How to Set Up the Glowcose Smart Light with Dexcom
The Glowcose smart light changes colour based on your Dexcom reading. Quiet, calming ambient awareness for bedside and shared spaces. Setup, configuration, and where to put it.
How to Set Up Dexcom Follow for Carers
Dexcom Follow gives a partner or carer your glucose data in real time. Setup is easy. The boundaries you agree at the start shape whether it helps your relationship or strains it.
How to Set Up Dexcom G7 with Apple CarPlay
Dexcom G7 + Apple CarPlay setup, plus the safety principles that matter when driving with Type 1. Glance tool, not safety net. Practical pre-drive checklist included.
How to Set Up Dexcom G7 with Apple Watch (Including Direct-to-Watch)
Dexcom G7 + Apple Watch. The two modes (Companion vs Direct-to-Watch), why the mode matters, full setup, complication recommendations, and the common pitfalls.
How to Set Up Dexcom G7 with iPhone: The Practical Walkthrough
The full Dexcom G7 + iPhone setup walkthrough: install, pair, alarms, sharing, common pitfalls. Practical, lived-experience, written by someone who actually wears one.
Grief and Type 1: How Life Carries On
Grief and Type 1 are going to live in the same house. A calm, practical look at what grief does to glucose, what helps, and how to keep going. With Philip Hall’s personal story.
Type 1 in Older Age: When the Priorities of Care Shift
Long-term Type 1 in older age has its own considerations. Goals of care evolve. Hypo awareness changes. Technology choices shift. What to ask for, and what to advocate for.
Going to University with Type 1: A Practical Playbook
University with Type 1 is the biggest single self-management transition many young people make. A practical playbook for the student and the parents quietly worried about them.
Type 1 and Shift Work: When Your Schedule Doesn’t Fit the Defaults
Shift work makes most diabetes-management defaults wrong. What changes, what stays non-negotiable, and how to build a plan that fits real shifts.
Type 1 and Alcohol: A Practical, Non-Preachy Guide
Alcohol and Type 1 is mostly a delayed-low conversation, not a carb conversation. Practical, non-preachy guidance for managing it when drinking is part of your life.
Exercise with Type 1: Beyond “Don’t Go Low”
Exercise with Type 1 is a category, not a single problem. Four types behave differently. Six universal principles. The post-session window matters more than the session.
Type 1 and the Cost-of-Living Crisis: A Practical Triage
Type 1 is expensive even with public funding. A non-judgemental guide to navigating Type 1 in a cost-of-living crunch what to never compromise on, what to ask for, where there’s flexibility.