Friends, bosses, teachers, coworkers… How do you tell others you have type 1 diabetes? Why should you tell people about your diabetes? What’s the point, if it’s a personal thing and doesn’t affect other people? Primarily, it’s a safety issue. Diabetes is a life-threatening condition and we keep ourselves alive every day. As Jessie says, …
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Eating at restaurants with type 1 diabetes often feels like a major challenge. There are so many things to consider, especially since we don’t know all the ingredients or if there are any hidden sugars.
Setting goals is how people move forward in life… And with diabetes, it’s no different. Setting diabetes goals gives you a metric or end-point to shoot for. For all diabetics, one of our long-term goals should be to live a long time. Without the goals (even the ones we’re not really conscious of) we’d be …
In this episode, Jessie and I talk with Alexa Brenner about celiac and how it interacts with type 1 diabetes. Alexa has had T1D for 23 years and celiac for 12. She’s figured out how to take care of herself with both these autoimmune diseases that unfortunately can show up together (around 20% of the …
Working retail is tough for anyone. As a Type 1 Diabetic in retail, Jessie has to take extra steps on top of everything else to make sure she’s taking care of herself at work. In this episode, Jessie shares the things she wished she knew before she started working retail, the things she’s learned, and …
