Women and Type 1 Diabetes: Real Talk About Periods, Menopause & More
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Release Date: 08/27/2019
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. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Turns out, there's another young woman with type 1 on the show this season! You can learn more about Naima Winston here. Stacey met Elise & her mom, Natalie, at an event in South Carolina. They spoke about the show, the...
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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! Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode...
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All About Babies and Toddlers with Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
We're talking about the youngest people with type one diabetes: babies and toddlers. When you can't talk and you're barely eating solid food, the challenges of T1D rise to a new level. Stacey's guest is Pediatric Endocrinologist Henry Rodriguez, the clinical director of the University of South Florida Diabetes Center. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! The interview features everything from breast feeding, diluted insulin, pump and CGM use in babies and much more. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Resources: Facebook groups: Learning to Thrive: Type 1...
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Minisode #2: Sleepovers & Type 1 Diabetes - What Worked For Us
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Are you worried about sleepovers? Wondering how to plan? Stacey answers a listener question and explained what worked for her and Benny. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode Transcription Stacey Simms 0:00 This minisode of...
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Working at NASA's Mission Control With Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Aerospace engineer April Blackwell works at NASA’s Mission Control. She dreamed of being an astronaut but her type 1 diabetes diagnosis at age 11 changed everything. Since that day, though, she has found ways to break down barriers and pursue her love of space. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! April calls herself a "rule-questioner" and shares where asking those questions got her. She and Stacey talk about everything from family – she has two young children – to what it’s like to work as part of history in the space program. Join the Diabetes Connections...
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Minisode #1: Stop Mindlessly Sharing All Your Diabetes Numbers!
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Do you share your CGM graphs and A1Cs online? Why? Stacey talks about the trend of sharing everything on social media and wonders if what she learned in her radio career might help us all make sense of when and how to better share. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! In 2020 we're adding these mini-episodes to the weekly line up. Each Tuesday you'll hear the regular longer format interview shows. Thursdays will be these Stacey-solo shows. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one...
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Control IQ Gets FDA Approval: All About Tandem's Hybrid Closed-Loop System
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Tandem's Control-IQ system was approved by the US FDA in mid-December. In this episode, Stacey talks to Molly McElwey Malloy, Tandem's clinical outcomes manager with behavioral sciences. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Control-IQ technology is an advanced hybrid closed-loop system that uses an algorithm to automatically adjust insulin in response to predicted glucose levels to help increase time in the American Diabetes Association-recommended target range (70-180 mg/dL).* Check out Tandem's YouTube channel, featuring new videos about Control IQ Join the Diabetes...
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Planes, Trains and Type 1 Diabetes: Catching up with Jason Viglione
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
With holiday travel gearing up, we decided to check in with someone who travels the world. Jason Viglione is always on a plane, train or car for business and has figured out his own best practices for pump, CGM and the whole routine Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Jason was diagnosed just last year.. his anniversary date is coming up in January. Like a lot of adults, he had trouble getting the right diagnosis. We’ll hear that story and a lot more.. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! In TMSG – a cameo in a Hallmark Christmas movie.. a diaversary...
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Audio Excerpt: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Listen to an excerpt from The World's Worst Diabetes Mom: Real Life Stories of Raising a Child With Type 1 Diabetes! If you like what you hear, get the audio book for FREE. Diabetes Connections listeners can use this link to get one free book and one free month of Audible! You can also find the book here if you're new to Audible and here if you want the paperback - eBook - or audio directly through Amazon and you're already an Audible member This chapter is all about using social media to thrive with type 1 diabetes. But of course, it's also about the many mistakes Stacey has made...
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Diabetes Fitness & Nutrition Expert Ben Tzeel
Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms Type 1 Diabetes
Meet dietitian and strength coach Ben Tzeel. He says he started getting hooked on strength training as a teenager and hasn't looked back. Ben & Stacey talk about his wild Instagram posts where he shows you how he doses for food like giant donuts, and carbs and macros and diabetes and exercise.. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! In TMSG: a girl scout troop decides to educate their community (check out the video here) and a comic book from the UK aims to educate about T1D (more here) Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Stacey & Ben also talk...
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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