and bought it on my own, and am not being paid for this review. I was just so excited to find it that I wanted to share it with you. I remember when I was first looking at pumps, the promotional video by MiniMed emphasized that their pump was waterproof and showed people... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442437 Fri, 22 May 2009 13:45:46 +0100 2442437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442506&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fa-call-to-pharma-colored-insulin-would-help.html We had two video entries in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge presenting the same idea: why not offer colored insulin, which would not only be useful but potentially life-saving for us folks who live on the stuff? The idea is not entirely new. Diabetes Health magazine had a series of articles / letters to the editor [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442506 Fri, 22 May 2009 13:00:02 +0100 2442506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415684&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FY988n4lXrR8%2Fmonday-memories-still-a-weak-link.php It is really funny to go back and look at old posts and realize that you are in the exact same place you were then. Well, I don't know if funny is the right word. In this post from February 2008, I recounted an electronic conversation I had with a certain ninja shortly before getting my upgraded pump. I was trying to decide if I should add the MiniMed CGMS to my... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415684 Mon, 18 May 2009 13:15:24 +0100 2415684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405954&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fnew-omnipod-color-pdm-a-first-look.html The folks at Insulet have very generously shipped me out an advance unit of their new color PDM.  (I guess they just knew I’d be first on the upgrade list, and wouldn’t stop pestering them ’til I got one pronto.) I fired mine up last Wednesday afternoon, and have been happily playing with it since.  [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405954 Mon, 11 May 2009 13:00:30 +0100 2405954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390242&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fnew-omnipod-pdm-is-here.html We knew it was coming, but Insulet Corp. has been very tight-lipped about their new color-screen PDM (controller unit) for the OmniPod wireless pumping system. Well, off a tip from a reader I’ve discovered the new unit is available for pre-order starting today — and it’s looking good. Reader Eric R. writes: My local rep had [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390242 Mon, 04 May 2009 19:19:50 +0100 2390242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365369&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fencounters.html My 9-year old asks the best questions. A few mornings ago, staring at the OmniPod on my shoulder, she hit me with this one: “Mom, does it hurt more when it pulls out or when it gets pushed in?” “Um… neither hurts that much, really.  OK  — so when you pull it out, that’s just a second, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365369 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:00:30 +0100 2365369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349467&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fdiabetes-device-design-five-insights-from-dr-steven-edelman.html Hope you all had a Happy Easter.  I noticed there are just over three weeks left now to enter the 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. (Submissions accepted until May 1, 2009).  On that note, today is third in our series of interviews with our esteemed judges: a conversation with Dr. Steven Edelman — renowned diabetes researcher [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349467 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:00:34 +0100 2349467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2325191&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fomnipod-softens-the-switch-from-cozmo.html Insulet Corp., makers of the OmniPod tubeless insulin pump system, is now also offering a low-cost switch option to users of the discontinued Cozmo pump: For a limited time, Cozmo users will be able to start on OmniPod for as little as $49.99. This offer includes an OmniPod Starter kit and a one-month supply of Pods. [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2325191 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:28:27 +0100 2325191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2297359&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fwho-killed-the-cozmo.html I was as surprised as the rest of you to hear earlier this week that Smiths Medical is killing off the Cozmo insulin pump. Although I guess we should’ve seen it coming. Heck, the economy is in bad shape, and companies everywhere are cutting their loses. {So sorry for the layoffs, my friend [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2297359 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:17 +0100 2297359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2267704&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FoYUHD5lYZrc%2Fmonday-memories-i-promise-it-wont.php I just got back from a recent work trip that involved some airlines flights. I have noticed (especially on the message boards) that a lot of diabetics worry about being stopped and forced to endure extra inspections because of their diabetic supplies. Most of this worry is unwarrented. My bag has NEVER been inspected for my diabetic supplies. And I have only set off the metal detector once - one... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2267704 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:25:54 +0100 2267704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222553&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fdesigner-mini-glucose-meter-coming-in-march.html Recently I wrote about an amazingly compact new glucose meter called the Glucocard, from Japanese manufacturer Arkray.  Now it seems that the company is going designer ultra-mini with a tiny new meter that will be the first-ever to feature interchangeable face plates, “so users may personalize the look of their monitoring system.”  The  GLUCOCARD® 01 [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222553 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:00:42 +0100 2222553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222557&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F02%2Faad-syndrome-ambiguity-about-diabetes.html In the aftermath of my recent cancer scare, I’m feeling lucky to be alive these days.  But it doesn’t make the diabetes any easier.  Ironically, the days I work out hardest are often my worst BG control days, since I’m so hungry and craving carbs… All of these thoughts brought me back to this post, which [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222557 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:24 +0100 2222557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2131362&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FFVoz0ilPsaY%2Fthe-math-of-pumping.php When I started pumping insulin in January of 2004, I didn't know what I was doing. The year before, when my first endocrinologist visted me in the hospital he asked me when I would be ready to start using an... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2131362 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:23:17 +0100 2131362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2033294&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F483410935%2Fpoor-north.php It is cold, the snow is deep, the wind beats around in its cage of trees, clouds have the look of rags torn and soiled with use, and starlings peck at the ice. It is north, poor north. Nothing... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2033294 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:33:43 +0100 2033294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947173&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fdiabetes-technology-society-convenes-this-week.html On Wednesday of this week, the eighth annual Diabetes Technology Meeting convenes in Bethesda, MD, for a three-day event (spanning this year’s World Diabetes Day on Thursday) that will survey the latest technological advances for people with diabetes.  How I’d love to be a fly on the wall at that conference! Nevermind that I’ve been trying [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1947173 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:11:51 +0100 1947173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1943357&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F11%2Ftrue-confessions-of-a-good-diabetic.html I read other PWD’s blogs, and they always seem like they have it so together.  But then again, when fellow diabetics meet me in person, they seem to think I have it all figured out, too.  Closer to the truth is probably that we’re all just taking it day by day.  And man, do I [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943357 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:15:30 +0100 1943357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1930243&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fsmart-insulin-it-knows-what-youve-been-eating.html Imagine: Smart Insulin that could sense high glucose levels and automatically dispense insulin on demand. “As your glucose levels drop off, the drug stabilizes, trapping insulin until the next glucose spike.”  WOW! So it knows if you’ve been bad or good and just jumps right in there to correct your BG like a healthy pancreas?! You [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930243 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:00:01 +0100 1930243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1914634&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Ffit-for-it.html In between the D-blogger meetup and all the other great sessions at the Diabetes Research Institute’s annual conference on Saturday, I popped into David Weingard’s session on Diabetes and Exercise. David and his wife run Fit4D, a New-York based “personalized diabetes coaching” service that recently announced a partnership with Bayer. “Fit4D coaches provide you with continuous [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1914634 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:41:22 +0100 1914634 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1907596&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fnewsflash-onetouch-ping-meter-product-recall.html This just in from Diabetic Investor David Kliff: “Animas®, the insulin pump unit of Johnson and Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), will be recalling the new OneTouch® Ping™ blood glucose monitor that works in conjunction with the Animas 2020 insulin pump. Apparently the problem resides with the Ping and not the insulin pump. When the two units are not [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1907596 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:49:43 +0100 1907596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1894953&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fhappy-happy-with-the-onetouch-ping.html God knows I’m excited about diabetes devices going wireless.  So I’ve been keeping my eye on the new OneTouch Ping system, a combination of the Animas 2020 insulin pump and a OneTouch glucose meter that talk to each other wirelessly.  This means you can actually control the pump right from the glucose meter — setting [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1894953 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:15:21 +0100 1894953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1705312&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=36985&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fsugarstats%2F%7E3%2F364263425%2F Recently Elliott and Nick have been very helpful in putting a face on diabetes. As type 1’s who are using insulin pumps, I think they are helpful to many diabetic kids and adults alike. I hope that they are influential in encouraging folks to focus on tight control to help minimize long term complications. They re [...] (Source: SugarStats.com - Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management) SugarStats.com - Simple, Online Blood Sugar Tracking for Diabetes Management blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1705312 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:17:49 +0100 1705312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1492149&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35193&url=http%3A%2F%2Fannetics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fand-18-more.html As the finale workout for our last peak week of training for Ironman Coeur d'Alene, I ran 18 miles early Sunday morning, about 14 hours after winding up our 124-mile ride. One of my favorite running spots in the Bay Area is Sawyer Camp Trail, which runs alongside Crystal Springs Reservoir. It is not uncommon to see deer along the trail, blue jays flying from tree to tree, and rabbits hopping out of the way. I felt surprisingly good and refreshed for the run--it must have been that sushi and miso soup the night before! I was pretty happy with the BG's as well. I fiddled around a lot with my basal rates, and would watch the resulting pattern with the Dexcom. Clearly there is a delay between a basal rate change and a change in blood glucose, but I was running for a long time! On the Dexcom, m... Annetics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1492149 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:20:00 +0100 1492149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1475263&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35193&url=http%3A%2F%2Fannetics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fi-sort-of-missed-you-pump.html After about a month of using Levemir 2-3 times per day, I am back on the pump. Trying to figure out how to take enough to prevent highs without crashing was tough. I found that about 3-5 hours after a dose that was too high, I would drop at a remarkably constant and steady rate. It was sort of cool to see such a straight, downward-sloping line on the Dexcom, but not if it was 1 AM and I was waking up with another BG of 39 and knew that after I blew the diet by eating 200 calories in GU, I would wake up in another 4 hours with low BG again. Still, I was impressed at how much steadier Levemir is than NPH, which was the long-acting insulin I used when first diagnosed.The Levemir regimen we finished with was 6 units between 5 and 6:30 AM, 3 units between 1-2:30 PM and 2 units before bed. This... Annetics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475263 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:04:00 +0100 1475263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1420494&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fin-defense-of-insulin-pumps.html I never thought I would write something with a headline like this -- as a former insulin pump wearer myself, I usually argue that the benefits of insulin pumps are too often vastly overstated and that I've attained comparable glycemic control without the expensive device. That's not to say that some people don't benefit from them, particularly people whose basal rates vary considerably throughout the day, or those whose sensitivity to insulin is such that they require dosage precision smaller than 1/2 units, but I still believe that pump evangelists suggest that the answer to everyone's diabetes management can be answered with a pump.Regardless, at the beginning of every month, when the new editions of various scientific and medical journals are released, my RSS reader is bombarded with ne... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420494 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:25:00 +0100 1420494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1121296&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F207847098%2F I have shared in the past that one of my guilty pleasures in life is perusing the website Perez Hilton for all the important news in and around Hollywood, hahaha. I was joking on the important part… Well, one of my other very embarrassing, as my husband calls it, lil’ pleasures in life is my good ol’ People magazine! I love the dirt, the accusations and the occasional really good, informative story, which is what this would fall under. Some of you might have already seen the article and read through it but for those that didn’t, I’m going to share. The story is about a Chicago first grader Lilly Jaffe who has been diabetic since she was one month old and her trials, complications and use of an insulin pump. At this point in her very young and full life Lilly d... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1121296 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:12:22 +0100 1121296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1021306&cid=t_102246_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F183719668%2Fipod_pager_or_insulin_pump_can_you_tell.html  This is the MiniMed pump, an unobstrusive gadget that isn't an iPod nor a pager. It's an insulin pump. Small and lighweight the MiniMed Paradigm 522/722 comes in clear, blue, smoke and purple. You can even choose a skin to personalize your unit. The devices hold a maximum capacity of 176 - 300 units which meets the needs of most people who take up to 50 units a day.An Italian study found that diabetics using insulin pumps such as these had 70% less therapy-related dissatisfaction that those patients that used multiple injection therapies.The MiniMed pump, and other like it, are finally giving diabetics the privacy, a little bit of style and choice that they deserve.For more specifics on the device check out their webpage MiniMed Paradigm[Sou... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1021306 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:30:20 +0100 1021306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1019444&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesnotes.com%2Fand-insulin-pump-and-his-parents-love-makes-all-the-difference-in-little-ivans-diabetic-life%2F “You feed your kids rubbish – that’s what most people think. It’s ignorance and it’s understandable, but it’s quite hurtful. Having Type-1 diabetes has got nothing to do with diet. We don’t have a family history of diabetes – there’s no rhyme or reason why he got it.” That is right out of the mouth of a mommy that has dealt with diabetes first hand. Little Ivan Bentley was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 5 years old. Obviously we all want what’s best for our children and will fight any battle we have to to make that happen but this particular Mum even fought the system to insure an insulin pump to aid Ivan in his day to day fight with diabetes. And has the insulin pump made a difference? “You can’t imagine the joy I felt at taking him out and buying... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1019444 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:11:26 +0100 1019444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=704448&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F29%2Fdiabetes-health-insulin-pump-survey-results-are-in%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, SupportIn a previous post, I explained Diabetes Health was seeking feedback on an insulin pump survey. The survey garnered 841 respondents, even more than a previous survey they offered on women and sex! The results are now available, and here is a recap of a few interesting points. 608 surveyed are insulin pumpers, while 233 use multiple daily injections. For pumpers, 51 percent use Novolog, 43 percent use Humalog, four percent Apidra and one percent Regular insulin. Bolus doses (when you eat) varied widely, but 44 percent bolus when eating, 13 percent bolus after eating, eleven percent bolus ten minutes after eating and one percent bolus 30 minutes before eating. Nearly one-third do utilize a bolus depending on a blood sugar r... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=704448 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 704448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=692349&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F23%2Fnba-star-adam-morrison-shares-his-story-in-senate-hearing%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Research NBA player Adam Morrison was sitting on Mary Tyler Moore's left at last Tuesday's Senate hearing on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) Children's Congress 2007. Moore asked the Senate to ante up another five-year round of funding for the Special Diabetes Project ($200 million a year) to support targeted type 1 diabetes research. To kids with diabetes, Morrison is not just an NBA star -- he is a role model. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14. Mirroring his all-out hustle on the basketball court, Morrison's testimony to the Senate was 100 percent heart. He shared how playing professional basketball with type 1 diabetes demands a disciplined regimen. He tests his blood glucose levels several times during ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692349 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 692349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675451&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F14%2Finsulin-pump-survey-to-pump-or-not-to-pump%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, SupportOut of the nearly three million people in the United States with type 1 diabetes, less than 300,000 are utilizing an insulin pump. That's roughly 10%. Diabetes Health wants to know why more type 1 diabetics are not on the insulin pump. They are currently collecting data via an on-line survey. Please give them your feedback. Diabetes Health promises a forthcoming article summarizing attitudes and general feedback garnered on the subject. My older brother was one of those 300,000 insulin pumpers. But he has returned to needles. Watch for future post where he will explain how the pump gave him the best blood sugar control of his life, but a frightening side effect prompted him to set aside the pump forever. Read | Permalink |&nbsp... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675451 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 675451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574385&cid=t_102246_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fthen-again-maybe-i-wont-or-will-i.html I was thinking about what to call this post, and it occurred to me that the title to the kid's 1971 novel by Judy Blume seemed appropriate, given my mixed feelings right now -- except my dilemma is not about masturbation as the lead character's was in that controversial book, but whether I should return to using an insulin pump.Last Tuesday, I visited my endocrinologist. Nothing really eventful as it has become so routine over the last 30 years I hardly even give it a second thought, except that on Tuesday, my endo asked me if I would be interested in a continuous blood glucose monitor. My initial reaction was, "Sure, but it kind of depends if can we get insurance to cover it." He told me he's had some success in getting them approved for about 6 patients (all type 1's, few type 2 patients... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574385 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:45:00 +0100 574385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478745&cid=t_102246_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F13%2Fmedtronic-seeks-wider-diabetes-reimbursement%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Lifestyle, Daily News, Products, SupportMedtronic, one of the largest manufacturers of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, issued a call to action request for insurance companies. The need for greater coverage on continuous glucose monitors is as important (and as necessary) as the rising demand for insulin pumps. The president of Medtronic's diabetes division, Chris O'Connell, urged the insurance companies to consider the vast growth of the company - which was measured as considerably faster than the industry average, with sales climbing 24% in the last quarter. The device was approved for adult patients last year and U.S. regulators approved an expanded edition for use in children. The continuous glucose monitor alerts diabetics to dangerous sp... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478745 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 478745