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Back to basics! We’ve started a new monthly series called "Diabetes Connections Extra" where we take a look at the essential facts of diabetes. This time, we take go in-depth on insulin pumps.  Stacey talks to endocrinologist Dr. Jonathan Ownby about what a pump does, how to get the most out of one and what questions to ask. This bonus episode includes the entire, much longer interview you might have heard excerpted in episode 212.  Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!    Insulin Pump basics  2018 Insulin Pump Comparisons (Integrated Diabetes) Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners!  ----- Sign up for our newsletter here Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android 

We take an in-depth look at insulin pumps this week. It's the second part in our series, Diabetes Connections Extra where we do a deep dive into one topic.  Stacey talks to endocrinologist Dr. Jonathan Ownby about what a pump does, how to get the most out of one and what questions to ask. Insulin Pump basics  In our Community Connection, a high profile look at type 1 and heart disease as TV and radio personality Carson Daly shares his family’s story on the Today Show Plus, Tell Me Something Good featuring a new baby and a good liar. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- 1:30 Stacey Welcome - she talks about interoperability and whether that comparable to Mr. Potato Head. Stacey shares Info about Tandem's new ACE designation by the FDA and more about Open Omni. 7:20 Stacey talks about the history of the insulin pump 9:30 Interview with Dr. Ownby 47:00 Stacey talks about Carson Daly's effort to educate people with type 1 about their risk of heart disease 51:00 Tell Me Something Good: Shelby Dani

It's called the World Marathon Challenge: 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. And Eric Tozer did it all with type 1 diabetes: We talk about the path that led Eric to this amazing accomplishment and Stacey asks why anyone would even want to do something like this! We find out about blood sugar management, travel issues and how to stay fueled up through seven marathons.  Eric is a co-founder of the Diabetes Sports Project which has great information and inspiration for athletes with T1D. In our Community Connection this week, a fun way to help spread the word on Diabetes Alert Day next month. Find out about Divabetic’s partnership with an escape room And Tell Me Something Good! Parents weigh in on their teens. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- 1:30 Stacey Welcome, she talks about other extreme athletes who've been on the show. Check out those episodes here. 6:00 Interview with Eric Tozer (find out more about JDRF PEAK study here)  44:30 Divabetic's Escape Room for Diabetes Alert Day 47:30

Advice from the diabetes parents you know and love! Stacey and Moira McCarthy answer your questions in our new monthly segment: Ask the D-Moms.  This week, talking to your child without nagging. Is it possible? We also answer questions about discipline, babysitting and letting go when it really scares you. Plus, it’s Diabetes Podcast Week so I’ll be sharing some other great shows and letting you know how you can help a the Spare a Rose Campaign, which benefits Life for Child.  And Tell Me Something Good! A proud husband shares news and a college student takes on diabetes myths in media. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. ----- 1:40 Stacey welcome:  Vote for Diabetes Connections on WFAE's Queen City Podcast contest.   Diabetes Daily Grind Real Life Podcast - The Hot-Tub Episode 8:45 Ask the D-Moms: Moira & Stacey answer your questions 42:00 Community Connection: Diabe

Let's #Talk About Complications. That’s a hashtag created by this week's guest who's taking a topic that most of us would rather avoid, and putting it into the spotlight. Chris Aldred is better known as the Grumpy Pumper and he wants us to stop being ashamed to talk about possible complications from diabetes and to stop the blame surrounding this dicey issue. More information on his blog here Find out more about Spare A Rose Find out more about Diabetes Podcast Week Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  Also this week, your diabetes educator is getting some help when it comes to staying current on technology. Stacey talks to AADE's Chief Technology and Innovations officer about a new resource for educators called DANA. And, tell me something good: a big step forward for a 5 year old two years into her T1D journey and a big award for a tween. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider ----- 1:40 Stacey welcome, explain

Let's get back to basics. We’re starting a new monthly series taking a look at the essential facts of diabetes. This week is insulin and this bonus episode includes the entire, much longer interview you might have heard excerpted in episode 207.  Endocrinologist Bryce Nelson takes us through what it does, how it works and the differences among brands. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!      Basics of Insulin Info More Info on Insulin Use Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners!  ----- Sign up for our newsletter here Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android 

Let's get back to basics. We’re starting a new monthly series taking a look at the essential facts of diabetes. This week: insulin Endocrinologist Bryce Nelson takes us through what it does, how it works and the differences among brands. Dr. Nelson is also our community connection this week. A family member with type 1 guided his career choice and still serves as an inspiration.  Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  Plus.. Tell me something good! A middle school student came up with a design to help her grandfather get all the insulin – every drop - out of his pens. We’ll tell you about the prize winning “You Get It All” device ----- 1:30 Stacey Welcome: Information about Diabetes Podcast Week Listen to our recent (1/2019) interview with Chris here Listen to our first interview (2017) here 6:00 Interview with Dr. Bryce Nelson Basics of Insulin Info More Info on Insulin Use 42:30 Community Connection: Dr. Nelson explained his uncle's influence on his decision to study endocrinology. Tell Me Something

Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer answers your questions and looks ahead. We talk about issues with the G6 sensors, Medicare, what happened to the Share servers New Year's Eve and he takes lots of questions from listeners. Plus, a look ahead to the smaller G7. That new version will have the transmitter and sensor in one piece. It's due out in late 2020.  In our Community Connection, catching up with Beyond Type 1. They've got a new CEO and a new push to help with type 2. Stacey talked to Thom Scher a few weeks back about what makes BT1 tick. Previous interview with Thom Scher And in our Tell Me Something Good segment, Stacey explains that Will’s Way – a small but mighty charity – is marking a big milestone. Previous interview with Will's Way Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- 1:40 Stacey welcome - thanks JDRF Greater Western Carolinas for having us at the recent Type One Nation Summit. Benny was Rufus! Proud mom moment for Stacey.  6:00 Interview with Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer 33:15 Stacey talks about Bey

Did you ever wish you had a Geek Squad on call for diabetes tech issues? Like one of the big box store helpers. David Panzirer with the Helmsley Trust wants to make it happen, starting with CGMs. David explains why he thinks this will work, who will pay for it, and shares his story; two of his three children live with type 1. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  Plus.. catching up with Bigfoot Biomedical’s Lane Desborough about their subscription model. Stacey also has information about Bigfoot's new agreement with Lilly Diabetes.  And Tell Me Something Good! Going from DKA to IronMan in just one year?! You'll hear Lauren Dahlin's fantastic story ---- 1:30 Stacey welcome includes a bit about our trip to Israel (more here from Stacey's FB Live) 5:30 Interview with David Panzirer Take action - text the word “CGMChamps” to 555-888 or log on to www.cgmchampions.org 35:25 Stacey talks about Lilly & Bigfoot's new announcement 38:45 Interview with Lane Desborough 55:30 Tell Me Something Good all about

Get diabetes parenting advice from two D-Moms you know and trust: Stacey & author/speaker Moira McCarthy.  In a brand new monthly segment, they answer your questions about kids and T1D. Moira is an award-winning travel writer, the author of many diabetes books and articles including “raising teens with diabetes,” and mom to Lauren, diagnosed 21 years ago at age 6.   Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group to ask us a question and enter to win Moira's book on teens and T1D. Previous interviews with Moira In our community connection, another diabetes mom talks about finding the DIY community and setting up Loop when her daughter was diagnosed in 2015. Now Katie DiSimone works for Tidepool on their Loop project. Plus.. more Tell Me Something Good – good news from our community.. straight from you!   ---- 1:50 Stacey Welcome: New Year's Resolutions Sign up for our newsletter here 4:20 Diabetes parenting advice with Stacey & Moira 41:00 Katie DiSimone talks about Loop 54:45 Tell me something good - a

The new Dwayne Johnson / NBC show the Titan Games premieres this week and body builder Chris Ruden – a previous guest who lives with type 1 – is one of the contestants. You may have seen him in the commercials, he wears a prosthetic arm. Chris talks about how the mental burden of T1D and the challenges of being born with a shorter left arm and only two fingers led him to the incredible path he’s on now.  He’s got advice for all of us. Listen our to 2017 interview with Chris here Since our interview, Chris traveled to Uganda to help children with type 1 diabetes there. Learn more here.  Plus.. what is the T1D Fund? Have you heard about this from JDRF? Stacey talks to Karen Jordan from the Bay Area, CA JDRF Chapter about this newer way of raising money for research. And something new this year: good news straight from you! Want to tell us something good? Email stacey@diabetes-connections.com and share your story. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contac

The Mure family won 50-thousand dollars in the Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC and gave it to JDRF. Stacey talks to Joe Mure who wasn’t sure he wanted to compete at all. He hung up twice on the producers! Joe’s son was diagnosed with type 1 at age 5 and we get the story behind the Little North Pole and the network competition.  If you'd like to donate to JDRF via The Little North Pole, click here Plus, who is the Hangry Woman? We talk to Mila Buckley about finding support for a younger person with type 2 diabetes. Also this week, Stacey reports that CW Star Austin Basis (Beauty and the Beast and more) has published his comic books, The Kinetix. We talked to him earlier this year when the stories about a superhero teem of kids with disabilities was launched on Kickstarter. Listen to that episode here.  And, with this last scheduled show of 2018, a look back at an amazing year.   Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- Stacey Welcome: We talk about the Kinetix from Austin Basis Interview with Jo

Advocate and author Quinn Nystrom was diagnosed with type 1 as a young teenager, just a few years after her little brother developed T1D. Her high school prom date inspired the title of her book, "If I Kiss You Will I Get Diabetes." Quinn shares her story, talks about running for office and tells us what's next.  Plus, MySugr CEO Frank Westermann on how his company tries to help make diabetes suck less (and we get Stacey's reaction to that motto). Want Stacey to speak at your event in 2019? Email stacey@diabetes-connnections.com or connect on any of our social channels. ----- 2:00 Stacey welcome 3:00 Stacey shares podcast reviews (one is a question about the Facebook group, link below) Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  5:00 Scott Johnson interviewed Stacey last week via FB live. You can watch that here or read the transcript! Stacey also shares the story of the first time she met Scott at the Friends for Life conference. 8:20 Interview with Quinn Nystrom 47:30 Interview with Frank Westermann 57:4

It's Stacey's family's 12 year diaversary. Benny was diagnosed the first week of December in 2006 just before he turned two. This week, Stacey takes a look back and gives an update on how they're managing now. There are significant changes to share; Benny started an untethered routine about two months ago. Learn more about untethered here. Also known as POLI (Pumping On Long Acting Insulin) untethered means you take long acting insulin like Tresiba or Lantus once a day but also use the pump. Stacey explains more.  Also this week, one of the biggest changes in the past 12 years has been the rise of smart devices. Stacey talks about Klue, a new app that can sense when you’re eating and help you with boluses! Check it out and sign up to Beta here.  This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider.    Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- 1:30 Stacey welcome & reads reviews 6:40 Stacey reflects on life in 2006 when Be

We've got a parent's survival guide when it comes to teenagers and type 1 diabetes this week. What to do when your child doesn’t want to hear about diabetes anymore and hears your helpful advice as just plain nagging. Jill Weissberg-Benchell has a PhD in psychology and is also a certified diabetes educator. We discuss talking to your teen, listening to your teen and strategies to get through this oh-so-interesting time in their lives. It’s not just about attitude. Their bodies are making it really difficult for diabetes. Plus, remember the glucose necklace? It looks sort of like a glow stick necklace but contains sugar for lows on the go? They’re going to be ready to go by the end of year and we have a way to get yours for free. Head over to Glucose Revival and sign up for their newsletter (Look for "Get Updates") to get on the list for 1000 free necklaces. Diabetes Connections is not affiliated with Glucose Revival - be aware that you are sharing your email information in exchange for this free offer.    Joi

Loop - the DIY app that helps with automated insulin delivery - may become the first do it yourself diabetes solution to go to the FDA. But why did Tidepool decide to take on this challenge? Stacey talks to Tidepool CEO Howard Look about what this decision means, how it’s going to work and what it means for those interested in DIY but not willing to use out of warranty pumps or do a lot of programming ourselves. And of course we’ll explain what Loop actually is. Read the Medium article Howard mentions here A French company announces they’re a step closer to approval of their closed loop – we’ll talk about Diabeloop  And Pandora gets into the podcasting space. Diabetes Connections is one of the few shows selected for the first launch! Listen to past episodes where we talk to DIY, OpenAPS and We Are Not Waiting advocates and experts. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- 1:30 Stacey welcome & explains Loop 6:50 Interview with Howard Look 30:30 Diabeloop explained 35:00 Pandora and podcasts B

Carl Armato was diagnosed with type 1 as an infant, he’s now the CEO of Novant Health, a large hospital system. But Carl didn’t share his diagnosis with many people – partly because of a reaction he got from a coach in middle school – who cut his playing time when he found out. Now very open about his T1D, Carl has written a book, A Future With Hope, that tells the story of his diagnosis, growing up in the days before home meters and how his family rallied around him.  Plus, this week marks World Diabetes Day! Ever wondered why the symbol is a blue circle? We’ll explain.  And Stacey gives a sneak peak of her new project: Club 1921!   Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!  ----- 1:40 Stacey welcome, talks about recent Facebook issue with podcasts. If you listen via Facebook please consider switching over to a podcast app or the homepage  6:00 Interview with Novant CEO Carl Armato 57:33 The Blue Circle explained   ---- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to D

Andrew Armstrong was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in high school, when college scouts were already coming around. He had the unique experience of being recruited by someone who knew exactly what he was going through - one of the coaches he met had a daughter with T1D.  Andrew is now in his third year at SU and linebacker coach Brian Ward still supports him, as does Athletic Trainer Tim Pike who lives with type 1. Andrew shares his story plus tips and advice for student athletes. We taped this episode in front of JDRF families at Syracuse University. They asked Andrew questions and then Stacey put the kids in front of the microphone.  And, this diabetes awareness month, Stacey takes a moment to talk about Project Blue November, a clearinghouse for online diabetes news, events and inspiration.    Join the Facebook Group!  ----- 1:50 Stacey welcome 5:00 Interview with Andrew Armstrong Interview with JDRF CNY Ambassadors: 32:00 MP  34:30 Bella 37:30 Logan  Hockey Fights T1D 40:00 Amie  51:00 Project Blue Novemb

This bonus episode is about running, community and finding a way to make a difference. It's a great way kick off Diabetes Awareness Month.  Stacey worked with Tammy Lowry in her previous job at a radio station. In 2015 Tammy's son Jackson was diagnosed with type 1, just a few weeks before they were both set to run a half marathon to benefit children's cancer research. Jackson's diagnosis took him out of that race, but it led to bigger goals. You can read about that first year here. Read about Tammy & Jackson now. Learn more about the Isabella Santos Foundation   Join the Facebook Group!  Sign up for our newsletter here Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android     

Stacey talks to Jen Block from Bigfoot Biomedical with a look at why they plan to be more than a pump company, offering help navigating healthcare and a subscription service. Jen is the VP of Medical and Clinical Affairs. She was diagnosed with type 1 her sophomore year in college, during a cross country road trip. Now a Nurse Practitioner and Certified Diabetes Educator, she shares her story and details about Bigfoot. In our Know Better Segment, one of the very first studies about LADA – sometimes called type 1.5. We’ll tell you what researchers learned. And Stacey shares a story about a recent wedding where she made one T1D friend and embarrassed herself trying to track down another.   Join the Facebook Group!  ----- 1:40 Stacey Welcome 4:50 Interview with Bigfoot's Jen Block 49:30 LADA study 52:30 Stacey doesn't have diabetes radar but she is very embarrassing when she thinks she does..   ------ Sign up for our newsletter here Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for