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Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes

#654 Ball of Anxiety

Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes

Scott Benner

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Kara is the mom of a young type 1. She's here to talk about her challenges. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello friends, and welcome to episode 654 of the Juicebox podcast.

0:19.2

On today's episode of the podcast, I'll be speaking with Kara. She's the mother of a child with

0:23.6

type 1 diabetes who has a unique perspective about anxiety and type 1. While you're listening

0:32.7

today, please remember that nothing you hear on the Juicebox podcast should be considered advice

0:37.0

medical or otherwise, always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan

0:44.4

or becoming bold with insulin. Are you a US resident who has type 1 diabetes or a US resident

0:53.6

who is the caregiver of someone with type 1? If you are, it will take you fewer than 10 minutes

0:59.1

to fill out a survey at t1dxchange.org forward slash juicebox that will help people living with

1:06.0

type 1 diabetes. It also supports the podcast when you finish the survey. Head over to t1dxchange.org

1:13.8

forward slash juicebox. Join the registry. Take the survey. Support people with type 1.

1:23.7

This episode of the Juicebox podcast is sponsored by the contour next one blood glucose meter.

1:37.9

Head over to contournext.com forward slash juicebox. Get a look at that little meter that does

1:45.2

so much. Contour next one. If you're looking for the diabetes pro-tip episodes of the podcast,

1:52.1

they begin at episode 210. They're also available at juiceboxpodcast.com and diabetespro-tip.com.

2:01.1

My name is Kara. We live in Pentectin, British Columbia, Canada, and my husband

2:10.8

have two kids sleep by in Kean and Levi's six, and he's our type 1 diabetic.

2:17.2

Cool. When you were saying where you lived, it cut out a little bit, but I heard British Columbia,

2:21.1

is that enough? Yeah, we're in Pentectin. Pentectin. Yes. We're originally from Vancouver,

2:27.8

but we moved to Pentectin, which is maybe like five hours away from Vancouver. How do you make

2:33.9

a decision like that? You look at the map and you think, what name sounds really ridiculous?

2:38.8

I'm going to go there. Yeah, it was actually after Levi was diagnosed, and we just wanted

2:46.4

a simpler small town kind of life. So yeah, and then my parents are also here, so that's kind of.

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