#1608 Free For All
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Steven, Stacy, and Nicole join after spotting Scott’s FB post about a hiccup with a scheduled episode—stepping in to share their voices and stories with the community.
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Scott Benner 0:00
Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of The Juicebox podcast.
I just had somebody not cancel, but they're on vacation and their internet connection sucks, so I rescheduled her, and I'm putting up a post on my private Facebook group right now. It says, Who wants to record a podcast episode right now? And I'm just going to hit post right now. Ready? It's 11:40am I am here to tell you about juice cruise 2026 we will be departing from Miami on June 21 2026 for a seven night trip, going to the Caribbean. That's right, we're going to leave Miami and then stop at Coco k in the Bahamas. After that, it's on to st, Kitts, St Thomas and a beautiful cruise through the Virgin Islands. The first juice Cruise was awesome. The second one's going to be bigger, better and bolder. This is your opportunity to relax while making lifelong friends who have type one diabetes. Expand your community and your knowledge on juice cruise 2026 learn more right now at Juicebox podcast.com/juice. Cruise. At that link, you'll also find photographs from the first cruise. Nothing you hear on the Juicebox podcast should be considered advice medical or otherwise, always consult a physician before making any changes to your healthcare plan. This episode is sponsored by the tandem Moby system, which is powered by tandems, newest algorithm control iq plus technology. Tandem Moby has a predictive algorithm that helps prevent highs and lows, and is now available for ages two and up. Learn more and get started today at tandem diabetes.com/juicebox this episode of The Juicebox podcast is sponsored by the Dexcom g7 the same CGM that my daughter wears. Check it out now at dexcom.com/juicebox All right, I just had somebody not cancel, but they're on vacation and their internet connection sucks, so I rescheduled her. Caitlin, that was you, in case you're listening. And I'm putting up a post on my private Facebook group right now. It says, Who wants to record a podcast episode right now? You need a mic with headphones, a quiet space and solid internet connection. Will take about an hour, no video free for all. And then I put the link to this recording right here, and I'm just gonna hit post right now. Ready? It's 11:40am post, all right, let's see if people pop in or not. I think this is interesting. Oh, you're gonna probably want me to keep talking. I just want to sit here quietly. Could I just sit here quietly? And then rob edit out the quiet and then tell us how long it's been since somebody popped on maybe, excuse me, I know Rob loves it when I use a metal cup with ice in it. Sorry, Rob, oh, here comes somebody. Steven. Steven, hey, hey, man, how are you going? Scott, good, good. How are you
Stephen 3:09
all right? So, yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing you on the boat in the physical sense.
Scott Benner 3:15
Me too. I can't wait to meet everybody. It's going to be fantastic. Yeah, I didn't know Ryan was going, that's cool. There's a lot, a lot of people coming. I couldn't imagine, honestly, like, when the person approached me to do this, I said, Listen, we got to have an out. And she, she says, what? I was like, it was like, when three people want to do this, I said, I'm going to be embarrassed. Like, you know what? I mean? Like, we're gonna have to pretend it's not happening. It'll be interesting. Yeah? And sure enough, we got 100 people coming. It's awesome. You know? Yeah, you know, yeah, and she wants to do it again next year. She's already like, we should set it up again for next year. I think it's going to be great. I think it'll grow. And I was like, so we'll see. Let's, let's look into it. So, yeah, I
Stephen 3:53
mean, it is overwhelming though, setting up a boat and getting on a boat and all that stuff. Oh, still.
Scott Benner 3:59
Yeah, no kidding. I mean, it also taught me that I got to try to do something on land too. So I'm working. I'm working right now.
Stephen 4:09
Good, that would be nice, you know, no, that would be nice to meet at a location or something like that. That'd be cool. Yeah,
Scott Benner 4:14
I'm trying to figure it out. I'm going to start slowly with touch by type one is going to help me set up an event in Philadelphia, and then we'll kind of like, go through the process, see how it works. And then how is your friends for life, relationship with them? So I've never been there before. I'm going, you haven't been to one never. I've never been there. I'm going, I'm going, this year. Oh, you're gonna go to are you in Orlando? Yes, hey, I'll see you there. Are you gonna be there? Oh, no kidding. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, no, I'll be there, yeah. So, yeah, I'm doing the cruise, getting off the cruise I record for a week, and then after the fourth of July, I fly down to
Stephen 4:51
back again. It's like, bang, bang. No, that's great, because I went to Disneyland last year, right? It was the first I, you know, for years and years and years. Just thought that I'd like to go, and I went, and I was just blown away by how nice the people were, how comfortable I got to meet with ginger there. That was interesting. Yeah, that's awesome. And it was just a really warm, fun open event. And then that, you know, kind of like a camp environment, really. I've
Scott Benner 5:19
heard that even though it's children with diabetes, that a lot of type ones, adults come
Stephen 5:23
Yeah, the one, they said, the one in Orlando, is going to be more than 50% Oh, no kidding, yeah, that's going to be it's really risen quite a bit. And they said his daughter, the one that started it, is a nurse now, and a CDE. And she said, Yeah, home that the me's are coming back. So they're now adults with kids. Oh, that's awesome. So they're on their, you know, they're basically in their second, third generation of people that have been involved in
Scott Benner 5:50
this. Oh, it's crazy. Yeah, I got approached by tandem, and they asked if I'd come down and do some stuff with them at the event. So I'm going to, I'm going to have my own booth, but I'll also be working with them a little bit. I'm gonna be doing like, on the like, kind of like, on the fly interviews with little kids with type one. Oh, cool, yeah. So we're gonna sit down and, like, talk to little kids and record it, I think, for social media and stuff like that, and then the rest of the time I'll be at my booth, you know, trying to tell people about the podcast.
Stephen 6:21
Yeah. I mean, the new algorithm is so much greater for the kids. It just, I'm blown away at the flexibility in the new algorithm. Oh, for control. IQ, yeah, yeah, it is really nice. In fact, Joanne Milo, I'm involved in a good group with her. In fact, that's kind of one of the things I wanted to tell you is the old people. We need some podcasts on old people
Scott Benner 6:44
with type one for ways to, like, manage, or
Stephen 6:47
No, just the whole package, the entire package. Medical challenges are number one, which is managing and being able to manage at that age, and then the things you have to overcome in that process, there's a website that Joanne's leading the push to put together, which is a website for older diabetes, and it's called T, T 1d to 100 is going to be the name of the site, and it is going to have all kinds of resources and information and stuff that will be accessible by anyone, and then lead them in the right direction. It's kind of like, in some ways, I think of it's going to be like Jay Jones 504 site, where you go up and there's resources, and you can look at resources. It won't be a Facebook page, but it the race resources will be there. So we've been putting together resources, and it's just an audience that is just kind of a forgotten audience, and people don't realize the challenges, the extra challenges, yeah,
Scott Benner 7:44
well, I can imagine how easily it would be to get to get forgotten, because nobody's selling to you anymore, right? So you're not, you're not a focus for that. It's nothing fun about it. No, you can't put it on social media. It doesn't, it doesn't have that kind of judge. How do you think it gets out to people, though? How do you reach the people? Let them know that the information is there.
Stephen 8:01
That's part of what you know. Joanna, actually, she's she may be able to partner with taking care of your diabetes group, and both doctors have talked to her and said, we've got to do a show on it. Okay? So that may be one opening. And then, of course, you know, be nice to have one on your side too. No, I would. There's a lot of silent on the Facebook page. There's a lot of silent people up there. Because if there's something up there about Medicare, all of a sudden you're getting all kinds of questions.
Scott Benner 8:26
What I would want to do is build out a list of of important points and then put a series together around it.
Stephen 8:33
Oh, that would be fantastic, because the aspects would be something like, how do you get coverage, you know, and how do you deal with the pharmacist, and what do you do when you go to a hospital? And those are the kind of the groupings. And actually, the groupings that she'll have on the website will be pretty much outline what you might want to do in terms of a series.
Scott Benner 8:50
Oh, I'll talk to her about it. Steven, I have other people jumping in. Now, this didn't occur to me that other people will do it. I'm going to see what I got here. Hold on, a second. So we've got, oh, I like these people. Hold on. We're gonna let Stacy in. I don't know how many people voices I can do before this will become confusing, but Stacy, yes, sir. Hey, Steven jumped in already. But, uh, so you're here with Steven and I. But how are you? I'm good. How are you, I'm good. Do you want to, like, record an actual, like episode, or you just want to say hi? Oh, I don't care. You don't care.
Stacey 9:23
I would like to record an episode eventually. Yeah. Well, so today's good, or another day is good. What do you want
Scott Benner 9:29
to talk about? We'll kick Steven right out of here. Don't you worry. No, what do you want to talk about?
Stacey 9:35
No, Steven, anything and everything. I've, well, I've had diabetes for almost 30 years. So I've been in and out of everything, anything from diabolimia to addiction and alcohol. My sister was diabetic and she passed away when she was 30. I mean, just, there's all sorts of things we could talk
Scott Benner 9:56
about. Wow, that's something. Do you really feel like? Ready to do this now? Or. Would you like to just get on the schedule and get set up? I don't care. I'm up for anything really. All right, yes, hold on a second, because I think I'm gonna get you on the schedule. Let me, let me, let Nicole, and also let me, let me go to Facebook and like kill this post. Hold on a second. All right, hey, to make sure nobody else jumps in, Nicole, how are you I'm good. How are you good? Steven and Stacy are here, and I'm going back to Facebook to delete this post so more people don't show up. Hold on one second, I have to say. So Stacy jumped in with some really good ideas for an episode. I think I'm just going to set her up in a on a schedule so she can come on and really get a get a good all right. Hold on deleting this here. Good. Thank God, still a good after dark. Yeah. Oh no. Well, I mean, as soon as you started talking, I was like, well, Stacy has an after dark. Has an after dark for sure. Oh, yeah, hold on a second. We'll get you, uh, we'll get you all set up. When do you want to do it?
Stacey 10:49
I'm available whenever. I'm my own boss. I'm a cat sitter.
Nicole 10:53
So,
Scott Benner 10:54
yeah, well, I'll tell you what I could do. Would you be up for the 25th of July, I would love to Okay, so I'm gonna send you a link. I'll do it right now. Can I just drop it in here and you can go over to the 25th of July and grab up a time that works for you? Beautiful, awesome. How long have you been in the group? Probably, like, two years now, maybe Awesome. Yeah, have we ever spoken before? No, sir, no. Okay, hold on a second. No, here's the link. Perfect. Got it? You're gonna see other availability, but definitely just do July 25 Okay, cool, awesome. Okay, all right. Hey, Nicole, what's going on? Hey, how are you? I'm good. Thanks. I see you all the time online. I try. Yeah, it's nice to speak with Speaker knowledge that you think it's in there. It is. It's
Nicole 11:49
just timing, you know, like timing for insulin, but it's timing when you need what you need, you go seek that knowledge. Okay, it's there.
Scott Benner 12:00
So whenever you have a question, you go to that Facebook group and you get an answer
Unknown Speaker 12:03
for the most
Nicole 12:04
part. Like, this morning, I keep hearing people say, go back to the pro tips. So I've scrolled them. And this morning I listened to the first one, if you're new, or restarting, and it triggered some things with me,
Scott Benner 12:18
really. So you've heard them before. And how long have you had diabetes? Two years, two years, Steven, how long have you had diabetes?
Stephen 12:28
55 and a few weeks. And yes, the time I listened to one, I actually learned something too.
Scott Benner 12:35
Not crazy, why? But like, Nicole Steven, like, why is that perspective? So your perspective keeps changing, and then you hear something again. It strikes you differently.
Stephen 12:45
It's listening to other perspectives that open the little thought, or the door that says, hey, maybe you know, and something like that, yeah, either that or it has me screaming something at the podcast, saying, No, this is how you
Scott Benner 12:58
do it. Oh, yeah. Well, I can't be right about everything. I can vouch for that. So Nicole just two years as a type one.
Nicole 13:07
Yes, I'm the the new early diagnosed person. I had breast cancer, and I believe Keytruda triggered my pancreas to attack itself. That's an immunotherapy for cancers, a bunch of different cancers. Anyway, yeah, so I think that's how I got here. Okay,
Scott Benner 13:29
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Nicole 15:38
I don't think so. I might have had a grandmother, a great grandmother, who may have had some issues, but again, this was like back in the early 70s, and either she wasn't diagnosed or she didn't know, and she was elderly at the time.
Scott Benner 15:54
Yeah, who knows? How about you? Stacy, how long have you had it? I've had it for almost 30 years. Wow. And how old are you now? I am 39 Oh, you were little. I'm a little one. Yeah, even 55 years. How old were you?
Stephen 16:08
I was 17, and I got out of Vietnam.
Scott Benner 16:12
Wow. Do you think? Do you ever think about trauma? Like you hear people talking about that a lot lately, like I had a traumatic event, then I was diagnosed afterwards.
Stephen 16:20
Mine can only be aligned with I had several months of low blood sugars post meals, so things were not working right ahead of time. And I've heard a lot of people describe that, especially in the mid teens and 20s, yeah, and that that was an additional symptom they don't talk about, and then got a fever that was like 106 for half a day, and then that, from then on, everything went wrong,
Scott Benner 16:42
just like that. Nicole, how long did it take you? What was the breast cancer like from diagnosis to completion? How long is that? That time
Nicole 16:51
I was diagnosed in October of 22 I started chemo in November of 22 and I ended my last one in April, April or May of 23
Scott Benner 17:04
okay? And they remove your breast. Uh, yes, okay.
Nicole 17:08
So then that happened in August, I believe of 23
Scott Benner 17:13
I see, did you opt for an implant? Or did you just not?
Nicole 17:19
I went for the implant. Either they have other surgeries, but they are very extensive, removing belly fat, which I have none, or fat from other areas, and, you know, reconstructing breasts, but that's like a 12 hour surgery, and a recovery is harsh. Wow,
Scott Benner 17:36
gosh. Are you cancer free? Or how do they think? How do they talk about that? Yes, you are.
Nicole 17:43
I was found what they call no evidence of disease in May. So I did in chemo in April, but in May, I went for a PET scan, and then they found no disease, and then they confirmed that in August with the samples when they removed the breast tissue,
Scott Benner 18:00
congratulations. Thank you. That's wonderful. How much does that shift your perspective on life?
Nicole 18:06
I think I was strong already, and so I took it on, head on, full on, with the confidence that I was going to be successful in the end. Okay, so I think it depends, because like your group, there are other Facebook groups for survivors and women going through breast cancer, and there are all levels of, you know, despair and distraught, and the chemo, how harsh it is, and some people take it well, and some people just don't,
Scott Benner 18:39
yeah, so then, after you went through All that, how long was it before you got type one? When I
Nicole 18:44
went for my labs in May, my
Scott Benner 18:47
blood sugar was 424, right? And April, you finished. So just right away,
Nicole 18:51
right to it, right to it, they diagnosed me as a type two.
Scott Benner 18:55
A slap in the face or like, did you feel like, oh my god, there's another thing. I
Nicole 18:59
felt like, Yes, oh my god, there's another thing, because right before that, my thyroid went out of whack.
Scott Benner 19:05
Oh, geez. And that's how long ago now? No, it's about two years, am I right? Yeah, okay,
Nicole 19:11
the thyroid went first. So the thyroid kind of petered out. I would say in February of 23 maybe March of 23
Scott Benner 19:20
Nicole, you want to get on the podcast too, and, like, do a like, a proper episode, sure. Okay, we'll get that set up too. And Steven, I see your note here, and you are going to be happy to know that as soon as I get back from friends for life. Tandem, I are putting together a Pro Tip series for control IQ, like the one we did for Omnipod five.
Stephen 19:41
That'd be great. I just we need to add some stuff in there that they don't say, though, and that is the way that the algorithm works. They don't want to tell you. And the people the push for doing things in the algorithm and setting it up and not prioritizing basal testing is a big, big, big, big mistake by tandem,
Scott Benner 19:59
okay? Okay, so what I'm going to do is, when the time comes, so I've already, oh, this is probably boring, but, like, I've already, like, agreed to do this with them. We have, like, a, not, we've agreed to do it. So it's happening. That's great. Yeah, I'll go out to the audience and get everybody's questions. And so when that happens, make sure you you throw your thoughts in there. Then I'll collect them, while I'll go back to them. We'll put together a, you know, a flow for a conversation, and then, yeah, then we're gonna do, I
Stephen 20:25
kind of ended up being kind of an expert on several podcast, podcast group meetings and zoom meetings. When I'm there, they say, not there, they save questions, and then when they come on, they give me questions. Okay, good, or I get them. So
Scott Benner 20:41
I know it pretty well. All right, awesome. I'll be able to ask them directly then and make them, you know, make them, or have them talk about it. All right, so, Stacy, Stacy, you got your link? Yeah, I'm signed up. Awesome. And sir, are we, I can? Are we gonna cry when you and I do this? Or, like, what is your story? Like? Super sad. Your internet's a little shaky, so we're gonna have to figure that out before we get back and recording. Okay, yeah, are you, um, at home now? I'm at home now, yeah. So I don't know if you're on Wi Fi or you're wired. I'm not sure, but you jump, you your voice leaves while you're talking. So we'll figure that out. Okay, you know what I mean? Like, do you have a wired computer at home? One that's directly
Stacey 21:25
No, I'm so non technical. I have an iPhone 12 that I'm using right now with wired Apple earbuds, they
Scott Benner 21:34
sound fine. It's nothing wrong with the way it sounds, just that you kind of come and go. So we'll probably
Stacey 21:39
okay. I could go to where, like, I have Wi Fi when we when we do record awesome,
Scott Benner 21:44
that'd be perfect. That's great. Let's do that for sure, because I feel like I'm going to hear a number of different twists and turns in your story. I want to be able to dig into it really well, yeah, yeah, Nicole. I think we're gonna have to do the same thing like, so what do you have? Are you able to record? Nicole? August 8 or fourth. It's a Monday and a Friday.
Nicole 22:05
Fridays are better. Okay, so right now, I don't have anything on my Work calendar, and what time were you thinking?
Scott Benner 22:14
It doesn't you can choose the time. There's a link in the chat here, and if you click that and go to August 8, you can take whatever times that you want. Okay, all right, yep, awesome. Okay, all right. What else should we talk about? I like, this is
Unknown Speaker 22:29
nice,
Nicole 22:31
ninja level stuff. I feel like, I feel like my timing is off, and pre labor Bolus, I'm working on with some foods. I know you're gonna come up with the episodes of the food things and how to Bolus for them.
Scott Benner 22:46
Yeah, I can't wait to see how that goes. So Jenny and I are gonna start that on Friday where we're just gonna take one, like, one specific food and just talk about it, like, straight through, and just do it over and over again with a bunch of different foods. They'll probably end up being shorter, like, you know, probably 10 minute conversations around that idea. That's one of the two things that people ask for all the time. Like, can you tell me how to Bolus for this specifically? And obviously, I don't think we can tell people exactly how to Bolus for something, but we can tell them the things they should be thinking about and break down that item. And the other thing they always want is, like, reading graphs. But I don't know how to do
Nicole 23:18
that without video. That was my question. I'm like, Scott, yeah, you're
Scott Benner 23:22
not the only one. Trust me, people send a lot of it's like, can you do episodes about reading graphs? And I'm like, we don't need to see the graph while we're talking about it, though. And that's the one thing I kind of can't figure out.
Nicole 23:34
So can you take anybody's graph? Yeah,
Scott Benner 23:37
then how do the how does the listening audience see the graph. That's that's the problem. Like, that's the thing I have to figure out. And right now, the podcast apps, they don't, they don't allow me to, like, send you, like, a singular image in that and then to say something, like, it's on a link and you can go look at it right now. Like, I don't know if people would really do that, or if I'm not sure, I guess, but it's on my list. So unless Jenny and I get old and give up or something like that, we'll probably get to it eventually. I just don't really know how to do it yet.
Stephen 24:11
There's not that many different kinds of graphs. We come up with special names for them, like the roller coaster and the Dippy, you know?
Scott Benner 24:20
Yeah, oh, I see what you're saying. So you go from an Upsy into an Upsy, yeah? You could talk
Stephen 24:26
about if the Dippy sharp and the Dippy comes back up quick, you know it, yeah, things like that.
Stacey 24:33
You got cat ears. I bake my graphs into a lot of cats
Stephen 24:38
are using an algorithm or a bump with an algorithm.
Stacey 24:41
I'm in, uh, Omnipod five, but I do a lot of bumping.
Scott Benner 24:45
Yeah, you're having to, like, step in and give insulin. Oh, yeah, I
Stacey 24:49
do, but it's only, like, point one unit, point two units at
Scott Benner 24:52
most, and that helps. Yeah, I have to figure they're going to make that thing more aggressive the next time around,
Stephen 24:59
I. Hope don't understand why they don't log the learning is that it seems like if they log the learning and you kind of report, you'd be able to do something. But
Scott Benner 25:06
I don't know why they don't, yeah, I don't understand the back end of any of those first three days are so critical. I mean, I would just have listen. They're longtime sponsors, and I'm a big fan of Omnipod, but at some point you're going to step back and say, you know, what do I hear when people are talking about other systems? People say, like, that's more aggressive. Feels more aggressive to me than this one, or this one does a better job at that than this. Like, you have to think, if you're trying to sell something you you know, you hear it 10 times. You probably think, well, maybe we should make an adjustment. So I don't know. I don't I don't understand the business of it at all. So I don't know what they're doing or what anybody's doing.
Stacey 25:41
They just sent the email saying that g7 will go with the iPhone app. Okay? I'm like, Well, that's about couple years later. They say in a few weeks. So I'm like, maybe in a few months they'll have it.
Scott Benner 25:55
Every company does that, the Android iPhone thing, no one's ever like, to my satisfaction, explain to me why it's one of the other when they launch like, you know, somebody's like, Oh, we're gonna launch first for Android, or we're gonna launch first for when Omnipod said years ago, we're gonna launch first with Android, I thought that doesn't make sense. Don't more people have
Stacey 26:15
iPhones? Yeah, Dexcom did iPhone all the time. And then
Scott Benner 26:19
I was like, and why can't you do both? Is it like? Is it you don't have enough hands to do the coding? Is it like? Is it actual like, resources to get it done? Like? And then you think, well, there must be a reason they chose Android first. Then another company steps up and they go, Hey, we're going to come out, but when we're first out, we're going to be iPhone only. And I was like, That blew my mind, because I was because all the things I wondered about didn't make sense anymore, you know, I was like, I figured, oh, there must be a reason to go with Android first, and then another company. I forget which one it was. I don't know if it was tandem. Maybe, like they came out, like iPhone first, then we'll get to Android. And I was like, What the hell? None of this makes any sense to me, having worked
Stephen 26:53
for a medical equipment company. It's resources and dedicating resources, because the time it takes to write, it takes so long, and the time it takes to test it takes so long, yeah? And then you have to have a clinical group available to do the assessments. Yeah, it does. It does. You're right. Though, the planning just seems to be, you know, let's just get this done and out the door, and then we'll worry about the rest later. It doesn't that doesn't make
Scott Benner 27:15
sense. Yeah. I mean, I want everybody to be safe and everything to be done well. But it is frustrating when you know, five people you don't know from the internet figured it out in a week and a half. They don't have to go through the FDA then and everything, obviously. But yeah, it is still frustrating from your pre like, you know, a few guys are like, Hey, we're gonna take loop and turn it into trio, and then they just did it. And now it's awesome, and it works on Android and iPhone, so it feels like it could be done. But there must be a ton of, like, just, you know, back room or governmental or whatever. Like, the hurdles must be incredible, because you can't think they don't want it, you know, like, because I talked to all the PR people and all the companies, they're not thrilled that they have to lean one way or the other. So I don't know
Stacey 27:56
it dictated what phone I was using, because when Omnipod came out with the Android. I went from iPhone to Android every day. I was like, Man, I hate this Android, but it's, you know, it's not gonna be too long. And then two years later, they did iPhone. Went straight back to iPhone. And when Dexcom came out, that's why I got an iPhone. I went from Android to iPhone. So the diabetes tech dictates, like, what phone I use? Oh, yeah, basically, yeah,
Scott Benner 28:24
we opened the box for Omnipod five, and Arden picked up the controller. She's like, what's this for? And I was like, well, that controls the Omnipod. She goes, my phone does that now. And I was like, right? She was, I don't want to carry two things. And that was sort of it, yeah, that kind of screwed out of the box, you know? Now, obviously that's not the same now, but it was on day one. She was like, I don't want to carry more stuff, right? I'm looking for ways to carry fewer things with me. 30 Stacy, you said 30 years ago when
Stacey 28:52
you were nine. I was nine and fourth grade. Yeah.
Scott Benner 28:56
Okay, so you were regular in mph, yep. Okay, Steven, you were beef and pork, right?
Stephen 29:03
Yeah, beef and pork, regular and NPH, until I told them I didn't want to do it anymore
Scott Benner 29:10
when they argued. And Nicole, you just got like, humog or something like a proper Yes, I see you guys talking in the chat. And Steven asked you, Nicole, if your doctors offered you any help when you were diagnosed with type one, and what did you tell them that they said this has never happened to anybody before.
Nicole 29:28
My oncologist, yes,
Stephen 29:30
there's clinical data on that, though, that amazes me. That just blows my mind.
Scott Benner 29:35
Yeah, that's what I was gonna say, like, that's a labeled event, isn't it? Yeah,
Stephen 29:39
is to monitor the other endocrine systems during that process you're supposed to be doing, yeah, it's
Scott Benner 29:45
Keytruda or Keytruda Nicole. Yes, Keytruda, yep. I think that diabetes is labeled for that it is
Nicole 29:53
now that, now that I have it and I listen to the commercials, but they were checking my. My thyroid, and it was normal one week, and the net next week, it was like eight, yeah, my body just was like, done. Yeah. No kidding. I think the same thing happened with the pancreas. It was just like, done. There was no warning,
Scott Benner 30:18
yeah. Keytruda, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, can cause thyroid dysfunction, including both hyper and hyper thyroidism. Yeah, but I guess it also probably saved your life, right? It does, yeah, jeez, yeah. It's a lot. It's a lot to give. Yeah, heavy. What are you gonna Yeah, I don't know. Like, I've never, I don't want to be in that position. I've never been in that position. But, like, did they say that to you, or did they just say, Hey, we're going to use this drug now? And they didn't say, like, also, what these other things might happen.
Nicole 30:46
I don't think I was told this, all of the specifics, right? The key true to this immunotherapy is a new type of regimen that they give all triple negative breast cancer patient. So it's a certain regimen you get, you know, this drug, this drug, and the key true to periodically, and because they it's not receptor positive, so it's not positive for estrogen or progesterone or anything else. So they have to like it, and they call it aggressive. So they try to throw the big guns at it, yeah? Because there's no aftercare for it, either, like, once you're done with chemo and if you get radiation and a mastectomy or what have you, there's nothing else to give to
Scott Benner 31:34
you. Yeah, that's just that. Jeez, are you married? I am not. No, I was. I was going to say, like, Was this something that you need a lot of support from other people for? Or, and did you have
Nicole 31:46
I had a wonderful support group. My son, at the time, was 15, maybe 14, and then my mom, she doesn't live forever, but she came to stay with us for some time. And then at a group of friends, sorority sisters and family who would go to chemo with me each week. I had 12 weeks of weekly and then it progressed to four times at three week intervals. Yeah, before I was done, there was one time I was like, you know, they monitor all your labs. So there was one or two times that I couldn't take the chemo that week because my blood cells were too out of whack or too low. So they have other drugs for that. But I felt supported. It was exhausting, but I felt supported. I felt prepared.
Scott Benner 32:35
I'm glad I almost made you cry actually, when you said your sorority sisters came with you. So let's, let's hold that off till it's just you and I. I don't cry in front of three people. I don't mind doing it one on one, but
Nicole 32:48
and it was hard for me because I'm not the type of person to ask for help. Yeah, right, so maybe that was my part of my life's journey, to be able to ask others for help. Awesome. That's great. Okay? And accept it all right.
Scott Benner 33:03
Well, let's not waste this all here. Nicole, we're gonna we have you book. Stacy, we got to figure out what we're going to call yours after dark. What do you think is going to be called?
Stacey 33:10
Oh, God. You Ever Wanted to talk to a pot head while they are smoking? You can do that with me. Gonna
Scott Benner 33:15
do it while you're Am I gonna have to get weed and do it with you so that we can do it together. That would be really fun. Yeah, I don't know. I gotta save that for season 15. Maybe, actually, you said, oh god. I thought, is that what it called after dark? Oh, god,
Stacey 33:30
Oh, baby.
Scott Benner 33:32
All right, Steven, you were on episode 828,
Stephen 33:36
yeah, were you on another one or no, I don't have another one. No, just that one, okay, yeah, no, I don't know. It's just, I've just talked to you so many times. I've given you so many names and that people that have come on. And then, you know, I look back, and then I go, I feel like I've been on it more than once because of all the people that I sent that have got on,
Scott Benner 33:56
yeah. Plus, we talk sometimes, like, you know, outside of this. So I thought this was really nice. I appreciate you guys doing this. I was nice meeting you, Nicole, and you stay C in person like this. And I'm excited to record with you guys, and I appreciate you jumping on and doing this with me. I was set up with Caitlin. She's a returning guest. She was on like, five years ago, and she pops on, and it took forever for her Internet to connect. And I was like, what's happening? And she finally gets on. I'm like, Are you on? Like, okay, are you in a crater on the moon? Like, where are you exactly? And there was, like, 54321, I'm on vacation. And then I was like, oh, so I tried again, and I asked her a question, and there's five seconds, and then she answers me, and I'm like, Okay, listen, Caitlin. I'm like, this isn't gonna work. I was like, I think you have bad internet. She goes, Yeah, this house sucks, and there's so many people on the Wi Fi. And I was like, Okay. I'm like, why don't we do it next week? And she's like, okay. Then I got done and I sat here, and I was like, I was all ready to talk to somebody.
Nicole 34:59
And. Look, look how every PE everybody showed up. It
Scott Benner 35:03
was really lovely, yeah, like, because there is that thing, you know, like, you I popped on and I, I have this, I don't know what you would call it. I don't think it's imposter syndrome, but, like, I'm waiting for the day that I go to the internet and say something, and no one responds, and I feel like I'm going to be like, Oh, okay, it's over. Now. It's like an unfair ability to, just like, reach out into the world and get a lot of people to respond like, I take it for granted sometimes, because I'll have a question, I'll be like, oh, I'll just ask. You. Know, I thought that after I put the post up today, I was like, Oh, I hope somebody like, reaches out, but it was lovely to meet all of you. And Steven, of course, talk again. I'm going to put this up as an episode. I hope people enjoy it. I think it shows, I mean, obviously everybody's got different stories, and they're all unique and very interesting, but at the same time, like, everybody's in that Facebook group together with all of these different stories. Like, look at you. Like, 55 years, 30 years, two years, autoimmune cancer, like, all these different ways to diabetes, you get into that group and like, none of that. Like, I feel like that all just sort of melts
Speaker 1 36:02
away. No, we're all just there to help each other. Yeah.
Stephen 36:06
Really is lovely, a name for Nicole's podcast. So when it comes up is, is a double badass? Because you've got two worlds. You become a badass. And
Scott Benner 36:16
it's a lot, yeah, Nicole, you have a really good vibe about you online. I don't know if you're aware of that or not. You come across very measured and thoughtful, but feeling. I don't know many people's names, but I know yours like I know yours because you're you're just, you're very consistent, I guess is the word I'm looking for and and thoughtful and inquisitive at the same time. So I'm here to learn. No, I appreciate it. Like, I've said this 1000 times in the podcast, but I made that Facebook group because people bugged me to do it. I did not want to do that because of, like, you know, what it takes to manage it, and what a headache it can possibly be. I didn't know all the good stuff that was going to come from it. And I'll tell you too. And I said this earlier to Steven, I don't know if we were recording or not, somebody approached me about doing about doing the cruise. I like, behind the scenes, said to them, I'm like, well, we need to wait to get out of it, because if nobody wants to do it, I don't want to be embarrassed. Like, I'm not afraid to say that. Like, I don't want to, I don't want to announce a thing and have two people want to do it like it would, I'd be embarrassed, you know. And the same thing with the Facebook group. I was like, I don't want to start a Facebook group and then have, like, you know, 1000 people in there, and it just never grow. And I know that. I don't know how that sounds exactly, this is me being very transparent, like, I would look at that as a failure, and I don't want that, but I didn't think this was gonna happen, for the love of God. Now, I was like, how did this happen? Like, and it last month, out of nowhere, I don't know what changed in the algorithm. We were adding like 200 people a day for like two weeks. Yeah,
Unknown Speaker 37:56
you just posted that like couple days. Stacy,
Scott Benner 37:59
it's funny. Your internet is so terrible, but I still understood what you were what you were saying. Yeah, so there's an automated Facebook post that goes up every 150 new members. It's like, it welcomes people and it gives them links to stuff, right? Holy crap. Like, it just kept happening. And I was like, I'm like, What's going and I thought, is this gonna keep going? Like, it won't. Like, Facebook will throttle it eventually, or do something. But so I happen to unfairly know, because of how big the group is, somebody in the group put me in touch with a family member who works for meta, and I got to ask some questions about like, you know, there's nothing more frustrating than having 65,000 people say, I'm here. I want to hear about the thing that this person is going to say, and then you post something, and Facebook doesn't show it to them. And so like you're trying to understand, like I was trying to understand, is there a better way to do it, or how do I reach people? And I was lucky enough to get on the phone with this meta employee. She said a couple of things that were stunning to me. One of them was, if you would have called me a year ago, I could have just basically turned a dial and made you more popular. And I was like, what? And she goes, Yeah, we used to have the ability to help friends and family on Facebook. And I was like, seriously crazy. She could have just judged me up 10% and been like, here, I'll make sure more people see your content. And she's like, then we don't have we can't do that anymore. And I was like, Okay. And then she talked about, you know, like, ways to phrase things so that, like, you know, the algorithm is more like, likely to show it to people. But it was just all, like, depressing, you know, like, I'm like, I don't want to do all this. Like, I just want to put up a post about how to Pre-Bolus and the people want to see it, should see it. It just doesn't work that way. Well,
Stephen 39:41
one of the things they added, they added this year, which is interesting, is the auto join. So if you're participating in a an arena, whatever it might be, you get invites and or you get auto joined to groups. And I had not seen that before this year, and that's happening
Scott Benner 39:58
quite a bit, but that. Might be great. Also, the, if I'm in inferring from her, yeah, we'll find out, inferring from her conversation that I had with her, the government switched this last time when the when the President switched this last time, what Facebook is doing switched also. And what she told me was, is, we won't be shadow banning medical information the way we used to, yeah, and she goes, that's probably hurting you too. And she's like, so that'll go away. And I was like, okay, like, I didn't, like, I didn't dig into it. Like, you know, politically with her. I was just like, okay, she just said, like, we were quelling medical information, like, so we're gonna stop doing that. You might see an uptick. And I was like, oh, like, even that. Like, piss. I was like, You mean, I'm out there killing myself putting this content together and, like, I'm putting it up, and you're like, going, no and slapping, like, slapping my digital hand. I'm like, Oh my God. Like, you have no idea how much time and effort goes into that stuff. It's exhausting. So, yeah, anyway, all right, you guys are all fantastic. I appreciate this very much. I'm definitely putting this episode up, and then I'll, I'll talk to you, Stacy, and you Nicole and Steven, I'll see you on the ship in a couple weeks, couple weeks, all right, that's exciting. Yeah, I can't wait. I have to. I'll tell you, like, while the three of us are here, Suzanne comes to me and she says, like, this is what I do for a living. I put these cruises together, and I have type one diabetes, and I'm in your group, and I listen to the podcast, and she goes, I just think, like, people would want to get together with other people with type one, like, let's try this. So I was like, All right, you know, like, can we put the whole thing? It's, there's a lot in the background of it, and it was a little overwhelming to, like, just throw yourself into but I was like, All right, like, I'll just, like, I'll do it. Like, let's do it. And, you know, it picked up steam, and we got enough people there was, you know, it paid for itself. Like, no, I'm not. I literally don't think I'm making five cents, but I don't care about that. Like, it's, it's nice, like everybody's getting together, but I got to talk to people more who were doing it. I think it's one of those things where, because I don't have type one, I just don't understand it enough. And I think this is going to help me understand it more. But people are just so thrilled to meet other people with diabetes.
Stacey 42:05
Yep, a diabetes in the wild, nobody's the best,
Scott Benner 42:08
I swear to you, like, I understand it intellectually. Like, don't get me wrong, but like, I don't understand it, I guess, in my in my heart, the way they do and but to hear them talk about it over and over again, like, I can't wait to get on that ship, because even at some point, Suzanne said, Look, we'll build private time in for you so you can get away from people. And I was like, I'm like, I don't want to do that. I was like, let's let me just talk to everybody. Like, she goes, you're going to get exhausted. I was like, well, then I'll get exhausted. Like, I'd like to have a meaningful conversation with everybody on the ship. Like, I really want to understand why is this so meaningful? That's the information I'd like to come away with when it's over. So hopefully it's
Nicole 42:44
nice to personally know someone else who is going through what you're going through, because maybe you don't get it on the Juicebox podcast, but you may get it from a friend who's going through it, or went through it, or maybe not, and then you entice them to come on to the Facebook group.
Scott Benner 42:59
It's just worth knowing somebody else, like, for reasons like, that'll be your own, you know, in the end. But I mean, I see how important is to people. Like, I said earlier, like I did the, I mean, I didn't do the Facebook group, because I was like, Oh, I'll make a place where people will, you know, all the things that happen there. I was just like, people are asking for it. And I was like, okay, but now I see what it does. I tell people, like, privately all the time. Like, they'll talk to me about, like, oh, the podcast, how it helps people. It's like, I think that Facebook group might be more valuable than the podcast. Like, if you had to, like, pit them against each other, because it reaches people who don't listen to podcasts, and that's a lot of people. Like, you know, I love podcasts, but I don't think most people do. It never really grew outside of where it grew to. So I think that means we've reached all the people in the world who want to put headphones in and listen to somebody talk.
Nicole 43:46
I don't think that's the case, no. And I think people come back, yeah. I don't think they go away forever. I think they come back upon need,
Scott Benner 43:55
yeah, reason, yeah. I hope so. You know, when I first started doing it, and I was like, you know, you just make one a week. That's what people tell you a podcast is when you start. And then eventually someone said to me, like, could you make two? And I was like, I guess, so, you know, and then you make two. And I'm like, All right, then covid came, and people were like, everybody with a podcast slowed down their podcasts at first to covid, and I was right away. I was like, that doesn't make sense to me, but the overwhelming thing I heard from people was like, nobody's gonna be in their car. They're not gonna listen to my podcast. And I thought, nobody's gonna have anything to do. They're gonna want to listen to more of your podcast. Yeah. So I started making more, and then people just kept coming back. And was like, why are they not all five days a week? And I was like, Uh, I don't know. Like, you know? And I said, moreover, like, I was scared it would like put people off, but it doesn't. And then one day it hit me, I'm like, a radio show is not on two days a week. Your radio host gets on in the morning every day, Monday through Friday, and talks for four hours. And it's there if you need it, and maybe you'll take 10 minutes of it, or an hour of it, or Tuesday and Monday. Like. Once I could get over I don't know what it is, I don't think it's ego, but like, you get over yourself, like that feeling of like, when you make something and put it out in the world, you want people to like, to want it the way you meant it, like, you know what I mean? You want them to take every second of it. And once, I was like, that's not always gonna happen, and who cares? Like, it'll always be there for them if they need it, and maybe they'll just find one episode a week that's valuable to them, like, that's great. You know, if I only made one a week, it might take me two months to make something that's interesting to you. But if I throw, you know, if I put this thing up five days a week, you're definitely going to find something that you intersect with, yeah, you
Stephen 45:35
know, you know a person that has some insight on that, that really has a good perspective, is Adam Brown, because he's a therapist now, and so that community part and understanding the reason why it works and what's happening. He we had a discussion in a camp a couple years ago, a year ago, and it was really, you know, insightful in the way he was talking about it. And he has a practice in Erica. Knows him, but he has a practice in and he's also the one that wrote the
Scott Benner 46:02
43 list, yeah, that yeah, that variables list, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Adam's been on. He's awesome. I really like
Stephen 46:10
he's just, he's just a genuine, genuine person.
Scott Benner 46:13
But I mean, even as you're talking about out there, that's how I feel about it now, like somewhere, wherever you are, whether it's with headphones in your ears or online and you want to interact with a person, there's always, and Nicole, you said this at the beginning, like there's always someone there or something there, or content there when you need it. Like it's not up to me to tell you you need it on Mondays at 10am it's going to be there when you need it to be there. Even as I described it to the advertisers, I'm like, Look, you know, there's ads on every one of these days. I'll tell you, like, I'll do my best to randomize them, but you might end up on a day that nobody listens to and not much I can do about that you really are supporting a public good. I mean, that's how I don't want to say, sell it, but that is how I sell it to advertisers. I'm like, Look, I know that the thing I put together helps people, and you know, I need your help doing it. I can't. I mean, look at us. We're 1230 in the afternoon. You know, I got up this morning and I've been working for a couple of hours. I jumped on to record. I'm going to get done. I'm going to work some more. I'm going to jump on a meeting two hours from now to try to, like, learn more about that circle group, so that, hopefully I can put that together in a way that's helpful for other people who aren't on Facebook and don't want to be on Facebook, and then that's it. It's my whole day. If you really want to do this, it has to be someone's job. I mean, Steven probably knows well, Stacy's for 30 years too. But like, there's been a ton of different orgs that have come along and said they're going to help people with type one diabetes. They all come and go, and sometimes it doesn't even matter how much money is behind them. You know, some of them were pretty big, and it just, they still just peter out at some point. And I think they don't have enough touch points. And that's why I'm so thoughtful about putting the podcast out every day, like I think it always needs to be there, because if not, you know, if you all go away for Thanksgiving and then don't come back, then the thing dies. And, you know what I mean, like, I need it to stay alive, even when people don't need it, so that it's there for when, you know, when they come back around again.
Stacey 48:13
Well, I also like that there's no boundaries for you. You're not afraid to talk about anything. Yeah, and there, yeah.
Scott Benner 48:20
Interestingly enough, that confidence comes from the fact that I have so many advertisers. If I just had one advertiser, I would naturally be scared to make them angry. I mean, I said it earlier when we were talking to you, like, I think the Omnipod five algorithm should probably be more aggressive. If Omnipod was the only advertiser, I don't know if I would say that out loud or not. Like, maybe I'd be like, you know, I know that they've got my back. I know the content works like whatever it is I am where I do. I know it works. So that's good. So now we just agree that that's helping people. And then you have to have the backing to do it, the work every day, to do it, and you have to not get bored by it. And I think that's a little bit of me being older and having grown up really broke. I'm not doing this thinking, like, what could I turn this into? Like, how can I ascend to something else? I'm like, I like this. This helps people. I'm good at it. Now, you know what I mean? I want to keep doing this. And I do see a lot of people like, they're so quick. They're trying to ladder climb so quickly, they'll help you along the way. But that's not their focus. My focus is just helping people come out, get a bunch of advertisers. They back my time and the content. I know it sounds probably ridiculous, but that small sip series that doesn't exist if the podcast isn't what it is, because right, Steven, because
Stephen 49:41
it's the influencer thing on the web, or the influencer thing is not what this is. It's, it's a voice for the community, yeah, and that's, that's a rare thing. It is a voice for the community in many, in so many ways. I
Scott Benner 49:53
appreciate you saying that. But that small sip series, those are my ideas about how I took care of Arden filtered through my. Conversations with Jenny about them, then you get her opinions too. We get them blended together. Then she and I keep working together for years. You can hear as we go on, like, we like, I call it all kinds of stuff, right? Like, it's the bowl beginning series, and it says it's all just ask Scott and Jenny. It's ask Scott and Jenny. Like you ask a question, we answer it the best we can, but we've gotten better at like, our conversations are better. They're more succinct. We know what each other's thinking like it gets better and better. And then one day, someone gets online and says to me, the thing that I have to tell you breaks my heart more than thinking like I don't have time to listen to a podcast. And I'm always like, I'm like, I'm killing myself making this thing for you. Just sit down and listen to it. Okay, fair enough. You don't have time. How am I supposed to take all of this conversation over all these years and squish it down so that a Tiktok generation, and then that's where the Facebook community comes in. I go back to the community, and I say, Look, all I said was a sentence you heard in the podcast that really was transformational for you. What were they? And everybody answered back. And then we just collated them all together, and we said, Okay, here's the top 20. You know, one
Stephen 51:04
of the things that's unique, Scott is that when we in the wild, and the rest can speak to this too, but when you're in the wild and you meet somebody, the kind of conversation you have is very similar to the way in which the stuff comes out on the podcast. And it's not always just diabetes. It's a perspective about diabetes. It's the experience. It's well, what do you do when, I mean, it's broad, and that's what I feel nice about when I'm listening, is it sounds like a conversation. I would sit down and ask somebody if I had the time, if I had the time, if we were both diabetics sitting in a quiet place, yeah. And
Scott Benner 51:40
if you could actually even find that person, find that person? And yeah, no, I appreciate that, because I think it's pretty obvious, if you've been listening long enough, I don't have the actual ability to have a more high minded conversation than the one I'm having. I can't talk down to you. I don't have any ability to talk down to you, and I can't talk at you because I'm not an expert. My very first thought about what the podcast would be was I said, Well, I'll talk to other people with type one diabetes, and then I'll be an avatar for the people listening, because I don't really know what I'm talking about, so I'll ask questions. Hopefully they're the questions you would have if you were talking to the person. I'll just act as the proxy between you and that person you don't have contact with that person. That's the thing I have. And like, I don't know everything about type one. I mean, obviously, but I know way more about it today than I did two years ago, and way more about it than I did five years ago. And if it's working for me, then I have to think it's working for the people listening too, for the very reason that a lot of type ones would tell you they don't like me. I think it works because I don't have diabetes. I think it works because I can't, you know what I mean?
Stephen 52:48
Yeah, you're that neutral, that neutral trigger that says, gee, I've wanted to ask this question, but I haven't asked it. And
Scott Benner 52:56
yeah, I don't have any preconceived notions about it. Yeah, because I've seen really well meaning people with type one get, like, really lit up about something. And I from a, from a you step back and go, I don't really understand why they're so upset. But obviously some happened in their life. This is very triggering to them, you know. And so if you when you put that person in charge of the podcast, now suddenly it's not as down the middle as it could be. It's colored with their perspective still. And I can't do that because I don't, I don't have it to do it with, so I don't know. Anyway, it's a lot, a lot of thoughtful talk about a diabetes podcast. I don't think that much effort should be put into it. All right, I'm gonna let you guys go, Stacy and Nicole. I'm super excited to record with you again, Steven. I'll see you soon. Thanks guys. Yeah, you guys are awesome. Thank you. Take care. Everyone. Bye, everybody, bye, bye,
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