AID Systems
How Do I Tell My Pump I'm Going to Be Inactive?
Every system has a setting for being more active than usual. Almost none of them have one for the opposite — and sitting still for a few hours changes how your insulin works.
Tandem
Tandem
My Daughter Is Back on Tandem
My daughter went back from iLet to the Tandem this week. A mother wrote in that I have been unfair to Tandem – and she has a point. What I got wrong, what I still think, and exactly how I am going to try to make Control-IQ do what we want.
iLet
Is the iLet Pump as Bad as I Think It Is?
The iLet came to us as a gift, and I was sure it was a bad pump. Then a week of my daughter's real numbers complicated the story — an honest look at a device that scores well on paper, and what a "time in range" percentage still can't see.
twiist
Medtronic Is the Best Pump — Depends for Whom
My honest impressions of the Medtronic 780G — what it does very well, why I went back to twiist, and why "the best pump" depends on who you are.
twiist
Before Updating Your Apple Watch Software — Read This First
If you use diabetes apps on your Apple Watch, a phone filter may completely block the watch update and app installation process without warning.
AID Systems
When Your Pump "Learns" — Is That Always Good?
A system that learns sounds ideal. But what happens when it learns wrong?
twiist
Forgetting the Controller/Phone
What's Your Solution?
Tandem
The New Tandem Update: Better Basal Control While Fasting
The latest Tandem update (version 7.9) lets you set a Temp Basal while Control-IQ is running — restoring real control over your basal rates for a fast day.
Insulin Pumps
Yom Kippur Fasting Feedback: Auto Modes, Night Lows, and More
A round-up of reader and CDE feedback on fasting with a pump: whether to leave Auto Mode on, what causes the first-night lows, and how to review your pump data afterward.