17. Heather - Learning that good times and bad times can co-exist when you are a parent of a child with type 1 diabetes

09/20/20 • 56 min

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16. Valerie Spain: The importance of accountability when living with type 1 diabetes

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In this episode, I speak to Valerie about her life living with type 1 diabetes for 27 years.
Valerie is a coach and consultant for equity and belonging, speaker, author and facilitator.
In our chat, we have a real deep dive into Valerie's life and the challenges that she has had to overcome especially being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes whilst looking after two children. We also talk about:
- how Valerie overcome an eating disorder prior to her diagnosis and how she had to navigate not relapsing after her type 1 diabetes diagnosis
- Valerie's Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich moment
- the importance of accountability when managing her type 1 diabetes
- the impact of health economics
- why self-talk is important when managing type 1 diabetes

Trigger Warning - the episode contains a discussion around eating disorders.
You can find Valerie on:
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Useful links
Diabetics with Eating Disorders: DWED
Beat | The UK's Eating Disorder CharityDiagnosis + Diabulimia: QiQi's JourneyResearch Paper from McDonald. p, et al:
If you would like to ask a question or be a guest on the show then you can email me at [email protected]. I read all my messages and might include your question in a future episode. You can find Daniel on Instagram: Dan | Type 1 Diabetes Blogger (@t1d_dan) and Twitter: Dan (@t1d_dan)

A bit about the show and host
The Talking Type 1 podcast by Daniel Newman brings to you interviews from members of the diabetes community sharing their journeys of the ups and downs of living with type 1 diabetes. You’ll hear from those who live with type 1 diabetes, provide care to those living with type 1, healthcare professionals and experts in their field.

The interviews will be an open and honest insight into life with type 1 diabetes that you can relate to and also provide the opportunity to learn more about the condition. Daniel will share his insights into his life living with type 1 diabetes. Daniel has lived with the condition along with for over 24 years. He also lives with diabetic retinopathy and received a kidney transplant in 2018.

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18. Antony and Joyce: Helping our daughter live her best life when living with type 1 diabetes

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In this episode, I speak to Antony and Joyce whose daughter Maya was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 14 months old. Antony and Joyce talk about Maya's diagnosis story and family life after her diagnosis, the impact diabetes technology has had on Maya and overcoming fears and how it’s turned their lives around and we also discuss:
- building relationships with schools.
- Maya's Celiac disease diagnosis
- how they are teaching Maya to develop resilience towards her type 1
- talking about health in the black community
There's also a special mention of Google and the role to played in Maya's diagnosis. I enjoyed this conversation with Antony and Joyce and I appreciate their honesty and openness throughout our chat.

You can find Maya and Joyce on Instagram here.
The link to the Facebook group is UK Diabetic Dads

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If you would like to ask a question or be a guest on the show then you can email me at [email protected]. I read all my messages and might include your question in a future episode. You can find Daniel on Instagram and Twitter.

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