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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
On July 21, Claire Duncan was one of three people with type 1 diabetes on a six-person relay team that swam across the English Channel. The team, swimming to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, covered the 22-mile route in 13.5 hours, starting from a beach between Folkestone and Dover in England and finishing in France near Cap Gris Nez, between Boulogne and Calais.
Duncan and her two teammates with diabetes, 44-year-old Mark Blewitt and 37-year-old Matt Cox, were equipped with the waterproof Animas? VibeTM, an insulin pump that combines with the Dexcom G4TM Sensor continuous glucose monitoring system. The system delivers real-time glucose information, including alerts for high and low readings and glucose trends, allowing users to make informed, on-the-spot decisions about insulin doses and glucose control.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...helps-three-type-1s-swim-the-english-channel/
Duncan and her two teammates with diabetes, 44-year-old Mark Blewitt and 37-year-old Matt Cox, were equipped with the waterproof Animas? VibeTM, an insulin pump that combines with the Dexcom G4TM Sensor continuous glucose monitoring system. The system delivers real-time glucose information, including alerts for high and low readings and glucose trends, allowing users to make informed, on-the-spot decisions about insulin doses and glucose control.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...helps-three-type-1s-swim-the-english-channel/