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Type 1 on 1 | Diabetes Stories

Type 1 on 1 is a podcast that delves into the obscure, complex and challenging world of life with type 1 diabetes.

Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves, who was diagnosed at the age of 8, talks to compelling guests about their experiences of living with type 1 diabetes and how it’s shaped them - showing that there is no ‘normal’ when it comes to handling this wild chronic condition.

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Grace Shush: 'Drag saved my life, then I saved my health' from 2023-12-07T05:35:02

Today’s guest is self proclaimed 'international drag pooper star' Grace Shush, also known as Timothie. 9-year-old Timothie was already dealing with more than most when they were diagnosed with type...

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Molly Bryant: 'I never thought I could achieve my dreams with type 1 diabetes' from 2023-11-30T06:00:03

Can we have a little moment for Molly please?
A burst of vitality, humility, candour and humour - achieving the dreams she once feared type 1 diabetes would prevent, AND keeping it Listen

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'I was shamed for taking insulin during my pregnancy' with Suzie Byatt from 2023-11-23T05:00:03

‘2 hours after giving birth, it was insinuated that I was responsible for my son being in a special care unit.’

Illustrator Suzie Byatt fell pregnant just months after being diagnosed wi...

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World Diabetes Day: 14 lessons that have helped me to live with type 1 diabetes from 2023-11-16T05:00:03

Hello lovelies! In honour of World Diabetes Day on 14th November, please enjoy this special solo episode where I talk through 14 lessons that have helped me to live better with type 1 diabetes.
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'Stigmas are harmful to all of us, regardless of the type of diabetes' with Mila Clarke from 2023-11-08T05:55:01

'This is a life long process, you’re going to keep tinkering.'

Mila Clarke knows all too well how damaging the stigma that surrounds diabetes is, having been repeatedly undermined both i...

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Jay James: 'We're still trying to process that this is forever' from 2023-11-01T05:00:03

It’s not everyday you meet someone with a heart like Jay James.

The X Factor finalist, one quarter of platinum-selling group The Overtones, songwriter, radio presenter, artist manager a...

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Racing across the Atlantic Ocean with type 1 diabetes with Jack Trigger from 2023-10-25T04:35:02

‘You’re just trying to make the balance of your decisions move in the right direction, and you don’t get them all right.’

Those are the words of competitive yachtsman Jack Trigger, who i...

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HypoDaddy Luke Watts: 'My 5 year old is the strongest little man I know' from 2023-07-07T05:00:03

We’re ending this series of Type 1 on 1 with an incredibly powerful episode from Luke Watts, dad of 5-year-old Noah.

After two months of inconclusive GP appointments, Noah was rushed to...

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Jen's Mum: 'I was determined we were going to do type 1 diabetes our way' from 2023-06-30T04:30:02

I’m not sure episodes get much more special than this… This week I had the absolute honour of interviewing my mum, Sandra.

We tore up the interview notes and just had a proper (and real...

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'I'm the odd one out, so I made it funny' with Kalex Willzy from 2023-06-23T04:00:03

Kalex Willzy is a radio presenter and content creator from London. When he's not busy with music and radio, he's making people laugh with his relatable type 1 diabetes Reels on Instagram, putting a...

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Starting a new life abroad, pregnancy anxiety and figuring it out with Becci Youde from 2023-06-16T05:00:02

Becci Youde is a geography teacher living in Hong Kong with her husband and two young children. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 23, five years before she made the move overseas...

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The Diaries Check In: More Than Your Diabetes from 2023-06-09T05:05:01

Ami’s Back for Diabetes Week!

It’s an important week in diabetes land, and a important week needs an important guest, so of course it could only be my dear friend Ami Bennett. Fellow typ...

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How to enjoy the foods you love with diabetes dietician Ben Tzeel from 2023-06-02T04:15:02

Today’s guest Ben Tzeel is a registered dietitian, certified strength coach and diabetes educator, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7.

Ben’s baseball dreams were snatched fro...

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'You're allowed to be upset for your child. Just don't get stuck there' with Heather Jackson from 2023-05-26T04:00:02

Heather Jackson is a business owner and incredibly powerful writer who I first came across when she shared a letter she’d written on the anniversary of her son’s first diaversary.

In 201...

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Jordan Robinson: 'It's ok to raise your hand for support' from 2023-05-19T04:00:03

Conversations that leave you feeling energised are my jam and sports presenter Jordan Robinson DELIVERS.

LA-based WNBA sports journalist, host and podcaster Jordan started playing baske...

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Hot flushes, hypos and type 1 in pregnancy with Dawn Adams from 2023-05-12T05:00:02

Dawn Adams jovially describes herself as ‘chaos’, but in my opinion she is a multi-tasking, time-defying, change-making superhero - with an undeniably soothing voice to boot.

Dawn is a f...

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Jazz Sethi: 'Be vocal about whatever you believe in' from 2023-05-05T05:00:02

‘If not you, then who? If not now, then when?’

Jazz Sethi is the founder and director of The Diabesties Foundation - an Indian non-profit turned global movement making those with ...

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The closed-loop system changed my life with Yasmin Hopkins from 2023-04-21T08:27:08

After years of trying to get to grips with diabetes technology with frustrating and disappointing results, an NHS clinical trial changed Yasmin Hopkins' life.

In 2022 she trialled a clos...

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Misdiagnosis, menopause and the joy of female friendship with Eileen Williams and Shelley Thompson from 2023-04-14T05:00:02

Eileen Williams and Shelley Thompson met at a gym 26 years ago, having put their babies in the same creche so that they could take some time to work out.

They bonded as new mums, and wha...

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Writing poems and raps saved me from my intrusive thoughts with Duke Al from 2023-04-07T06:39:55

Trigger Warning: alcohol misuse and self-harm

"OCD is a constant battle of feeling you’re a horrendously bad person. It’s very easy to self-punish."

I have long admired Duke ...

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE: 'The more people around me who understand type 1, the safer it is' from 2023-03-31T04:15:01

How do you manage your blood sugars when you’ve got TWO BILLION pairs of eyes on you?

Well, if you’re as focused as world-renowned cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, it’s just another day. The ...

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'Everyone's got something that they're dealing with' with Andy Hartnell from 2023-03-24T05:00:02

'You going into the hospital ill, and you think you’ll come out fine.'

Sales executive Andy Hartnell is today's guest. Andy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in his first year of univer...

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Being exposed as type 1 diabetic could have ended my professional jockey career with David Crosse from 2023-03-17T05:00:02

Today's guest is David Crosse, a retired jumps jockey who changed the face of the sport for people with type 1 diabetes.

Born in Tipperary in Ireland, he moved to the UK aged 16 for rid...

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Writing through caring for my type 1 son with author Victoria Bennett from 2023-03-10T05:00:02

Author Victoria Bennett is today’s guest. Her memoir, ‘All My Wild Mothers’ is a story of motherhood, loss and what can happen when you steadily sow the seeds of new life, as Victoria and her son d...

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Dr Temi Olonisakin: 'Be louder. It's worth advocating for yourself' from 2023-03-03T05:00:02

Imagine this: you’re a junior doctor, getting to grips with life on the ward in the early stages of your medical career, working long shifts under a stretched system. You’ve got a chronic illness t...

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Rob Howe: 'I would adjust the way I spoke to myself' from 2023-02-24T05:00:02

'Be intentional with every moment of your life.’

Ohhh we’re playing in the big leagues today! Rob Howe - entrepreneur, former professional basketball player and founder of the Diabetics ...

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The Diaries Check In: Would You Take A Cure? from 2023-02-17T04:00:02

Hold onto your insulin... Type 1 on 1 is back!

I'm so excited to return for another season, and it was only right that we get the MVP of this podcast on for a little episode 1 check in, ...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - We've completed diabetes… with a raging thirst from 2022-11-18T04:00:03

Ami’s officially on an insulin pump! Just in time for the 30th (!!) episode of Type 1 on 1: The Diaries, we get the DL on Ami’s new lease of life on an Omnipod. Kendrick Lamar’s involved, but so is...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Your warm and fuzzy dia-wins! from 2022-11-11T04:05:01

Get ready for all the feels - this community has delivered yet again!
In spirit of injecting (oohhhh get it?) a little bit of positivity into the often frustrating world of type 1 diabetes, an...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - A case of the Podgies… and send us your dia-wins! from 2022-11-04T04:00:02

Lovely listeners - we need your help, again!

It can be easy to moan about this type 1 life (and with good reason), but this week Ami’s celebrating her imminent switch to an insulin pump...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Listener escapades... come through from 2022-10-28T03:00:02

We asked for your escapades… and you delivered!
From passing out on a plane to taking a long-acting dose of fast-acting insulin (!), we’re very grateful to hear it’s not just us who get themse...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Send Us Your Escapades! from 2022-10-21T03:00:02

We hope you’re strapped in tight this week, the diabetes rollercoaster is GO.

Jen’s got a little update on the horror wrist injury (spoiler alert: it’s broken) and the resulting cast is ...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Do you require special assistance? from 2022-10-14T03:00:02

Woah Nelly, they're at it again!
The giddyness hits as Jen and Ami are reunited after a couple of weeks apart, and Jen's swollen, purple hand is somewhat of a distraction. But like every great...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - This is a sexy little episode from 2022-10-07T03:00:02

Bom chica WOW WOW!! Get ready ladies and gents, this week’s episode of The Diaries is a TIME. Ami is another year older and marked her birthday week with the mother of all type 1 escapades, natural...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Let's do a little dia-quiz! from 2022-09-30T03:00:02

Cue the theme tune, it’s dia-quiz time! We’re taking it back to the introductions this week and offer up a little getting to know you style fun with a little quiz about all things diabetes, so whet...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - A glass of wine and a matching hypo from 2022-09-23T03:00:03

Drum roll please… Not only are Jen and Ami in the same country, but they're in the same room!

It’s a special day for Type 1 on 1: The Diaries because for the first time ever, Jen and Ami are ...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - The abdomen doesn't get much action from 2022-09-16T03:05:02

Another week, another flight, and Jen and Ami are finally on the timezone! Although Jen can’t actually say the word ‘timezone’ because she’s rocking that jet lag. But she’s very happy to be back in...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - I had a bit of a hairy hypo from 2022-09-02T03:00:02

Bienvenidos! We’re back with more type 1 diabetes chat, and this week we’re talking about being defiant when it comes to allowing yourself to slow down because of the small matter of handling a chr...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Can we go to the insulin factory? from 2022-08-26T03:00:02

Jazz hands at the ready, we’re feeling a bit showbiz this week…
After a little dancing reminisce, we finally get to the real topic - type 1 diabetes. Jen’s had a shocker with her blood sugars ...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - A Deeper Shade Of Bruise from 2022-08-19T03:16:58

The tables have turned this week as Ami’s voice is back in action, but Jen seems to have caught the lurge through the airwaves. Undeterred, there are more stories to share, not least having crossed...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - An insulin injection to the face from 2022-08-12T03:00:02

We’re channelling the chill vibes today as poor Ami has lost her voice, and whatever she’s fighting off is sending her blood glucose soaring. Jen’s also struggling with high glucose readings that a...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - An insulin pump AND a husband?! from 2022-08-05T03:00:02

Get ready, Jen is feeling CHATTY this week… there’s an update on the many cuts and bruises she’s collecting on her adventures, and with the extra stress of being immuno-compromised, she’s turned to...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Diabetics in the wild from 2022-07-29T03:05:02

There’s an awards ceremony on one side of the world this week, with a lost Libre and a few celebratory gins for Ami who was arguably more excited about spotting a fellow sensor-wearer in the wild t...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Sweaty behind the knees from 2022-07-22T16:58:57

Oh it’s a hot one this week! Between the UK heatwave and moving house, Ami’s insulin requirements have unsurprisingly disappeared. Jen’s still sweating away in Central America and is feeling a litt...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - The Girl From Insulina from 2022-07-15T04:11:17

We do eventually get to some actual type 1 diabetes content this week, promise. It’s been a week for Jen and Ami, who are both on the move! Hypos abound for Ami as she packs up her flat to move hou...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Pancrei, the plural of pancreas from 2022-07-08T03:00:03

There’s a rude interruption to proceedings as Jen’s beeping insulin pump distracts the chat, and we ponder how much extra knowledge we’re holding in our little brains because: type 1 diabetes.
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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - I had my knickers and my hypo things from 2022-07-01T05:54:16

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Just a short story... from 2022-06-24T20:45:28

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - A double dose of dilated pupils from 2022-06-17T05:58:57

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Are you dia-beaten? from 2022-06-11T04:26:15

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - You scratch my pancreas, I scratch yours from 2022-06-03T03:00:02

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Swimming in stinky bin juice from 2022-05-27T03:00:02

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - I've got a bit of an escapade from 2022-05-20T03:00:02

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - My blood sugars are quivering from 2022-05-13T03:00:03

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Pickled onion urine samples from 2022-05-06T03:00:02

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - Claggy, crunchy, sweaty hypo gremlins from 2022-04-29T03:00:03

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Type 1 on 1: The Diaries - It's toilet week for type 1 diabetes from 2022-04-22T03:00:03

Welcome to Type 1 on 1: The Diaries! Writer and broadcaster Jen Grieves and producer Ami Bennett are good friends - who both happen to live with type 1 diabetes. For this special spin-off series of...

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Fiona Moss: You First x Type 1 on 1 from 2021-11-16T17:30:06

In this final episode of season 3 of Type 1 on 1, which coincides beautifully with World Diabetes Day, we have a special collaboration. Creator of the You First podcast Fiona Moss interviews me ...

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Mat Carter: Adapting to fatherhood with type 1 diabetes from 2021-11-09T06:35:54

Today’s guest is Instagram influencer, creative genius and one of the nicest guys I've had the pleasure of talking all things type 1 diabetes with, Mat Carter. Mat is 32 and runs a creative agen...

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Andrea Deck: Life, love and loss with type 1 diabetes from 2021-11-02T13:37:10

Homeland actor Andrea Deck is my guest for this very special episode. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a teenager, Andrea chats about growing up in a household which was 75% diabetic, what it w...

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Boo Dendy: You've got to get it wrong in order to get it right from 2021-10-26T06:00

Living with type 1 diabetes for nearly 40 years, today's guest Boo Dendy has seen and experienced it all when it comes to handling this wild condition, but from the early days of his diagnosis h...

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Dr Sufyan Hussain: Living and working with type 1 diabetes from 2021-10-19T06:00

Dr Sufyan Hussain is a Consultant Diabetes and Endocrine Physician at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital in London, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London, as well as a father ...

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Alex Haighton: The traumatic consequences of a type 2 diabetes misdiagnosis from 2021-10-12T06:00

Misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2019 at the age of 50, Alex Haighton finally began treatment for type 1 diabetes seven months later - but not before she became so ill she could no longer wo...

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Luma&Jane: From anger to acceptance - family life after diagnosis from 2021-10-05T07:54:30

I'm welcoming not one, but two guests to Type 1 on 1 for the first time! Luma is 24 and a youth worker and DJ from South East London, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in December 2019. She joins m...

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Luma&Jane: From anger to acceptance - family life after diagnosis from 2021-10-05T07:54:30

I'm welcoming not one, but two guests to Type 1 on 1 for the first time! Luma is 24 and a youth worker and DJ from South East London, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in December 2019. She joins m...

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Eoin Costelloe: I wouldn't change my type 1 diabetes diagnosis from 2021-09-28T05:00

Pop the kettle on and join us, this week’s podcast episode is a chatty one! My guest Eoin Costelloe was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2012 at the age of 19 at home in Dublin, Ireland. Since ...

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Reba Redmond: Guilt as a type 1 parent, DKA, mental illness and celebrating the ordinary from 2021-09-21T06:00

I can’t tell you how much I love this week's chat - for so many reasons!

Reba Redmond is a writer, public speaker and diabetes advocate living in Ontario, Canada. I hereby declare her a Di...

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Mr Motivator: My daughter's diagnosis changed my perception of health from 2021-09-14T06:48:34

A breakfast TV icon to kick off season 3 of Type 1 on 1? Oh go on then...

Derrick Evans MBE, better known as Mr Motivator, is this week's guest. King of the lycra-clad small screen through...

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Type 1 on 1 | Season 3 Trailer from 2021-09-07T04:00

Type 1 on 1 Season 3 launches Tuesday 14th September 2021! More brilliant, generous guests will join me, Jen Grieves, each week to chat about what it REALLY means to live with type 1 diabetes. I ca...

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Type 1 101: Jen’s Story from 2020-07-14T10:01:59

It’s the final episode of Type 1 on 1 season 2 and my guest is… me.

After 10 weeks of chatting in depth with some incredible people about what exactly it means to live with type 1 diabetes...

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Muhammad Ali: Fighting for a professional boxing licence with type 1 diabetes from 2020-07-07T04:00

Muhammad Ali made history in 2018 as the first British professional boxer with type 1 diabetes. Three years earlier, his licence application was rejected because of his condition, threatening to...

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Rory Douglas-Speed: Learning to laugh at type 1 diabetes from 2020-06-30T04:00

The incredibly down to earth and absolutely hilarious Hollyoaks actor Rory Douglas-Speed is this week's guest. With an art for storytelling, Rory recounts some of his most embarrassing experienc...

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Living with diabetes after lockdown: Covid-19 Q&A with Partha Kar from 2020-06-23T04:00

We've got something a little different for this week's episode - it's a diabetes and Covid-19 'special' with none other than the voice of reason and action for diabetes in the NHS, Professor Par...

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Claire Panchal: The impact of miscarriage and building a business from diabetes from 2020-06-16T04:00

Claire is the founder of Organising Chaos, which sells a range of products and accessories to help people decorate their diabetes. Claire was diagnosed with type 1 in 1997, and in her words has ...

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Emma Bowditch: Experiencing Hypoglycaemic Hemiparesis from 2020-06-09T04:00

27-year-old Emma Bowditch is today's guest. Emma suffered an episode of hypoglycaemic hemiparesis in her early 20s, during which half the body is paralysed as an additional symptom of a low bloo...

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Dave Sowerby: 40 years with type 1 diabetes and dealing with his daughter's diagnosis from 2020-06-04T04:00

This week I speak to Dave, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for over 40 years after being diagnosed at the age of three. Dave talks through his memories of growing up using glass syringes and ...

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Dan Newman: The pressure of diabetes perfection and the stigma of complications from 2020-05-26T04:00

This week’s guest is 34-year-old Dan Newman. Dan went through a period of diabetes distress and burnout in his teens after being diagnosed with type 1 at the age of 10, and later developed chron...

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Ami Bennett: When type 1 diabetes gatecrashes your busy adult life from 2020-05-19T04:00

My guest this week is executive radio producer, co-founder and all round boss babe Ami Bennett. After months of misdiagnosis, general feeling-kinda-rubbish-but-not-quite-sure-why and two hospita...

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Nina Wadia: The guilt of diagnosis and finding the why from 2020-05-12T04:00

Actor Nina Wadia is the first guest of season 2, and what a way to start the series! Nina speaks passionately about her son Aidan's life-changing and quite terrifying diagnosis at the age of 10 ...

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Type 1 on 1 | Season 2 Trailer from 2020-05-05T04:00

The Type 1 on 1 podcast is back for more! Each week another brilliant guest will chat about what it means to live with type 1 diabetes and the experiences that have shaped them. These people are n...

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Nadia Pye: Being a type 1 mum, adult diagnosis and hypo anxiety from 2019-11-19T05:15

In this week’s episode business owner and mum of one Nadia Pye talks candidly about  juggling the demands of parenthood with the demands of type 1 diabetes, and the challenges it has brought to ...

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Tine Trommer: Mental health struggles with type 1 diabetes from 2019-11-12T04:00

My guest this episode is the fabulous Tine, a video producer from Berlin who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a student in 2013 at the age of 22. We discuss her experiences of depression an...

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Pete Davies: Type 1 diabetes before insulin pens and blood glucose meters from 2019-11-05T04:00

This week I chat to Pete Davies, a retired teacher who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1956 at the age of 2 - that’s some 63 years strong with type 1. He didn’t have an insulin pen or glucose met...

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Jacq Allan: Diabetics with eating disorders from 2019-10-30T04:00

Please note: This episode of Type 1 on 1 contains honest discussions around diabetes, diabulimia, eating disorders and death which some listeners may find emotionally challenging or triggering.<...

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Jade Byrne: Taking type 1 diabetes to the stage from 2019-10-22T04:00

Jade is an actor and comedian from Darlington, and has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was 4 years old. In 2018 she took her play Pricks, which journeys through her life dealing with over 7...

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Partha Kar: Inside the NHS from 2019-10-15T04:00

National Specialty Advisor for Diabetes NHS England and Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology Partha Kar lets us peek into the world of type 1 diabetes in the NHS for this week's episode. Listen

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Annie Astle: Parenting a type 1 baby from 2019-10-08T05:00

Mum of three Annie Astle is this week's guest. She recalls a dramatic start to her daughter Mimi's life with type 1 diabetes after a hospital admission for DKA at just seven months old turned he...

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Dave Rogers: Misdiagnosis and managing diabetes with cancer from 2019-10-01T04:00

Dave Rogers has had type 1 diabetes for 30 years, but spent the first three years trying to manage a misdiagnosis of type 2. A now retired investment banker, Dave has been undergoing treatment f...

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Ella Marsden: Life as a type 1 teenager from 2019-09-24T04:00

17-year-old Ella from Leeds was diagnosed when she was nine years old. Ella is an incredible force who isn’t letting her type 1 diabetes stop her from doing all the things her mates are doing, w...

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Ed Gamble: Finding the balance and advocacy through comedy from 2019-09-17T04:00

This week’s guest is stand up comedian, writer and podcast king Ed Gamble, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13. Taking what he calls a ‘more than relaxed’ approach to diabete...

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Type 1 on 1 | Diabetes Stories
Type 1 on 1 | Diabetes Stories with Jen Grieves from 2019-09-05T04:00

Type 1 on 1 is a podcast that delves into the obscure, complex and challenging world of life with type 1 diabetes. Writer, broadcaster and type 1 diabetic Jen Grieves talks to compelling guests abo...

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