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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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Dec 17, 2019

With holiday travel gearing up, we decided to check in with someone who travels the world. Jason Viglione is always on a plane, train or car for business and has figured out his own best practices for pump, CGM and the whole routine

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Jason was diagnosed just last year.. his anniversary date is coming up in January. Like a lot of adults, he had trouble getting the right diagnosis. We’ll hear that story and a lot more..

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In TMSG – a cameo in a Hallmark Christmas movie.. a diaversary celebrated in a big way.. and a little independence for a tween with T1D that's worth celebrating!

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Dec 10, 2019

Meet dietitian and strength coach Ben Tzeel. He says he started getting hooked on strength training as a teenager and hasn't looked back. Ben & Stacey talk about his wild Instagram posts where he shows you how he doses for food like giant donuts, and carbs and macros and diabetes and exercise..

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In TMSG: a girl scout troop decides to educate their community (check out the video here) 

and a comic book from the UK aims to educate about T1D (more here)

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Stacey & Ben also talk about specifics to help her son, Benny, as he begins high school wrestling. At his first double practice (weights & mats) Benny needed to eat 75 uncovered carbs to stay above a blood sugar of 80!

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Dec 5, 2019

Listen to an excerpt from The World's Worst Diabetes Mom: Real Life Stories of Raising a Child With Type 1 Diabetes!

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This chapter is all about using social media to thrive with type 1 diabetes. But of course, it's also about the many mistakes Stacey has made along this way. Hear the story of how she bolused her purse, instead of her child.

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Transcript of the excerpt:

"I think there’s an argument to be made that we can get more out of social media when we share our mistakes and worries than when we only post when things are going “right.” I know a lot of people love to share straight CGM lines and big and small victories, and that’s great. I love to celebrate along with you! But over the years, I find I have more of an impact and get more support when I pull the curtain back and show what’s not going right for us.

The first time I realized this was a scorching summer Saturday in 2010. Benny had just finished Kindergarten and Lea, 4th grade.  It was 101 degrees in Charlotte. I took the kids out to and then to a nearby splash pad. It was exactly what we needed and we spent the afternoon inside at home, trying to beat the heat.

The afternoon blood sugar check was a shocker: 500 BG. Big bolus, but an hour later Benny said he didn't feel well. At this check we got HIGH GLUCOSE! No ketones, thankfully, but something was very wrong. The meter remote was across the room, so I asked Benny to take his pump out of the pouch he wears around his waist. That’s when the problem became very clear. He had no pump to take out. Uh oh.

Even though the pump we used was waterproof, we usually took it off when Benny was in or around water. It wasn’t the rough play – the insets stayed on just fine for that kind of thing and the pump is durable. But Benny usually went low during swimming and taking the pump off helped keep him steady.

Note: this definitely depends on the person. As Benny gets older and bigger, the energy he uses for swimming and water play has changed. When you think about a 5 year old swimming, think how exhausted they get – they use their whole body every second! A 12 year old is still very active but might be throwing a ball in the pool and hanging out for hours rather than swimming nonstop for 30 minutes. We found as he got older, we needed to increase the basal rate for a couple of hours after swimming if we’d disconnected for more than an hour.

As I said earlier, check with your endo about disconnecting a pump and/or adjusting the basal rates on a waterproof pump or pod. Many people have also found success using long-acting insulin along with the pump (also called “untethered) or even switching back to multiple daily injections for vacations or summer if your child swims a lot.

Whether your child swims for ten minutes or ten hours, you do need to put the pump back on! We had forgotten that part. As soon as I realized that, I immediately remembered what I had done. We’d taken off the pump and thrown it in my purse. It was still there, just blinking at me and dripping insulin. All that time I was giving Benny insulin using the remote meter, I’d really been bolusing my purse!!

Once we figured that out, it wasn’t a difficult fix. We clicked the pump tubing back into the inset, did a giant bolus, checked ketones (nope) and refilled Benny’s water. I spent a moment wondering if I should wash my purse or just wipe it out. And if I’d ever get rid of the insulin smell. Ugh.

15 minutes later I grabbed the meter to see if the insulin had started working. Yes, I know it was too soon, but I was nervous and anxious and…. I dropped the meter. It slipped out of my hands, onto the floor and cracked. I have backup meters, but this was the brand new remote meter we’d only had for a month. After almost 4 years of pumping, we finally didn’t have to reach into Benny’s pouch to pull out the meter and could easily dose him while he slept. I didn’t have to turn around in the car while my husband drove and dig around in Benny’s car seat to bolus him for road trip car snacks! We loved that new meter. And now, it was all in pieces on my kitchen floor.

Talk about feeling like the world’s worst diabetes mom. My kid was high because of my doofus forgetfulness. Our brand new amazing remote meter was in pieces. Surely, no one was as horrible a mom as me.

I took my frustration to Twitter. If I tell you the responses were life-changing, I’m not sure that would be an exaggeration. Remember, this was back in 2010 when social media wasn’t was it is today. I wasn’t sure what I would get. Scorn? Judgement?

Turns out, all I received was support:

Here are some of the great responses:

@kellyemmaellisThe Party Wizards @staceysimms oh no simple mistake!! At least it can be

easily corrected with pump and Benny had been nice and active to take the edge off!!

@SweeterCherise Cherise/LADA @staceysimms hugs! How's he doing?

@DMomBlogLeighann D-Mom @staceysimms It happens. You realized it and are taking care

of the situation. He'll be fine. ((hugs))

@Kate_Ireland123 Kate Banks @staceysimms diabetes is 24/7, you are not. You can't be

perfect all the time. Its not your fault, you treated it, it's over :)

@PortblPancGrl Stacey D. @ @staceysimmsglad he's ok! And hope his BG gets back to

normal soon.

Other people had done this. Other people made it through. They said I didn’t have to be perfect and that Benny would be fine. It’s hard to describe how much better that made me feel.  I was still mad and frustrated, but I was no longer alone.

I think I was just as relieved to hear that Benny would be okay – that this had happened before – as I was to see these other women not judging me. Not shaming me. They didn’t share the post and invite others to pile on. Instead, they supported me. I didn’t know them but they were willing to reassure me and lift me up.

Of course, Benny was fine – his blood sugar came down, he was safe and happy and thought the idea of bolusing my purse was very funny.  I called Animas and they overnighted a new meter remote. Ours was still in warranty (barely out of the box) so they were fine with a quick replacement.

As you know, by now, this was hardly our first mistake. But it was the first time I remember admitting to one, publicly. It was incredibly freeing and it led the way for me to share more mistakes and missteps."

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Dec 3, 2019

Diabetes nurse practitioner Michael Greenberg just ran the New York City Marathon – his first marathon – with Beyond Type Run, a group of people with type 1 diabetes fund raising and training together.

Find out more about Stacey's New Book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom

Michael shares advice about running and training with T1D, about what led him to change his career path and how his love of comic books and wrestling help him deal with diabetes.

He mentions Rhone shorts, a sponsor of Beyond Type Run and Path Projects

Stacey talks about Pie Benny Day from a few years back: watch the video 

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In TMSG: a sports connection results in a real life meetup that one kid will never forget.

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At the end of the show, Stacey shares details of Benny's recent surgery - as it pertains to type 1 diabetes.

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Nov 26, 2019

Country Star Eric Paslay is on his Nice Guy Tour right now, performing around the US and the world. He talks to Stacey about managing type 1 diabetes on the road.

Learn more and buy Stacey's new book "The World's Worst Diabetes Mom"

Stacey & Eric also nerd out on podcasting a little bit.. he started his own T1D show – Level With Me - earlier this year.

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Tell Me Something Good this week… so much creativity this diabetes awareness month! Did you see the Bachelor with Diabetes. And an elementary school rallies behind a student with T1D.

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Thanksgiving episodes Stacey mentions:

Ask the D-Moms Holiday Version

Thanksgiving Round-table: Adults with T1D

 

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Interview transcription 

Stacey:

My guest this week is country music star Eric Paslay. He is touring right now I caught up with him, tpaslay his is several weeks ago actually but there's nothing dated here. I wanted to talk to him again. He was first on the show back in 2017. Because in addition to being diagnosed with type one at age 10. He is now a podcast host. He started Level With Me this year. I'm not sure if he's coming back with that or if it was a one season thing when we talked to him quite worked it out. It's a branded podcast with Dexcom. But we had fun talking about the technical side of podcasting, and what he got out of meeting so many people living with type one. So here is my talk with Eric Paslay.

 

Eric, welcome back to the show. I'm excited to talk to you again. Thanks for joining me.

 

Eric Paslay  7:29

Thank you, Stacey. Good to be back.

 

Stacey Simms  7:31

Alright, so put your podcaster hat on. And I wanted to talk to you about that. Because truly, you know, doing a show like that is such an incredible experience. I'm not sure people realize how much fun it is to be on this side of the microphone, you know, talking to other people going through experiences with type one. What was it like for you to do that?

 

Eric Paslay  7:54

It's just it was it was a lot of fun. I mean, you know, it's fun to get to talk to people. There's so many awesome podcasts. out there about juvenile diabetes, and you're a rock star with Diabetes Connections. And I think it was just fun doing Level With Me we get to go visit people, at their houses where they're at. And kind of you kind of hear what life's like with diabetes. I think a lot of times it's either you have diabetes, the world's ending or I'm overcoming and that's on everything, you know, I can do anything and a lot of times you don't talk about the in between and and I think that's what these podcasts are great for is just talking about these things happening. And with level with me, we just got to talk about real life of, of how spouses and parents like you know, you have a 14 year old son with diabetes, being a parent and just kind of all the day to day activities and things that you did to deal with having diabetes and it was just it was a lot of fun. As you know, there's just incredible people all around the world and it's fun meeting up with type one diabetics that really live life to the fullest.

 

Stacey Simms  8:57

As I said, though, it's a different hat for you to wear well. What made you want to do something like this?

 

Eric Paslay  9:03

I'm not just talking about, talking helps people get used to talking about stuff. You know, I mean, I think there's a lot of type one diabetics who hide it from the world. And it's like, how you go to work and no knows you're diabetic? What if you actually do have a crazy low sugar level happen? What are they going to do? They're just going to not know you're diabetic. You know, I think a lot of people are afraid to talk about it because they're either ashamed or they think they're not tough enough and it's like, you should be excited. We're like living in a time where we're we're getting to survive as diabetics.

 

But you know, I'm not afraid of a microphone on and when we thought, hey, let's let's do a cool little podcast. I was like, sign me up. That sounds like a good idea. And, and it sounds like a great way to get to meet great people and, and just spread the news that you really can't do anything. With me traveling around on the road all the time. It's crazy, crazy, crazy life. of just traveling all the time. Not a lot of people, Lot early flights, late shows that it's cool. Just getting to talk about all the devices I know y'all talk about with the CGM Dexcom and insulin pumps and just all these cool things that really help you live life and not let diabetes get in the way too much.

 

Stacey Simms  10:15

Yeah, let's talk about that. Because you know, you've been on the show before and shared a lot about how you do it on the road. But tell us a little bit about your routine these days with those early flights. As you mentioned, it's kind of a crazy schedule. Anything you've learned that you can pass along.

 

Eric Paslay  10:27

I don't know protein bars don't have tons of carbs but they let me cruise for a good time. I've learned that, you know, I think it's it really is finally getting a CGM. It's like truly life changing. It's you hear the beats that beep beep bepp and you go Okay, I need some sugar or the beep and go Wow, my insulin is not working. You know, Everyone does that sound you know, in the middle of the night they're like, Oh, no. What do you think? Protein bar time.

 

When did you start wearing a CGM?

 

About a few years, and it's truly life changing, it's it really is mind blowing thinking 100 years ago, they figured out these proteins make a thing called insulin and keeps us alive. And to think that there's we're holding a small TV in our hand that tells our blood sugar level. Yeah, I mean, that we can share with friends on a phone is crazy. It's it's truly amazing to see how science and just it's just amazing science and technologies coming together. And it's exciting to see in the next even 10 20, 30 years, what happens with taking care of diabetes and just all kinds of sicknesses, just all the information coming together and people figuring it out. And you talk about on your show. There's just so many cool things happening. I got to do an amazing tour at Vanderbilt here in Nashville a couple weeks back with Dr. Powers. He's my doctor here and it's just exciting to see people doing such amazing research, trying to figure out the immune system And everything with beta cells. Everything that a type 1 diabetic is made out of, trying to reset all those things. It's cool to just just hear how many people really are out there trying to figure out a cure. And until we get a cure, figure out amazingly just easy ways to treat yourself.

 

Stacey Simms  12:17

I'm curious with the CGM, you know, because you were diagnosed it 10 right? Yeah. What your mom and dad might think of a CGM. Do you share with them now as an adult?

 

Eric Paslay  12:28

No, I don't sshare with them now see how they're fine. They (laughs). I share with my wife. Now I share with my wife so she knows where I'm at when I'm on the road, you know, early in the morning, she can check and see if my blood sugar levels cruising. And I share with my band so my tour manager watches my blood sugar level on the road while I'm on stage. And that's insane. It's amazing. He’ll let me know over our in ear monitors were note the crowd doesn't even know what's happening. He'll be like, Hey, you got an arrow down. Orange juice, you know, I'll go over and drink out of Dixie cup. The crowd thinks I'm just partying along and I'm, I am I'm making sure the party keeps going and get some sugar in me. And it really is amazing. It's like a magic trick and I think back to 20 some odd years of finger pricks and and thinking how much picture I really didn't know like really what was the patterns of my blood sugar level and getting to see that on a graph now, but with the CGM it’s is truly amazing and, and I think, hopefully, you know, adding more years to my life with with taking even better control of my blood sugar levels.

 

Stacey Simms  13:36

Let's talk a little more of the podcast because one of the really nice things about yours is you're able to get out of the studio, you know, if you haven't listened to half the show, he he kind of meets with the people he's talking to or hangs out with the family for a while and then the second half, they're in the studio. So it's a really nice mix. And I'm just I'm always curious from a technical standpoint, how are you doing the stuff on the road? I'm gonna get technical here. Are you wearing a mic? Do you have a crew How's it all work?

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Eric Paslay  14:52

Yeah, there’s a crew, they go out, hang out with the families that we're talking with and just kind of get the sounds of their life where they're at their family. He's running around. I think a lot of times when you're in the studio you can talk about it but you don't really hear the sounds of real life happening sometimes and it shouldn't really is just a just a sweet moment where we get to go and hang out at people's houses or where they're living and hear everyday sounds of being there.  I think it helps people who’ve just been diagnosed or that had been diagnosed for many years to realize you're not alone. And there's a lot of people going through type one diabetes and there's a lot of spouses and kids and family members who have one people they love with Type One Diabetes and just how do you live with that every day. And and it really is, I think it's a really cool thing that we get to do is go hang out with the families for the we saw on the national need to hang out with Blackbird Studios here in Nashville where tons of bands record every year so it's fun for them to come see that and I get to tell him some stories of hair cut my album in here and that is fun. It really is one thing on the podcast I always try to make sure is like you Not just dealing with diabetic, you're a human being like, you're not just to do that back your mother, your father, your brother, your sister, your professional, your student. And I that was one thing I always try to make sure people remember that they don't just wear I'm a diabetic t shirt everywhere they go. It's like no, you said one ingredient of your life, not your whole life, even though it definitely is a big part of how your engine runs. But just making sure people don't just categorize themselves only as diabetic.

 

Stacey Simms  16:30

Yeah, that's what I say to a lot of parents Remember, you're raising a child, not a number. You know, worry less about that straight line and more about is your kids happy.

 

Eric Paslay  16:37

Raising child not a number. I love that.

 

Stacey Simms  16:40

And this is really a dumb question for people who are not  in podcasting or in broadcasting. But I'm always curious, is there different mic technique? You know, when you're talking into the microphone and interviewing these people, and then you're singing or playing instruments, you know, are there different things that you need to do in the studio?

 

Eric Paslay  16:57

I don't, you know, talking to the mic, and I mean, Singing a lot of times, you know you do the vocal set maybe I'll try the vocal fade while the next podcast be like it's so far away from you. When your blood sugar levels everybody wants to be how do you level with it? I mean, it's just like we were just talking with this podcast right now and it's amazing just the technology we have from, from lapel mics where you can hide a mic on you to just a big old studio mic that you've used in radio for years. It's, there's so many cool ways to do it. It truly is amazing, just, I mean, and there's so many podcasts out now from anything and it's just so easy to really record a podcast these days with a computer and a home studio and, and all that and it's, we always joke in the music business. The coolest thing about a home studio is you have a home studio. The worst thing about studios, you can have a home studio. Is it good for music? Is it bad for music? I don't know. You know, there's a lot of music, but it's it really is amazing To do this right now people getting to hear to their little speakers wherever they're flying in the sky or driving the car, on their smartphone to watch them the device being when you're when you're hopefully cruising on a good good level.

 

Stacey Simms  18:15

So you know you mentioned making music of course we haven't talked about that at all. Are you still having fun? What's you know anything new?

Eric Paslay  18:24

Heck yeah. earlier today I've been talking about going on tour and Europe here soon and get back for a few days in Nashville and then Australia for a week. And just traveling around we've got a live album from live in Glasgow that's coming out we recorded it  last summer in Glasgow, Scotland and have all the hits I've written for myself other people so we'll have the five number one songs on there and it's great and excited for that to come out and people get to hear the whole band and hear us live. Fun show have a great crowd and Glasgow Scotland and and then I've got an album that we just pretty much are mixing and kind of putting the final touches on that'll be out probably early next year. So got a live album in a studio album that are coming out and I'm excited to go tour and and play these songs and, and people get to hear how great the band is when we come to your town here. But a lot of really, really exciting things happening.

 

Stacey Simms  19:21

Keeping busy man, thank you so much for joining me. I really appreciate you spending some time Welcome to the world of podcasting. I'm so glad you did it.

 

Eric Paslay  19:29

  1. Thank you, I think yeah, I think the more of us talking about taking care of that it is the more people will be unafraid of asking a question of Hey, I'm having trouble with high blood sugar levels at night or when I eat this. I it doesn't work. You know, I think the more we talk about that, the and more unafraid kids will be to raise their hand and class when they need to go see the nurse. I really was I was always afraid to like disrupt class, something when I'm sitting there and I can feel my blood sugar level crashing. Hopefully a little just people talking about it will help people not be afraid to get up from the meeting and go get take care of their blood sugar level so they can keep rockin and and have a good time doing it.

 

Nov 19, 2019

Christina Martin is the first women with type 1 to compete on American Ninja Warrior. She got into the competition on her first try and made sure to wear her pump and CGM during the run. She even pointed them out for the camera!

Watch Christina's audition video here

Learn more about Stacey's New book!

Christina is also a dancer – at the Olympic level - and continues to run the Type Zero Foundation she started in high school.

In Tell Me Something Good, some good news about travel – a great encounter with TSA from Logan, The Elbow Bump Kid.

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Nov 14, 2019

Patients for Affordable Drugs has released a new report all about insulin pricing. Stacey has a quick mini-episode to explain what's in the report and how you can influence change.

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Nov 11, 2019

This week…. Ask the D-Moms, talking about the holidays. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and it can be stressful, not just because of well meaning family but for many people who are facing their first thanksgiving with type 1:

Find out more about Stacey's new book!

Moira McCarthy and I will answer your questions about food, drinks and what to say to people who after a lot of time still may not get it.

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TMSG – a policy change means people with type 1 can become commercial pilots and a bit about world diabetes day.
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Nov 6, 2019

Recently, the FDA approved the very first stable liquid glucagon, brand name GVOKE, and as it’s showing up in pharmacies and becoming more available, we wanted to learn more about it.

After all these years.. it’s amazing how we suddenly have two new options on the market. The orange or red box glucagon most of us have held onto since diagnosis was approved back in 1961!

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This is the second FDA approval for a next-gen improved glucagon, in 2019,  following the recent FDA Approval of Lilly’s nasal glucagon, Baqsimi.

The company that makes Gvoke is called Xeris. Stacey talks to CEO Paul Edick and senior VP Ken Johnson.

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Gvoke info:

Main website from Xeris

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Disclosure: Stacey has received compensation and travel reimbursement as an adviser to Xeris at previous events. No compensation was asked for or provided for this interview (or any Diabetes Connections interview).

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Nov 5, 2019

With Veteran's Day later this month.. we’re talking about T1D in the military. Yes, you can serve with type 1 diabetes, but there’s a catch. You have to be diagnosed while you’re already enlisted. That’s what happened to Sergeant Major Mark Thompson.

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Mark shares his story and has advice for young people with diabetes who want to enlist and find that they aren’t allowed.

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In Tell Me Something Good, a study at Ft Bragg that is changing the military’s perception of type 1 diabetes.. and how a canoe trip through the Canadian wilderness changed one family’s perception of life with diabetes.

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More info about diabetes in the military

Learn about Caroline Marshall: FBI Special Agent with T1D 

 

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