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Hold onto your insulin... Type 1 on 1 is back! I'm so excited to return for another season, and it was only right that we get the MVP of this podcast on for a little episode 1 check in, you know? That's right, The Diaries co-host Ami is coming through with the REAL talk, and she spills the tea on the all important insulin pump update now that she's been wired up to her gadget for three whole month...

Ami’s officially on an insulin pump! Just in time for the 30th (!!) episode of Type 1 on 1: The Diaries, we get the DL on Ami’s new lease of life on an Omnipod. Kendrick Lamar’s involved, but so is a raging overnight high glucose. You can’t win ‘em all. You CAN however, send us your diawins, and send them you did! We get a few nice little pick me ups from the listeners as well as the return of som...

Get ready for all the feels - this community has delivered yet again! In spirit of injecting (oohhhh get it?) a little bit of positivity into the often frustrating world of type 1 diabetes, and inspired by the fab news that as we publish this, Ami is officially, finally hooked up to an insulin pump (!) we asked you to send us your dia-wins and diabetes milestones so that we could celebrate everyon...

Lovely listeners - we need your help, again! It can be easy to moan about this type 1 life (and with good reason), but this week Ami’s celebrating her imminent switch to an insulin pump after a three year ‘journey’ to get approved. In the spirit of us all cheering each other on, please send us your dia-wins on Instagram and tell us any goal you’ve accomplished this week/year/life! There’s no win t...

We asked for your escapades… and you delivered! From passing out on a plane to taking a long-acting dose of fast-acting insulin (!), we’re very grateful to hear it’s not just us who get themselves into the odd type 1 diabetes related pickle. Please keep them coming, we’d love to hear more!

Elsewhere Ami’s feeling pretty done with type 1 diabetes this week, while Jen spent a whole 24 hours out of...

We hope you’re strapped in tight this week, the diabetes rollercoaster is GO. Jen’s got a little update on the horror wrist injury (spoiler alert: it’s broken) and the resulting cast is forcing a bit of a slow down on the usual escapades, which is probably no bad thing. Meanwhile Ami’s had a weekend of frustration after losing her insulin pen in a restaurant and not realising until said restaurant...

Woah Nelly, they're at it again! The giddyness hits as Jen and Ami are reunited after a couple of weeks apart, and Jen's swollen, purple hand is somewhat of a distraction. But like every great injury, there's a great story attached, and it's kiiiiiind of type 1 diabetes related. Ami's having some issues with her sharps bin, but after consulting the good people of Instagram, it seems that she's not...

Bom chica WOW WOW!! Get ready ladies and gents, this week’s episode of The Diaries is a TIME. Ami is another year older and marked her birthday week with the mother of all type 1 escapades, naturally. Thanks to some quick-thinking she was able to jet off to Spain without too much panic, but the escapade came back to bite her once she was back in the UK... Jen’s finally topped up all her long overd...

Cue the theme tune, it’s dia-quiz time! We’re taking it back to the introductions this week and offer up a little getting to know you style fun with a little quiz about all things diabetes, so whether you’re new to this podcast or you’ve been listening for a while, you get a little bit more of a flavour of our individual type 1 diabetes stories. Diagnosis tales, pump vs pen and a couple of interes...

Drum roll please… Not only are Jen and Ami in the same country, but they're in the same room!
 It’s a special day for Type 1 on 1: The Diaries because for the first time ever, Jen and Ami are recording together IRL. Jen’s back from her adventures around the world just in time to help Ami pack for her holiday, Spanish diabetes vocabulary included - although the excitement is temporarily interrupted...

Another week, another flight, and Jen and Ami are finally on the timezone! Although Jen can’t actually say the word ‘timezone’ because she’s rocking that jet lag. But she’s very happy to be back in the UK, and now you lot don’t have to listen to yet another travel story every single week… This week we’re talking about balancing type 1 diabetes with the demands of a day that hasn’t gone to plan, as...

Bienvenidos! We’re back with more type 1 diabetes chat, and this week we’re talking about being defiant when it comes to allowing yourself to slow down because of the small matter of handling a chronic illness.
 What do you think? Ami’s miraculously had an escapade free week despite enjoying a bank holiday weekend, and Jen’s finally giving the hikes a rest to enjoy the bright lights of her new fav...

Jazz hands at the ready, we’re feeling a bit showbiz this week… After a little dancing reminisce, we finally get to the real topic - type 1 diabetes. Jen’s had a shocker with her blood sugars and after going round the houses with the possible culprit, it all becomes very clear. Oops. Ami’s in the mood for some science (read: not scientific at all) this week as she tries to understand a bit more ab...

The tables have turned this week as Ami’s voice is back in action, but Jen seems to have caught the lurge through the airwaves. Undeterred, there are more stories to share, not least having crossed 4 countries in two days. Ami’s having another week of bruises, and despite staying in the same city in the same country, she’s collecting all the escapades and then some. Dodgy needles, misplaced inject...

We’re channelling the chill vibes today as poor Ami has lost her voice, and whatever she’s fighting off is sending her blood glucose soaring. Jen’s also struggling with high glucose readings that are sneakily creeping up on her after she’s gone to sleep. Rude. We discuss the psychology of feeling guilty for choosing certain sugars from one day to the next, and while there’s no full escapades this...

Get ready, Jen is feeling CHATTY this week… there’s an update on the many cuts and bruises she’s collecting on her adventures, and with the extra stress of being immuno-compromised, she’s turned to the carbs to get her through. Ami’s got high hopes for a rom-com with a type 1 diabetes storyline, but she’s slightly baffled as to how the main character manages to bag herself both an insulin pump AND...

There’s an awards ceremony on one side of the world this week, with a lost Libre and a few celebratory gins for Ami who was arguably more excited about spotting a fellow sensor-wearer in the wild than she was about her collection of trophies, while over in Central America Jen’s been contending with a volcano (casual) and managed to collect a series of unrelated cuts, bruises and scrapes in the wee...

Oh it’s a hot one this week! Between the UK heatwave and moving house, Ami’s insulin requirements have unsurprisingly disappeared. Jen’s still sweating away in Central America and is feeling a little bruised after her first surf lesson, which came about from meeting another person with diabetes in the wild. We love to see it! Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves...

We do eventually get to some actual type 1 diabetes content this week, promise. It’s been a week for Jen and Ami, who are both on the move! Hypos abound for Ami as she packs up her flat to move house, while Jen has crossed into a new country with her case of diabetes stuff in tow. The heatwave in London hasn’t helped matters, nor did Ami’s upsetting encounter with a ‘you don’t look disabled’ perso...

There’s a rude interruption to proceedings as Jen’s beeping insulin pump distracts the chat, and we ponder how much extra knowledge we’re holding in our little brains because: type 1 diabetes. We’re feeling a bit dia-tired this week between Ami preparing to move house and well, dealing with a chronic illness every single day, and there hasn’t been much sleep between these two ladies. But we’re doi...

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of Type 1 on 1, nana diabetic Jen (25 years) and baby diabetic Ami (3 years) chat through the frustrating, funny and challenging experiences they’ve faced each week thanks to this ridiculous condition. All...

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of Type 1 on 1, nana diabetic Jen (25 years) and baby diabetic Ami (3 years) chat through the frustrating, funny and challenging experiences they’ve faced each week thanks to this ridiculous condition. All...

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of Type 1 on 1, nana diabetic Jen (25 years) and baby diabetic Ami (3 years) chat through the frustrating, funny and challenging experiences they’ve faced each week thanks to this ridiculous condition. All...

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of Type 1 on 1, nana diabetic Jen (25 years) and baby diabetic Ami (3 years) chat through the frustrating, funny and challenging experiences they’ve faced each week thanks to this ridiculous condition. All...

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of Type 1 on 1, nana diabetic Jen (25 years) and baby diabetic Ami (3 years) chat through the frustrating, funny and challenging experiences they’ve faced each week thanks to this ridiculous condition. All...