Transformation happens between appointments.
Living with Type 2 diabetes is mostly ordinary days: meals, walks, stress, sleep, a leaflet full of rules. Appointments are a few moments in the year, and care often stops when the appointment does.
Quest Loop is a hybrid of technology and real human attention. It keeps care going day to day, with stories and small steps that make those days count, and with the people you choose to involve.
adults aged 20 to 79 were living with diabetes in 2024, and more than 90 percent of them have Type 2. Each of them spends most of the year between appointments.
International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas, 11th edition, 2025.
One loop that keeps turning.
Play a story
A short, funny story about someone like you. About five minutes.
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Capture a little
Answer a question or two about your own days, if you want to. Skip anything.
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Reflect
See what stood out and say whether it fits. You can correct it.
Being tested
Care team
Share a short summary with your clinician before a visit, if you choose.
Planned
Peers
Compare notes with other people who live with it.
Being tested
Every step is optional, and you can stop at any time.
Your care team stays involved.
Doctors, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and educators make the clinical decisions. Quest Loop gives them a clearer picture of the days between visits, when the person chooses to share it.
Planned: a clinic pilot is being designed
Guide
Clinicians set the goals and the plan with each person.
Interpret
They read the patterns a person chooses to share, in context.
Decide
They decide what happens next. Treatment stays with them.
A short summary, if you choose.
Before an appointment you can invite your clinician to read a summary in your own words: your goals, what gets in the way, what you tried, and your questions. You preview it, edit it and set when it expires. AI helps organize it, so appointment time goes to listening.
A clinician sees the summary only if they open it. Quest Loop does not watch your data between visits and does not promise a reply.
Nobody should work this out alone.
People living with Type 2 diabetes know things no leaflet does. Peer support lets them swap what worked, laugh at the bad advice together, and cheer each other on.
Being tested: a preview with fictional people, and a pilot design
On your own
Play, reflect and keep what you learn to yourself. This is always an option.
With someone you know
Write a short note for a friend or family member and choose what goes in it.
With a small team
Ask to join a team of two or three adults with a facilitator. You see why you fit and say yes before anyone contacts you. You can leave at any time, and you can report a problem.
Peer support is company and practical help. It is not medical advice.
Your devices fill in the picture.
When you choose to connect them, devices add real readings to what you tell us. You decide what to connect and who sees it. Nothing in Quest Loop needs a device.
Planned: nothing connects today
- Smartwatches
- Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs)
- Other devices, as they become available
Each dot is a reading. The dashed frame is the part you choose to share.
Readings are never game scores. Glucose, weight and lab results never earn points or unlock anything.
Twelve stages from diagnosis to remission.
Every Quest Loop story follows this arc. Remission is where the story is headed. Quest Loop itself has not been shown to get anyone there.
Diagnosis
The Sugar-Coated Routine
Ordinary World
Life hums along on comfort food and familiar habits. Health feels distant, almost abstract.
The Ominous Lab Report
Call to Adventure
A number circled in red. A doctor’s tone. The moment that whispers: it’s time to change.
The Sweet Denial
Refusal of the Call
“It’s just a blip.” Familiar routines and comforting illusions push back against reality.
The Guide in White (or Green)
Meeting the Mentor
A clinician, dietitian or AI guide reframes the journey: “You can’t go back, but you can move forward.”
The work
The First Needle and the Changed Plate
Crossing the Threshold
The first injection. The first conscious meal. The threshold into a new world of awareness.
The Gauntlet of Temptation
Tests, Allies and Enemies
Cravings, relapses and old patterns return. Yet allies appear, surprising sources of strength.
The Dawn of Deep Understanding
Approach to the Inner Cave
Breakthroughs arise through learning: food, sleep, emotion, activity, all part of one equation.
The Crisis of Control
The Ordeal
Spikes, setbacks, shame’s whisper: “You’ll never change.” The battle is internal: willpower versus doubt.
Return
The Victory of Balance
The Reward
Consistency accumulates. Clarity returns. The hero feels energy, confidence and stability.
Navigating the New Normal
The Road Back
Life demands integration: stress, food, family, pace. The work now is maintaining harmony.
The Rebirth of Vitality
The Resurrection
A final test: illness, setback or a moment of choice. Renewal comes from resilience.
The Shared Wisdom and Lasting Health
Return with the Elixir
A transformed life. The hero moves with purpose, sharing insights and living freely in regained health.
Stories
Some aspects of Quest Loop are still in development, and more will arrive over time.
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Episode 1: The Leaflet
Carol, fourteen rules, and a garden. Rule 9 says to avoid stress. About five minutes, no account needed.
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Episode 2: Everyone’s an Expert
Carol finds out that everyone has an opinion.
On the way
Games
Quick games that poke fun at bad advice.
On the way
New stories
New characters, new places, new choices.
The people behind Quest Loop
QiiQ Healthcare is a Canadian company. It is building Quest Loop with people who live with Type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Thanos Melisiotis
Co-founder. Physician and technologist.
Dave Brown
Co-founder and CEO. Engineer and athlete.