#33 Resenting Diabetes
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2015
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Emily says that she resents her son's type 1 diabetes and the feeling is getting worse. We talked about how she felt and it seemed to me that her anger is partially fueled by the guilt she experiences when she struggles to manage her sons BG levels.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 33 of the juice box podcast. This episode is going to be called |
| 0:04.8 | Resenting diabetes. I am going to say, I have blea, why is there no real reason for |
| 0:11.8 | me to speak like I know the language? |
| 0:14.4 | In this episode you're going to hear a conversation between me and a D-mom named Emily. |
| 0:19.6 | Emily very bravely reached out and said, I don't hear anybody ever talking about this and I'm wondering |
| 0:25.6 | if anybody feels the way I do, but I am sad. I've been sad since my son was diagnosed. |
| 0:31.3 | I find myself resenting diabetes. I resent what it's done to me into my life |
| 0:35.2 | into my son and I am I'd love to hear you talk about it with somebody and then I |
| 0:40.3 | asked her if she could be that somebody and Emily very, very graciously said she would. |
| 0:45.0 | This episode of the Juice Box Podcast is sponsored by Insulate, makers of the OmniPOD System, the world's only |
| 0:51.3 | tubeless insulin pump. |
| 0:52.3 | All right, let's see if Emily is online. |
| 0:55.0 | It says she's offline. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's see... |
| 1:01.0 | Let us, Emily. |
| 1:05.0 | Emily? |
| 1:06.0 | Yes? |
| 1:07.0 | No one's ever picked up that quickly before. |
| 1:09.2 | How are you? |
| 1:10.2 | I'm good. |
| 1:11.2 | No one's ever picked up that quickly before you |
| 1:12.8 | you surprised me. |
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