Welcome to The Stripped Pod, where we have real, honest conversations about diabetes beyond the numbers.

On today's episode, we’re joined by Mark Fitzsimmons, T1D and author of Della’s Diabetes Diaries: A tale from the pond. We chat about the journey Mark’s been on with his diabetes management, and the complications, burnout and the trust he found in technology to be in ‘the best place he’s been in for decades’.

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TIME STAMPS

00:00 Introduction

1:17 Highs & Lows

5:27 Meet Mark

6:08 Mark’s Diagnosis Story

07:43 Management & learning to trust tech

16:03 Mark’s biggest mistake

19:20 Something he wish he knew at diagnosis

23:26 The reality of T1D complications

33:50 You’re more than your HbA1C

38:39 Diabetes burnout