Pens to Pumping
Tom2023-06-01T21:44:20+00:00Pens to Pumping 1/14 It's almost 200 days since I started using an insulin pumpđïž So I thought I would reflect by creating ađ§”covering: What is pump therapy? Why I switched from MDI? What pump I chose and why? How I switched? What difference has it made? #gbdoc #diabeteschat 2/14 What is pump therapy? Insulin [...]
#diabeteschat Blog â DAFNE
Tom2023-03-04T13:12:08+00:00DAFNE-UK comes to #diabeteschat town What the listeners have to say about DAFNE before we hear from the DAFNE-UK team : âDAFNE is not just carb countingâ âDAFNE didnât really benefit me because I already knew how to carb countâŠonly reason I did it was because I wanted a pumpâ âDoing DAFNE was when I [...]
#diabeteschat Blog â Amar Puttanna
Tom2023-03-04T13:08:38+00:00After #diabeteschat ended this morning, I attended day 2 of a behavioural science conference in Melbourne, Australia. The conference is titled âUsing Behavioural Science to Overcome Global Challengesâ. One of todayâs sessions was specifically about using behavioural science to enable society to reduce misinformation, largely in the online world. Whilst listening to the presenter delivering [...]
#diabeteschatstories EP 2: Smart Insulin Pen â Lived experienced panel discussion
Tom2023-06-01T20:02:47+00:00In our second edition of the #diabeteschatstories; we hosted a live event on Smart Insulin Pens. On Thursday the 16th of February 2023, the #diabeteschat community hosted a special community night on Smart Insulin Pens. We hosted a live chat discussion hosted by the founder of #diabeteschat, Tom Dean. We also had live presentations from Dr Tom Crabtree, Edelle & [...]
#diabeteschat Blog â Smart Insulin Pen Event
Tom2023-03-04T13:16:53+00:00#diabeteschatstories â Smart Insulin Pen event WOW! What a nicely blended Twitter/YouTube chat that so respectfully incorporated both the lived experience perspectives and health professional recommendations around the use of Smartpens Today began with an interview between Host Tom and mother Edelle of teenager Shane who lives with T1D.  Hearing Edelle say that âwe arenât [...]
#diabeteschat Blog â Jack Iredale
Tom2023-08-25T11:49:46+00:00The first birthday celebrations for #diabeteschat on Monday 6th February 2023 brings a conversation about life with diabetes as a professional footy player: One thing I found interesting in tonightâs chat were two themes that kept popping up because itâs what obviously keeps Aussie-Kiwi, Jack Iredale, professional footy player with T1D living in Scotland going [...]
#diabeteschat – Amelia Cook & Gurpreet Kaur (11.7.22)
Tom2023-08-25T14:01:43+00:00Amelia started as a nurse on the diabetes/cardiovascular ward in 1994, became a DSN at a hospital for 10 years, has completed her Masters degree in advanced clinical practice and is now a cliniciancare lead and primary care clinical executivefor the Black Country West Birmingham clinical commissionsgroup for diabetes, since 2021. Gurpreet's background masters [...]
