She shot to fame after an appearance on NBC’s The Voice, now RaeLynn is out with a big album, a big tour and lots of fans who have type 1 diabetes just like she does. Diagnosed at age 12, RaeLynn talks about managing diabetes on the road, challenges she faced early on and why she’s okay (sort of) with Blake Shelton being the food police.
In our community connection, he was tired of waiting for options, so a North Carolina diabetes dad went on his own to get the Libre Flash Glucose Monitor not yet available in the US. Steve Espin explains why he wanted the device for his son and how he went on eBay to get it.
Plus, in our Shoptalk segment, learn more about Dancing for Diabetes from Kelly Simbolick and about BetaBionics from John Costik.
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4:00 Stacey explains the Libre and how it's newly approved in the UK
6:00 Stacey talks about Dexcom opening its data platform (and what that means)
10:00 RaeLynn Interview
28:00 Steve Espin / Libre Interview
47:20 Stacey shares why she prefers the Dexcom alarms and why she moved the Dexcom receiver out of her son's room
53:00 Shoptalk with John Costik from BetaBionics
57:30 Shoptalk with Kelly Simbolick from Dancing for Diabetes
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Actor Derek Theler will star in the upcoming show Marvel's New Warriors, a dream come true for him. We talk to Derek about growing up with type 1 and moving to LA to pursue his career, which included a 5-year run in the show, Baby Daddy.
Derek shares how he and his sister who also has T1D grew up without diabetes role models and how that fueled his desire to be one now. He explains how his Baby Daddy audition was almost ruined by a persistent low blood sugar and shares a few funny commercials he starred in before his big break (including Kayak and State Farm).
Plus, a follow up on the Insulin4Life protest, which garnered some national coverage and more help for those devastated by this month's two hurricanes. (Learn more about how to help here)
Lilly helps Hurricane victims.
Article about T1TexasArmy (Dr. Stephen Ponder)
In our shoptalk segment.. meet Amy Burrows and Becky Marval from Connected in Motion and Emily Imblum from Pump Peelz..
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4:30 Help for Hurricane Harvey & Irma
7:15 Update: Protesting the price of insulin
11:30 Derek Theler interview
46:00 Shoptalk: Connected in Motion
51:00 Shoptalk: Pump Peelz
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Advice and guidance for caregivers from a wellness coach with type 1. When you have a child with diabetes, it’s not easy to step away and let someone else take over. But Samantha Markovitz wants us to do just that and written a new book to help. We talk about Type 1 Diabetes Caregiver Confidence, and discuss challenges and strategies to help parents feel confident about childcare, babysitters and relatives.
Plus, we'll look at the grandparent perspective. Stacey interviews Rose Greenbaum, whose grandson was diagnosed T1D at age seven. Rose shares her fears and how she turned them into a passion for helping others. (Rose is Stacey's aunt and they have some family fun here as well). Learn more about Rose's efforts here.
And in our Shoptalk segment, meet the man behind the book, The Faces of Diabetes. It's a picture project, but so much more.
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Show timecodes:
3:30 Stacey talks about her family's T1D caregiver experience
10:45 Rose Greenbaum, D-Grandmother
32:00 Samantha Markovitz, author, Caregiver Confidence
1:07:00 Edward Fieder, Faces of Diabetes
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Best-selling author and radio host Kurt Anderson is out with a blockbuster book, "Fantasyland, How America Went Haywire, a 500 year history." You may have seen him on the cover of The Atlantic Magazine and all over cable news this month. But you may not know he lives with type 1 diabetes.
Stacey and Kurt talk about Fantasyland, as well as his other books like the fictional True Believers, where the main character has type 1.
Our Community Connection calls attention to the heroes of the T1D relief efforts in Texas after Hurricane Harvey (Listen to our full episode here and find links to help/information)
In Shoptalk this week, hear about a brand new product. It's called InPen and it aims to give people who use shots the same calculations & ease of use as people who use pumps. Stacey talks to Tony Galliani from Companion Medical about the product and the company.
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8:50 Interview with Kurt Andersen
50:00 "Shoptalk" with InPen's Tony Galliani
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