After nearly a month of Multiple Daily Injections (MDI), I was anxious to get back on an insulin pump. I decided to make a big switch and try the Omnipod 5 system. If you're not familiar, Omnipod 5 is a tubeless insulin pump that uses a separate device to receive commands, check status, and perform a pod change. The system also communicates with my continuous glucose monitor and can make adjustments in real-time based on my blood sugars (this is called an "Automated Insulin Delivery" system). It's worth noting my previous insulin pump also had the AID feature, but the algorithm was different ..read more

After an insulin pump failure a few weeks ago I found myself falling back to the "old-school" method of diabetes management, Multiple Daily Injections or MDI. It has been around 20 years since I really exercised my MDI muscle so the transition was a little rocky! But now that I have the end in sight and a solid month of MDI diabetes management behind me I thought it would be fun to share a few things I learned during the revisit. Of course we had to do a rocket lineup. Two of these may not be to scale! 1. My long-acting insulin dose was less than my basal Maybe it's because I've never had to ..read more

One of the most common questions I get is how I manage diabetes while I am on console in mission control. The logistics can really be applied to almost any high-stress job, so I thought I would share what works for me! Preparation Being prepared is just a baseline requirement for living with type 1 diabetes. Before each shift, I go through a checklist of backup supplies that includes: a full site change, insulin vial, insulin pen + needles, glucose monitor, lancing device and test strips, charger, and fast-acting glucose. I'm at the point where I have this checklist memorized, but I don't thin ..read more

I love the way "trajectory" rolls off the tongue, an extremely satisfying pronunciation. And while yes, it probably invokes images of rocket science (my Outlook has several folders dedicated to "traj" information), for me, it just makes the life parallels of the word so vivid. The reason I really latched onto this word for 2022 is that it doesn't make you feel like you need to start over or fresh or resolute. The best part about a trajectory is it implies you are already in flight. You have already launched, the countdown has transitioned to a time elapsed, and your control system is making f ..read more