So let’s talk about the magic of the artificial pancreas.<\/p>\n
While I can;t give any specifics about the algorithm itself (I can’t understand it anyway), I can speak to the results.<\/p>\n
Dinner Last Night – At 6pm I consumed approximately 100 carbs or so with no pre-meal bolus. \u00a0Because the Algorithm and had not spent much time together, it has to “learn” how my body works. \u00a0It began administering insulin based on the readings from the Navigator CGM. \u00a0It took approximately 6 hours for my blood glucose to get back to 120, after peaking at about 270.<\/p>\n
Breakfast This Morning – Again, at 7:30am, I consumed approximately 100 carbs with no pre-meal bolus. \u00a0The algorithm has learned enough about me so that my blood glucose is 113 after 2.5 hours after peaking at 245.<\/p>\n
Big difference. \u00a0This is the Magic Math that runs the Artificial Pancreas and drives care to an A1c between 6.5-7 for adults and 7-7.5 for kids with less than 1% of hypoglycemia below 70. \u00a0The algorithm continues learn base on past experiences, over the last few days and works to better itself.<\/p>\n
Kind of sounds like what we do everyday, but without the emotion, frustration, exhaustion and with\u00a0consistency\u00a0that only a computer can provide.<\/p>\n
I am more encouraged now about this device now than I ever have been. \u00a0I new I wanted it. \u00a0Now I want it even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So let’s talk about the magic of the artificial pancreas. While I can;t give any specifics about the algorithm itself (I can’t understand it anyway), I can speak to the results. Dinner Last Night – At 6pm I consumed approximately … Continue reading