#176 The Magic Wand
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2018
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Colleen is a summer breeze, a big hug and your favorite blanket all in one. A long time type 1 diabetes advocate joins the conversation about what a cure would mean to her. Arden has hypothyroidism, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 176 of the |
| 0:06.4 | Juice Box podcast. Today's episode is with Colleen. Colleen is |
| 0:11.2 | interesting in a number of ways but let me tell you something else first. |
| 0:16.2 | Do you remember back in episode 157, it was called Lindsay is a cornucopia of emotions? |
| 0:21.8 | Do you remember that episode? |
| 0:23.3 | My conversation with Lindsay came about because I asked a question online |
| 0:27.2 | about how people might feel if diabetes was just magically cured. |
| 0:31.3 | When I asked that question online, I came up with two people who wanted to be on the podcast. |
| 0:35.2 | One was Lindsay back in episode 157, and one was Colleen, who you're going to hear today |
| 0:40.2 | in episode 176. |
| 0:42.1 | And while the conversations begin in the first couple of moments |
| 0:44.7 | exactly the same, they go in completely different directions. Also in this episode I |
| 0:50.5 | talk a little bit about Arden being diagnosed with hypothyroidism which I don't |
| 0:53.7 | think I've been as clear about in previous episodes. |
| 0:58.8 | Colleen just does an amazing job of sharing her life and times with type one. I'll tell you a little bit about |
| 1:05.4 | her. She's an adult who has children, little babies. She's married. She's had type |
| 1:10.6 | one diabetes for a very long time since she was little. |
| 1:13.0 | And she is a long time, very active member of the diabetes community online. |
| 1:18.0 | Please remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box Podcast should be considered advice, medical, or otherwise. |
| 1:25.0 | Always consult a physician before making changes to your health care plan. |
| 1:29.0 | Ooh, you know what, I forgot to say something. |
| 1:31.0 | This episode, The Juice Box Podcast is sponsored by Dexcom and |
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