Dave Morris

This came in the box with my new insulin pump. For the record, no one holding an insulin pump is ever as happy as that lady. Or her dog. #t1d #diabetes

Late to the party, but just watched The Human Trial (2022) by @lisahepner.bsky.social - moving documentary about stage 2 study of the ViaCyte insulin-producing cells. Available free on Hoopla - thanks, local library!

Real science is slow. Easy solutions are grifts. #t1d #diabetes

Sadly I no longer live in a city with Wegmans, but the rest is normal for me, too!

Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Dr. Aaron Boster — alie ward Neurons. Immune systems. MRIs. Weed gummies? One of the greats in neurology, Dr. Aaron Boster, takes time to chat all about Multiple Sclerosis, a neurological autoimmune disease close to our hearts. A...

If you're not familiar with the podcast ologies.bsky.social, it's always great. This episode in particular, while not about #diabetes per se, speaks to #chronicillness generally as they discuss MS specifically.

(There's also an excellent two-parter on diabetes).

A nice weekend at Allerton Park in Monticello, IL for my wife's birthday. A nice place for post-meal sugar-control walks! #t1d #diabetes #allerton

Thanks!

I really feel this. I found the original Hoover article from the Diabetes Educator. Where does this pic come from? Is it in a book? Thanks.

This is exactly it: to do everything right and still have it go wrong. #t1d #diabetes #chronicillness

Fire Village

It took me so long to figure out I could turn off the "critical alerts" if it was giving me false lows, but before that, I was practically begging my endo, "just let me prick my finger 20 times a day. It's better than this!"

Sorry to hear. That’s so unreasonable!

The only time I've ever torn pump tubing was on an airport bathroom stall door five minutes before boarding. Fast replacement and barely made flight (they had to reopen the jetway door for me). No fun!

"Diabetes device distress" is both alliterative and incessant in all the ways named in this article! #T1D #type1diabetes

Thanks!

Control Guarding Against Death... and Other People

In my latest post, I think out loud about diabetic “control,” its necessity, and the profound alienation it creates. Features a comic drawing and a story about spilling blood in a baseball stadium. #t1d #diabetes #chronicillness

Diabetes Tech Use On the Rise But A1c Reductions Still Lag A population-based US study finds greater technology use and improved glycemic control but a low prevalence of an A1c level < 7% and widening disparities.

How are Americans with #type1diabetes doing? Results are mixed. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

The 1940 version of Elliott Joslin's "Diabetic Creed." There were lots of versions, varying with each new edition of the textbook _Diabetes Mellitus_. Mostly advice to doctors on diagnosis and treatment, some moral judgments and eugenics appear, too! #diabetes #t1d #history

Yes to both of these things! Happy diaversary.

tv algorithm: we've noticed you've never once, since we've known you, ever watched a horror movie
me: correct
tv algorithm: so we figure that's because you've never heard of them, here's a different upsetting visual every time you turn us on, hope you love it!!

Further cautious hope for islet cell transplantation. #T1D #diabetes

It’s true in main, and it’s helpful to remind diabetics to take care. But given that we diabetics often grow up with this stark moral opposition, it’s no wonder we’re exhausted and slightly neurotic. #t1d #diabetes #chronicillness

From Chris Feudtner, Bittersweet (2003)

Text from email from Tandem announcing "Unexpected Automatic Correction Bolus Delivery with G7 Sensor During Warm-up Period in t:slim x2 or Tandem Mobi Pump Software 7.9.0.1 or later"

Why I don't use closed-loop: Exhibit 1. #T1D #diabetes #insulinpump

My grandma used to give us wrapped boxes of Lucky Charms for Christmas. At Christmas 1987 (5 months after diagnosis), my brother unwrapped his box as normal. I unwrapped mine excitedly. It was Cheerios.

Welcome to diabetes, you little bastard. #T1D #diabetes #type1diabetes #chronicillness

Combination therapy shows improved health outcomes for teens with type 1 diabetes: Study Combining insulin treatment with the investigational drug dapagliflozin may improve health outcomes for adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a clinical trial led by endocrinologist Farid Mah...

New research from BBDC member Dr. Farid Mahmud looks at combination therapy for teens with #T1D.

www.utoronto.ca/news/combina...

The Basics of Insulin Pump Therapy How the insulin pump does and doesn't work

In this post, I explain the basic principles of using an insulin pump, and then talk a little bit about why it’s hard to use. This one’s a bit longer (~2700 words), but I think it’s pretty easy to read. #T1D #diabetes #type1diabetes #chronicillness

The Long Wait for a "Cure" Reflections on The Vertex VX-880 Study on My 38th Diaversary

Today is my 38th diaversary, so I’m posting a short essay from last month responding to phase II of the Vertex VX-880 study, which offers some hope for implantation of insulin-producing cells. In it, I explain lipohypertrophy and reflect on the long wait for “a cure.” #t1d #diabetes #chronicillness

Happy Diaversary!

The lead researcher, Frederick Banting, felt called to medicine after a childhood friend died of diabetes at the age of 14. He worked passionately to understand how the body processes blood sugar and the discovery made on this day led to the 32-year-old Banting becoming the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

A sepia-toned photo of Frederick Banting's and Charles Best's laboratory at the University of Toronto where insulin was discovered. It's almost an archetype of a lab used for medical research: tubes and vials line the walls; a large work table; on which sits a framework of metal, holding all sorts of things and a sink. Photo credit: University of Toronto Archives/A1965-0004) Image source: The Canadian Encyclopedia

On this day in 1921, researchers at the University of Toronto proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar. This was key to a diabetes treatment that has saved countless lives.
#SciSky #History #OTD

Diabetes History (personal and otherwise) Documenting the World of My Disease

I'm working on a researched medical memoir about having diabetes for 40 years, and I've made a Substack to document my research and writing process. This is the short inaugural post. Feel free to subscribe. #T1D #type1diabetes #chronicillness #diabetes