Episode 68 of the Juice Box Podcast is brought to you by Insulate.

They're the makers of the omey pod, which as you know is the world's only tubeless insulin pump.

But today, when the ad runs, they're not going to tell you about the insulin pump.

They're going to tell you about the new iPad app called

Toby's T1D tail. Let me give you a little rundown of today's episode. My guest

is Nicky Nichols. She's a diabetes mom who you may have heard of because she's been all over the news this past week.

She reached out to her Mississippi State Representative Jeffrey Geis looking for guidance on a problem she was having with

insurance.

And what she received back was a flippant reply that she did not appreciate.

And since then, her story has been everywhere.

National News overseas, she is,

she's really a fantastic type 1 diabetes advocate.

I know you know the story I'm talking about.

If you don't settle in if you do

Nicky tells me that she shared more with me than she was able to share with the

national news because of the long-form format at the show so you're in for a

treat and I want to say this this is one of those stories I thought I knew going into it, but it turns out I I was wrong I

Misunderstood what Nicki was looking for what she was trying to accomplish but what I did understand was that she didn't deserve the response she got.

I think you're going to really enjoy this and be sure to check out

Mickey's Facebook page when you're finished.

There's a link in the show notes. I'm Nicki Nichols. I'm a mom of two kids. My daughter is a Bella who we call Bella has type 1 diabetes

she was diagnosed about three and a half years ago and my husband also has type

...