Only Human and Type 1 Diabetes

I am a regular podcast listener. In fact, I love my podcasts and one of my favorites is Only Human. Today’s episode, The Robot Vacuum Ate My Pancreas, is worth every second of 33 minutes. Today’s topic is Type 1 Diabetes and features Dana Lewis (you can visit her on twitter here) and her artificial pancreas system.

There were two specific moments during this podcast that I felt the need to share this podcast with everyone I know. Hearing other Type 1 Diabetics, especially children and their parents, talk about how much their life has changed by using an artificial pancreas, brought me to tears. I cannot fathom being a parent of a child with Type 1 Diabetes- managing my own disease is difficult enough. Hearing a child’s little voice and then the voice of their parent, I could almost feel their relief coming through my car speakers.

My absolute favorite part of this show was when Kenny Malone compared keeping a car at exactly 70mph while driving, to keeping your blood sugar at the perfect number, was amazing. I have struggled for years with getting others to truly grasp the time and attention this disease demands from me. I think this explanation is going to help me tremendously in getting my disease a bit more understood.

Please take a listen (or read the transcript) and let me know your thoughts!