Insulin Therapy with Loop

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and everything in this article is based on personal experience and is for informational purposes only.

Introduction

My son, Jamie (aged 9), is a type 1 diabetic. He was diagnosed 3 years ago, just before his sixth birthday, and ever since then, we’ve been learning everything we can about it, the treatments and the technology that can help. The standard therapy for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is multiple daily injections (MDI), where the patient takes two different types of insulin, long-lasting insulin taken once a day and fast-acting insulin taken with meals, so for most patients, this means at least four injections per day.

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