Latest Type 1 diabetes treatment Podcast Episodes
Achieve it All Gracefully, with Caitlin Shetterly
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - July 09, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsAuthor Caitlin Shetterly joins us to talk about her experience being diagnosed in the winter of 2020-2021, and how that impacted her life and her writing. She is the author of Pete and Alice in Maine, and her diagnosis resulted in 3 months of lost writing... but it also brought healing in an un...
Jessie's Nationals Experience in 2024
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - June 25, 2024 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsJessie went to Rugby Nationals again this year (2024) and had a wild experience with supplies, blood sugars, and an injury that happened in the LAST 2 MINUTES of the last game. What to do next... Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Join the Half-Dead Pancreas Club Follow the Pod on Instagram...
MVP: Embracing Discomfort
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - June 11, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsWhat does “embracing discomfort” mean? As T1Ds, we deal with discomfort every day of our lives. Changing infusion sites, sensors, giving injections, checking blood sugars, waking up in the middle of the night, doing Herculean mental calculations for our meals.. But what if this was all easier ...
Medtronic 770G vs 780G
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - May 28, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsJessie recently switched from the Medtronic 770G to the new 780G software update. In this episode she talks about the improvements in the tech and how her management has been affected by the change. What to do next... Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Join the Half-Dead Pancreas Club Foll...
Unspeakably Wonderful, with Kieran James
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsSinger/songwriter and former pediatric clinical researcher Kieran James joins us to talk about his daughter's diagnosis, the importance of clinical trials, and how music gave him an outlet from the frustrations of T1D. Connect with Kieran: Website: www.kjsongs.com Instagram: https://www.insta...
MVP: You’ve Been Diagnosed… Now What?
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsSo you've been diagnosed with T1D... Now what? For the newly diagnosed people with diabetes, use this episode as a reference for what you might encounter in the first day, first week, first month, and first year of diagnosis. Join the Half-Dead Pancreas Club! What to do next... Leave a revi...
Self Sabotage on Type 1 in Midlife
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsCheck out this cross-posted episode from Type 1 in Midlife, with Melissa Slemp from Abundant Health with Melissa. We talk about self-sabotage, self-compassion, grace, and how to handle yourself in burnout—and why burnout even happens sometimes. While intended for Melissa's audience of midlife ...
How Meditation Impacts Diabetes, with Peter Friedfeld
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsPeter Friedfeld was diagnosed with T1D on Valentine's Day at age 55. In the years since his unexpected thrust into life with type 1 diabetes, he's developed deep self-compassion through yoga, mindfulness, and meditation. Join us this episode to hear more about his late-adulthood diagnosis, h...
What to Do When “Authority Figures” Get Diabetes Wrong
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsLike it or not, some "authority figures" in the medical space get diabetes, especially type 1 diabetes, wrong. Whether it's a doctor, nurse, nutritionist, dietitian, professor, or someone in your family, it's important to know not only how to recognize when they're wrong, but also how to stand ...
Diabetes by the Decades
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - March 05, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsWhat's the history of type 1 diabetes since insulin was discovered in 1921? We have come a long way from animal-sourced insulin and needles that had to be sharpened after multiple uses. Sometimes it's mind-boggling to think that T1D was a straight-up death sentence just over a hundred years a...
The Imperfect Journey to Embracing T1D, with Taralyn Jamieson
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - February 20, 2024 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsTaralyn Jamieson was diagnosed at 8 years old and spent most of her 28 years with T1D trying to ignore her blood sugars. It wasn't until she settled down in her personal life that it became a priority to get her health under control, but by then it was too late to avoid complications. Taralyn...
Our Support Systems
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - February 06, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsHave you ever wondered what exactly we mean when we say "support system"? In this episode, we break down what T1D support systems are, why they're important, and what ours look like. What to do next... Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Join the Half-Dead Pancreas Club Follow the Pod on In...
Journey to Resilience: Advice from a T1D Physician Mom
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - January 23, 2024 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsDr. Maureen Michele, an MD and parent to a T1D kiddo who also had pediatric neuroblastoma, joins us to shed light on why it's so important for parents to understand and embrace resilience. As scary as it is to see your child diagnosed with T1D, it's also scary to navigate it while dealing with ...
2023 Year in Review + 2024 Goals
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - January 09, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsWith the changing of the years comes a new set of annual goals, and this year is no different. Join us in this episode as we review what happened for us in 2023, both on the T1D front as well as the rest of our busy lives, and as we talk about our plans for 2024. Listen to the end for an impo...
MVP: The Honeymoon Period
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - January 02, 2024 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsThe honeymoon period happens right at diagnosis, if it happens at all. In this episode, Jessie and I talk about what the honeymoon period is, how long it lasts, who gets it, and why it only happens once. This is an MVP episode from our very first year of podcasting. Join the Half-Dead Pancre...
Getting Back into Routine Post-Holidays
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - December 26, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsThe last two months of the year can feel like a whirlwind of "let's just throw out all our routines" because Halloween kicks off the season of candy, food, get togethers, more food, family drama, even more food... you get the point. By the time we land in the week between Christmas and New Year...
MVP: A Lifetime of T1D, with Richard Vaughn
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - December 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 38 ratingsDiagnosed at age 6, Richard Vaughn has lived with it for over 75 years now. Richard joined us on the podcast to talk about his experience with so many years of T1D. The most surprising thing I learned? Richard did not know his blood sugar for 40 years. Now, age 81, he has very few complication...
The Diabetes Link's Resource Hub
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - December 12, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsWho do you talk to about partying safely? Intimate relationships? How weed and alcohol affect your BGs? The Diabetes Link has "answers to even your most cringe questions, shared by people with diabetes (and reviewed by medical experts)." As they say, it's overwhelming to look for resourc...
Seasonal Affective Disorder & T1D
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - December 05, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsDo you experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) during the winter months? As T1Ds, we can be impacted far more than the average person by the physical symptoms of SAD. Learn more about Seasonal Affective Disorder, the symptoms, what causes it, what can help, and strategies as T1Ds you can...
MVP: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - November 28, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsDiabetic ketoacidosis (also known as DKA) is a dangerous medical complication of untreated T1D. In this MVP episode, we discuss what causes it, the risk factors for going into DKA, symptoms to watch out for, how to treat it, recovery, and prevention in the future. We also briefly touch on th...
Thanksgiving & T1D
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - November 21, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsDo the holidays stump you when it comes to your diabetes management? Are you super stressed out during all of November and December and find that your BGs respond in kind? In this episode, Jessie & I talk about common strategies for T1Ds to remember going into the holiday season, especially w...
What to Do When Your Pump Breaks
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - November 14, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsWhat do you do when your pump breaks? Are you prepared? What's the process to get a replacement pump? Both Jessie and I had our pumps break recently, in different ways. We both had to contact support and get replacement pumps, but in this episode we detail exactly what happened, how we handl...
T1D Connections with Megan Ehlers
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - November 07, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsWhy is it important to foster and keep connections with other people who have type 1 diabetes? Megan Ehlers joins us on the show to share her experience as a kid with T1D whose first trip to diabetes camp and the exposure to other kids with T1D helped change how she thought about herself. Now...
T1D is Spooky; Happy Halloween!
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - October 31, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsHalloween can be a difficult holiday for people with type 1 diabetes because of the emphasis on all the candy and treats. In this episode, Jessie and I talk about how to approach Halloween as a T1D, stay safe at parties (if you're of the partying age), and things to keep in mind when you're pl...
My First Adult T1D Camp Experience
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - October 24, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsI have 20 years of T1D kids' camp under my belt, but didn't have a chance to go to a camp just for adults with T1D until this year. Connected in Motion held their Colorado Slipstream in August 2023, and it coincided perfectly with a work trip, which made it super easy to say YES! I had an abs...
Complication-Free Pregnancy, with Myriam Roy
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - October 17, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsMyriam Roy, a T1D from Quebec, Canada, has lived with T1D for over 25 years. With her psychology background and research into the science, she was able to prepare and plan for her pregnancy such that she had a natural, complication-free experience without medical intervention. While all pregnan...
MVP: Self-Sabotaging Your Diabetes
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - October 10, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsAt times, we may self-sabotage our diabetes self care and management even if it's not what we want to do long term. In this episode, Jessie and I talk about what self-sabotage is, what causes it, and what to do about it. Remember that you are not alone on your T1D journey. If you need help...
Devotions on Diabetes with Kaycee Parker
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - October 03, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsKaycee Parker, author of Devotions on Diabetes: A 30-Day Journey to Anchor Your Soul, joins us to talk about perspective shifts with type 1 diabetes. How often have you thought that diabetes is a punishment from God? Kaycee's devotional is the answer to that debilitatingly painful question. H...
28 Lessons from 28 Years (Part 2)
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - September 26, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsI have lived with type 1 diabetes for 28 years as of September 19th, 2023. This is part two of a two-part series in which I'm sharing 28 lessons from those 28 years. Many of these lessons we've covered in podcast episodes all to themselves, but it's worth putting them all together in a coupl...
28 Lessons from 28 Years (Part 1)
This is Type 1: Real-Life Type 1 Diabetes - September 19, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 38 ratingsI have lived with type 1 diabetes for 28 years as of September 19th, 2023. This is part one of a two-part series in which I'm sharing 28 lessons from those 28 years. Many of these lessons we've covered in podcast episodes all to themselves, but it's worth putting them all together in a coupl...
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