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Type 1 on 1 | Diabetes Stories

By: Jen Grieves
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  • Type 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 wild chronic condition.
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  • 46 years with type 1 diabetes: 'I went through pregnancy without a glucose meter' with Maryann Croft Maloney

    46 years with type 1 diabetes: 'I went through pregnancy without a glucose meter' with Maryann Croft Maloney
    Jul 4 2024
    'You’re more than a blood sugar, and that’s your excellence.’

    Today we meet certified diabetes royalty! Maryann Croft Maloney has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1978 - the same year she also got married and became pregnant with her first child. Maryann went through a large part of that pregnancy without a glucose meter, but has always moved through life handling whatever it - and diabetes - has thrown at her without an ounce of self-pity.

    Through the incredible lens of living with type 1 diabetes for almost 50 years, we discuss the advances in diabetes management Maryann has witnessed after starting out with only long-acting insulin, but conversely the anxiety that has been prompted by having so much data at her fingertips.

    It was 20 years before Maryann met anyone else with type 1, and we really dig into the perspective that living with the condition has given her. From not worrying about the small stuff, to life as a test of resilience, to her quest for perfection and the importance of asking questions in the pursuit of a better quality of life, Maryann's honesty and insight makes for an extraordinary listen.

    We also talk about her life-changing experience at Diabetes Training Camp, and the wisdom and relief it has offered her.

    CONNECT WITH MARYANN:
    Follow Maryann on Instagram.
    Find out more about Diabetes Training Camp.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 COMMUNITY
    We’ve got an Instagram account! Come and say hi @studiotype1on1.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE:
    Thanks to my episode sponsors Dexcom.

    Pioneer and leader in Real-Time continuous glucose monitors, Dexcom's goal is to simplify and improve diabetes management for every possible person with diabetes.

    They have a choice of systems, so you can find the right one for your lifestyle at https://www.dexcom.com/
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    58 mins
  • The Diaries Check In: Don't put a glucose sensor on your forehead

    The Diaries Check In: Don't put a glucose sensor on your forehead
    Jun 27 2024
    My dear friend and fellow type 1 Ami Bennett is back to say hello. So obviously this episode is full of mischief, escapades, hypo gremlins, and guess what? We've STILL both got type 1 diabetes...

    We sweep through so much fun (and not so fun) stuff this week, having a good old catch up about everything from turning into hermits of routine by choice, being confronted by security staff about diabetes, dating, shoving Haribo into your face in a public toilet to fix a hypo... it's a glamorous life.

    We shoutout some awesome people doing awesome things in the community, and of course The Diaries wouldn't be complete without an appearance from Ami's lovely dog Milou.

    CONNECT WITH AMI:
    Follow Ami on Instagram.

    OTHER PEOPLE MENTIONED:
    Type One Community's Instagram.
    Temi Olonisakin's Instagram.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 COMMUNITY
    We’ve got an Instagram account! Come and say hi @studiotype1on1.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE:
    Thanks to my episode sponsors Dexcom.

    Pioneer and leader in Real-Time continuous glucose monitors, Dexcom's goal is to simplify and improve diabetes management for every possible person with diabetes.

    They have a choice of systems, so you can find the right one for your lifestyle at https://www.dexcom.com/
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    50 mins
  • Renza Scibilia: 'I never wanted my diabetes to become anyone else's burden'

    Renza Scibilia: 'I never wanted my diabetes to become anyone else's burden'
    Jun 20 2024
    When it comes to diabetes advocates, few are held in such regard as Renza Scibilia. And rightly so, as for more than two decades she has travelled the world to ensure the voices of people with diabetes are not only acknowledged, but listened to and understood by everyone from world-renowned healthcare professionals to pharmaceutical bosses.

    Diagnosed in 1998, Renza’s activism started out through the Diabetonic blog, published from her desk at home in Melbourne, Australia. But such is her determination and motivation to create meaningful change, she is now Director of Community Building & Communications at Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), Head of Advocacy at #dedoc°, and in her spare time (when she’s not baking or on a plane), she runs a health consultancy.

    As much as Renza works hard to makes sure she has a seat at the table, she works even harder to ensure that there are seats for the rest of us too, shaping outcomes for everyone who has been forced through lived experience to cruelly understand what it really means to live with type 1 diabetes.

    'When insulin has been around for 100 years, lack of access should not be happening,' she told me. 'It’s perfectly ok to feel overwhelmed by the personal burden of type 1 diabetes and what we are living with, but I do also feel the weight of what type 1 diabetes is on a bigger scale. Sometimes I think it’s ok to feel hopeless because of that, because in many ways it’s what drives me.'

    This generous and heartfelt conversation is such a treat, and a reminder of the power we collectively have for change when the right people are shaping the conversation.

    CONNECT WITH RENZA:
    Take a look at Renza’s blog, Diabetogenic.
    Follow Renza on X.

    JOIN THE TYPE 1 ON 1 COMMUNITY
    We’ve got an Instagram account! Come and say hi @studiotype1on1.

    SPONSOR MESSAGE:
    Thanks to my episode sponsors Dexcom.

    Pioneer and leader in Real-Time continuous glucose monitors, Dexcom's goal is to simplify and improve diabetes management for every possible person with diabetes.

    They have a choice of systems, so you can find the right one for your lifestyle at https://www.dexcom.com/
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    1 hr and 1 min
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Very very good! So Real NOT 'Up With People '

Love you both talking
Openly about
Us T1ds having
'A Strange Day'
In our
'Twilight Garden '
UK rules
US not so much
*shrug* 🖤🖤🖤

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