Beta Cell | Type 1 Diabetes
By Craig Stubing
Beta Cell | Type 1 DiabetesApr 17, 2020
Beta Cell #34: Update on "Broken Vials"
A short update on Maine bill LD 673, An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program.
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Beta Cell #33: Walking on Broken Vials
100 years after the discovery of insulin, stories of people falling through the gaps in American healthcare.
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Out of Range #50: Backstabbed
Craig and Hannah discuss how Beyond Type 1 accepting money from insulin makers caused him to resign from their Leadership Council.
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Things we mention:
- Craig's Letter of Resignation
- Sierra Sandison's resignation podcast episode
Out of Range #49: Blocked in Montana
When Hannah tweeted at Montana House Rep. Jessica Karjala (D) about how her insulin co-pay cap bill wouldn’t actually help that many people with diabetes, the debate got a little out of hand.
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Things we mention:
- Read more about co-pay cap laws at the Beta Cell Foundation advocacy resources
- Hannah’s estimates on people impacted
- Fair Warning’s article
Beta Cell #32: Opportunity Disparities
We talked to Ashley Butler, Ph.D. about her co-authored paper Type 1 Diabetes Self‐Management Behaviors among Emerging Adults: Racial/Ethnic Differences.
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Out of Range #48: Dexcom Fumbles
Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest day of the year for football, chicken wings, day drinking, and Dexcom? We break down the pros and cons (but mostly cons) of Dexcom’s first ever Super Bowl ad featuring diabetic heartthrob Nick Jonas.
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Things we mention:
- Hannah's viral insulin inflation rate chart.
- Esquire, “Nick Jonas's Super Bowl Ad Raises Important Questions. Some Are Uncomfortable.” by Dave Holmes
Thicker Than Water #14: Loosening Up
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time. In this episode, Aunt Laura's new endocrinologist decides to mix things up.
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Credit music: "Lean On Me" by Nina Ragonese
Building Community
Introducing a new kind of type 1 diabetes nonprofit.
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Out of Range #47: The Million Dollar Question
Craig, Laura, and (introducing) Paul contemplate how much they would sell out for. What's your price?
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Beta Cell #31: Getting Louder
When Sierra Sandison was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in rural Idaho, she didn’t have anyone to talk to. Now that she does, she’s making sure she’s heard.
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Out of Range #46: A Bitter Pill
Craig, James, and Laura discuss if type 1 diabetes non-profits should accept sponsorship money from pharmaceutical corporations and the black market of insulin that exists because it costs so much in the U.S. Plus hear James read Sam Talbot's crazy tweets.
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Out of Range #45: Finding Balance
We check in to see how Craig, James, and Laura are adjusting to a new normal.
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Beta Cell #30: The Dynamic Duo
Brec Bassinger (Stargirl) and Cameron Gellman (Hourman) fight together on-screen to save the world on Stargirl and they fight together off-screen against type 1 diabetes. Brec and Cameron talk about what it’s like to work with another person with type 1 diabetes and how their different personalities compliment each other to help them both lead happier and healthier lives.
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Beta Cell #29: Two For One
Keary Cheney was in Uganda with her husband to adopt a boy when she started feeling sick. After flying back to the US and getting diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 26 years old, she got a call that a little girl in need of adoption in Uganda was just diagnosed with type 1 too.
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Beta Cell #28: Diabetes Under Lockdown
Sarah Fletcher, who is living abroad in Madrid, Spain, and Apoorva Gomber, the co-founder of Diabetes India Youth in Action who lives in New Delhi, India, talk about what it's like to live with T1D where they are and how they've been affected by the mandatory lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Beta Cell #27: Overcoming Weakness
In the latest issue of Esquire, Editor-in-Chief Michael Sebastian and Editor-at-Large Dave Holmes discuss being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as adults and the emotional challenge of feeling like it was a weakness. Stay until the end to hear their reading suggestions for while you're stuck at home.
"I Was Afraid to Talk About My Chronic Illness. Now I Realize Why I Have To.," Michael Sebastian
"What I Couldn't Say Out Loud," Dave Holmes
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Beta Cell #26: Chasing Perfect
Kate Hall holds the high school national record and two NCAA championships in long jump. She talks about being a college athlete, her training for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and being open about not being a "perfect" diabetic. Stay until the end for her tip on staying fit while stuck at home.
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Out of Range #44: Quarantined (And It Feels Less Good)
Craig, James, and Laura are still stuck at home and getting a little tired of it. Find out what they've been doing and how they've been coping.
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The 3s #6: Achieving Our Goals
Roz has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 23 years and has been training as a powerlifter with her coach Steve for the last six. Since that first session together, Steve has learned a lot more about diabetes than just what to do when Roz is low and he uses that knowledge to not only be a better coach for Roz, but to be more empathetic towards all of his clients.
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Credit music: "You've Got A Friend" by Nina Ragonese
Out of Range #43: Apocalypse Now
Are you prepared for a huge natural disaster? We're here to help.
Don't forget to listen to Part 1 about coronavirus.
Things that get mentioned:
- The Big One Podcast
- FEMA Emergency Kit List
- The Best Emergency Preparedness Supplies
- Diabetes Disaster Preparedness Plan
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Out of Range #42: Quarantined (And It Feels So Good)
Our heroes Craig, James, and Laura are quarantined. Is one of them infected? Will their internet connection hold up? What will they talk about? Tune in now to find out!
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Thicker Than Water #13: Time Flies When You Have Diabetes
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time. In this episode, we check in with Aunt Laura one year after being diagnosed to see what's changed and what hasn't.
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Out of Range #41: Desensitized to Death
After discussing the perils of relying on diabetes technology to control our insulin (and a tale of a pump intent on murder), Craig, James, and Laura wonder if the idea of death has become too nonchalant to people living with type 1 diabetes.
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Out of Range #40: Back to the Future
Craig, James, and Laura look at the future of diabetes technology and advancements and wonder who in the community they will actually help.
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The 3s #5: Growing Up Normal
Carol had all the responsibilities that a 13 month old brings when her daughter Kristi was diagnosed with type 1. She had to balance the management of Kristi's diabetes with letting her grow up feeling like a normal kid. 26 years after that diagnosis, Kristi interviewed her mom about how type 1 changed her life too.
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Credit music: "You've Got A Friend" by Nina Ragonese
Out of Range #39: Plus Diabetes
Following up on the Unthankful episode, Craig, James, and Laura talk about how they are unthankful for type 1 diabetes.
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Beta Cell #25: Unthankful
It’s that time of year when we're told to think about the ways we’re thankful for type 1 diabetes. But we all have lots of stories of when we were “unthankful” for it. We asked our listeners to share some of theirs.
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Music by Purple Glitter.
Out of Range #38: Giving A Shit
After a year and a half of recording Out of Range, what have Craig and Laura learned?
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Out of Range #37: Being Average
The people celebrated in the diabetes community are the ones who climb mountains and complete Ironman races. Craig, James, and Laura consider why that's the case.
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Beta Cell #24: Matt Vande Vegte
Matt was on the varsity rowing team at San Diego State University when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. A year and a half later, his little sister was diagnosed with type 1 as well. Looking to help people with diabetes live healthy lives, Matt and his wife started FTF Warrior, an online health coaching company focused on fitness, nutrition, and mindset coaching.
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Beta Cell #23: Jordan Laiche
After he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Jordan started playing hockey to force himself to keep his blood sugars controlled. Even though the adrenaline of games made his blood sugars skyrocket, he found that playing was the only time he was able to stop worrying about diabetes. In 2017, Jordan biked across the country with Beyond Type 1's Bike Beyond team. Since then, he’s continued to find new ways to push himself even further.
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Out of Range #36: The Pothole
Craig, James, and Laura look at their history of insulin therapy and wonder what method is best.
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The 3s #4: The Luxury of Forgetting
Most of the dialogue about type 1 diabetes is between people who have it, but what about those close to us who are affected by T1D too, the endearingly nicknamed “Type 3s?” The 3s offers the opportunity for them to join the conversation too in one-on-one interviews with the T1D in their life.
Dav met Rachell after she was diagnosed with type 1, so he’s had to play catchup with both learning about what the disease is and how he fits into her life with it. He’s constantly trying to find the balance between letting her manage the disease herself and knowing when she needs his help.
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Credit music: "You've Got A Friend" by Nina Ragonese
Out of Range #35: Endgame
Craig, James, and Laura wonder how much diabetes is too much diabetes.
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Out of Range #34: That Very High Feeling
Laura wonders if she could manage her blood sugar without insulin.
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Out of Range #33: Live from Los Angeles
Brec Bassinger, Jennifer Stone, and Andrew Slyfox joined Craig and Laura in front of a live audience in Los Angeles along with an opening by Dave Holmes and a musical performance by Nina Ragonese.
This live show was made possible with the support of Presenting Sponsor Companion Medical along with sponsors MyID, Sugar Medical, Glucose SOS, and Genteel.
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Thicker Than Water #12: The Seven Stages
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time. In this episode, we look back at the first six months after Aunt Laura was diagnosed.
Credit music: "Lean On Me" by Nina Ragonese
Out of Range #32: The Shame of Diabetes (Part 2)
Expanding on Part 1 of the conversation, Craig and Laura ask James if he thinks low A1c is bad or if A1c is even the only number we should be looking at.
Things that get mentioned:
- Blood Sugar & Other Hormones
- An Update on SGLT2 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
- Hypoglycemia: The neglected complication
- The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)
- Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC)
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Out of Range #31: The Shame of Diabetes (Part 1)
Craig and Laura try to figure out why high blood sugars feel like such a failure.
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Out of Range #30: The Little Things (Part 2)
On Out of Range #29: The Little Things, we talked about "the little things" we do to make living with type 1 diabetes easier and we continue that topic here on this week's After Dark.
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Thicker Than Water #11: An Extra Unit
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time. In this episode, Aunt Laura gives an extra unit of insulin for the first time.
Credit music: "Lean On Me" by Nina Ragonese
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Out of Range #29: The Little Things (Part 1)
Feeling overwhelmed by type 1 diabetes? Craig and Laura share their tips and tricks for just six easy payments of $99.99!
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Out of Range #28: Work It (Part 2)
On Out of Range #27: Work It, we talked about the specific challenges type 1 diabetes brings to having a job. On this episode of After Dark, we expand on that conversation.
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Thicker Than Water #10: The Joke
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time. In this episode, Aunt Laura hears her first diabetes joke since being diagnosed herself.
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Out of Range #27: Work It (Part 1)
You need to work to pay for insulin, but you need insulin to be able to work.
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Beta Cell #22: Abbey Brau
Abbey had been a competitive swimmer in high school, but after she was diagnosed with type 1 at 22 years old, it took a while to relearn how to swim, not to mention live life normally, again. But when the non-profit Beyond Type 1 was putting together a team of 20 people with type 1 diabetes to bike from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 2017, Abbey signed up. When that was over, she looked for something even harder.
Out of Range #26: Take A Hike
Dave Holmes and James Mansfield stop by the studio to discuss the mental gymnastics of living with type 1 diabetes. Plus Dave tries Afrezza while on the air.
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Out of Range #25: Relationship Advice
You had me at A1C.
Out of Range #24: T1D In The Wild
“Good luck on your weight loss journey!”
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Thicker Than Water #9: The A1C
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time, week by week. In this episode, Aunt Laura sees her endocrinologist for the first time since being diagnosed.
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Credit music: "Lean On Me" by Nina Ragonese