If you want the short version, after 15 years with #T1D, the Medtronic 780G hybrid closed loop system is giving me the "best" blood sugars with the least effort that I've ever experienced. It's got even easier since I upgraded to the Guardian 4 sensor which doesn't need the 2 finger pricks every day for calibrations - this has reduced the amount of babysitting of the system, it's reduced the frequency of the alarms, it's improved my sleep and it's increased my time in Smartgu

A year has passed since I joined Twitter and started this website to talk about Type 1 Diabetes. Before that I was an “I’m fine thanks” person, generally keeping my Type 1 to myself, talking about it to nobody other than my healthcare team, and even then only superficially.  Except I wasn’t really feeling fine about it, I was burnt out and I felt guilty about it. In the year that’s passed, everything has changed. I’ve spoken out, stepped out, taken action, met people, learnt

I was diagnosed 11 years ago in my mid 20s during my “working holiday” in Australia.  Looking back over that time now, it is quite neatly divided into the “motivated phase” and the “demotivated phase”. I’ve been working hard over the last few months to get back on track and seeing some results, and I’ve also been trying to understand why things have been a struggle and what I can do to fix it. From motivation… When I first got diagnosed, the clear message I got was to keep my