Emotional – Diabetes Daily Grind | Real Life Diabetes Podcast

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Diabetes is a grind. How are we supposed to live our lives? Count carbs, take some insulin and smile? That's funny. We know there's more to it. You do too! DiabetesDailyGrind.com gives a different kind of support. We're here to inspire people with diabetes to make the most of life. We want you to run marathons. We are dispelling hottub fears. We dish out hacks and diabetes confessions. We are not afraid of carbohydrates. Each podcast presents a new conversation between and a prospective guest pushing the diabetes envelope. For a preview of the show's content, check out DiabetesDailyGrind.com!

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Emotional – Diabetes Daily Grind | Real Life Diabetes Podcast

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#55: Ryan Fightmaster | Ryan’s Fondest Farewell And Cheers 30.05.2018

It’s funny how the thing you set out to do ends up being done to you. We had one goal when launching Diabetes Daily Grind back in 2014–give real support for the diabetes life (it was once ‘diabetic life’, but we got with the times, thanks to Kelly McKeever). I had it all figured out, […]

#54: Trish Winters, T1D Parent & Advocate | Times Are A Changing! 08.05.2018 56:07

As promised, the Diabetes Daily Grind is happy to share what’s on the horizon for the blog and the Real Life Diabetes podcast while catching up with one of our favorite guests. Over a few glasses of wine, Amber has a heartfelt discussion with Trish, T1D parenting badass to two sons with T1D whose fighting the […]

#38: Kim Boaz-Wilson, CDE | Own Your Diabetes Journey 09.02.2017

When seeking diabetes healthcare, it’s rare to find a person who delivers advice that he or she has felt. In speaking with Kim, you know she lives and breathes every word of her life lessons with a no fear philosophy. Ryan and Amber went to school. Fortunately for us, she’s also a CDE (certified diabetes educator). Diagnosed at 5 […]

#36: Clayton McCook | Sure, I’ll Close the Loop Too 03.01.2017

In less than a week from our last podcast conversation with Clayton McCook, he managed to “close the loop”, by himself, with the help of many (including the NightScout Community). His focus is singular: restore as many childhood moments to his daughter’s life as possible, without diabetes hovering in the background. He walks us through the “closing […]

#32: Mark Carter | How To Live Every Day with Adventure 23.10.2016

You never know when you’ll run into someone who shares a similar life philosophy, but after a chance meeting in college, Mark Carter resurfaces on Okie soil. He’s real and doesn’t hold back about his love of Equal and Chik-Fil-A. In this episode, our longest one yet, he shares his journey of being an ambassador for people […]

#31: Clayton McCook | A Non-Techie Father Finds NightScout 06.10.2016

At the JDRF Summit last January in Oklahoma City, we struck up a conversation with the father of Lily, an adorable, youngster who lives with T1D. She had on this awesome-looking watch with her blood sugar. So did her Dad. We had to explore further. In this episode, Clayton shares his family’s philosophies on parenting and empowering the T1D life. While […]

#27: Tara Layman | Are Two Pancreases Greater Than One? 09.08.2016

What started as a mini pod quickly blossomed into a full blown podcast once Amber began diving into the nitty gritty as to how Tara Layman (T1D Exposed co-founder) scored a new pancreas and kidney. The question of the hour – Will two pancreases and three kidneys reverse her Type 1 diabetes diagnosis? Well, in […]

#18: Paul from Camp Blue Hawk | Exploring the Empowering Nature of Diabetes Camp 22.03.2016

The DDG team is honored to be advisory board members for OU Harold Hamm Diabetes Center’s Camp Blue Hawk, a 5-day residential camp for children with type 1 diabetes that focuses on improving camper’s quality of life. In this podcast we chatted with high school student, twin, cello/bass playing and volleyball champion, Paul and his mother. He […]

#15: LIVE from the Connect+Cure Gala | Asking The Questions We’ve Always Wanted To Ask To People Who Actually Know The Answers 05.02.2016

In the midst of a VIP cocktail hour LIVE from the Connect+Cure Gala in Oklahoma City, leaders on the diabetes research and treatment frontier were kind enough to converse with us. We didn’t focus on run of the mill research questions. We got to the heart of their individual diabetes motivations. We covered the importance of a […]

#12: Kelly McKeever, RN, CDE & PWD | The Guide To Surviving The Holiday Gauntlet 29.11.2015

In the next month full of holiday occasions, the focus is on family, friends, and in reality, FOOD! When turning down pumpkin pie, fudge, and or a hottie tottie, we can sacrifice long-standing family relations. What’s the pancreas-deficient to do? We got your back, dishing out the best advice we’ve got built on the back […]