Episode 171 - Saira Gallo T1D, Mother of T1Ds, Married to a T1D, Diabetes Blogger and works in Diabetes!

We’re back and with a new format and new partners! Each week Rob and Eritrea will update you on all the goings on at Diabetics Doing Things, and integrate that into the show prior to our guests.

This week we talk about:

  • Trouble with infusion sets and what to do about them

  • Eritrea digs in on a recent laser treatment for her retinopathy

This week’s guest is Saira Gallo (@Type1basics on Instagram)

Saira lives with T1D in California with her husband and two daughters, all of whom live with Diabetes

Saira, Rob and Eritrea discuss, among other things:

  • Saira’s T1D Diagnosis

  • Early life with T1D, changing schools due to bullies

  • Meeting her future husband because he saw her insulin pump

  • Being married to someone with Diabetes while you have Diabetes

  • The decision to have a family, even with the risk of Diabetes

  • Raising a family with 4 Diabetics

  • Normalizing devices, lows and highs

  • Managing Burnout

  • and MORE!

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