I hope all of you have had the chance to see or hear about the bionic pancreas that is being tested on PEOPLE...YES, PEOPLE!!! Not only that, but IT IS WORKING, I'm sure there are things that they are still working out with the whole system, but WOW!!! So this is a general explanation of how it works, You have a CGM, that is looped with an insulin pump, but in the pump there is also glucagon. So as it catches your blood sugar going up and down it either gives a little insulin or a little glucagon, LIKE A REAL PANCREAS!!! No carb counting, no highs or lows, you can eat like a normal person, you can excercise without a juice box or a 15g snack at your side!!! AMAZING!!! Ok so I know that the diabetic supply companies often make alot of empty promises, but this is actually working in trials, and they are working really hard to get all of their trials in as fast as they can so that they can take it to the FDA and get the release, which they are hoping will be 2017 (yes I know there was just a big let down there for the time frame) But this gives me hope, it's not a cure, but it is peace of mind knowing that this is out there and that my baby girl might be able to have that much more of normalcy in her life!!! Here is also a video of an interview with one of the participants of the study and how she felt while wearing the system. You can also check out her 7 day blog that she made while wearing the system here... https://www.myglu.org/articles/day_1_bionic_pancreas_study
ENJOY and KEEP the HOPE!!!
