Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer: News From ADA 2019 & More
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date: 06/18/2019
"Mastering Diabetes" Author Robby Barbaro Talks Fruit, Fat, & Insulin Resistance
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
This week, a look at a way of eating for all types of diabetes that sounds – frankly – really hard to do. But the guys behind it say it’s the key for lowering insulin resistance for all types of diabetes. Robby Barbaro is the co-author of a We’ll talk about what he actually eats now and why he’s so passionate about this. He has a pretty compelling story. In TMSG – when an avid scuba diver is diagnosed with type 1, she finds a way to get back in – and under – the water. Plus, a little bit of a control iq update for us – we’ll tell you how it’s working out. This...
info_outline
Minisode #7: Spare a Rose / What Can We Do About The Price of Insulin?
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Two big topics for this mini-espidoe. Stacey talks about Spare a Rose and talks to the leaders of Patients for Affordable Drugs. Spare a Rose is an initiative to get insulin and other vital diabetes supplies to children in the developing world. Stacey also talks about what we can do about the price of insulin with founder David Mitchell and Lauren Stanford, the community organizing director. ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Episode transcription: Stacey Simms ...
info_outline
Ask The D-Moms: Driving, Independence and "Holding Hope in our Hands"
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Ask the D-moms is back! We’re tackling leaving kids home alone, keeping perspective when you’ve been in the diabetes community for a long time and driving with T1D. Moira’s daughter was behind the wheel before CGMs and Stacey's son just got his permit. In Tell Me Something Good, an amazing way to raise awareness. We’ll talk about the .. and its’ going on right now. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to...
info_outline
Minisode #6: Whose Graph Is It Anyway? (A D-Parent's Struggle)
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Watch your language! That's what Stacey is trying to tell herself this week. When you're a parent of a child with a chronic condition, it's hard not to say things like "our diabetes" and "our CGM graph." But it's not "ours" exactly, so how do we better talk about this? Stacey also shares her frustration as she finds herself falling into the trap of perfect numbers and trends. While her and Benny's experience with Control IQ has been wonderful so far, it's also bringing back some of that perfection trap she thought she'd left behind. ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! -----...
info_outline
What Is Monogenetic Diabetes & Why Should You Care?
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
This week.. what is monogenetic diabetes and why should we – on a mainly type 1 diabetes podcast – care about it? The majority of people with monogenic are misdiagnosed as type 1. People like Kristin Skiados who thought she’d lived with type 1 for 38 years and her daughter Ava, was also misdiagnosed. We’ll talk about how this could happen, what it means for the rest of us and what monogentic or MODY is all about. In Tell Me Something Good, how a little sister’s diagnosis changed a sibling's outlook and career.. And what the heck is a diabetes merit badge? This podcast is not...
info_outline
Minisode #5 - Stop Posting Sick Day Photos of Your Kids!
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Sharing photographs of our kids on social media has become second nature. But what happens when we post photos of our children in distress? Stacey says stop. No more photos of your child in the hospital, when they're feeling sick or in distress. What about "keeping it real?" What about fundraising? Stacey argues that there are better ways to accomplish important goals around chronic conditions like diabetes than posting photos which, ultimately, exploit and embarrass our kids. Links referred to in the episode can be found in the transcription below. ----- available to Diabetes Connections...
info_outline
DiabetesWise - A Consumer Reports for Diabetes Technology
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Choosing your diabetes technology can be complicated. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was sort of a Consumer Reports for pumps and CGMs? We found out about from people who know it’s about more than the hardware. Stacey talks with Dr. Korey Hood who lives with type 1 and is with Stanford University as well as Laurel Koester, with the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Together, these two groups created Diabetes Wise. Stacey, Korey & Laurel talk about how it works and why it’s needed. Stacey spoke to Korey on a previous episode about diabetes gear and mental health. In Tell Me...
info_outline
Minisode #4: Why We Went "Untethered"
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Using a shot of long-acting insulin along with an insulin pump sounds like a weird idea. But Stacey found when her son's insulin needs went way up around age 11, that it worked incredibly well for them. She explains the method of untethered, which is also sometimes called POLI (Pumping On Long-Acting Insulin), what led them to believe it would work, and why you don't always need to use a ton of insulin to benefit from it. ------ ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Episode...
info_outline
Competing on Food Network Kids Baking Championship With T1D
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
When 11 year old Elise Sammis applied for the Food Network's Kids Baking Championship, she didn’t think twice about telling them - right up front - that she lives with type 1 diabetes. She says she wanted everyone to know in order to show that diabetes wouldn't keep her from her love of baking, or anything else. Turns out, there's another young woman with type 1 on the show this season! Stacey met Elise & her mom, Natalie, at an event in South Carolina. They spoke about the show, the stress and her diagnosis two years ago at Disney world. In TMSG - good news at the dentist - and it...
info_outline
Minisode #3: What I Want From Tandem's Control IQ
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
As we all wait for the release of the newest hybrid closed loop software, Stacey has some thoughts about what she hopes it'll bring to her family's experience. Transcription below! ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Episode Transcription Stacey Simms 0:00 This episode of Diabetes Connections is brought to you by “The World's Worst Diabetes Mom, Real Life Stories of Parenting a Child With Type One Diabetes,” available now as a paperback eBook and audiobook, Learn...
info_outlineThis week – Dexcom’s CEO is back to answer your questions. Kevin Sayer shares lots of news from the recent ADA Scientific Sessions as well as more information about the new G6 transmitter expected later this year.
Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group!
Sayer also shares news about Dexcom’s role with current hybrid closed loops, answers your questions about Medicare and updates to Follow and touches on when we might see the G7 and when we’ll stop seeing the G4.
Learn more about the top research from ADA 2019
In our Community Connection, a new resource to help you find the best pump, CGM and other diabetes tech for you. It's called DiabetesWise, an initiative from the Stanford School of Medicine funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust.
And Tell Me Something Good is all about research that could help the entire diabetes community. Learn about a new prevention study from Trial Net that delayed the onset of T1D for two years.
-----
00:00 Open: What's on the Show This Week?
1:35 Stacey Welcome - Benny's was at camp when Stacey taped this episode (he's back now and had a blast - more on that next week). More about the transcriptions that started going out last week. Sign up for the newsletter to start receiving these monthly "extras." And Texas Roadhouse restaurant is helping JDRF - donating proceeds from their online gift cards. But this ends June 30th so click here to find out more.
5:45 Interview with Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer
42:45 Community Connection all about DiabetesWise
45:35 TMSG: TrialNet's Teplizumab prevention study
Previous interviews with Dexcom:
CTO Jake Leach - Feb 2019 focuses on Apple "Hey Siri" update and more on trouble shooting G6 sensors
CEO Kevin Sayer - Jan 2019 focuses on G6 rollout, NYE Share/Follow outage and listener questions
CEO Kevin Sayer - May 2018 focuses on G6 launch and Dexcom wearable integration
CEO Kevin Sayer - March 2018 Dexcom G6 Approved
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