Diatribe article

[heasandford]

I am a Diatribe fanatic as you may remember - but am really excited to read about a trial by the editor. I have quoted her opening words here, and hope beyond everything that we all get to this point in our lives!
'Now, I?d like to talk about my transformative experience with the bionic pancreas. During the trial, the bionic pancreas?s algorithm automatically recalculated my insulin and glucagon needs every five minutes! I didn?t have to worry about the little things I?ve spent the last 27 years worrying about. I found myself in a world where my day was no longer dominated by the constant micro-adjustments needed to manage my diabetes, and that is a fundamentally different experience.

Like some of you, while I like to think I do as good a job as I can with these daily challenges, the reality is that I?m still slightly out of control most of the time. We?re all chasing the best control possible, but that?s a long way from perfect, and an even longer way from ?normal.? But that?s what I got with the bionic pancreas ? a week of not having to worry about diabetes, of not feeling hyperglycemic or hypoglycemic. I didn?t have to monitor or worry or think about my diabetes. It?s about the most incredible thing that has happened to me in the nearly 30 years that I?ve been managing this disease.'
http://diatribe.org/sites/default/f...il&utm_term=0_75cdadd67f-5d010d40d0-410691809
WOW!!!!!!!

 

[Northerner]

They really do seem to be making progress in this area now. I have been following someone on Facebook who is currently trialling the artificial pancreas and getting good results so far 🙂

 

[Julia]

It is amazing! I never try and get excited about these things, but it's hard not to!

I had to share the article with my other half, but thought this paragraph was pretty poignant:

"And what was amazing to me? For that week, I was a nicer person ? even, a cooler person. I only understood all the myriad subtle, subconscious ways in which diabetes shapes who I am when they were removed. I really liked the person that emerged when all the challenges of diabetes were removed, and I hope to meet her again. If nothing else comes of this, I?ll still always have those five days. With any luck, many more days and weeks and months and years like that lie ahead for all of us."

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Very interesting!