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Episode 290 - Charlotte Drury, U.S. Trampoline Gymnast, Tokyo '20 Olympic Team

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Episode 290 - Charlotte Drury, U.S. Trampoline Gymnast, Tokyo '21 Olympic Team Alternate Diabetics Doing Things Podcast

Rob and Eritrea are joined on the podcast by Charlotte Drury, U.S. Trampoline Gymnast alternate on the Tokyo ‘21 Olympic Team and person living with T1D. Larkin Clark also joined as a contributor to the DDT creator zine on this episode.

Read more about Charlotte in Charlotte Drury Bounces Back, the cover story for DDT Creator Zine Vol.1, Issue 1 written by Larkin Clark with images by Alfred Sarpeh.

In the episode, Rob, Charlotte Eritrea and Larkin discuss:

  • Charlotte’s diagnosis before the Olympics

  • Wanting to keep her privacy

  • Discovering the Diabetes community

  • Knowing there’s no wrong way to handle a diagnosis

  • Fitting Diabetes into your life

  • Waiting with open arms and advice

  • Living life

  • How awesome social media can be

  • Knowing it’ll get better