Ep. 5 - A new, raw & adult Type 1 diagnosis experience - Share Your Story

A sudden diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in adulthood. Join Jaimee as she chats with our guest, Martine, who is 5-6 weeks into her diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes at age 43. With a BGL over 28mmol/L, she received a phone call from her GP to immediately attend the Emergency Department after getting some bloods done two days earlier. Hear how her diagnosis & education went. This is truly 'Diabetes in the Raw'. An unplanned, opportunistic episode. Martine is someone who will go on to make a HUGE difference in the lives of others living with diabetes, like she already does in her current field of work (disability). This is another one of our 'Share Your Story' episodes in the hope of helping others! 

Transcript

Jaimee 1 0:13

Welcome to diabetes in the raw. Um, you've got Jamie again, but today I have a special guest Haley got lots going on at the moment. So we'll get her back in the next episode, but, this is gonna be an exciting and a fun episode. I might even have to do an explicit language warning because my very good friend is on the other line. Martin slash hot lips. Okay. Hey Martin how are you going?

Marty 0:39

How are you?

Jaimee 1 0:40

Oh, I should explain. She's gonna call me jury because for years and years, what? 15, 20 years she's called me jewelry after Jamie jury. So, so it's and hot. And we've got, hot lips on today because she recently has been diagnosed with type one diabetes. So, yeah. So we've brought her on to share her experience as an adult,, at, at diagnosis, things are really different to pediatrics. and I've been working with kids for the last 10 years or so, and haven't had a lot to do with any adults diagnosed with type one. So I'm very keen. Jump on in the roar, so to speak. We're not naked guys.

Marty 1:24

Yeah.

Jaimee 1 1:25

and we are gonna have a chat yeah. Green screen. All right. So, Marty, can you tell us a bit about you personally, before we jump into the diabetes stuff? Cuz we don't wanna know who you are.

Marty 1:38

Um, well, I, a mother, I've got two kids, a 13 year old daughter, summer, and a 12 year old son got a partner we've been together years. Um, come from a big family. Live by the beach. Uh, I work in the disability field. I started my own business about two years ago and in the last six months have just, um, gone fully outta my own. So work a bit of high support and, uh, with some high functioning clients. And, um, I love it makes me really, really happy and yeah, very grateful. Very grateful.

Jaimee 1 2:21

And I must say you're, you're a very special person. Marty You know, you've got a unique way that you deal with people. And that's what I can imagine. You're amazing in that field. So I know you're gonna make a difference. I hate to say that I'm excited that you've got type one. And I mean that in all the right ways, because I know you're gonna make a difference in this space and you already are by coming on here. So thank you for giving up some of your evening to,

Marty 2:47

Oh, that's someone

Jaimee 1 2:54

Mm.

Marty 2:57

recently diagnosed in the last to six weeks. Uh, you get a bit of education from the hospital. Look at it was enough just to talk about your insulin and how diabetes works and then, you know, off you go into the big wide world.

Jaimee 1 3:14

Yeah. And that

Marty 3:14

it's really nice to it. Yeah. It, you know what it is at the start I was when I was first diagnosed. I, um, I had, I've got a bit of a, you know, everything's all good. And its like attitude and I was just like, look, educate me. I'm a mom. I run a business. Like I'm busy. It, it it'll be okay. Which it will, um, But then I've, you know, I've had my, my harder days where it's just where I just really wanna talk to someone about it. You have your highs and your lows and why am I feeling so crap? You know, like, yeah. So I'm very excited to come on here and yeah. Have a bit of a chat.

Jaimee 1 3:59

Yeah, the highs and lows is emotionally and glucose levels wise. So we will get into that a bit. Do you wanna just take us back to like prior to diagnosis, so symptoms and how long was the lead up that you were unwell? If you were unwell, how it all came about?

Marty 4:14

well, probably at, probably at the start of the year, maybe in December, I, I started to get my, um, hot flushes and I thought maybe I was like, carry menopausal. Cause I'm 43. At that time I was 42 and I was like, oh, you know, it's all happening. And, um, Spoke to my doctor about that. We did some bloods and she's like, no, everything seems to be okay. And then, um, it's not now until I think back about it. I, the work that I do is quite physical and I would come home from work and I would sleep on the couch for an hour. Like just like just really, really tired. And then, um, Probably about three yeah. Weight.

Jaimee 1 5:12

And I might just, um, I mentioned you don't need to lose weight though, so

Marty 5:17

No, no, no. Not by any means, but it was just like, oh, oh, well just noticed that I was getting quite thin and then. I actually went and had, uh, some surgery on my mouth. I had a wisdom tooth to remove that had Ansis on it. So I had to go under for a, a full general anesthetic. So had that done. When I came out of that, I, um, I thought it was maybe the, the anesthetic that I was, I was thirsty. I was just, I couldn't get enough, um, fluids into me. And I was like, oh, you know, and then I'd noticed actually the day that I went in for my surgery, I stood on the scales and it was 62 kilos. And I was like, whoa, I was normally about 70 kilos. So for me, that was,

Jaimee 1 6:05

That's a

Marty 6:06

oh, holy. Yeah. Yeah. And, um, and you know what

Jaimee 1 6:17

Yeah.

Marty 6:26

up having some blood tests, it must have been like five days after I'd had my operations. So I was still just, just outta it and then had blood done. On the Saturday. And then on the Monday I get a phone call. Um, you need to go to emergency straight away and mind you at this stage, I had no idea about ketosis and blood sugar levels and or anything like that. Um, your, your, your sugar levels come back at 28.5. And this is how the doctor explained it to me. You know, you're right. You could fall into a coma at any time. Please get to emergency. Oh, okay. Yeah. Cool. No worries. So off my trot and. Uh, when I got there, they'd done some blood work and after about six hours actually ended up admitting me into the hospital and they were like, look, we're pretty sure that it's diabetes. We're just not sure if it's type one or type two. So they gave me some insulin that night. And I think at that stage, my, when at, in the hospital, My blood sugar liver was still around 20. So they check blood throughout that in the,

Jaimee 1 7:44

And I must admit when you told me, I, I did sort of didn't I, I clarified on the message. You're sure. It's type one. Um, and you know, knowing you, you are fit, you are healthy and everything, but it isn't. you know, like it used to be called PD, um, sorry. It used to be called a childhood illness type one diabetes or a childhood disease sort of thing. Um, but we know adults are getting it and I'm always interested in how it, you know, how it presents, which is the same as kids, of course, but how it's dealt with. So did you call anyone? Like, what were your thoughts?

Marty 8:24

Um, look, I called my partner. That was pretty much it. And, um, I, I called him to let him kind of know what was going on, but when I first kind of found out you were probably one of the first people that I called, because I always knew that you had the type one, you know, greedy greedy.

Jaimee 1 8:45

when we were away camping and stuff, I used to get all the carbs. If I needed them.

Marty 8:50

Yeah. Um, but it, it look when I was in the hospital, the lady come in and she, and she spoke to me about it for about three hours. And look, I tried to take on board, everything I could. But I think what they kind of failed to realize is that the whole 18 hours leading up to that, you're actually being woken up every couple of hours. So when someone's sitting there explaining to you, what's going on, you're actually really fatigued. And at the same time going. Wow. I've in, in my head. I didn't.

Jaimee 1 9:28

Yeah. Yep. And this is what I said to you like, so for kids, they get anywhere from a three to five day admission. Parents are asked to take time off work and it is step by step. This is, this is what you've got. This is what we are gonna do. We'll start you doing a finger prick here and the nurses do the injections, but for you, you were. In and out. Um,

Marty 9:52

Yeah.

Jaimee 1 9:53

and I

Marty 9:54

it was look it, it was,

Jaimee 1 9:55

gone. Do you carry on?

Marty 9:57

Yeah. Um, but you know, look for me. It's um, it's uh, when I first got diagnosed, I remember looking at the nurse going, um, look, educate me on it, teach me about it. I'm a mum and I run a business, you know, like just, just tell me what I've gotta do. But when I look back now, it's not, it's not that simple, you know, and it, it's not, it's not that easy. And I remember coming home and I, I was, I was just overwhelmed. And then I had to explain to my kid what was going on. And because I just learned about having high. And more so the lows, you know, so when you, when you go into a hypo, you know, so all that information was on my fridge and, you know, had to get my family to come and read it and look, this is what happens. You know, I was actually a bit scared cause I thought, what if I just fall unconscious? They how to check my, my blood sugar levels. And yeah. So it was.

Jaimee 1 10:59

yeah, you're not alone. I think most people that are newly diagnosed, the hypo is one of the scariest, um, factors with your first hypo or your second hypo. And sometimes it's nicer to have it in hospital, but when you're in and out, um, as you don't even get time to have a one in hospital, and I was gonna say, when you're talking about being so fatigued and taking in all that information, your brain is also swimming in glucose. Levels are higher than 20, you know, like that's an analogy, of course, but so you can't take in the information you normally would cuz of your glucose levels, plus you've fatigued from being woken up every hour.

Marty 11:34

Yeah, and yeah, and, and also too, like, holy shit type one diabetes, you know, like the. Shit, you know, that's amputation. That's like losing your feet. That's losing your legs. Like this is serious, but it, it isn't, it isn't like that. That is the stigma around diabetes. And as we spoke before, like I disability, you know, like we wanna make the world a better place and we want better place. We wanna make people aware of people with disabilities. And I thought, this is the universe now telling me I have to diabetes.

Jaimee 1 12:17

Yeah. And this, this is true diabetes in the raw. Yeah. Yeah. And that's why this, this is very unplanned, this podcast. And I said to Marty, if you can just come on and tell your story, um, you are gonna make a difference. You know, we don't have a huge following or anything yet. And I say yet, maybe you'll be the guest that, you know, makes us internationally renowned But, um, Yeah, you're welcome. Um, but yeah. So how many nights were you in hospital? All up then?

Marty 12:48

Just the one night, just the one night. And look, I wanna be honest with you too. And now that we're talking about it, you know, like I might get a bit emotional because it's, I don't think that you really have that opportunity, so, sorry. I I'm gonna be, yeah. Honest with you. And we're talking about, you know, like I do, I just get a bit emotional about it too. There isn't a lot of education around it,

Jaimee 1 13:13

No.

Marty 13:13

you know, and, and it's quite, um, I've, I've turned to social media, I've turned to Instagram and I've, I follow a lot of people that are type one, you know, diabetics on that to try and get a bit of an understanding of, you know, why am I feeling so crapola? Like I, I did. I said to you the other day, I woke up. I had a, you know, like a crappy night sleep and suitcase, eyes

Jaimee 1 13:41

Yeah,

Marty 13:44

think going.

Jaimee 1 13:48

I call it a hypo hangover too. If you've had a low overnight or something, it it's bloody horrible to wake up to that. And.

Marty 13:57

Yeah. And, and before I was diagnosed, like I. Uh, I was strong. Like I was physically strong. I could take on the world at the moment. I just don't have that, um, that, that strength about me, like, oh, used to push wheelchairs every day. We would walk anywhere from you, um, to a day pushing the wheelchair. I actually can't do that at the moment.

Jaimee 1 14:25

Yeah. And I was trying to tell you how much your body's been through and still going through, and it's still gonna take a couple of months or so till you're back to where you were and you know, you've lost what eight kilos at 70 kilos. That's huge as well. So, and, and you've lost, you know, you've. You've been in a ketotic state, you know, so your body's just burn all the fat off and, and there's not much, much left at all. So you're gonna regain that weight, I imagine. And, and then you'll be able to build up your strength and that again as well. Cuz you, you go to the gym most days and

Marty 15:00

Yes. Yeah. Well that that's even been cut down as well. Like, I, I, I don't have it in me. Like I I've gotta get there in the morning because come the afternoon, forget about it, you know, in, in bed by eight o'clock of the night time now I've just, I've got nothing you, and I think maybe, maybe winter has something to do with that as well, but, um, yeah, but it's. It'll that

Jaimee 1 15:29

And it will. Yeah.

Marty 15:30

error.

Jaimee 1 15:31

Yeah. And I think it'll be good for parents of kids with type one. To hear you say that. You know, kids can't explain and articulate things well, so we know that they get lethargic and they're not themselves. And, you know, we always reassure parents that they'll get their child back in terms of personality and physical capabilities and everything, and be able to do everything they were doing. But you are you describing it as an adult, I think will help parents, you know, sort of understand what their kids went through at diagnosis a little bit as well in terms of the physicals. it's cool that you've shared that with us. So one, one night is crazy to, to be in hospital and out, and I'm not surprised cause I've heard of it happening, but I just know that the shock of what you've still got to learn even now is probably still there.

Marty 16:23

Well, my, my biggest thing is, is, um, is my food. Like, I, I love my food and I've been trying from, from the day that I was released. All I wanna see is a dietician. That's all. I wanna see, help me with my, like, help me with my food. And it just been put off, been put off in the last two weeks. The lady's been sick, so it's been canceled again. So I'm still now. Out there blind, if that makes any sense, just trying to fill my way around what I should be eating because I'm trying to educate myself on carbs. I dunno how to count carbs. Just I what's good for, because that's not good.

Jaimee 1 17:07

No. Okay. That's very particular. I dunno, where you got that.

Marty 17:11

but I, no, but, but I'm, you know, like just with, but this is, this is, I suppose what I'm saying to you that I have to now go to the internet and Google. What, what you know, so that that's been, my biggest thing is like, teach me about my food. Like, teach me, what's gonna keep me going. And, and also too, look, when I did get discharged from hospital, they were telling me that breakfast, lunch, dinner, that's when you have your insulin. And, and, um, I said to them, look, I. I actually don't eat breakfast. I have a smoothie and have done for the last 10 years. That's just how I go about my day. And, um, so what was happening was I was getting up and I was having wheat. I was having four units of having lunch, having another four. After the second day, I was just, I was feeling sick. It was like, I was intoxicated. Like, it was just the way that it made my body feel. And I'm, I'm going. I don't wanna feel like this. And then I was ringing the educators and you know, it's a cut a long story short because I got through so many different people in the end. The lady goes, listen, if you just wanna have a smoothie, your diabetes will work around that. You have one unit with your smoothie and if you don't have lunch, that's okay. Don't worry about it. You have two units with your dinner and we'll drop your 24-hour, um, down to nine units. Ever since that's happened. Oh my God.

Jaimee 1 18:42

I know. And, and how easy would've that have been at the start? So you are onlan as you're long acting and Novo rapid as your rapid acting insulin. Yeah. And, and you were started on set doses. Which, you know, often it's based on your body weight, but often at diagnosis, you are, uh, it's a bit of a gamble to be honest. So, and then, then you've been told you have to have something to eat. You don't even truly know what a carbohydrate is, cuz no one's gone through that with you. Like. And I wanted to jump in, but I too many chefs in the kitchen kind of scenario as well. So you wanted to leave you to your team, but it hurts me that you've waited this long and still not being able to be as flexible as you should be able to with your, your food and your insulin. And so it's going to get easier is what, what I'm saying? Yeah.

Marty 19:31

Yeah, but you know what it, and in saying that over the last couple of days, since I've managed to, to keep it at where I'm at and have my snack here and there and have my orange and have my apple, like throughout the day, because my work I'm, uh, 98% of the time I'm feeding people their lunch. So it's not like I can sit down and meet mine. So I'm always eating on the go. So that's been fantastic. But come dinner time, I have a beautiful, massive. Dinner, and I absolutely love that, so that that's really

Jaimee 1 20:03

Yeah.

Marty 20:05

D needs to.

Jaimee 1 20:09

Yeah. And with you were just doing finger pricks, um, with your little glucometer, your blood glucose meter, what? Four times a day when you left the hospital.

Marty 20:20

um, I was finger pricking probably up to six times a day just to check what was going on because I didn't really know what was going on. I just had to keep myself out.

Jaimee 1 20:34

Yeah. Okay.

Marty 20:35

That's all I was, you know, like, and I think because I was having a lot of insulin insulin as well, that. Look, I don't really still dunno how it all works, but I think that the insulin was making me

Jaimee 1 20:49

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, Hey. You're right. And now you've got the Libra sensor on, right? You got you. We are relatively quick at getting that on, but yeah.

Marty 21:03

I wanna show it to, I went and got the, the cover to go over the top of it.

Jaimee 1 21:21

pink tape over it, everyone.

Marty 21:24

Yes. Yes.

Jaimee 1 21:25

um, and this is true, true di true diabetes in the raw. She's just getting her gear off on the other end here. I should say we record via zoom, but we don't, uh, share the, uh, the visual, just the audio Martins. they?

Marty 21:41

Um, but I, you know, like that's that those. Putting that cover over the top of it has made all the difference. Well, for.

Jaimee 1 21:54

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, um, fortunately for you, that's only just been subsidized, you know, at one point less than a month ago. Now I think maybe two months ago you would've been paying$92, 50 or fortnight for those sensors. And luckily the government finally subsidized. So we get them for what, 32 50, which has,

Marty 22:20

Yes,

Jaimee 1 22:21

yeah.

Marty 22:22

well diagnosed in diabetes

Jaimee 1 22:26

oh, that's right. You do things well, don't you you gotta show back.

Marty 22:31

then.

Jaimee 1 22:33

that's beautiful.

Marty 22:35

but I look I'm. I must that, um, sensor had a really bad to goes off. Around. Well, I've got mine at 4.2, but if I'm driving, I set it at 5.2, cause you're aware you can't drive under five. That's illegal. Um, so, uh, I manage to, to play around with it when I need it, if I'm home. That's cool. But, um, so yeah, that's from that point of view, it's like, oh, here we go. You know? And, but one thing I must say. They're not a hundred percent accurate. So I still always carry my pinprick around. And my, you know, always just, just to double check exactly where I'm

Jaimee 1 23:30

glad I haven't even given you the tip on that and you're already doing it, so that's awesome. Yeah. So sometimes they, they they're different, but.

Marty 23:40

they are. Cuz I was when I was having my big, uh, famous hypo. Um, I knew how my, my body, like I'd start sweating and feeling really crap. And when this was telling me I was having a hypo, um, I didn't feel it in my body if that makes any sense. So I'll, I'm not sure if it was you or someone had said to me, always go with how your body feels and, and use the use the pinprick to, to, yeah. To go with it. Um,

Jaimee 1 24:09

Yeah. And I mentioned, um, if it happens at night, it might be that you're lying on it or something and pushing all the fluid away from, from the sensor too. So, but always finger prick and trust your body over a sensor all the time. Yeah, yeah,

Marty 24:23

can I just say something too, that I think there needs to be more, uh, education around diabetes for the family, you know, for, for my, my partner a couple of weeks ago, um, witnessed me have a and, and you know, what it was, it was terrible for me. And it was also terrible for him because I was sweat. Profusely like it was, it was terrible. And he's

Jaimee 1 24:49

And you would've been white as a ghost as

Marty 24:51

Just, yeah, totally lost everything. Just like, and he was sitting there and he was as

Jaimee 1 24:58

Mm.

Marty 24:59

crap to somewhere or just someone to just sit down and just go. Sometimes they're gonna be. And sometimes they're gonna be tired, you know, like that, that is just that's.

Jaimee 1 25:20

Yep. Yeah. And, you know, as I've said to you for the kids that happens, you know, we pretty much say parents have to take that week off work and the non-negotiables to leave hospital is that, you know how to treat a hypo, you know how to do a finger prick and you know how to give insulin. So, you know, Ideally you would have a partner or someone supporting you to do the same, but obviously in adult world and with COVID, it's just, the hospitals are under so much pressure and I'm gonna give myself a plug here, but I have set up this real ideal healthcare, you know, diabetes care, because I want to be able to jump onto zoom like we are, and, and you could have your partner. Who's fly in, fly out, sitting on zoom somewhere else. And you could have your kids on, in the living room with you and just, just like, have a chat like this, you know? So it doesn't have to be like, we all gotta go to the hospital for three hours. You could do an hour or an evening or something like that. So I think together, you know, I'm with you a hundred percent that needs to be available to people. For sure.

Marty 26:25

Yes. Yes.

Jaimee 1 26:27

Yeah. And

Marty 26:28

And it's something that, that, that, yeah, that's it. And look, my, uh, my daughter's a bit, eh, but my son, Zane, he, he wants to know as well, you know, but at the same time, he's quite scared. Like. Moms have a needle like this is, this is big. This is really big for him. You know, he was getting upset. He couldn't watch me, uh, inject before my dinner and, you know, but I just, I, one not one day when I was having a high boat, I said, come over here. I said, go over this fridge, read through the plan. What, what do I have to do? This is where I'm at. And he helped me, you know, but it's still very big for them too, because they're taken in a. And they're watching their mum like this. Just just fell

Jaimee 1 27:18

and it's not due to alcohol.

Marty 27:20

no. And can I just say to you, I actually said to my partner, I go, it's been five weeks and I, I not really had one drop, a soft drink other than a, I haven't had lollies. I was the biggest loll band at going out. I said, so I'm clean as, but I still feel crap. Like I still feel, you know, just.

Jaimee 1 27:45

And it's a balancing act and you've shared your data with me tonight. So I'm gonna jump on tomorrow and have a look. And, um, but yeah, that carb counting, I think anyone that's been through this would a hundred percent agree. You've got. You know, some light at the end of the tunnel, cuz that's gonna give you your freedom back and, and you're going to physically feel better and mentally feel better. You mentioned you had a birthday to go to with finger food and I think anyone with type one can agree. That's something that can make you super nervous. I know for me, after 26 years, it still is something I, I get anxious about, which I mentioned to you and I'm still someone that checks the menus. If you've gotta go to a restaurant that you're not sure about. And to go to someone's house to eat, you know, it's kind of like, oh, am I gonna be able to car count it? Is there gonna be carbs in it? So.

Marty 28:32

And, and look, and not that I'm a, I'm, I'm not a big drinker by any means, but even when it comes to alcohol, like there's, you know, like I have to get in touch with my, um, diabetes educator and go, oh, like I explained to you, look, I'm going to this party and there's finger food and there's gonna be alcohol. And I'd really like to have a drink because I haven't had a drink since I've been diagnosed. Maybe that's what I need. Um, but you know, they're. Yeah. They're like, oh, well, you know, get some food together, get a little plate, have your insulin. But when you drink, make sure you well,

Jaimee 1 29:09

Yeah. Yeah, and it is early to be dealing with that. But again, without that education, man, I feel, I feel for, um, and I think if you don't mind, I think we'd love to get you back on in a, in another couple of months and just kind of see where you're at and.

Marty 29:27

Yeah, look, you know what? That would be great. And can I also just say something too, that I couple of, uh, about a week ago, just life in general, just throws that you get a bit stressed out all that fun stuff, and then was like, you know, what the hell with it? I started all. Like I had two less snacks in a row and then I wanted something sweet. So I had a handful of jelly beans. I was just like, who cares? And then I put myself into a real high and I felt really shit. And I was like, I won't do that again. But I was, I was ING myself, but that's how it just made me feel like to help with everything, you know,

Jaimee 1 30:06

You know what you will, you

Marty 30:08

can't do that.

Jaimee 1 30:09

You will do it again, cuz we all do it again.

Marty 30:11

okay. Cool. That's oh,

Jaimee 1 30:15

very normal. But you know what if, if you do feel like you just wanna eat whatever, you'll also know how to do it. Easier and better, but you still might say, you know what, I'm stuff at not taking the right amount of insulin or, or my rapid acting insulin at all. You know, we see it all, especially with the adolescence and that, um, but they get a bit of a hard time. It can be any of us. You know, I went to a, a presentation of a guy that's had it for over 40 years and he has at least one of those days, a. And then you, you remind yourself why you don't do it because you feel so crap. It's not worth it. But, um, that's, that's the relentlessness of type one, you know, like I'm not gonna lie to you. It's, you're gonna have days as you know where it's gonna just be crap all the time, but with your personality, you are going to make a difference and you are going to be okay.

Marty 31:06

That's and you know what? It'll be. It will be, cuz if it's not, it just will be like, that's just how it has to be. You know? And there are so many people that are so worse off than, you know, so, and working in the disability field makes you wake up every day, grateful that your feet hit the floor, that you can feed yourself, go to the toilet, you know, by yourself. So there's that gratitude that comes in as well as we've got this, how can we help people?

Jaimee 1 31:39

A hundred percent. Yeah. Yeah. Hey Marty, can you, um, maybe give us one takeaway message, you know, for, because adults with type one, a lot of them are gonna go say through something similar to you. Some are misdiagnosed as type two and they're named up really, really sick in hospital in emergency. But is there anything that you would say to anyone that's just been diagnosed or

Marty 32:04

Find your tribe. I'm actually just learning that I need a tribe. I need people around me that have type one diabetes so I can about it because

Jaimee 1 32:16

You're in the diabetes, in the raw tribe now. Mm.

Marty 32:19

Like when you talk to people that don't have it, they, you know, like they wanna understand and, and get it. And your family, they feel that. Um, I'm trying to find my tribe now that I can just connect with different people and just Gomm having a day tomorrow. You have tribe, you know, and that's it. And just help other people

Jaimee 1 32:49

You're awesome. You're awesome. Thank you so much for coming.

Marty 32:53

Hey, just before you go, you've actually. inspired. So.

Jaimee 1 33:05

I was saying to you, when I was, I think, 21 and moved to the gold coast away from my tribe, but not that I really had a tribe, to be honest, I was really private about my. Growing up, but that's something I did and yeah, I, uh, I met some incredible both staff and just seeing the kids dealing with it. So good on you that that's awesome. It's, it's giving back and it'll help you as well. Cuz I can't say I did it just to give back. It actually helped me hugely by seeing these brave kids and a lot of the adults that go on the camp sometimes have diabetes as well.

Marty 33:40

Yeah. Find my tried.

Jaimee 1 33:43

Find a tribe and Haley and I, Haley's the lovely lady who co-host this with me. She's got two little boys with not so little anymore, but with type one. and we wanted to do this, you know, for that reason we wanna find the tribe. And I couldn't think of anyone better to come on as true diabetes in the raw as, as you've just been diagnosed. And you're one of the most honest people in the world. So. We'll definitely get you back on and who knows what, what the three of us will do now?

Marty 34:12

Oh my goodness. Just keep it, keep it. Thanks for having me on. It's so lovely too. Like appreciate it's nice to talk about it and yeah, just, you know what? It's it's normal. It's okay. That's yeah.

Jaimee 1 34:31

And I get to talk to you more now. So

Marty 34:33

Yeah,

Jaimee 1 34:33

positive. All right, mate. Thanks for coming on. Bye mate.

Marty 34:46

I.

Jaimee 2 34:47

Well, that was awesome to have Marty slash hot lips. Come on and talk about her experience with a diagnosis of type one. I hope you all got something out of that. And you know, the listeners we've got are probably already, you know, know a lot about type one. So please share. and you know, I guess the adult experience makes that, a really different way of looking of things too. So we hope you enjoy see you next.