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In today's episode of Defining Diabetes, Jenny Smith and I will define a term that impacts

your life with type 1 diabetes. Now you know Jenny Smith from integrated diabetes.

com. She's in all the pro-tip episodes and Ask Scott and Jenny. You know Jenny stop it.

Don't act like you don't.

If you want to hire Jenny, you can check her out at integrated diabetes.com

Jenny would love to have a private conversation with you

and see if she can't help you with some of your diabetes questions.

But for today, Jenny's going to help me define brittle diabetes.

Please remember that nothing you hear on the juice box podcast should be considered advice, medical, or otherwise,

and to always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan or becoming

bold with insulin.

At the end of this episode I'm going to include a little, I want to call it an outtake with me and Jenny. It might not be an outtake. It's a preamble, some

chatter we were having before we started, you know, doing the defining diabetes thing.

It's fun.

Jenny's a hoot. I would like to define brittle diabetes and I am super interested in what you're going to say when I ask you if it's actually a thing or if it's an old-timey term for I don't know what's wrong with you.

It does have a definition, right?

There is a definition and as from it is like the old-timey thing,

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