The Talking Type 1 Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Liam who has been living with type 1 diabetes for 24 years. Liam is a good friend who I met through the diabetes online community. Our experiences of type 1 in some areas are similar particularly as we both come from single-parent families. Liam and I also discuss his diagnosis story and he was in a coma for 6 weeks, how his upbringing impacted his life...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to George West from Learn Diabetes who has been living with type 1 diabetes for 3.5 years. George was diagnosed with type 1 whilst he was in medical school. We discuss the challenges that his diagnosis bought in particular how George processed the mental aspect of it. In his first appointment with his endocrinologist, which was the day after he was diagnos...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to actor, writer, author Jade Byrne who has been living with type 1 diabetes for 31 years. Jade discusses her diagnosis story, finding the balance between managing and living with type 1 and her one-woman play Pricks. We also discuss Jade’s children’s book, Daisy Donald. Jade shares her life with type 1 in her own open and transparent way. A key takeaway f...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to award-winning lifestyle blogger and host of The Teenage Kicks Podcast Helen Wills aka Actuallymummy. Helen teenage daughter Maddie was diagnosed with type 1 at 9 years old.  Helen shares her experience of Maddie’s diagnosis story, their first year of diagnosis as a family and the impact this had on the whole family. Helen also spoke of how diabetes has...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Jen who has been living with type 1 for 25 years. Jen also lives with another auto-immune condition called Endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes. Endometriosis can affect women of any age. (NHS UK website) In her teenage years, Je...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Melissa. Melissa has been living with type 1 diabetes for 14 years. Melissa also lives with another autoimmune condition called Lupus. Lupus is a long-term condition that causes joint pain, skin rashes and tiredness. There's no cure, but symptoms can improve if treatment starts early. Melissa shares how she manages living with two autoimmune condit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Scott. Scott has been living with type 1 diabetes for 21 years. We talk about all aspects of Scott’s life with type 1 from his school years to his adult life. Scott’s journey is one filled with overcoming denial about type 1 diabetes which thankfully now has changed. A retinopathy appointment was the catalyst for change for Scott and it led to him joini...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Jo who’s been living with type 1 diabetes for 5 years. Jo lives in India and we talk about her diagnosis story and the challenges she faced after her dad was diagnosed with cancer six months after she was diagnosed with type 1.  In India, there is a stigma and societal myths around living with diabetes and Jo shares how she is breaking the stigma and my...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Kate whose been living with type 1 diabetes since the age of 4.  Kate and I discuss her life with diabetes, how she navigated school years, life as an elite athlete and the breakdown of her relationship with type 1 in high school. We also talk about the impact living with multiple health conditions had on her career as a lawyer and how this led to her r...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Mike Roberson aka GlucoseGang Mike whose been living with type 1 diabetes for over 21 years.  Mike and I talk about a lot in this episode including his dedication to in his own words ‘the journey of hiding his type 1 diabetes’ to finally accepting and embracing the condition. We talk about Mike's experiences of the healthcare system in the USA incl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Andrew whose been living with type 1 diabetes for 35 years.  Andrew and I discuss his life with type 1 diabetes and other topics including how type 1 has impacted his work and family life, men’s mental health, diabetes technology and his life-changing moment in 2016. This moment led Andrew on a journey of researching and learning more about type 1 diabe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Riva Greenberg whose been living with type 1 diabetes for over 48 years. Riva is an inspirational speaker, author, and global diabetes advocate.  Riva and I discuss her diagnosis story, why it took 32 years for her to see a diabetes educator, the biggest challenges Riva has faced whilst living with type 1 diabetes, and the current paradigms of healthcar...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Antony and Joyce whose daughter Maya was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 14 months old. Antony and Joyce talk about Maya's diagnosis story and  family life after her diagnosis, the impact diabetes technology has had on Maya and overcoming fears and how it’s turned their lives around and we also discuss: -  building relationships with schools.  -...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Heather whos son Joe was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2019 about how her and her family navigated their first year of a type 1 diagnosis.  The backdrop to our chat is a letter Heather wrote to Joe about their and his first year living with type 1 diabetes. The letter provides an open and emotional insight into what the first year has been like for...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Valerie about her life living with type 1 diabetes for 27 years.  Valerie is a coach and consultant for equity and belonging, speaker, author and facilitator.  In our chat, we have a real deep dive into Valerie's life and the challenges that she has had to overcome especially being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes whilst looking after two children. W...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Reba about living with type 1 diabetes and mental illness. Reba is a mental illness blogger, public speaker and artist who has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 21 years and lives with mental illness condition  In our chat, we have a real deep dive into what life is like for her living with type 1 diabetes and mental illness. We also talk about:...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Priya about her life with type 1 diabetes and going through pregnancy. Priya has been living with type 1 diabetes for 19 years and has a three-year-old son. In our chat, Priya and I talk about her life with type 1 diabetes from her diagnosis story to how she navigates the workplace living with type 1 but the main focus of our chat is Priya's person...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to my good friends Sonja and Pete who are type 1 parents to Kat.  Kat was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in November 2016 however her symptoms started in 2015. In my conversation with Sonja and Pete, we talk about aspects of life as a type 1 parent including:  Kat's diagnosis story life as type 1 diabetes parents and how doing their own research put t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Melany Gray about her recovery from Diabulimia. ****TRIGGER WARNING**** There will information about Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating. Diabulimia is an eating disorder that affects people who manage their diabetes by taking insulin and is when someone reduces or stops taking their insulin to lose weight. However, whilst Diabulimia isn’t actually a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I speak to Connor Herington. Connor was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 3. Connor is a well-known voice in the diabetes online community where he shares his life living with type 1 diabetes and uses his voice to help others with the realities of living with type 1 diabetes. I also talk to Connor about Lipohypertrophy which is a medical word for a lump...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak to Kalex, Kylene and Lauren. All three are black and living with type 1 diabetes.  The backdrop to this episode is where we find ourselves in the world at the time of recording. This episode was recorded towards the end of June 2020. George Floyd’s death in May 2020 shocked the world and highlighted the problems back people face with systematic and institu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I speak to Brandon Mouw. Brandon was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 3 and after living with type 1 diabetes for over 30 years became a brittle diabetic.  Brittle diabetes is a rare form of insulin-dependent diabetes and is marked by frequent and severe episodes of hypoglycemia and/or hyperglycemia ( DKA ). This instability of blood sugar levels often...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode I speak to Beth McDaniel and Ellen Watson aka The Diabetic Duo. Beth and Ellen are best friends and both live with type 1 diabetes. Beth was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2019 and Ellen when she was six years old. The duo are lifelong friends and the friendship has grown stronger as they both living with the ups and downs that type 1 diabetes brings. In...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode I speak to Chris Bright who is a Wales international Futsal player and founder of The Diabetes Football Community. Chris has been living with type 1 diabetes for over 20 years. Throughout the years living with type 1 diabetes, Chris hasn’t always been vocal about his condition and it is something we talk about in our chat.  We also spoke about:  being diagno...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode I speak to Brandon. Brandon has been living with type 1 diabetes for 16 years. Brandon was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes shortly before leaving home to start university. At university he was on the American Football team which was also where he found his support network newly into his diagnosis. Brandon being on the football team would prove to be an inspir...