Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes almost five years ago. Aged 17 and in my final year at sixth form, I was using a mixed insulin to manage my condition. Today, I write this blog post as a 22 year old university graduate, recently employed. Things have got better, but emotionally, living with type 1 diabetes can still be difficult. A smart insulin could help change that.
Over these last five years, I’ve seen many new options to manage my condition – from multiple daily injections to insulin pump therapy and from simple blood glucose meters to smart meters. These transitions and developments have physically made my life with type 1 diabetes easier. An insulin pump has allowed me to make more precise changes in my insulin doses, and the introduction of a smart meter before I went on my year abroad has made calculating these so much easier (because the meter does most of the work for me!)
https://www.jdrf.org.uk/news/jdrf-type-1-diabetes-blog/wicked-smart-insulin-by-vicki-gibbs
Over these last five years, I’ve seen many new options to manage my condition – from multiple daily injections to insulin pump therapy and from simple blood glucose meters to smart meters. These transitions and developments have physically made my life with type 1 diabetes easier. An insulin pump has allowed me to make more precise changes in my insulin doses, and the introduction of a smart meter before I went on my year abroad has made calculating these so much easier (because the meter does most of the work for me!)
https://www.jdrf.org.uk/news/jdrf-type-1-diabetes-blog/wicked-smart-insulin-by-vicki-gibbs