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Laura has been waiting a week for the test results that will show if she has type 1 or type 2 diabetes. She finally gets them.

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Credit music: "Lean On Me" by Nina Ragonese

"Diabetes is why I have trust issues."

In February 2019, Laura was feeling weird and went to her doctor to see what was wrong. After testing a fasting blood sugar of 300, they knew she had a type of diabetes but weren't sure which yet.

Most of the dialogue about type 1 diabetes is between people who have it, but what about those close to us who are affected by T1D too, the endearingly nicknamed “Type 3s?” The 3s offers the opportunity for them to join the conversation too in one-on-one interviews with the T1D in their life.

Courtney was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 15 years old and Kevin, her friend at the time and now husband, was there for her diagnosis too.

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Credit music: "You've Got A Friend" by Nina Ragonese

In our first episode of After Dark, Craig, Laura, and (for the first time ever) James, talk about when they use diabetes as an excuse.

Out of Range After Dark used to be an exclusive show for our Fan Club members, but we’ve made it available to everyone and added it to Out of Range. Now by joining the Fan Club, you’ll get early access to all of our posts and podcasts, input on what we talk about next, bonus clips and outtakes, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, and monthly live video hangouts with the podcast creators and other Fan Club members.

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Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 60 years old, we follow the story of Craig’s Aunt Laura in real time, week by week. Listen to Thicker Than Water in your Beta Cell podcast feed. Coming soon.

There are 42 factors that affect your blood sugar. Craig and Laura see how many they can hit in 30 minutes.

Things we mention in this episode:

In this episode of Out of Range, Craig and Laura do exactly what their listeners tell them not to do.

The only constant is change. And diabetes.

Georgi Goldman, a documentary and television producer, talks about camps, knishes, and what happens if you're certified to scuba dive, but afraid the dive shop won't let you go because you have type 1 diabetes. She had a great time diving off a small island in the Philippines, but a terrible time in a hospital on that same small island.