Bionic Wookiee

Living with medical technology on my terms. T1D in the wild. Coeliac too, but not so much tech there.

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@debrierley @MFWitches And your browser.

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It turns out that insulin doesn’t magically freeze if you put it in your checked plane luggage! #ADC2024 #betterposter #myfirstposter

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Very concerning when a top-level domain registry disables your domain a month after accepting renewal payment, and then does not respond to any support tickets or accept phone calls. Anyone else having trouble with @COCCA_Council ? (not bionicwookiee, another domain)

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@DiabeticDadUK This graph might illustrate it. The improvement in both A1c and TIR was dramatic.
Note "AID" is what used to be called "closed loop". You can see when I started AID ("HCL"). And when I went "Fully AID" (removed the "hybrid": no meal announcements) life got even easier.

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@PracticalDeeb @RenzaS Some people who manage their T1D intensively might look at that and say “I wouldn’t want to go down to 70%”. But that’s population-wide data WITHOUT all that work. And the AID systems are getting better. Some of us manage 95+% with MINIMAL interventions thanks to AID.

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@RenzaS Inner thigh sometimes. But on facet towards the front. Not interested in having them rub on the opposite leg.

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@RenzaS I don’t find it credible either!

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@Pancreassassin You mention “screen out” which says that you’re using a pump that has a thick metal case. You know, the sort of stuff that blocks Bluetooth signals…

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@RenzaS @BeanditoBetes @glucosegoddesss Oh that graphic really defines it as scam.
“Antioxidants”? “Lemon extract”? 🤣

I suppose one of the things I’ve been taking lately is “potato extract”, but that says nothing about what it is!

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@IceSheetMike @Pancreassassin Sure. For the Australian Antarctic Division we had to meet the same medical criteria as someone over-wintering there. Just In Case.
T1D was an automatic “fail”. I didn’t try to fight it (although these days I’d have a serious conversation about it). I just found another way.

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@Pancreassassin T1D stopped me from getting to Antarctica via a “humanities berth” (as an artist) aboard a government resupply voyage. So I found another way, including 3 trips leading photography tours.

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@RenzaS I haven’t had that one. But I have had “How bad [or was it “extreme?] is yours?”

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@parthaskar Sorry, I looked and couldn’t easily see whose mistake you were quoting.

I won’t try to school you in the use of actual “quotation marks” rather than apostrophes. 😀

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@loopingntheloup Congrats to you both!

Mind you, after trying watchfaces like that I found it really annoying at half past the hour when it was hard to see the CGM details.
I won’t be surprised if he keeps changing things around to suit him.

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@bewestisdoing See ya there Ben!

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@casuallycatie No, but usually enough for twice the length of the trip.

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I missed the screenshot, but there was a very unfortunate association of body-type image with T2D in Jorgen Rungby's talk about Neuroprotective mechanisms. I almost spat my drink over my screen. #dedoc #EASD2023

[The Practical Diabetic (Leon Tribe) @PracticalDeeb]

@rama_lakshman1 compared ultra-rapid insulin (Lyumjev) to rapid insulin in @CamAPS_FX and found surperior results. #EASD2023 #dedoc

[The Diabetic Survivor @thediabeticsurv]

The auto-syringe ! A must visit at #EASD2023 the stall of https://t.co/nBNLT7irby something truly unique #dedoc #payitforward #diabetestech