Episode 185 - TV Meteorologist Kelly Reardon

This week’s guest is Kelly Reardon, T1D and TV Meteorologist (@kellyrweather on Instagram).

On this episode, Rob, Eritrea and Kelly discuss:

• Kelly’s Diganosis as a college Freshman away from home

• Challenges with adjusting to Diabetes as an adult

• Eritrea talks about “The Three Polys” in Diabetes diagnosis

• Glucagon discussion

• Conversation about Diabetes Technology and Smart Guard Auto Mode from Medtronic

• Incredible conversation about Diabetes and Mental Health

• A spicy segment called “Kelly reads the DMs” about being a woman on the internet

Episode 184 - Think Like A Pancreas Book Club with Gary Scheiner

This week’s guest is Gary Scheiner, MS, CDCES and founder of Integrated Diabetes Services (@Integrated_diabetes_services on instagram).

For National Diabetes Awareness Month 2021, we wanted to read what many say is the best book on Diabetes Management, “Think Like a Pancreas” and bring Gary on the show to ask him questions from our trip through the book. Gary also gives Rob great advice to stay retired from basketball in the first minute of the show.

If you want to purchase Think Like A Pancreas, you can get it on Amazon or order a signed copy at IntegratedDiabetesServices.com

On this special episode, Rob, Eritrea and Gary discuss:

• When did it become clear that there was a huge gap to fill in broader diabetes knowledge from someone who actually lived with the disease?

• What’s changed between the versions of the book

• The 3 keys to diabetes management

• Hybrid Closed Loop Systems

• Long term benefits of bg control

• Discussion about Diabetes Complications

• How to talk to your doctor/care team

• bonus: Gary talks about this song on YouTube called “think like a pancreas”

Episode 183 - Ariana Frayer - Cup of OJ Creative - T1D

This week’s guest is Ariana Frayer (@arianafrayer on Instagram)

Special bonus intro, as Ariana joins Eritrea and Rob to discuss the controversy around the Diabetes App and her experience working with them and how she handled that relationship after the Diabetes community revealed their business model and lack of transparency.

After the intro, Rob, Eritrea and Ariana discuss:

• Diagnosis story

• Cup of OJ Creative & Turning Diabetes energy into creativity

• Behind the scenes story of Ariana’s engagement trip, where she was working on a Diabetics Doing Things Project

• Blogging & Living Through a Diabetes Lens

• Ariana’s collab with Skin Grip

• The art of a charcuterie board

• Most rewarding questions/interactions from the Diabetes community

• BONUS: Spilling the tea on the Diabetes app

Episode 182 - Dan Newman - aka T1D Dan, Diabetes Podcaster & Advocate (Copy)

This week’s guest is Daniel Newman (@t1d_dan on Instagram)

Rob is on the intro solo to deliver a Content Warning: this episode contains discussion about mental health and depression. Listener discretion is advised.

After the intro, Rob, Eritrea and Dan discuss:

• Diagnosis story

• Dan’s podcast Talking Type 1

• Dan’s story of sharing his life with Diabetes Complications

• Receiving a Kidney Transplant

• The Importance of Community when living with a Chronic Illness

• BONUS: Rob asks Dan about plagiarism in the Diabetes community when his Olympics tweet was plagiarized

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Type Zero Health, a T1D owned business who make exceptional clean exercise products that don’t spike your blood sugar. Type Zero is the official exercise partner of Diabetics Doing Things and you can save 20% on your order from TypeZeroHealth.com by using ROBHOWE at checkout.

Episode 181 - Alisa Weilerstein - T1D, Cellist

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Type Zero Health, a T1D owned business who make exceptional clean exercise products that don’t spike your blood sugar. Type Zero is the official exercise partner of Diabetics Doing Things and you can save 20% on your order from TypeZeroHealth.com by using ROBHOWE at checkout.

Episode 179 - Bambi Northwood-Blyth - T1D Supermodel

This week’s guest is Bambi Northwood-Blyth (@bambilegit on Instagram)

Rob and Eritrea are back on the intro and we fangirl HARD over Bambi and what an amazing chat we had with her on the pod. Her interview was a big get for the podcast, and talking to her was an absolute blast.

After the intro, Rob, Eritrea and Bambi discuss:

• Bambi’s Diabetes diagnosis story

• What’s it like to be a supermodel?

• Wearing dexcom/devices in the fashion industry - and how Bambi approaches it

• Discussion about what it was like to go to Slipstream with Connected in Motion

• Is it challenging to advocate for yourself and for people with Diabetes in such a high pressure industry?

• What would you tell your younger self with Diabetes if you could go back?

• Favorite part of the Diabetes community

• And much more!

Episode 178 - Eliott Fry - NFL Kicker

This week’s guest is Elliott Fry (@elliott_fry29 on Instagram)

Rob and Eritrea drop another intro and Eritrea asks Rob to reveal his full story of the journey to playing professional sports for the first time. Elliott’s story embodies so much of the professional sports grind that many people don’t experience, and Rob’s story while he did not reach the highest level, is very familiar for sports journeyman and women.

After the intro, Rob, Eritrea and Elliott discuss:

• Getting Diagnosed after a Hockey game

• Playing sports with T1D as a child

• Switching from Soccer to Football

• Camp Sweeney memories with Eritrea

• Kicking for South Carolina on National TV in a stadium with thousands of fans

• Preparing for games with blood sugar checks, before and after CGM

• The professional football grind

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Type Zero Health, a T1D owned business who make exceptional clean exercise products that don’t spike your blood sugar. Type Zero is the official exercise partner of Diabetics Doing Things and you can save 20% on your order from TypeZeroHealth.com by using ROBHOWE at checkout.

Episode 177 - Casey Terrell - T1D, Lawyer, Ultramarathoner

Rob and Eritrea are back with the intros, and in this intro we talk about

• All the “things” that we’re doing on Diabetics Doing Things with takeovers, blogs and podcasts

• How if you have a body you’re an athlete

• Relating to people who are very different from you

• Access and proximity to endocrine care in the United States

This week’s guest is Casey Terrell (@bowtiesandbolus on instagram)

Rob, Eritrea and Casey discuss, among other things:

• Casey’s diagnosis story

• What he remembers from life before Diabetes

• Casey’s runners journey

• Discussion about mental and physical benefits of long races

• How long Casey has to travel to his endocrinologist

• Chat about Casey’s upcoming relay race

• Discussion about caregivers and community support

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Real Good Foods, who has been a supporter and friend of the pod for a number of years. Use code DiabeticsDoingThings on RealGoodFoods.com for $15 off a $15 or more purchase!

Episode 176 - Cliff Scherb - Glucose Advisors

This week’s guest is Cliff Scherb (@glucoseadvisors on Instagram)

Rob and Eritea tee up this interview and break down how long an Iron Man is, hint: it’s long!

Cliff and Rob discuss, among other things:

• Cliff’s early days with Diabetes and his family allowing him the space to fail

• Transitioning from an Endurance Athlete Trainer to a Diabetes Health Coach and Endurance Trainer

• Setting a goal to be the Fastest T1D Triathlete

• Reverse engineering success

• Managing blood sugars during Triathlons and Iron Man runs

• Addressing access issues to Diabetes Health Coaching

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Real Good Foods, who has been a supporter and friend of the pod for a number of years. Use code DiabeticsDoingThings on RealGoodFoods.com for $15 off a $15 or more purchase!

Episode 175 - Kendall Simmons - First NFL player with T1D to win a Super Bowl

This week’s guest is Kendall Simmons (@kendall_sim73 on instagram)

Rob and Kendall discuss, among other things:

• What it was like for Kendall to be diagnosed after his first year in the NFL

• The story of his diagnosis

• Dealing with criticism about Diabetes in the media

• The role faith has played in his life with Diabetes

• Working with Myabetic on the Simmons Diabetes Duffel

• What it means to be “normal”

• Giving back to the next generation of athletes as a coach at Auburn University

• Stories about dealing with difficult blood sugars during exercise and football games

• What Kendall would tell a young person with Diabetes who wants to chase their dream

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Type Zero Health, a T1D owned business who make exceptional clean exercise products that don’t spike your blood sugar. Type Zero is the official exercise partner of Diabetics Doing Things and you can save 20% on your order from TypeZeroHealth.com by using ROBHOWE at checkout.

Episode 174 - Diabetes and Friendship with Glitter Glucose and Type One Type Happy

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:

• Eritrea’s recent endocrinologist appointment

• Normalizing A1C anxiety!

• How Diabetes (and a bad endocrinologist) affected Rob’s credit score early in his life

• Discussion around Health Insurance renewals, etc.

• Eritrea talking about the stigma and bad feelings around filing for a disability at work or when Diabetes gets in the way of work/activities

This week’s guests are Paloma Guerrero (@glitterglucose on Instagram) & Gretchen Otte (@TypeOneTypeHappy on Instagram)

Paloma, Gretchen, Rob and Eritrea discuss, among other things:

• How Diabetes brought Gretchen and Paloma together

• Connecting through the Diabetes online community

• Finding common interests outside of Diabetes (shoutout David Mina)

• The importance of friends with Diabetes when dealing with Diabetes burnout

• Rob getting inspired to run a marathon through Gretchen (and Marie) sharing their stories on Instagram

• Paloma getting outside her comfort zone at a Diabetes adventure camp and falling in love with the outdoors

• Behind the scenes of Paloma and Gretchen’s paddle boarding adventure

• Advice to people who haven’t yet found their Diabestie

• Paloma’s secret name when she meets new people (lol)

• Being open with showing the highs and the lows of Diabetes

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Type Zero Health, a T1D owned business who make exceptional clean exercise products that don’t spike your blood sugar. Type Zero is the official exercise partner of Diabetics Doing Things and you can save 20% on your order from TypeZeroHealth.com by using ROBHOWE at checkout.

Episode 173 - Grace Choi - T1D, NYC, Diabetes & Relationships with people and food, Mental Health, fitness.

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:

• Rob’s first time using Glucagon and his sponsored video for Gvoke

• Eritrea asks Rob “where tf do all the hot diabetics store their pumps while they exercise” and Rob plugs Senita, Wolaco and Myabetic for the answers!

This week’s guest is Grace Choi (@gracedwithtypeone on Instagram)

Grace lives with T1D in NYC

Grace, Rob and Eritrea discuss, among other things:

• Grace’s T1D diagnosis in NYC as a 21 year old

• Finding the Diabetes community

• Asian and Pacific Islander Diabetes stigma

• Diabetes and Grace’s relationship with Food & Fitness

• Missing the structure of being an athlete

• Finding love in a Diabetes Zoom

• Diabetes and Relationships

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Real Good Foods, who has been a supporter and friend of the pod for a number of years. Use code DiabeticsDoingThings on RealGoodFoods.com for $15 off a $15 or more purchase!

Episode 172 - Bridget McNulty, T1D and Author of the Grief Handbook

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:

• Response to a Pixar Character with Diabetes (plus fun discussion about Disney and Diabetes)

• Discussion about getting bad credit scores from Endocrinologists

• Reaction to Eritrea hosting her first episode without Rob

• Rob talks about staying rooted in gratitude and Rob and Eritrea even do a quick gratitude exercise

This week’s guest is Bridget McNulty (@msbridgetmcnulty on instagram)

Bridget lives with T1D in South Africa!

Bridget and Eritrea discuss, among other things:

• Bridgets T1D Diagnosis and how she luckily married in to a Diabetes Friendly Family!

• The political climate in South Africa

• The loss of Bridgets mom

• The impact and levels of grief

• Bridgets new book: The Grief Handbook - a guide through the worst days of her life

• And much more!

SPONSORED! This episode is sponsored by Type Zero Health, a T1D owned business who make exceptional clean exercise products that don’t spike your blood sugar. Type Zero is the official exercise partner of Diabetics Doing Things and you can save 20% on your order from TypeZeroHealth.com by using ROBHOWE at checkout.