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#149: Dr. Mark's June 2023 T1D Management: My Diaversary and Forgetting My Pump At Home
Each month, I reflect on my biggest wins, learnings, and challenges over the past 30 days with type 1 diabetes. Come along for the ride as I give you a recap of the highs and lows of my diabetes management in June...
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#148: Unmasking the Insurance Battle for People with T1D
Ever had folks ask you if you can eat certain foods because you have T1D? Or if eating too much sugar is the reason you have T1D? Yeah, we all have.
Having to educate people all the time about T1D, especially when...
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#147: Your Guide to Letting Go in T1D Management
Becoming more independent while managing diabetes is no small feat. Suddenly, you're the one in charge of ordering your own supplies, remembering to bolus, and dealing with your lows. With freedom comes...
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#146: Embracing Imperfection in Your T1D Management
Have you ever found yourself chasing after perfection in your diabetes management, only to be met with the humbling reality that your blood sugars don't always go according to plan?Â
For someone with an analytic mind,...
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#145: The Power of Having a Mission with T1D to Combat Negativity
The hard truth is that you cannot control how others behave or think about you, no matter how hard you try. However, you have complete control over how you respond.
That's why having a mission in your life with T1D is...
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#144: Dr. Mark's May 2023 T1D Management: Vacation and a Pump on the Fritz
Each month, I reflect on my biggest wins, learnings, and challenges over the past 30 days with type 1 diabetes. Come along for the ride as I give you a recap of the highs and lows of my diabetes management in May...
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#143: How To Get Your Doctor to Really Hear You
I've heard countless stories from folks who try to explain what life with T1D is really like to their endocrinologists. They nod along, but sometimes you can't help but wonder if they truly "get it."
And let's be...
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#142: How To Deal With the Stress of Insurance
In week's episode of the LiveFree with T1D podcast, I'm talking to Jamie, another warrior in our T1D community. The convoluted pre-approval process required by her insurance company to cover her diabetes supplies has...
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#141: Finding the Balance: Tips for Managing T1D and Anxiety
A lot of people tell me they feel out of control in their life with T1D. They feel like diabetes has taken control of their life and they are just along for the ride. They also tell me they do things to try to take...
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#140: How to Ground Yourself When Your Blood Sugar Tanks
As with so many other things in the world of type 1 diabetes, the experience of a low is impossible to understand unless you've actually had one. To top it off, some people have low symptoms that are not listed in a...
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#139: International Travel with T1D
For some people with T1D, the thought of international travel is terrifying.
The good news is, there are lots of people who have gone on exciting international adventures with T1D and had no issues. We can learn a lot...
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#138: How to Take the Stress Out of Site Changes
Do you ever put off changing your pump site or CGM because it's "too much of a hassle"?
The truth is, changing your site or your sensor just takes a couple of minutes, and most of the time it's completely painless....
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