#1731 Medtronic for the Win
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Diagnosed 49 years ago, Linda shares her philosophy on "borrowed time" and her incredible feat of running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days—three separate times.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Juice Box podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | I am Linda Carrier, and I live in North Carolina. I'm a long-d distance runner and a type one diabetic for 49 years. |
| 0:25.6 | Hey, do you need support? I have some stuff for you. It's all free. |
| 0:29.5 | Juiceboxpodspodcast.com, click on support in the menu. Let's see what you get there. |
| 0:33.9 | A1C and blood glucose calculator. People love that. That's actually, I think, the most |
| 0:37.5 | popular page on the website some months. A list of great adenocrinologist from listeners. That's from all |
| 0:43.5 | over the country. There's a link to the private Facebook group, to the Circle community. |
| 0:49.0 | And we have a fantastic thing there. American Sign Language. There's a great sign language interpreter who did |
| 0:55.1 | the entire Bull Beginning Series in ASL. So if you know anybody who would benefit from that, |
| 0:59.9 | please send them that way. Just go to Juiceboxpodcast.com and click on support. While you're there, |
| 1:05.8 | check out the guides like the pre-Bolison guide, fat and protein insulin calculator, oh gosh, thyroid, GLP, caregiver burnout. |
| 1:14.4 | You should go to the website, click around a little bit on those menus. |
| 1:17.1 | It really, there's a lot more there than you think. |
| 1:19.8 | Nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. |
| 1:24.3 | Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan. |
| 1:29.8 | Today's podcast episode is sponsored by Medtronic Diabetes, who is making life with diabetes |
| 1:35.7 | easier with the MiniMed 780G system and their new sensor options, which include the |
| 1:42.3 | instinct sensor made by Abbott. |
| 1:44.9 | Would you like to unleash the full potential of the mini-med 780G system? |
| 1:49.0 | You can do that at my link, Medtronicdiabetes.com slash juicebox. |
| 1:54.1 | Today's episode is also sponsored by the Contor Next Gen Blood Glucose Meter. |
| 1:59.3 | Learn more and get started today at contournext.com |
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