Type 1 on 1 | Diabetes Stories

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

This is a bit of a howler, so we hope you’re ready for a touch of nonsense this week! A bit of fun is very necessary when dealing with type 1 diabetes, right?

Ami’s still trying to tackle type 1 diabetes and swimming, and while it resulted in yet another escapade this week, two lovely kind strangers came to her rescue and restored all faith in humanity. Jen’s been stuck with a consistently high blood glucose and hasn’t really done a whole lot to try and fix it (oops).

Meanwhile Ami’s been for her first visit to the diabetes therapist and they’ve got a very helpful theory to discuss - if only they could figure out their primary colours first…

More about Paul Gilbert’s emotional regulation systems: https://mi-psych.com.au/your-brains-3-emotion-regulation-systems/

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
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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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

The highs and lows extend beyond type 1 diabetes this week, as Jen and Ami have both had an accident involving their shorts which, it turns out, are less robust than their diabetes devices.

We desperately bring it back on track to discuss just how much our pancreases are to blame for the lapse in brain concentration. Ami’s had a bit of a wobbly one after a few laps of the pool, and there’s a vivid walk down memory lane as Jen relives that one time she had a hypo on the side of a motorway in a broken down car in a three mile tailback with not a grain of sugar in sight. Buckle up.

This week’s pump journey update isn’t the best

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

Hands up who realllllllyyy doesn't love their retinopathy screening? Yep, it's the one where you get your pupils dilated and are forced to sit in a room and contemplate your illness for hours on end, before strutting out wearing sunglasses on what will inevitably be the darkest day of the year. The fun never stops with type 1 diabetes.

As you might have guessed, we've got an eye screening escapade this week. Jen's scared to articulate that her blood sugars seem to actually be ok for once... that is until she bolused for her lunch in a meeting that then got extended by half an hour. Oops.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

We’re back for more and it’s an absolute gallop through diabetes land this week, with a tropical jungle rainstorm thrown in for good measure (please excuse the audio!)

We discuss whether a low or a high blood sugar is worse to experience, Ami’s still fighting with her long-acting insulin, Jen’s busy regaling us with tales of being caught out by her insulin pump expiry when it happens AGAIN mid-tale, and we realise that trying to describe the different parts of an innocuous little needle is in fact, impossible. Oh, and speaking of the impossible, there’s a lovely bit of miraculous pizza bolus success to bask in (while it lasts). If you know, you know.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

This week’s ramble takes us from discussing the chemical energy of ‘diabetic’ chocolate vs eating the real deal, falling foul of type 1 diabetes admin and appointments (decidedly more stressful if you’re leaving the country in 36 hours), the case for eggs being the perfect food, and what happens when you realise you need to change your basalt.

We also dig into the advice we were given at diagnosis, which unsurprisingly had evolved somewhat between 1995 and 2019, and Ami gives us a nice juicy update on her quest to get on an insulin pump which you might find interesting if it’s something you’re flirting with or are curious about.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

This week we're really coming in with a whistle-stop tour of what a week of living with type 1 diabetes can entail. From discussing the labels that come with a chronic illness (if it is indeed an illness), we chat through our feelings towards diabetic vs person with diabetes, the idea of being disabled and the constant tension of living with a disease that (mostly) still allows you to do the things you want to do.

There’s a real low moment for Jen when she finds herself wading through a rotten bag of rubbish in search of a misplaced vial of insulin, and as Jen turns another year older in diabetes years, we discuss whether a diaversary is cause for celebration or not. Just a simple little medical condition this, isn’t it?

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

Ami’s sadly not won any more awards this week, but she is very busy recovering from an escapade involving a forgotten injection, a missed bolus and a sad, forkless salad.
Jen’s a bit over the whole type 1 diabetes malarky after one of THOSE days leaves her feeling unusually angry, but the funk is soon forgotten when Ami delivers some rather wonderful HOT OFF THE PRESS news from type 1 diabetes land.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

Jen’s had another flight to contend with, and it was a bumpy ride as some hypo treatment came back to bite her SIX HOURS LATER. Plus, her dawn phenomenon has disappeared…
Ami’s riding high after a night at an awards ceremony, and attempts at a science lesson leaves us even more confused about how this chronic illness actually works.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

3 episodes into the beautiful chaos and there's no signs of stopping as Jen and Ami discuss the challenges of giving a urine sample at the hospital and some of the more innovative vessels they've had to improvise with. Ami's had a nightmare of a blood sugar morning thanks to some inappropriately timed emails and an incident with 2kg of dog food, while Jen's loving life after being reunited with her insulin pump - although she's got a liiiiittle bit ahead of herself when it comes to what it's *actually* capable of. Oops.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/

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 in the hope that their stories might help you too.

It’s episode 2 and Jen and Ami are both feeling slightly delirious thanks to a combination of jet lag, tiredness and late night podcast recording. Or is it just a hypo?

Jen’s given up coffee and it’s caused a few issues with her sleep, while Ami’s had an interesting hypo experience involving a branch of M&S and a sweaty gremlin. They discuss the special kind of hypo hanger that only comes in the middle of the night… no kitchen is safe.

There’s talk about fanny fires (100% related to type 1 diabetes, honest) and they discuss the tricks and challenges of travelling with type 1 diabetes. There’s plenty of laughs in this one, we hope you enjoy!

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

Come and say hi on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/missjengrieves/
https://www.instagram.com/amilovesyoumore/