@djh insulin pumps should never depend on a smart phone...

@djh insulin pumps should never depend on a smart phone in any way.
Second point is that this type of data should not be exchanged with some sort of cloud driven by the manufacturer of pump or CGM.

Like 5 Oct 2023 at 10:28 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.tchncs.de

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Natalie

@rc @djh many diabetics hack pumps and apps in this way due to proprietary software and the whole system "retail" being prohibitively expensive. I don't know much about the actual hacking side of it but I am not brave enough to experiment with it myself. I do multiple daily injections to manage my blood sugar - a luddite in the type 1 world!

Fortunately the CGM should catch the high blood sugars but it still isn't optimal diabetic treatment!

26 Oct 2023 at 23:09 | Open on aus.social

Ian Holmes

@rc @djh @Natalie MDIs are tough!

27 Oct 2023 at 1:52 | Open on mastodon.social

Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊

@Natalie @rc @djh

I'm on an ultralente and a log, which works just fine for me, but even without a pump, recently my Android phone has been disabling the CGM's notifications for Reasons, which, yanno, not so good.

I make half jokes about how because I can tell when I'm low while awake, I can't tell so easily when I'm asleep, so I prefer to be higher before I slumber...

27 Oct 2023 at 3:01 | Open on chaosfem.tw

@theogrin @Natalie @djh I soon will get my semi-automatic system. At least basal will be managed automatically depending on CGM readings. Sounds great and hopefully is.

27 Oct 2023 at 5:53 | Open on social.tchncs.de

𝕸𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔫

@rc @theogrin @Natalie @djh this doesn't look ideal, but still, if people use software in a particular way then it's not a bug, it's a feature, and requires attention.

And sometimes the buggy bio-hack is the best alternative someone has.

27 Oct 2023 at 8:01 | Open on dice.camp

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