Type 1 on 1 | Diabetes Stories
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsType 1 on 1 is a podcast that delves into the obscure, complex and challenging world of life with type 1 diabetes.
Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves, who was diagnosed at the age of 8, talks to compelling guests about their experiences of living with type 1 diabetes and how it’s shaped them - showing that there is no ‘normal’ when it comes to handling this complex and often misunderstood chronic condition.
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The psychology of food and type 1 diabetes with nutritional therapist Beth Edwards
April 25, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB‘We can do everything with type 1, but we can’t do everything.’ Beth Edwards is the kind of person with whom you instantly feel safe and seen. Through her work as a nutritional therapist, she encompasses a holistic approach to health, food, stress and type 1 diabetes in order to help people living with the condition reset their relationship with food. Beth has helped countless people break free of the stigmas, shame and isolation that can overwhelm people with diabetes, particularly in re...
The Diaries Check In: Ami Bennayyy Says Heyyy
April 18, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBLook who it is, Ami Bennett has returned to the podcast airwaves! In a break from regularly scheduled programming, my type 1 friend Ami and co-host of spin-off series Type 1 on 1: The Diaries pops in to give us a little life update, as it has somehow been a whole year since she said hello on the podcast. We have a lovely catch up and hear about how she's getting on with her hard-won insulin pump 18 months in, and then she grills me on my new gadget - the hybrid closed loop system, which it's...
We nearly lost our son, and now we're on a superhero mission to help others with Gary Rapson
April 11, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBI am always left completely humbled and in awe when I speak to the parents of children with type 1 diabetes, and this episode is no different. And it brings with it a superhero... by the name of Captain Lantus. Captain Lantus is the brain child of 10-year-old Max Rapson, brought to life by his dad Gary, today’s guest. Gary and his wife Sarah were plunged into a living nightmare back in 2014 when Max slipped into a coma at just 18 months old. What followed was months of around the clock care...
'Diabetes makes you dig deep to find out who you are' - Mohammad AlBahar
April 04, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBToday’s guest is Mohammad AlBahar, also known as @thediabetictraveler. Diagnosed at just two years old, he’s witnessed mammoth changes in diabetes managed since he was diagnosed in 1985. Moh is the founder of the Diabetes Ambassadors Program, a non-profit in Kuwait that works to empower people living with diabetes by advocating for the needs and rights of those living with the condition. As well as peer support and education, the foundation is currently working towards establishing new la...
An IVF journey to motherhood with type 1 diabetes with Katie Pell
March 28, 2024 05:55 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBOh my goodness, this episode <3 Jewellery designer and all-round lovely woman Katie Pell was days away from giving birth when she agreed to speak to me about her road to motherhood with type 1 diabetes. Primose Florence Pell entered this world with a leap on February 29th 2024, just a week later! Katie’s journey with type 1 diabetes, not to mention becoming a mum, has had its challenges. It includes some incredibly difficult periods of frustration and despair, not only for her health an...
The Human Trial: Where is the cure for type 1 diabetes? With Lisa Hepner
March 21, 2024 05:55 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBNot everyone loves a deep chat as much as I do, but documentary film maker Lisa Hepner really went there with me as we plunged the depths of the rollercoaster that is type 1 diabetes, in an episode I’ve been thinking about eve since we recorded. In a way I felt like I was speaking to someone I already knew. Lisa knows more about type 1 diabetes than most. Not only has she lived with the condition since she was diagnosed in 1991 aged 21, she spent over a decade filming, writing, directing a...
'We are different but not less' - How Moataz Hisham is helping young people to open up about type 1 diabetes
March 14, 2024 05:55 - 1 hour - 60 MBMoataz Hisham is a full-time engineer, part-time fitness coach and unofficial diabetes superhero for young people with type 1 diabetes in Egypt. Childhood in Alexandria was interrupted when Moataz was diagnosed with type 1 in 1997 at the age of 11, but his pharmacist parents quickly helped him to adapt to not only the physical challenges of type 1 diabetes, but the psychological difficulties too. Despite this incredible support and unwavering inner resilience, Moataz spent years hiding his...
Lexie Peterson: We doubt ourselves, but we usually have the answers
March 07, 2024 05:55 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB'I’m a huge advocate for being your own advocate. This is your life, speak up for yourself.’ Are you ready for some amazing energy, realness and a ton of practical advice? Lexie Peterson, aka The Divabetic, is your girl! In her own words, Lexie is shamelessly and unapologetically sharing the highs and lows of type 1 diabetes, helping thousands of people online feel more empowered about the imperfections of life with the condition. Diagnosed at the age of 10 in 2005, Lexie attributes a pos...
Harriet Minter: A near-death adult diagnosis forced me to accept my limits
February 29, 2024 05:55 - 1 hour - 66.6 MB"The doctor said: 'You need to put your phone down because we have to get this drip into your arm, otherwise you're going to die.' And that was my introduction to type 1 diabetes." Today's guest is Harriet Minter - published author, journalist, coach and gender equality specialist. Harriet has worked and written for among others, The Guardian, The Times and the Telegraph. She’s a columnist for Psychologies magazine, and created the wildly successful Badass Women’s Hour podcast and live radi...
Helen Wills: Letting go as my diabetic daughter starts university
February 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBIt’s Season 10 of Type 1 on 1, can you believe it? There’s no better person to start the series with than parent blogging and podcasting royalty Helen Wills, better known online as Actually Mummy. For more than a decade, Helen has helped other Mums and Dads navigate the far-reaching multitudes of parenting through the Actually Mummy blog and more recently her podcast, Teenage Kicks. As well as all the normal challenges of parenthood and the magic of family life, they’ve faced it all with ...
Alone with type 1 diabetes - The 100,000 downloads celebration of YOU
January 04, 2024 05:55 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBThis one's for you, friends! You're not alone. I know it, because 100,000 downloads of this little baby podcast say it's so, and I know for a fact that's not just my mum downloading her own episode 100,000 times. This bonus episode, the finale of season 9, is a celebration of you doing everything in your power to get through each day with type 1 diabetes, as you adapt to the fact that every day means something entirely different. Sometimes it's big and bright and bold and powerful, and some...
Can you thrive with diabetes? With health coach Miriam Santori
December 28, 2023 05:55 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBMiriam Santori spent years fighting with her type 1 diabetes, frustrated and burnt out by the condition and lacking the support she needed to help prevent regular DKA hospital admissions. Diagnosed at a pivotal age in her teens in 2004, the condition altered the course of her education and she entered the gruelling demands of the corporate world for more than a decade. While Miriam thrived in her career, she had a feeling it was at the cost of her health and wellbeing. The pandemic allowed...
Living with type 1 diabetes in Gaza with Mohammed Seyam MD
December 21, 2023 05:55 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBThis is an episode of two parts. The main episode was recorded in September 2023, as my guest, 24-year-old medical doctor Mohammed Seyam was excitedly packing to move from his home in Gaza to London, to start a masters degree in Global Healthcare Management. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 11, Moe is a global diabetes advocate and educator. We spoke about the incredible work he’s done to change not only the cultural perception and stigma of type 1 diabetes, but to help the world...
Tom Ball: Britain's Got Talent helped me open up about my diabetes
December 14, 2023 05:55 - 52 minutes - 48 MB'I didn't want people to notice my diabetes, so I'd go to the music room very often at school, to have my insulin and eat my lunch where no one could see me.' Until last year, 25-year-old singer Tom Ball was busy spreading his passion for music as a secondary school teacher in his home county of West Sussex. Then he decided to audition for Britain’s Got Talent - and he went all the way to the final. Going from teaching a classroom of students to performing in sold out venues, to say Tom's l...
Grace Shush: 'Drag saved my life, then I saved my health'
December 07, 2023 05:35 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBToday’s guest is self proclaimed 'international drag pooper star' Grace Shush, also known as Timothie. 9-year-old Timothie was already dealing with more than most when they were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2000. We talk about how they dealt with the diagnosis alongside undiagnosed ADHD and hormonal issues, as well as growing up non-binary in 90s Midlands. Fast forward to 2023 and as a drag artist Grace has performed all over the world, alongside the likes of Chaka Khan and Melanie C. ...
Molly Bryant: 'I never thought I could achieve my dreams with type 1 diabetes'
November 30, 2023 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBCan we have a little moment for Molly please? A burst of vitality, humility, candour and humour - achieving the dreams she once feared type 1 diabetes would prevent, AND keeping it @cutenchronic in the process! The TikTok account that Molly started in lockdown gave her a whole new sense of purpose, and allowed her to turn her lack of self-confidence around. Molly has had two lifelong dreams - to dance professionally and to live abroad - for as long as she can remember, and for a while type...
'I was shamed for taking insulin during my pregnancy' with Suzie Byatt
November 23, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB‘2 hours after giving birth, it was insinuated that I was responsible for my son being in a special care unit.’ Illustrator Suzie Byatt fell pregnant just months after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2022. Still reeling from a type 2 misdiagnosis in the middle of the pandemic, Suzie carefully nurtured her developing son within strict blood glucose parameters alongside getting to grips with type 1 diabetes amidst the fluctuating hormones that come with pregnancy. She also found herse...
World Diabetes Day: 14 lessons that have helped me to live with type 1 diabetes
November 16, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBHello lovelies! In honour of World Diabetes Day on 14th November, please enjoy this special solo episode where I talk through 14 lessons that have helped me to live better with type 1 diabetes. I've gone from 'surviving' (just) with type 1 diabetes to really living in vibrant, messy technicolour, and while I still have my frustrating diabetes days, I have come a very long way in terms of the tools, structures and understanding I have of my chronic condition. This episode is designed to be d...
'Stigmas are harmful to all of us, regardless of the type of diabetes' with Mila Clarke
November 08, 2023 05:55 - 1 hour - 75.1 MB'This is a life long process, you’re going to keep tinkering.' Mila Clarke knows all too well how damaging the stigma that surrounds diabetes is, having been repeatedly undermined both inside and outside of the medical profession through multiple diabetes diagnoses. Mila was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2016, and after four tough years of managing her condition without the right medication and without a voice within the medical system, she was rediagnosed with type 1 LADA in 2020. I...
Jay James: 'We're still trying to process that this is forever'
November 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBIt’s not everyday you meet someone with a heart like Jay James. The X Factor finalist, one quarter of platinum-selling group The Overtones, songwriter, radio presenter, artist manager and former Royal Navy physical trainer, it’s fair to say that Jay has experienced a lot of what life has offer. Jay’s first introduction to type 1 diabetes had come early in 2022 when he started to manage singer and fellow type 1 diabetic Tom Ball, after he shot to recognition on Britain’s Got Talent. But ...
Racing across the Atlantic Ocean with type 1 diabetes with Jack Trigger
October 25, 2023 04:35 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB‘You’re just trying to make the balance of your decisions move in the right direction, and you don’t get them all right.’ Those are the words of competitive yachtsman Jack Trigger, who is the first guest of this brand new series! You'd be forgiven for thinking that Jack is referring to type 1 diabetes here, but in fact he’s referring to ocean racing - his sport, his profession, and his first love. Jack was hooked from the second he stepped into his first boat at the age of 6, and by the age...
HypoDaddy Luke Watts: 'My 5 year old is the strongest little man I know'
July 07, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWe’re ending this series of Type 1 on 1 with an incredibly powerful episode from Luke Watts, dad of 5-year-old Noah. After two months of inconclusive GP appointments, Noah was rushed to hospital in DKA in 2018 aged just 11 months - and became the youngest baby in Leeds to be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Luke and his wife Katie steadily got their little boy back, but a whirlwind couple of weeks followed in which they had to learn the relentless practicalities of the condition while tryi...
Jen's Mum: 'I was determined we were going to do type 1 diabetes our way'
June 30, 2023 04:30 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBI’m not sure episodes get much more special than this… This week I had the absolute honour of interviewing my mum, Sandra. We tore up the interview notes and just had a proper (and really quite rare) mother-daughter chat about how a single finger prick in the doctor’s surgery back in 1996 changed the entire course of our lives. It was so fascinating to hear about my diagnosis through my mum’s eyes, and how it shaped not only me, but my brothers and my parents too. Although the experienc...
'I'm the odd one out, so I made it funny' with Kalex Willzy
June 23, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBKalex Willzy is a radio presenter and content creator from London. When he's not busy with music and radio, he's making people laugh with his relatable type 1 diabetes Reels on Instagram, putting a humourous spotlight on the more ridiculous moments that living with type 1 diabetes brings. Diagnosed at the age of 23 in 2016, he describes himself as a 'lone ranger' when it comes to figuring out life with type 1 diabetes. After a less than informative diagnosis experience, he's always relied on...
Starting a new life abroad, pregnancy anxiety and figuring it out with Becci Youde
June 16, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBBecci Youde is a geography teacher living in Hong Kong with her husband and two young children. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 23, five years before she made the move overseas from Somerset in the UK. I discovered Becci’s quiet courage throughout the course of our chat, which left me feeling a lot of admiration for what she’s tackled. Finding and securing the job that would enable Becci’s overseas adventure turned out to be the easy part, as she has faced a huge nu...
The Diaries Check In: More Than Your Diabetes
June 09, 2023 05:05 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBAmi’s Back for Diabetes Week! It’s an important week in diabetes land, and a important week needs an important guest, so of course it could only be my dear friend Ami Bennett. Fellow type 1 diabetic, fellow media professional, fellow journalist who doesn’t do journalism, fellow dancer who no longer dances, fellow master of escapades great and small. If you haven’t met Ami before, there are 30 episodes of Type 1 on 1: The Diaries for you to catch up on whereby we have an absolute riot sharin...
How to enjoy the foods you love with diabetes dietician Ben Tzeel
June 02, 2023 04:15 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBToday’s guest Ben Tzeel is a registered dietitian, certified strength coach and diabetes educator, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7. Ben’s baseball dreams were snatched from him at a young age because of a lack of understanding about his condition from those around him. Isolated from his team, he set out to prove his coach and others wrong by becoming the best player on the field. His dedication and a love of health and fitness ultimately led Ben down a professional path, tur...
Heather Jackson: 'You're allowed to be upset for your child. Just don't get stuck there.'
May 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBHeather Jackson is a business owner and incredibly powerful writer who I first came across when she shared a letter she’d written on the anniversary of her son’s first diaversary. In 2019, Heather was adapting to life as a family of four when her oldest son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just after his third birthday. It understandably turned her world upside down. Heather, along with her husband James struggled to stay upright as the terror and shock of caring for a child with type ...
'You're allowed to be upset for your child. Just don't get stuck there' with Heather Jackson
May 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBHeather Jackson is a business owner and incredibly powerful writer who I first came across when she shared a letter she’d written on the anniversary of her son’s first diaversary. In 2019, Heather was adapting to life as a family of four when her oldest son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just after his third birthday. It understandably turned her world upside down. Heather, along with her husband James struggled to stay upright as the terror and shock of caring for a child with type 1 ...
Jordan Robinson: 'It's ok to raise your hand for support'
May 19, 2023 04:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBConversations that leave you feeling energised are my jam and sports presenter Jordan Robinson DELIVERS. LA-based WNBA sports journalist, host and podcaster Jordan started playing basketball as a young child, reaching division 2 in college. Her type 1 diabetes diagnosis at the age of 23 came at a time of huge change, as she was recovering from injury while building a new career as a journalist. Over time though, her condition has brought her closer to her family and strengthened the beauti...
Hot flushes, hypos and type 1 in pregnancy with Dawn Adams
May 12, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBDawn Adams jovially describes herself as ‘chaos’, but in my opinion she is a multi-tasking, time-defying, change-making superhero - with an undeniably soothing voice to boot. Dawn is a former teacher turned midwife with a specialist interest in diabetes and pregnancy from Northern Ireland. She's is also completing a PhD in type 1 diabetes, pregnancy and wearable technology, and uses any remaining spare minute to advocate for awareness around type 1 diabetes and menopause, after she found a l...
Jazz Sethi: 'Be vocal about whatever you believe in'
May 05, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB‘If not you, then who? If not now, then when?’ Jazz Sethi is the founder and director of The Diabesties Foundation - an Indian non-profit turned global movement making those with Type 1 Diabetes feel heard, understood, supported and celebrated. Jazz was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2009 at 13 years old. 10 years on she'd never met anyone else with the condition, so she tentatively arranged a local meet up. 35 people showed up, and Diabesties was born. Jazz is a beacon of hope, humilit...
The closed-loop system changed my life with Yasmin Hopkins
April 21, 2023 08:27 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBAfter years of trying to get to grips with diabetes technology with frustrating and disappointing results, an NHS clinical trial changed Yasmin Hopkins' life. In 2022 she trialled a closed-loop system as part of the NHS England NICE pilot study, whereby her insulin pump and CGM sensor constantly communicate to make automated basal adjustments to her insulin doses. Yasmin's HbA1c went from over 100 to 54 for the first time ever, her time in range went from around 30% to 70% in a matter of wee...
Misdiagnosis, menopause and the joy of female friendship with Eileen Williams and Shelley Thompson
April 14, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBEileen Williams and Shelley Thompson met at a gym 26 years ago, having put their babies in the same creche so that they could take some time to work out. They bonded as new mums, and what started as a quick coffee soon became a fierce friendship. But their bonds run even deeper, as both have since been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, although receiving those diangoses was far from straight forward. Eileen was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in 1996 while pregnant with her son. Her sympt...
Writing poems and raps saved me from my intrusive thoughts with Duke Al
April 07, 2023 06:39 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBTrigger Warning: alcohol misuse and self-harm "OCD is a constant battle of feeling you’re a horrendously bad person. It’s very easy to self-punish." I have long admired Duke Al’s work, and after listening to this episode I can almost guarantee you'll have an even more powerful appreciation of his words, as well as the man behind them. Duke is a spoken word artist and rapper from South Wales, who began writing as a young child to try and make sense of the intrusive thoughts that were occu...
Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE: 'The more people around me who understand type 1, the safer it is'
March 31, 2023 04:15 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBHow do you manage your blood sugars when you’ve got TWO BILLION pairs of eyes on you? Well, if you’re as focused as world-renowned cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, it’s just another day. The particular day I’m referring to is playing at the Royal Wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Harry and Meghan in 2018. As you do. Sheku is of the most celebrated and in demand cellists in the world, achieving astronomical success at the age of just 23. But in speaking to him it’s clear that his motivati...
'Everyone's got something that they're dealing with' with Andy Hartnell
March 24, 2023 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB'You going into the hospital ill, and you think you’ll come out fine.' Sales executive Andy Hartnell is today's guest. Andy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in his first year of university, and he was so unwell that his mum didn't recognise him - and yet he was turned away by a doctor who believed he had a fever. He was admitted to intensive care the following day with a blood glucose reading of 96mmol/l. Unsurprisingly it took Andy a while to process his diagnosis, and he didn't open up ...
Being exposed as type 1 diabetic could have ended my professional jockey career with David Crosse
March 17, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBToday's guest is David Crosse, a retired jumps jockey who changed the face of the sport for people with type 1 diabetes. Born in Tipperary in Ireland, he moved to the UK aged 16 for riding and over the course of an impressive 20 year career, secured 207 winners from more than 3,500 rides in Britain and Ireland. At the age of 22 David was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes - just as his professional career was taking off. He hid his condition from officials in the sport for 13 years, fearing i...
Writing through caring for my type 1 son with author Victoria Bennett
March 10, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBAuthor Victoria Bennett is today’s guest. Her memoir, ‘All My Wild Mothers’ is a story of motherhood, loss and what can happen when you steadily sow the seeds of new life, as Victoria and her son did on barren wasteland next to the council estate they moved to when her son was five years old. Victoria was weeks away from giving birth when her world was turned upside down after her sister died suddenly in a canoeing accident. Two years later her son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, in diab...
Dr Temi Olonisakin: 'Be louder. It's worth advocating for yourself'
March 03, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBImagine this: you’re a junior doctor, getting to grips with life on the ward in the early stages of your medical career, working long shifts under a stretched system. You’ve got a chronic illness to manage while you care for patients, and you’ve been training for this your whole life. Then, a few months in… a global virus strikes and you find yourself on the front line of the NHS as a pandemic shuts down the entire world. That is the experience of this week’s guest, Dr Temi Olonisakin. Diag...
Rob Howe: 'I would adjust the way I spoke to myself'
February 24, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB'Be intentional with every moment of your life.’ Ohhh we’re playing in the big leagues today! Rob Howe - entrepreneur, former professional basketball player and founder of the Diabetics Doing Things Platform is today’s podcast guest. A seasoned podcast pro with over 1 million downloads to his name, we talk about everything from school rumours that he’d died (!) after being diagnosed at the age of 16, to being vulnerable in order to bring people together, to maintaining discipline and inten...
The Diaries Check In: Would You Take A Cure?
February 17, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBHold onto your insulin... Type 1 on 1 is back! I'm so excited to return for another season, and it was only right that we get the MVP of this podcast on for a little episode 1 check in, you know? That's right, The Diaries co-host Ami is coming through with the REAL talk, and she spills the tea on the all important insulin pump update now that she's been wired up to her gadget for three whole months. Hint: It's going really, REALLY well and having seen what Ami's taken on since her diagnosis,...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - We've completed diabetes… with a raging thirst
November 18, 2022 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBAmi’s officially on an insulin pump! Just in time for the 30th (!!) episode of Type 1 on 1: The Diaries, we get the DL on Ami’s new lease of life on an Omnipod. Kendrick Lamar’s involved, but so is a raging overnight high glucose. You can’t win ‘em all. You CAN however, send us your diawins, and send them you did! We get a few nice little pick me ups from the listeners as well as the return of some dia-science facts, while Jen’s very busy consuming large amounts of tapas and stealing batterie...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Your warm and fuzzy dia-wins!
November 11, 2022 04:05 - 49 minutes - 45 MBGet ready for all the feels - this community has delivered yet again! In spirit of injecting (oohhhh get it?) a little bit of positivity into the often frustrating world of type 1 diabetes, and inspired by the fab news that as we publish this, Ami is officially, finally hooked up to an insulin pump (!) we asked you to send us your dia-wins and diabetes milestones so that we could celebrate everyone out there doing their best to handle this mad bad chronic condition. Jen’s heart but did some...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - A case of the Podgies… and send us your dia-wins!
November 04, 2022 04:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBLovely listeners - we need your help, again! It can be easy to moan about this type 1 life (and with good reason), but this week Ami’s celebrating her imminent switch to an insulin pump after a three year ‘journey’ to get approved. In the spirit of us all cheering each other on, please send us your dia-wins on Instagram and tell us any goal you’ve accomplished this week/year/life! There’s no win too small, we want to spread some good stuff and get them read out on the podcast. Bonus points ...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Listener escapades... come through
October 28, 2022 03:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBWe asked for your escapades… and you delivered! From passing out on a plane to taking a long-acting dose of fast-acting insulin (!), we’re very grateful to hear it’s not just us who get themselves into the odd type 1 diabetes related pickle. Please keep them coming, we’d love to hear more! Elsewhere Ami’s feeling pretty done with type 1 diabetes this week, while Jen spent a whole 24 hours out of range which was not so fun. But there’s good news as Ami anticipates her insulin pump start, and ...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Send Us Your Escapades!
October 21, 2022 03:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBWe hope you’re strapped in tight this week, the diabetes rollercoaster is GO. Jen’s got a little update on the horror wrist injury (spoiler alert: it’s broken) and the resulting cast is forcing a bit of a slow down on the usual escapades, which is probably no bad thing. Meanwhile Ami’s had a weekend of frustration after losing her insulin pen in a restaurant and not realising until said restaurant was closed… BUT there’s good news too as she’s finally got the pump-date we’ve been waiting fo...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Do you require special assistance?
October 14, 2022 03:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBWoah Nelly, they're at it again! The giddyness hits as Jen and Ami are reunited after a couple of weeks apart, and Jen's swollen, purple hand is somewhat of a distraction. But like every great injury, there's a great story attached, and it's kiiiiiind of type 1 diabetes related. Ami's having some issues with her sharps bin, but after consulting the good people of Instagram, it seems that she's not alone. Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Am...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - This is a sexy little episode
October 07, 2022 03:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBBom chica WOW WOW!! Get ready ladies and gents, this week’s episode of The Diaries is a TIME. Ami is another year older and marked her birthday week with the mother of all type 1 escapades, naturally. Thanks to some quick-thinking she was able to jet off to Spain without too much panic, but the escapade came back to bite her once she was back in the UK... Jen’s finally topped up all her long overdue diabetes admin with two appointments in one week, can you imagine? First a trip to the retino...
Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Let's do a little dia-quiz!
September 30, 2022 03:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBCue the theme tune, it’s dia-quiz time! We’re taking it back to the introductions this week and offer up a little getting to know you style fun with a little quiz about all things diabetes, so whether you’re new to this podcast or you’ve been listening for a while, you get a little bit more of a flavour of our individual type 1 diabetes stories. Diagnosis tales, pump vs pen and a couple of interesting hypo experiences, pull up a chair and get to know us a little bit better - it's the quiz tha...