Type 1 Tea

Umm, yeah, managing type 1 (or type 2) diabetes is like a non-stop workload that never stops...on top of real life!

Who wouldn't be tired of this?! In this episode, Sami and Ginger share what their diabetes burnout looks like, how they get through burnout, how they prevent burnout, and how much they wish for a new pancreas and a better immune system.

Ginger's book: Dealing with Diabetes Burnout

Ginger's YouTube video: Overcome Diabetes Burnout

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

If you're exercising with high blood sugars because you're terrified of lows, there's another way. In fact, there's a whole bunch to learn! And we break some of it down right here. Ginger and Sami share a bit of exercise science and their approaches to managing type 1 diabetes during aerobic "cardio" exercise.

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Well, Sami is back from her travels and she returns with a very strange story. It involves a really bad low blood sugar, a hot yoga studio, and a foolish older woman. (That's a nice way of describing this woman, by the way.)

Hypoglycemia is the worst — but I guess ignorant people can make it even worse.

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, scary hypos, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Marijuana. Mary Jane. Pot. Dope. Grass. Weed. Bud. Flower. Hash. Ganja.

So many fun names, but really, we're talking about cannabis.

It is legal now in nearly half the country. Meanwhile, there might be a few things to consider when using cannabis with T1D.

Sami and Ginger aren't actually experienced cannabis users. (Could somebody please let Sami's mom know she only tried it once. We promise.) So we turn to a fellow T1D who is remarkably knowledgeable on all things cannabis: BJ Garceau!

BJ has lived with T1D for over 30 years. Today, she uses cannabis to manage ADHD, chronic pain, insomnia, and depression. She also has degrees and training in mental health and drug addiction recovery. BJ has extensive knowledge of cannabis, different uses, things to be aware of, and different methods of safely ingesting cannabis.

Find BJ on Instagram right here!

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

As if being a woman with type 1 diabetes isn't challenging enough, let's add birth control to the mix. In this episode, Sami and Ginger share their experience with nearly every type of birth control on the market.

Sami talks about insulin resistance and weight gain. Ginger talks about fibromyalgia flare-ups, exhaustion, and difficulty breathing.

Birth control is just too much fun.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? Those early weeks are overwhelming and very confusing. In this episode, our special guest, Kelsey Conover, shares a few critical things she wishes someone had taught her in those first few months after her diagnosis.

Find Kelsey on Instagram: @T1Disco

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Type 1 diabetes can totally twist up your relationship with food. There's so much pressure to diet, to restrict, to obsess. And it starts the minute you're diagnosed!

In this week's episode, Sami and Ginger discuss how T1D has affected their relationship with food, and how they manage that relationship today.

Unscripted and barely edited: Type 1 Tea is a real discussion about real life with type 1 diabetes.

Get more from Ginger and Sami here:

About Type 1 Tea

We're spilling the tea on T1D! Every episode is an unscripted (and hardy edited) conversation about life with type 1 diabetes — hosted by Ginger Vieira and Sami Parker. We'll hit topics like managing insulin during exercise, other medications, A1c tips, nutrition tricks, weight loss, and more. 

About Ginger & Sami

Ginger Vieira was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 13 years old in 1999. Sami Parker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 12 years old in 2012. Find more Ginger at GingerVieira.com and YouTube.com/@DiabetesNerd. Find more from Sami at Instagram.com/Type1Sami.

Sami has been taking Ozempic for two weeks! Ginger is back on Ozempic — reliving the benefits after just four weeks. In this episode, we talk about the immediate effects we experience in the early weeks of taking Ozempic with type 1 diabetes.

Past episodes on Ozempic:

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Can people with type 1 diabetes drink alcohol? Well, sure. But if you're not careful, it can be dangerous, too. Ginger and Sami talk about their alcohol habits today and how they approach insulin. They also both confess to a few times in their early 20s when they had way too much to drink.

Unscripted and barely edited, listen to this week's episode of Type 1 Tea!

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There are so many misconceptions out there about inhaled insulin! Most endocrinologists still don't understand it. The misconceptions keep some doctors from even letting their patients try it!

But Ginger is obsessed with it. Sami wants to try it. Her mother is worried about her lungs. Sami's struggling to correct highs! Afrezza inhaled insulin is the fastest insulin on the market — shouldn't Sami be able to try it?

OH MY! Type 1 diabetes is so tedious, but inhaled insulin is a game-changer.

More on inhaled insulin:

Unscripted and hardly edited, join us for another afternoon of spilling the tea of T1D!

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