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Wow this is incredibly impressive. This is so impressive. I love seeing someone take responsibility for their healthcare and being empowered to control it. This

Wow this is incredibly impressive. This is so impressive. I love seeing someone take responsibility for their healthcare and being empowered to control it. This is great.

pimeys 8y ago
Of course a big thanks goes to the European health insurance, who're willing to pay the expensive parts, and to my doctor, who pushes me to do research about my possibilities, having a circle of connections who've helped me out to build my own rig. P.S. Today I built a new widget to my i3 setup, displaying the current glucose and the trend. https://i.imgur.com/VnZ23vO.png https://i.imgur.com/VnZ23vO.png
- aloisamae 8y ago
  My younger brother has type 1 diabetes and he really liked your setup! Do you happen to have written about it somewhere?
  - pimeys 8y ago
    Not yet, but I'm planning to. For him there's some good reading, starting with OpenAPS. AndroidAPS is implementing the research from OpenAPS and the site has lots of papers and documentation to read. https://openaps.org/ https://openaps.org/ AndroidAPS and OpenAPS do not work with all the same hardware, So you choose your rig based on your CGM and Pump model. If I'd be him, I'd start by trying to get my hands into Dexcom G5 system or if he doesn't have a good insurance, the Freestyle Libre has some unofficial bluetooth readers available that work with Xdrip. First you get your continuous glucose monitoring working and then start thinking about automating the insulin delivery. These projects started because we're not waiting. The organization behind is called Nightscout and their website has information how to build the needed hardware: http://www.nightscout.info/ http://www.nightscout.info/ Now the pump manufacturers are seriously planning to bring closed loop systems like I have here to the market. The only model right now that has some of the features is Medtronic 670g, but in comparison, if you know what you're doing, building an open source rig will give you much more control and features than the commercial offerings. This might change in a couple of years though.

Wow this is incredibly impressive. This is so impressive. I love seeing someone take responsibility for their healthcare and being empowered to control it. This is great.

pimeys 8y ago

Of course a big thanks goes to the European health insurance, who're willing to pay the expensive parts, and to my doctor, who pushes me to do research about my possibilities, having a circle of connections who've helped me out to build my own rig. P.S. Today I built a new widget to my i3 setup, displaying the current glucose and the trend. https://i.imgur.com/VnZ23vO.png https://i.imgur.com/VnZ23vO.png

aloisamae 8y ago
My younger brother has type 1 diabetes and he really liked your setup! Do you happen to have written about it somewhere?
- pimeys 8y ago
  Not yet, but I'm planning to. For him there's some good reading, starting with OpenAPS. AndroidAPS is implementing the research from OpenAPS and the site has lots of papers and documentation to read. https://openaps.org/ https://openaps.org/ AndroidAPS and OpenAPS do not work with all the same hardware, So you choose your rig based on your CGM and Pump model. If I'd be him, I'd start by trying to get my hands into Dexcom G5 system or if he doesn't have a good insurance, the Freestyle Libre has some unofficial bluetooth readers available that work with Xdrip. First you get your continuous glucose monitoring working and then start thinking about automating the insulin delivery. These projects started because we're not waiting. The organization behind is called Nightscout and their website has information how to build the needed hardware: http://www.nightscout.info/ http://www.nightscout.info/ Now the pump manufacturers are seriously planning to bring closed loop systems like I have here to the market. The only model right now that has some of the features is Medtronic 670g, but in comparison, if you know what you're doing, building an open source rig will give you much more control and features than the commercial offerings. This might change in a couple of years though.