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Diabetes Connections | Type 1 Diabetes

The T1D news show you've been waiting for! Long-time broadcaster, blogger and diabetes mom Stacey Simms interviews prominent advocates, authors and speakers. Stacey asks hard questions of healthcare companies and tech developers and brings on "everyday' people living with type 1. Great for parents of T1D kids, adults with type 1 and anyone who loves a person with diabetes.
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Now displaying: June, 2018
Jun 26, 2018

Many baby boomers have lived with diabetes for decades, others are newly diagnosed. But everyone finds when they reach 65.. things get complicated. That’s because of course 65 is when Medicare kicks in. Our guest, Dennis Goldensohn has lived with T1D for 50 years and is finished his first year on Medicare. He’s got a lot to say. Plus.. a look at Medicare’s new policy regarding Dexcom Share – don’t throw away your receiver yet!

Read Test Guess & Go for Dexcom/Medicare information

More information here with the updated Medicare policy

And I’ll share a little bit about the start of our summer and diabetes camp. Benny went noodling(!) and had a difficult diabetes situation later that night. Stacey shares how he handled it and what went through her mind hundreds of miles away.

 

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1:30 Stacey welcome, talks about ADA Scientific Sessions, Tandem Basal IQ approval (more next week).

4:45 Interview with Dennis Goldensohn

30:30 Stacey talks about Medicare/Dexcom 

33:45 Stacey talks about their travel and Benny's adventures "noodling."

34:00 Carrie vs Kerri - Information about Audible - Get your 30 day free trial and free book here

 

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Jun 19, 2018

Almost all of us have called our endo or our child's doctor in the middle of the night. done it. But before you call the hotline again.. you're going to want to hear from this week's guest. Dr. Jamie Wood is a pediatric endocrinologist and the Medical Director of the Diabetes Program at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She shares the top ten questions she's asked in the middle of the night. 

In our Know Better segment, some new guidance on cell phone security from the Diabetes Technology Society. 

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1:30 Stacey welcome - explains travel situation

5:40 Interview with Dr. Jamie Wood

57:15 Know Better: DTS guidelines on cellphone security

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Jun 12, 2018

What happens when you have type 1 diabetes and you own an ice cream shop? Well, you hear a lot of dumb jokes, of course, but you also have a lot of fun. Guest Brandon Wallis also has a little girl with type 1, diagnosed at age 2, and he has some good advice for diabetes dads as we head toward Father’s Day.

Plus, it’s off to camp for a lot of kids already this summer or in the weeks to come. In our Know Better segment, Stacey's son Benny gives us his take diabetes camp sleep away camp.

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1:30 Stacey welcome - she explains due to a lot of travel she may not be on social media quite as much until the middle of June

3:45 Interview with Brandon Wallis

31:00 Know Better segment: Benny talks about D-Camp

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40:15 Stacey talks about sponsors for the podcast

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Jun 5, 2018

Diabetes Connections turns three years old this week!  To mark the occasion, we turned the microphone around. KTLA News anchor and diabetes dad Frank Buckley interviews Stacey 

They talk about everything from Smart Insulin to Encapsulation to Stacey's family and the emotions behind a T1D diagnosis and Stacey looks back to our very first episode with Christel Aprigliano. 

Learn more about Frank's story and his son's diagnosis here.

Plus Stacey shares the case of the double inset from Benny (with his permission) and explains how you can take part in our live game show taping at Friends for Life this summer! Just email stacey@diabetes-connections.com and use the subject line "Game Show." Make sure to provide your first name and where you're from. 

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1:30 Stacey welcome and looks back at three years of the podcast

6:00 Frank Buckley interviews Stacey

29:00 Stacey explains "Wait Wait Don't Poke Me," the game show we're taping later this summer.

42:30 Stacey shares a story of Benny's latest adventures in pumping. What happens when you change your inset and you can't remember which inset is the new one?! 

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