Bringing longtime friend, but first time guest, Matt Tarro on to the pod! There are so many amazing people living with diabetes and we finally got the Denver-based, incredible videographer, Matt Tarro, on the pod! Rob and Matt get into:

Content warning: there is some discussion of drug use

• Matt’s incredible help at the Diabetes Legends Basketball Camp

• Matt’s diagnosis story and his younger life as a person who has always been creative and artistic

• How insurance has played a large role in what kind of work/jobs Matt has gone after

  • Matt’s journey as a creator and the hoops he’s had to jump thru to get his diabetes supplies at an affordable cost.

  • The strict guidelines around income limits that can make access to medications hard especially if you’re on State Insurance

  • Matt’s cost of insulin access going up to $300 at a time because of income creating an unviable option to insulin for him

  • The importance of signing up for a medical leave option or FMLA if you are working somewhere that its available

• Diabetes creator burnout and the different inputs that go into taking care of your diabetes, OUTSIDE of just the basics

• Matt’s cross country moves from his native Rhode Island to California and now Denver and how his own life experiences have pushed him out of his original home state

• The grief that comes along with the loss of a parent and the management of mourning

• Outgrowing and quitting things that no longer serve you

  Follow Matt over on IG: @matt.tarro and check out @inkulin