Women and Type 1 Diabetes: Real Talk About Periods, Menopause & More
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date: 08/27/2019
Tandem's Control IQ at One Year: "The Real-World Data is Even Better Than the Clinical Data"
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
It's been a year since Tandem Diabetes Care released their Control IQ software, hybrid closed loop technology to help increase time in range. What have they learned about how people are using the system? Molly McElwee Malloy, Manager of Clinical Outcomes at Tandem Diabetes Care, is back on the show to answer your questions and to talk about what's next in the Tandem pipeline. Our innovations segment: using your CGM to get more out of exercise and.. a new study for people with rare forms of diabetes.. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions,...
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Rob Howe: First Thoughts On Medtronic's 770G (and a lot more!)
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
The Medtronic 770G pump was released in the United States just a few weeks ago and Robe Howe is one of the first to use it. Rob shares his first impressions and tells us what he'd really like to see in pump technology. (Rob is a paid ambassador for Medtronic, but they did not clear or review his comments for this interview). Rob & Stacey spend a lot of this episode on other issues, talking about whether people with type 1 are "disabled" and what it means to use that word. Rob talks about achievement bias (and explains what that involves) and a lot more. We also find out about his fun...
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Ypsomed: Bringing A New Insulin Pump (and Partnership) to the US
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
For the first time in several years, a new pump company is making a reach into the US market. Meet Ypsomed, the Swiss company teaming up with Lilly Diabetes. Their device, The YpsoPump, is available in Europe and Canada and has some unique features. But when it launches in the US, likely in 2022, it will only use Lilly insulin. That kind of proprietary design is unique and is raising eyebrows. Stacey talks to Simon Michel, Ypsomed's CEO (she'll talk to Lilly in a separate interview airing in a few weeks). In Innovations this week, what is an inverse diabetes vaccine? And could you be part of a...
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"It's Like a Huge Drop Of Hope" - Health Care Providers with T1D get the COVID Vaccine (Bonus Episode)
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Let's start off 2021 with some hope! This week you'll hear from five health care providers who received a COVID vaccine in late December 2020. They all live with type 1 diabetes and share their experiences leading up to the vaccine and how they felt after getting it. These folks all got the first round of the Pfizer vaccine, which means they are all scheduled for another shot right around the time this episode goes live. Back in September, lives with type 1 diabetes and asthma. She has completed the vaccine part of the trial – two shots – and says she's had no bad reactions and no...
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T1Detect: A New At-Home Test For Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Could a new, simple at-home test change the way we look at diagnosing type 1 diabetes? JDRF hopes to make something called T1Detect part of annual health checks someday. Dr. Frank Martin is a Director of Research at JDRF. He explains T1Detect in detail, including what the test is like, what it costs and where the information goes. And.. in our last scheduled show of 2020.. Stacey talks about ending this lousy year with a lot of hope. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. ----- available to Diabetes...
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Wait Wait.. Don't Poke Me! The Diabetes Game Show (2020)
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
It's our annual game show! Based on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, Stacey invites panelists to try their hand at diabetes trivia, bluff the listener and limericks. This was first presented at the Friends for Life Virtual Winter conference where the audience played along via online BINGO. Watch the show on Special thanks to our panelists: Lauren Lanning, Justin Masterson and Chelcie RIce! ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Episode transcript (beta version - check back...
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Chris Sparling Brings Type 1 Diabetes to the Big Screen with "Greenland"
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
The new big-budget disaster movie Greenland comes out on streaming this week. It starts Gerard Butler as the central character, trying to save his family including his son who lives with type 1. Award winning screenwriter Chris Sparling had never put diabetes into one of his movies, but he knows all about T1D. His wife is Kerri Sparling, writer of the very popular, and now archived, blog Stacey & Chris talk about writing something personal into a movie and then handing over control to a different director and producer, as well as what it's like to try to make movies during COVID...
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Stacey & Benny: What We've Learned After 14 Years of Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Benny sits down to talk about everything from which diabetes task he hates the most to what he loves about the diabetes community and much more. Stacey's son was diagnosed with type 1 in December of 2006, just before he turned two. This week he answers questions about Dexcom and pump site insertions and shares his excitement about turning 16 and (hopefully) getting his driver's license soon! In Innovations, we talk about the new Hello Dexcom program ----- available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! ...
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"What is the Community Buzzing About?" D-Data Exchange 2020 with Amy Tenderich
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
The DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange is a great time to catch up on the latest technology and get a sneak peek at what’s coming. This is the conference where #WeAreNotWaiting was coined in 2013, which almost seems like ancient history now! We talk to founder Amy Tenderich about what's new and take some time to focus on their effort to reach more diverse voices. In Tell Me Something Good, a big diaversary to celebrate.. Stacey's son marks 14 years of type 1 diabetes this week. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care...
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"He's Why I Have My Vision" - Alecia & Marty Have a Friendship Forged in Diabetes History
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Clinical trials are incredibly important for research, but the people who take part don't usually get to meet anyone they've helped. Marty & Alecia are a very special exception! Marty Drilling took part in a clinical trial in 1974 that later helped save Alecia Wesner’s eyesight! We’ll share their remarkable story and talk about how much progress has been made in treating diabetes eye issues. In Innovations this week.. a new partnership in the closed loop space. We'll talk about Lilly and Ypsomed This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of...
info_outlineThis week, Stacey moderates a frank conversation about women’s issues and type 1 diabetes.
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You'll hear about everything from periods to menopause to standing up to your doctors. The panel includes Elizabeth Forrest, the founder of Touched by Type 1, the conference where this panel took place, lawyer Risa Katz and Nicole Johnson, who is with JDRF now and was Miss America in 1999. All the women live with type 1 diabetes.
This is an excerpt of the full panel - we'll run the entire thing in our "Extra" bonus episode which will follow this one by a few days.
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In our Community Connection this week, we’ve been sharing the story of project 50 in 50 – two guys with type 1 tackling the highest peak in all 50 states in 50 days. They did it!
And TMSG: a little help from our friends goes a long way. Great story of support at the endo’s office.
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00:00 Show Open: What's on this week?
1:40 Stacey welcome: Benny start high school and Lea is off to college
5:30 Excerpt from Women of Type 1 Panel from Touched by Type 1
35:40 Community Connection: Project 50 in 50 is complete!
41:30 TMSG: Two teens with type 1 help each other out at the endo & Stacey gets some good news at the JDRF Central Virginia Type One Nation Summit
46:30 Stacey is on the road - JDRF Houston is next, then Children with Diabetes in Falls Church, VA - request her for your event here.
pre-order Stacey's book: The Worlds Worst Diabetes Mom here
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