** Living with Type 1 diabetes, 26-yr-old dancer first in country to use DIY artificial pancreas

Jazz Sethi, a 26-year-old professional dancer from Ahmedabad who has been living with Type 1 diabetes since she was 13, is the first user of Do-It-Yourself Artificial Pancreas (DIYAP) in the country. “My life has totally changed after switching over to DIY Pancreas,” she told The Indian Express .

DIYAP consists of existing or old insulin pumps and continuous glucose sensors (CGM) connected to open-source algorithms created by the Type 1 diabetes community itself.

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