#1730 Fat Beagle
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Megan details her son’s diagnosis and sensory aversion to pumps, while Scott urges her to finally treat the thyroid symptoms she has ignored for years.
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Scott Benner (0:00) Hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Juice Box podcast.
Megan (0:18) My name is Megan, a mother to Edison, who's been a type one diabetic since February 2025.
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Megan (3:17) My name is Megan. (3:19) I'm mother to Edison, who's been a type one diabetic since February 2025.
Scott Benner (3:25) Is his middle name Thomas?
Megan (3:27) No. (3:27) Is
Scott Benner (3:28) your last name Thomas? (3:29) No. (3:30) Where'd you get Edison from?
Megan (3:31) A grandfather is named Edward, and we wanted another Ed in the family, so we went with Edison.
Scott Benner (3:38) If Edison was a girl, would he be Ed a daughter?
Megan (3:41) I have no idea. (3:43) I thought about that.
Scott Benner (3:43) Did you really?
Megan (3:44) And yes. (3:45) And then because my husband also liked the idea that his initials would spell out the word ear because my husband's initials spelled the word car, and, like, he's trying to, like, spell words with initials. (3:57) And I'm like, oh my gosh.
Scott Benner (3:59) I call my wife by her initials.
Megan (4:01) Do
Scott Benner (4:01) you? (4:01) Yeah. (4:01) Sometimes I'm like, hey, Cab. (4:03) Come here. (4:04) Like, I'm calling her Cab, but not like that because her name's Cab, but her initials are k a b.
Scott Benner (4:09) But I was saying Edison is basically Ed son. (4:13) Yes. (4:13) If it was a girl, would it be Ed daughter?
Megan (4:17) No. (4:17) I'm Yeah. (4:18) Probably not.
Scott Benner (4:18) Yeah. (4:19) Because the thing I
Megan (4:19) was saying weird.
Scott Benner (4:20) Was stupid. (4:21) And then you were like, we thought about that. (4:22) And I thought, that's insane. (4:23) There's no way you thought about that.
Megan (4:25) We thought of, like, some kind of play on Edison Sure. (4:28) In a female way,
Scott Benner (4:29) I should say. (4:30) Like, it wasn't this Maybe
Megan (4:31) Edwina. (4:33) Something.
Scott Benner (4:34) Can you imagine? (4:35) And if your name's Edwina, I'm not making fun not.
Megan (4:37) Yeah. (4:38) Oh, I'm you're right.
Scott Benner (4:39) Oh, I do wanna say that Megan seems to be making fun of it, but I'm not. (4:42) I would not. (4:44) Alright. (4:44) So this kid's how old now?
Megan (4:46) He is seven.
Scott Benner (4:47) Seven. (4:47) He was diagnosed when?
Megan (4:49) February.
Scott Benner (4:51) So That's recently. (4:53) It's only December now.
Megan (4:55) Correct. (4:55) Yeah. (4:56) He just turned seven in October.
Scott Benner (4:58) Okay. (4:59) Well, happy birthday to him.
Megan (5:01) It's been an interesting year.
Scott Benner (5:03) It's been an interesting year. (5:04) Tell me about why you said that. (5:06) What's been interesting?
Megan (5:07) Well, I guess it goes back to his diagnosis. (5:11) And, honestly, it goes back to the previous year because there were so many symptoms. (5:21) But we have no history of type one diabetes in our family, so it wasn't something I was familiar with
Scott Benner (5:27) Mhmm.
Megan (5:27) Or, like, I I didn't know what I was looking at. (5:30) I just knew something was wrong. (5:32) But it wasn't until my my mom is a type two diabetic, and it was crazy because leading up to his diagnosis, she ended up in DKA twice. (5:42) And when
Scott Benner (5:45) But your type two mom ended up in DKA twice?
Megan (5:48) Yes.
Scott Benner (5:48) How'd she do that?
Megan (5:50) I have no idea. (5:51) I really don't. (5:53) It was really upsetting because we had gone to see them for Christmas, like, that December 2024.
Scott Benner (5:58) Yeah.
Megan (5:58) On our way there, I remember her she had called me or she was talking, and she watches my sister's children regularly. (6:07) She was just, like, really stressed out. (6:08) She was like, my chest is hurting so bad. (6:11) I'm, like, vomiting and stuff. (6:12) I was like, can you go to the hospital?
Megan (6:14) And she's like, oh, I'll go eventually. (6:16) And I'm like, what do you mean eventually? (6:18) And so, like, we get there, and I'm like, why has no one else in my family? (6:23) Like, my siblings live near my mother. (6:25) And instead of, like, helping her and pushing her to go to the ER, they're just like, hey.
Megan (6:30) Take my kids. (6:31) Or, like so whatever. (6:33) I'm like, okay. (6:34) Can we go to the ER? (6:35) And she's like, oh, I'll go in a little bit.
Megan (6:36) What I don't know what I'm do with the kids. (6:38) I'm like, hi. (6:39) We're two adults. (6:40) We've just arrived from out of state. (6:42) We can watch these children while you go take care of yourself.
Scott Benner (6:45) Are you mad at your sister? (6:46) I just wanna know.
Megan (6:47) I was in the time.
Scott Benner (6:48) I could hear it. (6:49) I was also mad at my father. (6:51) Wow. (6:52) He's he's sick of your mom. (6:53) He was thinking maybe that would take her out.
Megan (6:55) You're not lying. (6:57) You saw the look on his if you could see the look on his face when I said that. (7:01) I was like, can we get her to the ear? (7:02) He was like
Scott Benner (7:04) But we're so close, Megan. (7:05) We're so close.
Megan (7:06) He literally shrugged shoulders and was like, I mean, we tried. (7:10) I was like, what? (7:12) So yeah.
Scott Benner (7:13) I And then your mom and I have saved a little bit of money, and I have plans that she doesn't seem like she cares about. (7:18) So let's just see what the lord has in mind today. (7:21) Okay? (7:22) Exactly. (7:24) Oh my gosh.
Megan (7:24) Yeah.
Scott Benner (7:25) Well, I forget why we were talking about your mom. (7:27) I don't even care.
Megan (7:28) Oh, because she was a DKA.
Scott Benner (7:29) Yes. (7:30) That's right. (7:30) I'm gonna ask you. (7:31) Pretend you're in charge for a second. (7:33) Do we need to continue down this path or can we pivot to your kid?
Megan (7:36) No. (7:36) We could pivot.
Scott Benner (7:37) Pivot. (7:37) Awesome. (7:38) I should start yelling pivot before we move on to something else.
Megan (7:41) Well, we're not recording an episode of Friends.
Scott Benner (7:44) Long before people were just like, oh, that's gotta stop? (7:46) Maybe three minutes. (7:47) Right? (7:48) Okay. (7:48) So what are your first signs for Edison?
Megan (7:52) Again, it now looking back, it started in November 2024.
Scott Benner (8:00) Okay. (8:01) I should have said what are your first signs you paid attention to enough to get you to a doctor? (8:04) I'm sorry.
Megan (8:05) February. (8:06) The signs were a lot of drinking, weight loss, and on and off vomiting.
Scott Benner (8:12) Oh, gosh. (8:13) Was he in DKA when you got him there?
Megan (8:16) No. (8:16) He had a blood sugar of, like, 600 when we finally got to the ER. (8:20) Mhmm. (8:21) We initially went to an urgent care. (8:22) They were like they kinda rolled their eyes at me when I was like, I suspect it's diabetes.
Megan (8:26) And they're like, well, what makes you suspect that? (8:28) And I was like, judging by his symptoms. (8:30) And I was like, they were like, do you have experience with it? (8:32) Was like, no.
Scott Benner (8:32) No. (8:33) I have a computer like the rest of the modern world. (8:36) I was
Megan (8:37) like but, also, like, once I started putting two and two together, I was like, this I mean, common sense just dials it down to this. (8:44) And I'm a big research person, so I was like, it really isn't that hard. (8:48) They were like, well, we'll take his sugar. (8:50) We'll do a urine test, this and that. (8:52) I was like, good.
Megan (8:53) Because he's peeing, like, every five minutes, so go ahead. (8:56) He's like, I'm sure he'll pee again.
Scott Benner (8:58) Isn't it funny that we live in a world where people think they understand Everyone else, they understand. (9:04) Politics, wait, more than they do, they think they understand. (9:07) I see ladies, building, built ins with IKEA dressers. (9:12) Everyone thinks they know everything because they have access to the Internet and they can read for eight seconds or get a couple of headlines. (9:18) And you go in there and say, hey.
Scott Benner (9:20) Think my kid has diabetes. (9:21) And they go, oh, sure. (9:23) How do you know? (9:24) What do you got? (9:24) The Internet?
Scott Benner (9:25) Like, yeah. (9:26) That's what I've got.
Megan (9:27) Do. (9:27) Thank you.
Scott Benner (9:28) Unbelievable. (9:29) Like, bizarre. (9:30) Like, everyone thinks they know everything because they have access to some information. (9:34) Right? (9:35) And we're learning more and more.
Scott Benner (9:37) Apparently, people really are able to figure stuff out pretty quickly. (9:40) Have you ever seen some of those building cabinets the ladies are making with the IKEA dressers? (9:44) They're really nice. (9:45) Okay? (9:46) And I don't my feed is insane.
Scott Benner (9:49) My wife says things out loud that ends up in my feed. (9:51) She's like, have you seen women building buildings with I'm like, oh, god. (9:55) What is happening? (9:55) And the next thing I know, I open up Instagram and I'm watching some lady with a nail gun. (9:59) Is not the point.
Scott Benner (10:00) You understand. (10:01) But my point is is, like, in that situation, your child is sick. (10:05) They have a bunch of, you know, issues going on. (10:08) The nurse or the doctor doesn't think you might wanna, like, throw that into Google or say, hey. (10:13) Chat GPT.
Scott Benner (10:13) What what does this sound like?
Megan (10:15) Yeah. (10:16) Exactly.
Scott Benner (10:16) Very strange, like, response, I think. (10:18) Anyway, I don't know what I don't know exactly all I think about that yet, but it's gonna bother me for a little while. (10:23) Go ahead.
Megan (10:23) It bothered me too. (10:24) I mean, really, honestly, the Internet is in our hands. (10:27) It's in our pockets with us all the time. (10:29) I'm like, it really wasn't that hard to just narrow it down. (10:31) I was like, top die they were like, what makes you think that?
Megan (10:35) Top diagnosis that came up, like, for his symptoms. (10:37) I'm like, I and I'm assuming since he has many of the other symptoms now that I'm looking back on it, I'm like, it's really not that hard to two and two together. (10:44) I was like, can you just check? (10:45) They were trying to do a blood sugar test with their little meter in the urgent care, and, of course, his blood sugar was too high. (10:51) It wasn't reading.
Megan (10:52) It just kept erroring out. (10:53) And they're like, yeah. (10:54) You're gonna have to go to the ER. (10:56) And I was like, okay. (10:57) Thanks.
Scott Benner (10:58) Why?
Megan (10:58) And then
Scott Benner (10:59) Oh, yeah. (11:00) How'd you figure that out? (11:01) Because the meter didn't work?
Megan (11:02) Correct.
Scott Benner (11:02) Yeah. (11:02) Not because they had any inclination about what might be wrong. (11:05) Right?
Megan (11:05) Correct. (11:06) Yeah. (11:06) They were like, oh, the meter's not working. (11:08) So he Quick
Scott Benner (11:09) question. (11:10) They charge you for that visit? (11:11) Yes. (11:12) Inconscionable. (11:13) Keep going.
Scott Benner (11:14) I'm sorry. (11:14) Go ahead.
Megan (11:15) Yeah. (11:15) And then as we were leaving, they tried a second meter as well. (11:19) They were like, yeah. (11:20) He's probably just too high to read. (11:22) They're like, or our meters just aren't, for some reason, working.
Megan (11:26) And I was like, well, you tried too. (11:27) So, I mean, which is it? (11:29) You might you're better off going to an ER. (11:31) And then they came running out with his urine test, and they're like, yeah. (11:34) He's got, like, sugar in his urine, so definitely go to the I was like, k.
Megan (11:38) Thanks. (11:38) But I'm a tell you right now, Edison was pissed because we had promised him Taco Bell. (11:44) And, like, that was the plan. (11:47) I I ended up taking to the urgent care right after school, And I was like, hey. (11:50) We'll we'll get Taco Bell for dinner, can we go to the urgent care first?
Megan (11:53) I was like, I suspect you have this, but I could be wrong. (11:55) You know? (11:56) I was like, so we'll just find out. (11:57) And they were like, yeah. (11:58) No.
Megan (11:59) He can't eat. (12:00) Like, if his sugar is high, he's not gonna be eating anything. (12:02) Like, so and he was so mad.
Scott Benner (12:05) Did you use the Taco Bell to trick him into going to the urgent care?
Megan (12:08) No. (12:09) I just told him, I we do, like, family Fridays, so we only eat out on Fridays.
Scott Benner (12:15) Mhmm.
Megan (12:15) And that was the plan. (12:17) Hey. (12:17) After school, we'll for dinner, we're gonna do family Friday at Taco Bell. (12:21) He loves Taco Bell. (12:22) And so it just turned into, oops.
Megan (12:24) Well, you have diabetes, and you're gonna go to the hospital. (12:27) Yeah. (12:27) And they're not gonna let you eat.
Scott Benner (12:29) He's like, this is not the Taco Bell experience. (12:31) I was thinking, yeah. (12:32) What's he like there? (12:33) A Tilupo? (12:34) What do you what does he eat?
Scott Benner (12:35) Do you do you have a
Megan (12:36) Oh, he gets the, chicken quesadilla with two Doritos Lopez tacos.
Scott Benner (12:40) Okay. (12:41) Where'd you get that smooth accent from? (12:43) Where are you from, Megan?
Megan (12:44) I am Mexican.
Scott Benner (12:46) Oh, I was gonna say that came out real nice. (12:50) So no Taco Bell. (12:52) The kid's pissed. (12:52) We're on our way to the hospital.
Megan (12:54) We arrive at the pediatric unit, and he's like, hey. (12:58) I just I I can't stop peeing. (13:00) He's like, I think I'm gonna throw up. (13:02) I'm like, okay. (13:02) Well, we're trying to, like, sign in.
Megan (13:05) Again, the attitude. (13:06) Like, well, what makes you think he has diabetes? (13:09) What makes you and I'm like I'm like, we just came from the urgent care. (13:14) They confirmed that he has sugar in his urine. (13:17) They couldn't get his sugar to read.
Megan (13:19) They're like and then the lady was like, oh, well, he could just have this or he could just and I'm like, can we please just get him somewhere? (13:26) Like, can we just get this ball rolling?
Scott Benner (13:28) Yeah. (13:29) I mean, they very busy? (13:31) I you know what? (13:31) It's funny. (13:32) Those intake intake questions are interesting.
Scott Benner (13:34) Right? (13:35) Because they have to ask them Yeah. (13:36) At the same and you have to realize the person asking you has asked it a thousand times that day. (13:41) But still, it is hard not to, like, rub up against. (13:44) I I will insert here.
Scott Benner (13:46) I called in Dexcom sensor that didn't last ten days. (13:51) It's like, you know, like, the third one this year for us. (13:53) I know everybody else is like, oh my god. (13:54) But, like, we have an incredible success with g seven. (13:57) So this one didn't last as long.
Scott Benner (13:59) It's been sitting on the counter. (14:00) I called up. (14:01) And the questions start coming, and it is hard. (14:06) I know it's just a person asking questions off a script that they have to ask and that they ask them all day, and it's probably hard to, like, be conversational about it. (14:14) But it's also difficult not to be insulted when someone says to you, did you do it right?
Scott Benner (14:18) And you're like, yeah. (14:19) She's had diabetes for twenty years. (14:21) This is the September thing we've stuck on her. (14:24) We did it okay. (14:25) Are you sure?
Scott Benner (14:26) I mean, I feel like a pro. (14:30) I feel like you wouldn't, like, look at a, like, a guy who's been in the NFL for ten years to drop the ball and go, like, did you did you know you're supposed to catch it? (14:37) Like, yeah. (14:37) No. (14:37) I was aware.
Scott Benner (14:38) Thanks. (14:39) I take your point, And at the same time, I have a little bit of, like, space for them too.
Megan (14:43) Yeah.
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Megan (16:55) No. (16:56) I I I totally understand. (16:57) I was the same way. (16:59) I was like, I I get it. (17:00) I I know you've probably asked a million questions that you're supposed to ask when you triage.
Megan (17:05) I was like, but you could do it without rolling your eyes. (17:08) Like, because when I came in with this is what we suspect, the urgent care semi confirmed it, I was like, so this is why we're here. (17:17) Like, again, I've narrowed it down. (17:20) I get that you're asking questions, but it's just like, man
Scott Benner (17:23) Oh, the attitude you felt read a little bit like, oh, look at this one thinks they know something.
Megan (17:28) I see. (17:28) Kinda like
Scott Benner (17:29) Okay.
Megan (17:29) Like, oh, you're just making up assumptions. (17:32) I'm like, no. (17:32) I'm not. (17:33) Like, I've I've deducted it down pretty pretty reasonably. (17:36) And so but, yeah, they once they got him in a room and on a bed, did all the blood sugar testing and everything, he was IV ed, and they were like, well, we can't handle him here, or we can't do much more except they try to get his blood sugar down.
Megan (17:51) We're gonna put him in an IV, and you're gonna take an ambulance ride to CHOP. (17:54) So we ended up at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Scott Benner (17:57) Oh, you and I are local to each other?
Megan (17:59) Yes. (17:59) You're in New Jersey. (18:01) I'm in New Jersey as well.
Scott Benner (18:02) I start telling people where I'm at. (18:03) Okay? (18:04) But okay. (18:04) Just say local. (18:05) I know.
Scott Benner (18:06) I I'm just kidding. (18:06) I say it all the time.
Megan (18:08) Come get me.
Scott Benner (18:09) Definitely. (18:09) Come get me. (18:10) Go ahead. (18:11) Try. (18:12) I remember I was listening to
Megan (18:13) an episode when you finally said I was like, oh, how convenient. (18:16) Like, we get, my son gets diagnosed in New Jersey where, the diabetes podcast is typically recorded.
Scott Benner (18:25) Are you using a satellite office now? (18:27) No. (18:27) No. (18:27) Okay. (18:28) So you still go into the city for appointments?
Megan (18:30) Yes. (18:31) For now, we only use a satellite office for, like, his psychological meetings or, appointments. (18:41) He, he needs he has struggled with it, with the diagnosis. (18:45) It's been stressful for him just to be kind of, like, thrown into such a rapid change.
Scott Benner (18:50) Tell me about that. (18:51) I thought you were gonna say he's been he's been struggling since we didn't take him to Taco Bell. (18:54) But but tell me tell me about that part. (18:57) Who sniffed that out and and and put you on the the the care?
Megan (19:01) I did. (19:02) I could just tell that he was he just seemed more down. (19:06) He wasn't as active as he used to be. (19:08) He also has expressed diabetes stresses me out. (19:12) I don't wanna eat today.
Megan (19:13) I'd rather just not get a shot. (19:16) Mhmm. (19:16) We tried the Omnipod, and he had some reactions to it in the beginning, but they kind of cleared out. (19:24) And he was doing great for several months. (19:27) And then in the summer, they just kept falling off, so we took a break.
Megan (19:30) And we went to go put them back on for this school year, and the reactions were, like, 10 times worse. (19:38) And then he just started getting, like, I don't want it. (19:41) Just stop doing this to me. (19:42) I don't like, I'd rather just go back to
Scott Benner (19:45) The reactions. (19:46) His, like, visceral reaction or, like, adhesive? (19:49) Or what are you saying?
Megan (19:50) It was it was almost like the stress was causing visceral reactions to the pump itself.
Scott Benner (19:56) Like, he
Megan (19:56) just said, I hate it. (19:57) It's heavy. (19:58) He's like, I don't like having all the devices. (20:02) He's like, I don't even wanna wear Dexcom anymore. (20:04) And I was like, Dexcom really helps the nurses and me, you know, and and your dad just kind of monitor where you're at, try to catch things before they get out of hand.
Megan (20:13) He's like, he's like, I could just finger poke myself whenever he's like, when I think I have a problem or whatever. (20:19) I'm like, you're in class. (20:22) It's not just as easy as I'm feeling low. (20:24) Let me take care of it now. (20:25) You could just pass out.
Megan (20:27) Because he does have the tendency to go low Mhmm. (20:30) Without realizing he's low. (20:32) There was a time where he he was like, can I please just have a day? (20:35) And I was like, okay. (20:36) And I was just monitoring him closely.
Megan (20:38) He started getting, like, tired and kind of, like, lagging behind. (20:43) And I was like, let's check your blood sugar. (20:45) And he was like, I feel fine. (20:47) And I was like, I know you feel fine. (20:48) I was like, but I'm I'm noticing a demeanor change.
Megan (20:51) So I was like, let's just test and make sure everything's okay. (20:54) He was 33. (20:56) Oh. (20:57) Walking around. (20:58) And I'm like, this is bad.
Megan (21:00) He was like, start drinking the soda. (21:02) Start doing some like, get something in you. (21:04) He's just not adapting.
Scott Benner (21:06) Is it sensory, or do you think he's depressed about it? (21:10) Or what are you what are you guys figuring out?
Megan (21:13) I think it is a sensory thing. (21:15) He you know, the clinic is saying, right now, let's just try to get like, accepting the fact that this is gonna be a lifelong thing.
Scott Benner (21:22) Okay.
Megan (21:23) That's that's the main goal. (21:24) Because right now, he's just saying, there are days where I feel fine. (21:27) I think I don't think I need so much. (21:29) Or this there are things where, like, maybe it'll get better. (21:32) Maybe I won't need so many injections.
Megan (21:34) I'm
Scott Benner (21:35) like Oh.
Megan (21:35) You have to remember that this is gonna be lifelong.
Scott Benner (21:38) Is it talk therapy? (21:39) Is that what they're doing with him?
Megan (21:41) Right now. (21:42) Yes.
Scott Benner (21:42) Yeah. (21:43) That makes sense. (21:44) He's so young. (21:45) Like, I don't know how he's supposed to understand forever. (21:47) And when somebody says you're sick, but you feel okay, you're sick.
Scott Benner (21:52) So I think that's hard for people in general. (21:54) You know? (21:55) And it's it's proven out over and over again. (21:57) I mentioned this a lot because I think it's important for people to hear, but, you know, there are issues people have. (22:03) You you know, thyroid medication is a good example of it, but there's a ton of other examples where they take a pill, right, a daily pill.
Scott Benner (22:09) So you start off and you don't feel well. (22:11) You take the pill. (22:12) You take the pill. (22:12) You take the pill. (22:13) One day, feel better.
Scott Benner (22:14) And the first thing you do is stop taking the pill because you're like, well, I don't feel sick anymore, except the pill is the only reason you don't feel sick.
Megan (22:21) Yeah. (22:21) Exactly.
Scott Benner (22:22) Very common. (22:22) You know? (22:23) So, anyway, I'm sorry that I'm sorry that he's going through all that. (22:27) That's that's sucks.
Megan (22:28) It mostly started, like I said, peaking, like, this behavioral like, towards diabetes and, like, this change in. (22:37) It started with the school year when we tried to put the pump back on him. (22:40) And I so I think once we narrow down the fact that by, like, make him realize there's not a a day where you're just gonna magically be better. (22:50) This is a lifelong disease. (22:52) Like, you're gonna have to like, it's not gonna stop you from doing anything.
Megan (22:55) You just have to remember that you have diabetes. (22:58) Once we get past that, we have to start addressing. (23:02) I think it is a sensory thing with him again because he was complaining that the Omnipod is just so heavy and this he's like, I know. (23:09) I have to he carries a fanny pack around to put his, medical device in. (23:14) That's what we call it, not a phone because we don't want him to see, I have a cell phone.
Megan (23:17) Right. (23:18) He carries around his medical device, glucose meter just in case, and, like, of course, his emergency snacks. (23:23) He's like, I just have to wear so much. (23:26) So we just stopped the pump. (23:28) He doesn't mind multiple daily injections.
Megan (23:30) He'd rather just do that than have to wear a Dexcom and a pump.
Scott Benner (23:34) Was he even to ask about the past is ridiculous. (23:38) He's so young. (23:38) I was gonna say, is that feel like it's part of his personality, but my god. (23:42) How would you even know? (23:44) You know?
Megan (23:44) Yeah. (23:45) Well, I think it could be because now well, looking back, I think he does have sensory issues, and I think we need to address those as well. (23:53) And I think he might because he like, he has a thing about socks. (23:57) Like, I had never realized it was a a habit or, a pattern, but he has to think about socks, specific socks, and how they touch his ankle and and things like that. (24:07) And I'm like, oh, now I'm noticing more.
Megan (24:09) Yeah. (24:10) You know what I mean? (24:10) Like, now looking back, I'm like, he might have he might be on the spectrum somewhere.
Scott Benner (24:16) You or your husband give any vibes like that?
Megan (24:19) Yes.
Scott Benner (24:20) Which one? (24:20) Me. (24:21) You? (24:21) What what have you what have you noticed in your own self now that you've been paying attention to him?
Megan (24:26) I noticed that I have a sensory issue towards, like, specific shirts. (24:30) I didn't realize that all of my my husband's saying, how did you not know? (24:33) He's like, I thought you were just OCD or something. (24:36) You know? (24:36) I'm like, no.
Megan (24:37) Like, a certain materials, and I can't even explain it. (24:40) I don't even know how to ex like, it just makes me itch. (24:43) Like, completely
Scott Benner (24:44) I'm not laughing at you. (24:45) I'm sorry. (24:46) It was the way you said it.
Megan (24:46) Yeah. (24:47) It's just you're good. (24:48) I don't even know how to explain it. (24:50) And then, of course, I realized my socks too. (24:53) I I didn't realize I was the person who took my socks off, like, as soon as I walk in the door.
Scott Benner (24:57) Why do they why do they have to come off?
Megan (24:59) And it's funny because it's the way that they touch like, it's the way that they wrap around my my leg or, like, I or, like, my ankle. (25:06) Even if I'm wearing ankle sock, it's the way that they touch the back of my ankle.
Scott Benner (25:11) So do you put up with it when you're out in the world because you don't want your feet to smell inside of your shoes, or are you not aware of it during the day?
Megan (25:17) Smell regardless, unfortunately. (25:19) So and that's a that's another thing. (25:22) So, yeah, I just kinda deal with
Scott Benner (25:24) it. (25:25) Okay.
Megan (25:26) Yeah. (25:26) Do you
Scott Benner (25:27) have a thyroid issue?
Megan (25:28) Let's see. (25:28) I I knew that question was gonna come up. (25:30) Yes. (25:31) I do, but I don't. (25:32) I've always been the type to test, like, right before the mark, and they don't ever wanna treat because I don't surpass the mark.
Scott Benner (25:41) Do you have any symptoms besides the anxiety?
Megan (25:43) Blurry vision. (25:45) Like, the I've I've been told I have Graves' disease or almost have Graves' disease, but they wouldn't treat it for because I was literally right at the cutoff. (25:55) It was like I can't remember. (25:58) I just remember the the number +1 34, and they were like, you have to like, +1 35, +1 36. (26:03) So I was like, oh, cool.
Megan (26:05) Thanks.
Scott Benner (26:06) I'll just I'll keep trying. (26:07) I'll let you know when I get there.
Megan (26:09) And my parent or my mom's always like, well, go back and get retested. (26:13) No. (26:13) You should just sit. (26:14) And I'm like, eventually.
Scott Benner (26:16) What do you mean eventually? (26:17) What is wrong with everybody? (26:18) Go back and get to what are you, busy? (26:20) What are you doing?
Megan (26:21) I am, and I'm not. (26:22) Like, it's just it's a pain in the bum to get appointments.
Scott Benner (26:27) Is it more painful than blurry vision? (26:30) Yes. (26:31) Just go to the doctor, Megan.
Megan (26:33) No. (26:34) I know. (26:34) Make it a point when
Scott Benner (26:35) you go to the doctor. (26:36) Like, what the hell? (26:36) And then get there, and when they say, you know, oh, it's only one point off, go, shut up. (26:41) These are my symptoms. (26:43) Give me the medication.
Scott Benner (26:44) I wanna see if it helps. (26:45) Yeah. (26:45) It's between the And you know what they'll say? (26:47) They'll go, okay.
Megan (26:49) That the blurry vision, the hot flashes have gotten, like, 10 times worse. (26:52) I'm standing in the freezer at work all the time just trying to cool down. (26:57) Like, I literally create steam in there. (26:59) Mhmm. (27:00) It just radiates off my body.
Megan (27:01) I don't know. (27:02) There's there's a lot, and I do need to go back. (27:05) It's been a year and a half since I've been checked again, so probably should.
Scott Benner (27:10) Yep. (27:10) Listen. (27:10) Here's what we're gonna do for fun real quick. (27:12) Okay? (27:13) I'm gonna write, does any of this point to a thyroid issue?
Scott Benner (27:20) Right? (27:21) Hold on a second. (27:22) And then I'm gonna say to you, tell me your symptoms. (27:25) So we have hot flashes. (27:28) Is that right?
Scott Benner (27:29) Yes. (27:29) Blurry vision.
Megan (27:30) Night sweats.
Scott Benner (27:32) Hold on. (27:32) Night I I I'm not a typist. (27:34) Night sweats. (27:37) What what what was the other one? (27:39) You have anxiety.
Scott Benner (27:40) I don't know if you know that or not.
Megan (27:41) Oh, absolutely. (27:42) Okay. (27:42) Alright.
Scott Benner (27:43) Sensory issues. (27:45) What else?
Megan (27:46) That's about it. (27:47) On and off headaches. (27:48) But
Scott Benner (27:49) Random headaches. (27:52) I don't think we're gonna need the large language model on this one, but I'm just gonna press enter anyway, okay, and see what it says. (27:59) And then I'm gonna ask if it thinks she should go to a doctor. (28:01) By the way, I'm using Google Gemini right now. (28:04) I'm cheating on Chad GPT.
Scott Benner (28:06) This new Google Gemini Pro is is lit. (28:10) I know lit's probably not the word people apply to stuff like this, but I think it's amazing. (28:14) So I
Megan (28:14) don't keep up with lingo. (28:16) I can't do it. (28:17) I don't
Scott Benner (28:17) You can't do that. (28:17) I don't
Megan (28:18) even know what no. (28:19) I don't know what kids are saying these days. (28:20) I was never a lingo person.
Scott Benner (28:23) While these symptoms can be distressing, it is important to remember that I am an AI, not a doctor. (28:28) This information is for educational purposes only and cannot be replaced by a professional medical diagnosis. (28:33) Well, I'm an entire podcast full of people's stories that say possibly that's not true. (28:37) But to answer your specific question, yes, several of these symptoms can point to a thyroid issue, specifically hyperthyroidism. (28:45) Oh, isn't that crazy?
Scott Benner (28:46) It didn't say hypo. (28:47) It said hyper. (28:48) Isn't that what Graves' is? (28:50) However, they also strongly overlap with other conditions, most notably hormonal changes like perimenopause or menopause. (28:57) You're not that age.
Scott Benner (28:58) Connection to thyroid, hyperthyroidism, hot flashes and night sweats, hyperthyroidism causes heat intolerance. (29:05) You may feel overheated when others are comfortable, sweat excessively, or experience sudden flushes similar to a hot flash. (29:11) Anxiety, this is a hallmark symptom of an overactive thyroid. (29:15) It can feel like nervousness, irritability, or physical jitteriness, like tremors Yes. (29:19) Blurry vision.
Scott Benner (29:20) In autoimmune thyroid issue like Graves' disease, the tissue behind the eyes can swell. (29:25) Are your eyes puffy, sticking out? (29:28) No. (29:28) Alright. (29:28) Well, that I mean, it's the last one.
Scott Benner (29:30) Causing double or blurry vision, light sensitivity, or feeling of pressure. (29:34) Okay. (29:34) Sensory issues. (29:35) While not always listed as sensory issues, the heightened state of arousal and anxiety caused by excessive thyroid hormone can make you feel easily overstimulated and sensitive to noise, light, or being on edge. (29:47) Are you sensitive to noise or light?
Megan (29:49) Yes.
Scott Benner (29:50) Do you feel like you're constantly on edge?
Megan (29:52) Yes.
Scott Benner (29:52) Okay. (29:53) Well, I, you know, I think you should continue to ignore this then, Megan.
Megan (29:56) Oh, that's my plan until I can get an appointment.
Scott Benner (29:58) Get out of here. (29:59) Don't make me curse, Megan. (30:01) It's close to Christmas.
Megan (30:04) For real. (30:05) It's my I'm I'm trying. (30:06) I gotta get an appointment. (30:07) It's a pain in the ass with this this base and there are doctors like
Scott Benner (30:13) Oh, are you on a base? (30:15) Yes. (30:15) These people. (30:17) And and they're they're busy blowing up boats in Venezuela. (30:19) They don't have time for you.
Scott Benner (30:20) They got Hold on a second. (30:23) That that's as political as I'll get.
Megan (30:25) I was gonna say I can't I can't dive into policy.
Scott Benner (30:29) Alright. (30:29) Hold on a second. (30:30) I'm opening up my email because I'm feeling like a mensch today. (30:34) I don't know if you know the word. (30:36) Do I have your email address?
Scott Benner (30:38) I should, Megan. (30:39) Does it start with a b?
Megan (30:41) It does.
Scott Benner (30:42) Alright. (30:43) I'm just gonna, use the subject line, you're welcome. (30:46) And then I'm just gonna send this over to you so you can see it later. (30:51) Okay? (30:52) Okay.
Scott Benner (30:53) Also, welcome to the newest episodes of the podcast called people describe their problems to AI, and we decide what's wrong with them on the podcast. (31:01) I think that's, actually a good idea, but we'll maybe do a couple of those next year.
Megan (31:06) I mean, it explains our whole situation right now, even with Edison's diagnosis.
Scott Benner (31:10) So I'm cruising into the New Year right now, so I'm not gonna get started right now. (31:14) Scottie gonna take a break. (31:15) But, wait a minute. (31:17) No. (31:17) What say say just say it again.
Scott Benner (31:20) It explains It
Megan (31:22) explains everything right now. (31:23) I mean, even with Edison's diagnosis. (31:25) So
Scott Benner (31:25) Yeah. (31:26) No. (31:26) I mean, first of all, listen. (31:27) You gotta take care of yourself. (31:28) And what I'm gonna tell you to try to motivate you is is that when you learn about yourself, you're gonna be able to help him better.
Scott Benner (31:36) Right? (31:36) So not only will maybe like, imagine if your anxiety went away. (31:40) Hell, just imagine if you were able to keep your socks on, how great that would be. (31:43) Point being is that you might then look at him and realize, he has some of these things. (31:48) I wonder if I don't know.
Scott Benner (31:50) His thyroid's okay. (31:51) I wonder if this like, it'll give you more context for the world, and it'll help you help him. (31:55) I promise. (31:56) So just make the appointment, and however long it takes is how long it takes to get there. (32:02) But don't not do it saying that it's a pain that's hard to get an appointment because if you make the appointment today, you will eventually go in and see them.
Megan (32:09) It's true. (32:11) It is true.
Scott Benner (32:12) Alright. (32:13) I'm sorry. (32:13) We're are we back in the hospital? (32:14) I'm sorry. (32:15) What a left turn.
Scott Benner (32:16) We're we're are we are we still in the hospital?
Megan (32:19) For Edison? (32:20) Yeah. (32:20) That's we arrived at CHOP.
Scott Benner (32:21) Right. (32:22) Right. (32:22) Sorry. (32:23) No. (32:23) And then I it's my fault because I went after the psychological stuff while you were still talking about the thing.
Scott Benner (32:27) Let's fast forward a little bit. (32:29) You go to CHOP, blah blah blah. (32:30) They send you home. (32:31) Kids got diabetes now. (32:33) Do they start you with pens?
Scott Benner (32:35) Do you get a CGM right away? (32:36) How long until he starts saying, don't like the way this feels, etcetera?
Megan (32:42) We did not start with a CGM. (32:43) We were sent home with pens, so we were on, multiple daily injections. (32:47) And then when did we start the Dexcom and stuff? (32:51) I wanna say March. (32:53) So he was diagnosed February 20.
Megan (32:56) We were in the hospital from for about two days and then sent home. (33:01) And then at the March is when he started his CGM with Dexcom, and then he didn't start the pump until May.
Scott Benner (33:08) I don't know. (33:09) It it took over a month to get a CGM? (33:11) Yes. (33:11) You have insure you have insurance. (33:13) Right?
Megan (33:13) We do. (33:14) Yeah. (33:15) I don't know why.
Scott Benner (33:16) Well, let me say this, and I unfairly happen to know a couple of things once in a while. (33:20) But, like, there are people who work at shop to listen to this. (33:22) Why does it take her so long to get a CGM? (33:24) How come she doesn't leave with one?
Megan (33:26) I think that they wanted us to kinda learn on our own. (33:32) Like,
Scott Benner (33:33) what you learn?
Megan (33:34) Explain it.
Scott Benner (33:36) That your kid could be 33 and look fine?
Megan (33:39) Basically.
Scott Benner (33:40) Great lesson.
Megan (33:41) We I don't know. (33:42) I don't know why it took so long. (33:43) And then we left with a meter. (33:45) We had to test on one meter while we were in the hospital because our insurance only covered a specific meter that they didn't have on hand. (33:52) So we almost didn't leave the hospital with a meter until they finally, like, found one that our insurance would approve that we could take home.
Megan (33:59) And I was like, you could've just told me, hey. (34:01) Go buy one from that Walgreens or, like Yeah. (34:04) Some something like Right. (34:06) It's something. (34:08) But What's the level like
Scott Benner (34:09) what's the level of understanding about diabetes you have leaving the hospital? (34:12) Or Is it minimal and then they try to make it up at the first appointment, or how do how how do they have it staggered?
Megan (34:18) It was pretty good.
Scott Benner (34:20) Okay.
Megan (34:21) Like, fully I I'm a big learner. (34:23) If you tell me something and or something happens, I'm gonna do, like, all the research I can on it and learn it. (34:28) So, I mean, outside of their training that they do, their diabetes teaching, they do, like, multiple classes over those forty eight hours. (34:38) It's all, like, counting carbs, injecting, pre bolusing, things like that, and understanding the timing and how long it takes to, you know, go through the system, when to correct x y z, all the basically, like, the the basics. (34:54) Yeah.
Megan (34:55) And I went from there. (34:57) Like, I was up all night in the hospital. (34:59) Like, there's gotta be more to this. (35:01) And so I was like, I just wanna make sure that I understand it and what I'm looking for. (35:05) So I was doing research on my phone just to make sure that I could leave with a little bit more knowledge, and I could ask all the questions I needed to ask before leaving the hospital.
Scott Benner (35:17) So Well, so the anxiety helped you there?
Megan (35:19) Oh, absolutely.
Scott Benner (35:20) Seriously. (35:21) Right? (35:21) Because you were like, I'm not just leaving here with this. (35:23) I need to know things.
Megan (35:24) Oh, yeah. (35:25) My husband says he's like, you know, you have anxiety and you you're, like, really hyper focused on things. (35:34) Like, once you once you are told something, you have to go and you dive deep. (35:38) And he's like, I think your anxiety plays a great, like, attribute to that. (35:43) He's like, because you will hyperfocus.
Megan (35:46) And if you don't know everything about it, he's like, it makes your anxiety worse. (35:51) I'm like, yeah. (35:52) And, like, if my
Scott Benner (35:53) The not knowing. (35:54) Yes. (35:54) Yeah.
Megan (35:55) Yeah. (35:55) He's like, then you give you he becomes or he said, I become more irritable. (36:01) And he he's like, and he Not irritable. (36:03) Irritable. (36:04) Correct.
Megan (36:05) More irritable.
Scott Benner (36:06) I heard that guy.
Megan (36:07) But it was funny because he was like, I basically wait for you to do all the research and then you teach me. (36:13) I was like, okay. (36:14) Cool. (36:15) So Does
Scott Benner (36:16) that make you upset? (36:18) No. (36:18) You're okay with him dealing with it that way?
Megan (36:21) Yeah. (36:21) He was I'm okay with him. (36:24) He's like, you know how to explain it to me. (36:26) And he's like, you because we we've been together. (36:31) 2025.
Megan (36:32) Oh, I am terrible with dates.
Scott Benner (36:34) How old were you when you met him?
Megan (36:36) 16.
Scott Benner (36:36) Okay. (36:38) And so were you dating at 16?
Megan (36:41) Yes. (36:41) We started dating late. (36:42) It was so we've been together what? (36:44) Since 2009?
Scott Benner (36:46) Seventeen years.
Megan (36:47) Yeah. (36:48) And so he's like, you you know me best. (36:52) He was like, and we he's like, if you understand it and you you know it, he's like, I know you'll be able to explain it to me, like, more clearly. (37:00) He's like, and you know Edison best. (37:01) So I can That's
Scott Benner (37:04) that that must make you feel good. (37:05) Right? (37:08) Yeah. (37:09) Oh, Megan, what is does nothing make you feel good? (37:12) Hold on a second.
Scott Benner (37:13) What's wrong?
Megan (37:15) I mean, it makes me feel good that, like, he has that confidence, and he it just also I I feel, it makes me feel a little anxious.
Scott Benner (37:22) That he's counting on you.
Megan (37:24) Yes. (37:25) Yeah. (37:26) Because in my mind, he's always been the one that's like, he's always been the one that takes a lead on stuff. (37:32) And he's like, I I don't know how you see it that way. (37:34) And he was like, because you're always the one that's, like, on top of everything.
Megan (37:38) He's like, you could close your eyes and tell me exactly the layout of of our house and, like, walk around with confidence because you know exactly where each, like, toy is on the floor at that moment. (37:52) That doesn't mean anything to me. (37:53) I was like, I I understand that I can grasp concepts and learn things really quickly, but it makes me feel anxious knowing that, like, you don't wanna put forth the time to do a little more.
Scott Benner (38:09) A long time, and I recognize his statement as a huge mistake immediately. (38:14) So, that's why I asked you, does it make you feel good that he counts on you? (38:19) But I can tell you, being married, that that just makes people feel like now there's more pressure on them to do everything because you're not because you're counting on them.
Megan (38:28) Exactly.
Scott Benner (38:30) Yeah. (38:30) No. (38:30) I know. (38:30) It's the wrong thing to do. (38:32) Unless you're cool with it.
Scott Benner (38:33) Like, if you're cool with it and that's, you know, and that's your division of labor, then that's great. (38:38) But
Megan (38:38) I think it's just unfortunately that way because he comes and goes a lot with his job, you know, being active duty military. (38:46) And he's he's he'll be home two weeks. (38:50) He'll leave for a week, and he'll come back. (38:52) The routine's different when he's gone. (38:54) It's a lot of changes.
Megan (38:56) So in his mind, I typically run things. (39:00) I'm I am the the manager of the household. (39:03) I'm the manager of the children, their schedules, their health care. (39:08) Like, I mean, he's the type of person he still has to ask. (39:11) Like, he didn't even remember that Edison had his tonsils out.
Megan (39:14) I felt like he was he asked Edison he took Edison to an appointment. (39:18) He happened to have a day off, and I didn't. (39:20) He still got us into an appointment, and then he was like, Edison, have you had any surgeries? (39:24) And Edison was like, dad had to ask me if I had surgery today.
Scott Benner (39:28) But what a little narc Edison is. (39:30) Okay?
Megan (39:31) So, you know, like, it's just like, things like that. (39:34) Like, it just slips his mind because, you know, he's in and out all the time. (39:38) It's not his area of focus.
Scott Benner (39:40) I'd say a couple things. (39:41) First of all, he's in the military. (39:42) He's used to people having jobs and those people doing the jobs and counting on those jobs being done and having to trust those people. (39:49) And so on one level, it's nice that he trusts you and he believes in you. (39:53) What he doesn't understand is that when he tells you that, he's what saying to you is and I'm gonna sound like a white lady in therapy right now.
Scott Benner (39:59) But what he's what he's saying to you is is, hey. (40:01) Here's another job for you to do. (40:03) And if you don't do it right, then everything falls apart because I'm counting on you. (40:08) Right?
Megan (40:09) Yeah. (40:09) There's there's a bit of pressure.
Scott Benner (40:11) Yeah. (40:11) And have you felt that pressure your whole life, or has it been more recently?
Megan (40:15) Well, I mean, we had this discussion earlier. (40:17) I have felt that pressure my whole life. (40:19) Okay. (40:19) And so it's kinda just something I I've learned to accept. (40:23) But and that's where it falls into play where, like, I know if I fall, lot of things behind me, domino, like, they're just gonna fall as well.
Scott Benner (40:32) What can I tell you a secret? (40:33) I know you're saying that and I agree with you. (40:36) Also, there's the boy perspective, which should give you some sort of comfort. (40:41) It's like, it'll all be fine. (40:43) Don't worry.
Scott Benner (40:44) Yeah. (40:44) And Oh, yeah. (40:45) Yeah. (40:45) But so are you telling me that these hyperthyroid symptoms you have have been plaguing you for years?
Megan (40:52) Yes.
Scott Benner (40:53) Alright. (40:54) I've been waiting to do this for, like, forty five minutes now, Megan.
Megan (40:57) Oh, goodness.
Scott Benner (40:58) I don't need to know a ton about your mom's situation, but your mom flaked on you at some point. (41:03) Right? (41:05) Did she have any of these symptoms of thyroid issues?
Megan (41:09) Most likely. (41:09) I wouldn't know. (41:10) I was distracted by other things, at a young age. (41:15) So, I mean, does she have them now? (41:18) Again, I wouldn't know.
Megan (41:19) She like I said, she doesn't call until there's, like, an actual issue.
Scott Benner (41:23) Does she make excuses, like, it's hard to get appointments?
Megan (41:26) No. (41:27) Because they're they're retired. (41:29) They live a very all they do they they watch my my nephews and my nieces from time to time.
Scott Benner (41:36) Are you picking up what I'm putting down here, Megan?
Megan (41:38) I am.
Scott Benner (41:38) Okay. (41:39) Alright. (41:39) Well, then let's not talk around it and insult me and the listeners. (41:42) Okay? (41:43) Let's get right to what I'm saying.
Scott Benner (41:45) What am I saying?
Megan (41:47) Take care of yourself.
Scott Benner (41:48) Okay. (41:48) When am I saying to do it?
Megan (41:50) Now.
Scott Benner (41:51) That's right. (41:51) Should we do it tomorrow? (41:53) No. (41:53) Today. (41:54) We'll do it today.
Megan (41:55) I'll get on and I'll make an appointment right after this.
Scott Benner (41:58) Thank you.
Megan (41:58) I'll get it scheduled.
Scott Benner (41:59) I don't wanna have to worry about you. (42:01) Look, I'm gonna do to you what you do to your husband. (42:04) Don't put me in charge of worrying about you. (42:06) I got enough to worry about. (42:07) Okay?
Scott Benner (42:08) Take care of yourself. (42:09) By the way, you're ten years away from looking at him and going, you know what? (42:13) I'm not your mom. (42:14) Take care of yourself.
Megan (42:15) Oh my gosh. (42:16) That already happened. (42:17) Actually, it was reversed. (42:20) It was your mom. (42:21) You?
Megan (42:22) Yeah. (42:22) And I was like, don't oh, I said, you took a wrong step there, bud.
Scott Benner (42:27) Joke's on you. (42:28) My mom didn't do anything. (42:30) It
Megan (42:32) sent me into a spiral.
Scott Benner (42:34) Listen. (42:34) Oh my
Megan (42:35) gosh.
Scott Benner (42:35) I'm never gonna know. (42:36) We're never gonna know, etcetera, and so on. (42:38) Everybody isn't gonna know. (42:40) But I do often wonder, having these conversations, how many of these, you know, personal interactions are we having with each other that are impacted by our, you know, our internal chemistry not being quite right in one way or another.
Megan (42:53) Yeah.
Scott Benner (42:54) I swear to you. (42:55) Like and and I I mean, I've tried to be really open about stuff that's happened to me on here so you guys can all see yourselves in it somewhere and take care of yourself. (43:02) But, like, I you know, I'll go back to, like, right before I was before I took care of my iron problem, we were just driving in the car somewhere. (43:09) And, like, something about the radio happened. (43:12) And I thought I had a completely reasonable response to it.
Scott Benner (43:16) And now in hindsight, I was, like, yelling. (43:18) I was, like, yelling about the radio. (43:20) And everybody was, like, mortified, like, looking at me like, what's wrong? (43:23) And I'm like, there's nothing wrong. (43:24) I'm fine.
Scott Benner (43:25) And then the truth is I wasn't fine. (43:27) My ferritin was really, really low, and it turns out that's an important part of your brain working well. (43:32) And so if it's a thyroid stimulating hormone or, you know, or an anti thyroid stimulating, I think that's the other thing. (43:39) Like, there's if you have Graves', you'd have, like, an anti thyroid medication, maybe a beta blocker. (43:44) I'm not sure.
Scott Benner (43:45) I'm not a doctor. (43:46) Yeah. (43:48) But, like, that would balance that out more. (43:51) What if you're Yeah.
Megan (43:52) It definitely would.
Scott Benner (43:53) Yeah. (43:53) What if all your reactions were different and better? (43:56) So let me say it in a way that I think will sound sad, but I don't mean it to. (44:00) What if you're experiencing your marriage and your life and your child in an altered state, and you're not getting the experience and they're not receiving the experience from you that you would give to them if you were more finely tuned in in in your chemistry. (44:16) How would that make you feel to know that was happening?
Megan (44:19) I've thought about it.
Scott Benner (44:21) Okay.
Megan (44:22) I made I'm trying to make an effort. (44:25) I I did try to make an effort earlier this year regarding something else, and it's just been again, it's it's it is the scheduling here because, like, surely oh my gosh. (44:38) My dog's in the background having puppy dreams. (44:40) So sorry if you can hear that.
Scott Benner (44:41) Oh, is it it's like a little thumping?
Megan (44:43) It's thumping, and then he's also going, well, he's not a puppy. (44:47) He's just we call him a potato. (44:49) He's a fat beagle, and he's just, like, hyperventilating under the blankie, but also, like, kicking.
Scott Benner (44:56) He's a fat beagle?
Megan (44:58) Yes. (44:58) He's a fat beagle. (45:00) Yeah. (45:01) So, I mean, I I've tried I've tried to address some of my health issues. (45:05) It's just one thing after another, and then everything here is referral referred out.
Megan (45:12) Like, this space, you go and you see your main your PCM. (45:16) And then they're like, yeah. (45:17) That could be the issue. (45:19) Let me refer you. (45:20) And then you have to drive almost an hour to, like, the next appointment.
Megan (45:24) Like, you schedule that next appointment.
Scott Benner (45:25) Okay.
Megan (45:26) And then you have to drive it out. (45:27) It's just a lot. (45:27) So it's like one thing after another.
Scott Benner (45:29) Talk about this any way you want to. (45:31) We could talk about it in a supportive way where I could say it's okay for you to carve out time to take care of yourself. (45:36) We could talk about it like, you know, like I was brought up, but I just tell you, just shut up and do it. (45:41) And, like, or anywhere in between, like, Megan, I like you a lot, and I hope this is coming across that way because if I didn't like you, I wouldn't be pushing you so hard. (45:48) I just wouldn't care.
Scott Benner (45:49) I I honestly whatever you're gonna say, I don't care. (45:53) Care. (45:53) Just do it. (45:54) Okay?
Megan (45:55) I
Scott Benner (45:55) know. (45:55) Okay. (45:56) Don't make excuses. (45:57) Get things done. (45:58) Alright?
Scott Benner (45:58) Like like
Megan (45:59) My husband's already told me.
Scott Benner (46:00) Well, well, listen. (46:01) You're not gonna listen to him. (46:04) I mean, he's only devoted his entire life to you and loves you wholeheartedly. (46:08) Why would he why would his opinion matter? (46:10) You should listen to a podcaster.
Megan (46:13) I should. (46:14) You're leading me in the right direction.
Scott Benner (46:16) Megan, I've had a recent experience with this a person in my life who, this is what it feels like to talk to them. (46:21) It's like, what about this? (46:22) Well, there's a reason that I can't I'm like, just stop. (46:26) Like, it's you're gonna you're gonna do this, and your life's gonna disappear.
Megan (46:30) I'm gonna just tell my husband about this conversation, and then he's gonna be like, I've been telling you that. (46:35) And I'm gonna be like, roles reversed. (46:37) Because you ever give your husband, like, great advice or you're, like, recommending something, but it's not such a good idea until he hears it from a friend.
Scott Benner (46:44) Why don't you instead? (46:46) May I make a may I make a better suggestion? (46:48) Why don't you get the appointment and then tell him, hey. (46:52) I heard what you said, and I really should be taking better care of myself. (46:56) I've made an appointment to address my my thyroid issue.
Scott Benner (46:59) I really do think I have a thyroid issue. (47:00) I looked online, and I have a ton of symptoms that point to a lot of stuff. (47:04) And and it's gonna be a little difficult because I'm gonna have to make the ride to the appointment, I might need your help. (47:08) But, you know, I think it's really important because I I'm not even sure if I'm interacting with you or or that is incorrectly because I I think I might be a little mistuned here as far as my thyroid goes, and I think it could be impacting a lot of things. (47:21) Be sincere.
Megan (47:23) I will definitely present it that way. (47:25) We like I said, we we have addressed this this thyroid issue once in the past. (47:29) And, again, it was just, you're at that mark. (47:32) We're not gonna do anything or treat it. (47:34) Come back in, you know, however many years.
Megan (47:37) And I was like, okay.
Scott Benner (47:38) And the phrase Yeah.
Megan (47:39) And then I just never I never went back.
Scott Benner (47:43) Phrase you respond with, Megan, is I don't want you to treat the numbers on that test. (47:47) I want you to treat my symptoms.
Megan (47:49) Yeah. (47:49) That's what I do. (47:50) I need to stand up for myself a little bit better.
Scott Benner (47:52) Yeah. (47:53) Yeah. (47:53) I mean, treat them the way you treat that boy. (47:55) That's all. (47:56) He listens.
Scott Benner (47:57) Right?
Megan (47:58) Yes.
Scott Benner (47:59) Yeah. (47:59) You're fine. (48:00) Alright. (48:00) Well, we didn't learn a ton about Edison. (48:03) Although, we did hear some things that I enjoyed, and I'd like to go back over them a little bit.
Scott Benner (48:08) You were very supportive of the issues that he's having. (48:11) Yes. (48:12) You did you didn't ignore them or tell him to put the you know, put put it on. (48:17) I don't care what it feels like. (48:18) You really did try to help.
Scott Benner (48:20) None of it worked, and now you're doing talk therapy to try to get it back on him. (48:24) Is that helping, first of all? (48:25) Is he wearing a CGM?
Megan (48:26) He's wearing a CGM. (48:27) Yes.
Scott Benner (48:28) Good.
Megan (48:28) Yeah. (48:29) And he doesn't mind the CGM. (48:31) Good. (48:31) He's, yeah, he's more open to that. (48:34) He understands why we are gonna move to a new pump, and we're hopefully gonna get it soon considering the sensor that that goes to that pump just came out.
Megan (48:44) And so we're waiting for it to ship.
Scott Benner (48:46) Which pump are you gonna go to? (48:48) Medtronic six?
Megan (48:49) Yep. (48:50) Medtronic. (48:50) Yeah. (48:51) Moving to Medtronic. (48:52) He, he says since I already carry a fanny pack, he's like, I think a pump would be a pump with a tube wouldn't be so bad because I just put it in my fanny pack, and I already carry that.
Megan (49:02) So And
Scott Benner (49:02) it won't be attached to him, which is something he doesn't enjoy.
Megan (49:04) Exactly. (49:05) It'll be a just a simple port that's attached.
Scott Benner (49:09) He's like
Megan (49:10) and the Medtronic is seven day wear.
Scott Benner (49:14) So fewer he'll have fewer changes.
Megan (49:16) Exactly. (49:17) Yeah. (49:17) And That's good. (49:18) The the new sensor, like the CGM that comes with it is fifteen day wear. (49:23) So, again, fewer changes.
Scott Benner (49:24) Yeah. (49:25) That's awesome. (49:26) Good. (49:26) Good. (49:26) Good.
Megan (49:27) Looking forward to it.
Scott Benner (49:28) That's great. (49:28) You're doing a great job with that stuff. (49:29) By the way, medtronicdiabetes.com/juicebox. (49:32) Support the sponsors, Megan, please. (49:35) I know you're like, oh, I didn't get it through the link.
Scott Benner (49:36) I feel bad now, but it's okay for everybody else. (49:40) That's a great step. (49:41) Awesome. (49:41) So you think maybe he's making some adjustments that make him more comfortable, moving closer to some acceptance on this stuff?
Megan (49:48) Yes. (49:48) Absolutely. (49:49) I've always been like, my my children advocate for themselves. (49:52) I've always told them that. (49:53) Like, so if you feel a certain way or you even if it comes off rude to me, I'd rather you tell me than to not.
Megan (50:00) I don't ever want you to feel like you have to do something. (50:03) Or, like and I always my kids are like, rarely do I tell you to do things. (50:08) I typically ask you, hey. (50:10) Can you please do this? (50:12) Before you reach a point where I'm like, I have to tell you now.
Megan (50:15) Like, this is the point where we're getting to. (50:17) And so my kids, I'm like, always advocate for yourself. (50:20) If you'd rather do something this way or you have a a system or you have a feeling, explore express it. (50:27) And so my kids advocate for themselves very well. (50:30) I mean, it's the only way to to get through this.
Megan (50:34) Yeah. (50:34) You know, like No. (50:35) Think that's great. (50:36) Understand it.
Scott Benner (50:37) What taught you that? (50:38) How'd you figure that out as a parent?
Megan (50:40) The lack of ability to do it when I was younger. (50:44) And, basically, like again, I started working at a very young age. (50:48) I started I realized I had to advocate for myself a very young age, and I didn't really have the ability to do that. (50:57) So I was like, that's not some way that's not the way I would like to raise my children.
Scott Benner (51:01) You didn't like the way it felt for you?
Megan (51:03) Correct.
Scott Benner (51:04) Good. (51:04) Okay.
Megan (51:04) And I
Scott Benner (51:05) I I so I'd have those same discussions with my husband all the time.
Megan (51:08) Like, I'm like, imagine like, just the way you express things, explain it, like, explain it the way you would want it some like an adult to explain it to you. (51:17) It was like, treat yourself or treat the kids the way you want to be treated. (51:20) Only it's just the simple way to live. (51:23) Yeah. (51:23) Like, they understand like, they understand more than they than you think.
Scott Benner (51:29) Sure. (51:29) Yeah. (51:29) And and if they do something if he does something eventually, like, if his ideas are gonna be harmful to him, then you step in and you do a little more parenting right there.
Megan (51:38) Absolutely. (51:39) Yes.
Scott Benner (51:39) Alright. (51:39) That's a good idea. (51:41) Good for you. (51:42) How long is your husband in for? (51:43) How much more time do you have living on the base?
Megan (51:45) Well, he'll be fifteen years. (51:47) So Oh. (51:48) He'll be fifteen years in March. (51:49) So we have about five more years five, six more years.
Scott Benner (51:53) What are you gonna do when he gets out?
Megan (51:54) I have no idea.
Scott Benner (51:56) Yeah. (51:56) Are you working?
Megan (51:58) Currently, yes. (51:59) I have degrees or a degree. (52:02) I was working towards master's degree, but I had to put that on pause because ran out of money, basically, funding.
Scott Benner (52:09) Yeah. (52:09) Couldn't finish that. (52:10) Expensive.
Megan (52:11) But I'm currently working in the cafeteria at Evanston School because it's just the most convenient right now as far as, like I can be there in case of emergencies. (52:21) I can always step out when I need to, but it's just flexibility. (52:25) I don't have to pay for childcare or, like, before and after school care because
Scott Benner (52:28) I awesome. (52:29) Yeah. (52:29) And you a little bit of that initial worry about the diabetes thing probably is alleviated too. (52:34) Right? (52:35) Exactly.
Scott Benner (52:35) That's wonderful.
Megan (52:36) Yeah. (52:36) I had when he was initially diagnosed, I had a job outside. (52:40) Like, I had a whole different job.
Scott Benner (52:41) Yeah.
Megan (52:41) But it was I was constantly having to leave work because there were emergencies with Edison. (52:47) Because I was like, this is too much. (52:49) I was like, I'm gonna have to step away. (52:51) So I ended up quitting, leaving that job. (52:53) And so when I this opened up, was like, well, at least it's it's part time work.
Megan (52:57) I'm like, but it's, like, right there.
Scott Benner (52:59) Yeah.
Megan (52:59) And so if, like, there's ever anything, the nurses, they know exactly where I am, and they will come right to me or he'll he'll just send him right to me.
Scott Benner (53:07) Right. (53:07) There's a ton of positives in that. (53:09) That's awesome.
Megan (53:10) Yeah. (53:10) And it it works out great. (53:11) He loves it. (53:12) So
Scott Benner (53:13) Good you. (53:13) Good for you. (53:14) That's really cool. (53:15) I'm gonna thank you, Megan, for doing this. (53:16) I really appreciate you taking the time and and letting me talk to you, the way I did.
Scott Benner (53:22) I really hope you you do that stuff and take care of yourself. (53:25) I think you'd be surprised at how much better you'd feel after you got it sorted out. (53:30) And I just think a lot of people are living in this situation. (53:34) And I don't just mean from thyroid, like a lot of different things. (53:37) Right?
Scott Benner (53:38) It's just not something we we talk about, like, in health right now. (53:42) Like, people do, but
Megan (53:43) Yeah.
Scott Benner (53:43) Not enough people. (53:44) And, you know, if you can make an adjustment for yourself that helps in a big way, I think it's gonna be really worth your effort. (53:51) So anyway.
Megan (53:53) Well, thank you for having me.
Scott Benner (53:54) No. (53:54) It's a pleasure. (53:55) Did I do okay for you, or are you right now like, oh, this thing go the way I wanted it to?
Megan (53:59) It went it it was a good conversation. (54:02) I do wish I would've touched a little bit more on Edison. (54:05) I I always think, like I feel like diabetes presents differently for a lot of people. (54:11) And when I'm looking back on it, like I said, I think there was an event that kinda triggered the start of it, and, like, I wish I would have recognized those symptoms sooner.
Scott Benner (54:25) I heard you say in the beginning you felt like a bad person, which I didn't spend any time on. (54:29) But what what what do you mean? (54:31) Like, go ahead. (54:31) Take your time and tell me what you mean.
Megan (54:33) So, like I said, Edison was diagnosed in February. (54:36) But the year prior, in October, Edison had fractured his clavicle.
Scott Benner (54:42) Mhmm.
Megan (54:43) And it played a pretty big effect in, like, one, healing. (54:49) There was, like, that trauma, and then his demeanor started changing a bit. (54:54) And then I started after diagnosis, I started putting symptoms together, and I was like, wow. (54:59) It dates back to that moment almost because he had symptoms on and off from October through February.
Scott Benner (55:08) K.
Megan (55:09) He would have moments where he would, the frequent urination, but not just frequent urination. (55:14) I should have realized when he would urinate, being a boy, you know, he'd get a little on the seat or the toilet. (55:21) It was crystallizing. (55:23) Oh. (55:24) And I was like, I thought about it.
Megan (55:26) Was like, ew, why is his pee crunchy? (55:28) Like but then it would be fine. (55:30) Like, the following week,
Scott Benner (55:31) nothing would
Megan (55:31) like, it would be normal. (55:33) It was almost like his pancreas was, like, working on and off Mhmm. (55:37) At that time. (55:38) And then, like, he kept having, like, little bouts of sickness, and it wasn't, like, vomiting or anything. (55:43) It was just like, oh, he's just not feeling well.
Megan (55:45) Oh, he's just, like, not feeling well today. (55:47) He's tired. (55:48) And it was just on and off from the moment he fractured his clavicle and was trying to heal. (55:54) And then January came around and he got the flu, and that just, like, rapid sent him into where he is today, basically.
Scott Benner (56:04) Yeah.
Megan (56:05) So, like, at the January, the like, he still wasn't healed from his clavicle, and he got the flu. (56:13) And it was just another thing on top of the fractured clavicle, and he was the symptoms just went to 10,000, the same symptoms everybody explains. (56:24) Frequent urination. (56:25) He had vomiting. (56:26) He had the crystallized urine.
Megan (56:28) It was, like, extremely prominent at that point. (56:31) Discoloration in his in his urine, things like that. (56:34) So I was like, I really wish I'd have noticed sooner. (56:37) I probably could've helped him a long time ago
Scott Benner (56:40) Wow. (56:40) Wow.
Megan (56:41) As opposed to waiting till February because they kept telling me. (56:43) They're like, oh, well, you know, he's got this issue and, oh, he's been on and off sick, so maybe whatever he had is just not out. (56:50) Oh, he just got over the flu. (56:52) He's, you know, he's just still getting over it. (56:55) I'm like, he's not, though.
Megan (56:56) Like, there's something more going on.
Scott Benner (56:58) So And you feel and even though he's fine and everything worked out fine, you you're still beating yourself up about that?
Megan (57:06) I was. (57:07) I was for a for a while, especially, like the biggest thing is just, like, they they also when we were taking, like, the ambulance ride to CHOP, they were, like, asking again, like, what made you realize? (57:20) What and then they would be like, well, what made you to wait so long to bring him in? (57:25) What what took you so long? (57:26) And I'm like, nothing took so long.
Megan (57:28) I was bringing him in. (57:29) He was being treated for the flu. (57:31) He was being treated for this. (57:32) He was being told this. (57:33) Like, we were being told x y z.
Megan (57:36) You know, it wasn't until this moment. (57:38) I was like, there's something more going on. (57:40) And they were like, oh, okay. (57:41) Well, do you have experience with it? (57:42) I'm like, no.
Megan (57:43) I don't have experience with this. (57:44) Why it took so long? (57:46) Like and so it's just the way they question it. (57:49) It it's making me feel guilty.
Scott Benner (57:53) Yeah.
Megan (57:53) Like, what made you take so long to bring it? (57:55) And I'm like, it wasn't that I wasn't bringing them in. (57:58) It's just the way it was being addressed.
Scott Benner (57:59) Yeah. (58:00) It's a lot and it's a lot of the wording that they use in that moment that puts you in this feeling later.
Megan (58:06) Yeah. (58:06) Exactly. (58:07) That's And so it was it was I carried it, a a little bit of guilt. (58:12) Mean, I can say a lot of guilt because I I like looking back on it, I always say to myself, I'm a rational person. (58:17) I didn't know.
Megan (58:19) I didn't know until I knew.
Scott Benner (58:20) Right.
Megan (58:21) So, I mean, I only carried it around for about a month or so, and then he was Edison started saying, you saved my life. (58:29) He's like like, you know, he's like, you knew. (58:31) He's like, once you realize, he's like, you saved my life, and I thank you for that.
Scott Benner (58:35) Aw. (58:36) See? (58:37) Megan, I don't know if you'll be able to do this or not. (58:39) I wouldn't give this another plot if I was you. (58:41) It's not fair to you know, hindsight is much more focused than you trying to live through it in the moment and pick through things all the time.
Scott Benner (58:50) Like, crunchy pee didn't make you go diabetes. (58:53) Like, I mean Yeah. (58:54) Exactly. (58:54) What are you gonna do? (58:55) You know what I mean?
Scott Benner (58:56) Like, you figured it out. (58:57) He's okay. (58:58) I say, you know, move forward on that one.
Megan (59:01) Definitely moving forward. (59:02) That's all we can do.
Scott Benner (59:02) So No kidding. (59:03) I appreciate it. (59:04) Alright. (59:04) Did the kid get his Taco Bell eventually?
Megan (59:06) Yeah. (59:07) Right after we got out of the hospital. (59:09) That was our first attempt at counting carbs on our own. (59:14) And, like, we literally left left CHOP. (59:16) We were in the car.
Megan (59:17) Mhmm. (59:18) We were like, the nearest Taco Bell is here. (59:19) I'm like, alright. (59:21) Let's calculate. (59:22) And we were just going, and we just we went with it, and he was fine.
Scott Benner (59:26) I think you guys are doing well. (59:27) I think you're gonna be fine, by the way. (59:29) I like the way you think about this, and I think you're on a good path. (59:32) So I I mean, I wish you nothing but success. (59:35) Is he having the outcomes right now that you're hoping for?
Megan (59:38) Yes. (59:39) We have great control, actually. (59:41) And thanks to the podcast and thanks to a bunch of, like, other books and and such. (59:47) I did read your book, by the way, which was great.
Scott Benner (59:49) You read my book? (59:50) I did.
Megan (59:52) I did. (59:53) Where'd you get it? (59:54) Amazon.
Scott Benner (59:55) Did you have to pay too much for it?
Megan (59:58) No. (59:58) I I don't even remember how much I paid. (1:00:00) I bought it, like, long ago.
Scott Benner (1:00:01) Okay.
Megan (1:00:02) Yeah. (1:00:02) I've read it twice because it it it is a good read.
Scott Benner (1:00:05) Thank you.
Megan (1:00:05) It made me it made me chuckle in several parts, and I've made my husband read it.
Scott Benner (1:00:10) Do you really? (1:00:11) Yes. (1:00:11) Do you like that story about having sex in the field?
Megan (1:00:14) I do.
Scott Benner (1:00:14) It's I thought that was a great bit.
Megan (1:00:16) I was I was like, this is actually really great, and I love that it the perspective of a stay at home dad. (1:00:22) And I was like I was like, it's it's it's awesome.
Scott Benner (1:00:26) Oh, I
Megan (1:00:26) really thank
Scott Benner (1:00:27) you, Megan. (1:00:28) Jeez. (1:00:28) Yeah. (1:00:29) Alright. (1:00:29) Listen.
Scott Benner (1:00:29) Do whatever you want with your thyroid. (1:00:30) I don't care.
Megan (1:00:32) No. (1:00:32) I'll still go get checked in. (1:00:34) I can that.
Scott Benner (1:00:34) I take it back. (1:00:35) You don't have to do anything. (1:00:35) I appreciate you reading the book. (1:00:37) Thank you.
Megan (1:00:37) Yeah. (1:00:38) So, I mean, we we've got great control. (1:00:40) Diabetes is gonna do its own thing. (1:00:42) So, like, his and he's a growing kid, so things are going to change and fluctuate. (1:00:47) But for the most part, like, I've gotten to the point where I don't like, I make changes based on what I know he needs, and I don't even I've never felt the need to consult ask the doctor.
Megan (1:00:59) Hey. (1:01:00) Is it okay if I do this? (1:01:01) Whenever I'm like, no. (1:01:02) He clearly needs this. (1:01:03) I'm like, I wanna go ahead and do, like, this.
Megan (1:01:06) And we manage if I need to change his, basal, I do it. (1:01:11) I don't, like, I don't consult with anybody. (1:01:13) If I know that he's running, like, a certain way and I've noticed a pattern, I make changes on my own. (1:01:19) I've never felt like this need to depend on asking the doctors for anything because, like, I know my kid. (1:01:27) I know his his diabetes at this point.
Megan (1:01:30) Like, I've I've pretty much followed all of his patterns. (1:01:33) Yeah. (1:01:34) And I, like, I could just tell.
Scott Benner (1:01:36) Yeah. (1:01:37) Megan, you're doing a great job. (1:01:38) I think if you can find a way to help yourself, it'll help everybody. (1:01:41) I think you'll probably find a lot of lessons in your own health for his. (1:01:45) I hope he has, you know, success with the therapy and finding his way to it.
Scott Benner (1:01:51) I think probably, you know, not to oversimplify it, but I think that as time passes, you'll see that he'll become more comfortable with this stuff. (1:01:59) And Yeah. (1:01:59) Yeah. (1:01:59) Before you know it, this part will be over, and you won't even remember the first year.
Megan (1:02:04) Sure.
Scott Benner (1:02:04) Yeah. (1:02:05) It really it's kinda how it happens. (1:02:06) So congratulations. (1:02:08) You're doing a great job. (1:02:09) You are a really fantastic mom.
Scott Benner (1:02:11) I don't know if anybody's ever told you that. (1:02:12) So because your mom, I think, is on crack or something.
Megan (1:02:15) Oh, excuse me.
Scott Benner (1:02:16) I don't know what's wrong. (1:02:17) You you wouldn't say it, so I get to joke about whatever I want. (1:02:19) But seriously, like, you're doing a really great job. (1:02:22) So good for you. (1:02:23) I mean, I think it's, it's well done.
Scott Benner (1:02:25) I'm I'm figuring you must have learned a lot of lessons raising it yourself that you're using now.
Megan (1:02:30) Yes. (1:02:30) Well, thank you. (1:02:31) I appreciate the hearing it. (1:02:33) No. (1:02:34) It's just it it's crazy.
Megan (1:02:37) You just don't know whatever whatever what's gonna happen day to day.
Scott Benner (1:02:40) So Well, don't forget to tell yourself don't forget to tell yourself once in a while you're doing a good job. (1:02:44) Okay?
Megan (1:02:45) I try to.
Scott Benner (1:02:46) Good. (1:02:46) Good. (1:02:46) I'm glad. (1:02:47) Hold on one second for me. (1:02:48) Okay?
Megan (1:02:49) Okay.
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