Savvy LOOPing: #Loop vs. #OpenAPS
No, I have not gone to the dark side … and this article is wildly techie. But since we’re talking closed loop systems (yes, the hot topic in 2017, a great conversation starter!), this article is written by one of the really knowledgeable...
Savvy Guest Loopers: Judi Hoskins Story on DiabetesMine
I’ve know Judi for many many years, from the diabetes online community. She’s been living with T1 for 59 years!!! AND she’s the mom of the illustrious journalist and T1, Mike Hoskins of DiabetesMine. So Judi, at the tender age of 63 starting looping. ...
Savvy LOOPing: What Does It Look Like?
I’m onto my 10th day of running the RileyLink closed loop system. And I’m learning by leaps and bounds, and still adjusting settings. The resources available to me are astounding and so very kind and responsive. So … here are some...
Savvy LOOPing: What is LOOPing?
LOOPing is the latest and coolest new buzzword in the diabetes community. It is often synonymous with artificial pancreas but I resist the urge to confuse the two. Looping, either in the do-it-yourself d-community or waiting for the traditional corporate new...
Savvy? NO! Prior Authorization
Please indulge me in a little rant, in what I am calling, Savvy? NO! This one is about prior authorizations that are increasingly required by our insurance companies before they agree to fill prescriptions or authorize payment for procedures. Here is Wikipedia’s...
Savvy Legends: Eva Saxl, T1 Made Her Insulin during WWII
This is an amazing story I stumbled upon from diabetes.co.uk, adapted from dLife.com and diabeteshealth.com. Eva Saxl was 19 in 1940, living with her husband, Victor, in Shanghai after fleeing Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. She developed T1 and was put on insulin....
Medicare Declares Dexcom’s CGM to be DME, COVERED!!!
From Debbie Parrish, attorney who has been fighting cases for us sent me this email: Tonight Medicare issued a ruling deeming Dexcom’s CGM to be DME covered by medicare. I’ll send more in the am. So happy for all!
Savvy Closed Loop Update, January 2017
FROM Diatribe.org, 12/14/2016 : When JDRF started the Artificial Pancreas Project in 2006, the idea of automating insulin delivery using a standard insulin pump, a CGM, and a control algorithm seemed crazy to many patients. Even back in the early 2000s, researchers...
