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2023-11-06

Welcome to News from Loop and Learn

Published on 6 November 2023.

In this edition:

Upcoming Zoom Sessions

Zoom Sessions use this link:

Topic Recorded? Time Date
Loop: Informal Discussion no 19:00 UTC 16 Nov,
30 Nov

Time Zone Converter

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Video Replay

Did you miss the iAPS: Deep Dive Into Dynamic ISF Zoom with Mike Plante?

Did you miss the iAPS: Autosens and Dynamic ISF Zoom with Magnus & Theresa?

Many sessions are recorded. The full list is found here:

Seasonal Time Changes

Whatever the time-change is called in your area, it just happened. Be sure to update the time your app uses for your insulin pump to the new local time.

This link tells you how to update time in the Loop app: Time Zones, Daylight Savings Time, Summer Time

The Apple Health App

The Apple Health app is an integral part of how Loop works. Be sure your permissions are set correctly. The documention has a FAQs page.

If you recently switched to Dexcom G7 from Dexcom G6, make sure you give the Dexcom G7 app permission to write to the Apple Health app - please read the documentation at this link.

The Loop Follow App

Several important updates are included in Loop Follow 2.0.01:

  • Initial graph display after opening app is now correct
  • SAGE can now be more than 10 days
  • Support for folks using the iAPS App
    • COB displays only integers
    • Use iAPS colors for COB, IOB, UAM and ZT

Thanks for your support and feedback.

Diabetes Awareness Month

Many of us take Diabetes Awareness Month as an occasion to help make others aware, but there is plenty we can do to increase our own awareness. Here’s a great reminder of how well that can serve us. This was written by fellow Looper Sanda Jane last November:

Just have to say Thank You to the Loop developers and leaders. Lots to be thankful for during Diabetes Awareness Month and as Thanksgiving approaches!

  • Started 3 Loopers at the beginning of October. The “hands-off” time has been life changing - I used to try to temp basal on and off to catch lows and bump highs 24/7, but now the algorithm does it so much better than is humanly possible, and my brain can think about other important things sometimes.
  • We have all slept more through the night than in recent memory and I would say I’ve been woken more by compression lows or 3 hour Dex outages than actual bg alerts (shouting at the diabetes gods).
  • We’ve more than doubled the number of unicorns, and without adding low bgs.
  • And seeing negative insulin onboard means I know when low treatment is needed or to just wait a minute.

Seriously can’t thank you all enough!