Year of birth:
1964
Location:
Brisbane, Australia
Job:
Currently I am a ‘lady of leisure’. Previously, I worked as a policy officer for both State and Federal Governments.
Hobbies:
Reading, travel, and spending time with my adult children
Diabetes since:
1969
Previous form of therapy:
1 insulin injection per day for 4 years (pork insulin), 2 injections per day for another 4 years (Ultralente insulin and Rapitard insulin),  4 injections per day for 1 year (Actrapid), 2 years of original pump (similar to Mill Hill Infuser, but custom-made by engineers), Graseby Syringe Pump for 17 years, MDI for 2 years, a variety of pumps (Medtronic, Deltec Cozmo, Animas, Accu-Chek), mylife YpsoPump
Diabetes products:
mylife YpsoPump, Abbott FreeStyle Libre 

Her credos

Regarding diabetes: If in doubt, test, test, test!
Regarding life: If it feels food and harms NO-ONE (including yourself), do it!
and: Will it matter in 5 years? If the answer is no, forget it. Life’s too short to be worried constantly.

Explore the mylife YpsoPump

Newsfeed

The following blog posts by Tori were commissioned by Ypsomed, as part of a patient education series on the mylife YpsoPump. She began trialling the mylife YpsoPump in March 2019. This blog series chronicles her initial and ongoing experiences with the mylife YpsoPump.

Now – the mylife YpsoPump

The past and the present

Tori's blog posts

Since being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four in 1969, I’ve managed my diabetes with a variety of treatments – all of which have changed considerably over the years.