Removing Drama from Type 1 Diabetes for 58+ Years
How might you make managing a lifetime with T1 diabetes as simple as brushing teeth?
With more than 58+ years as a Type One diabetic (and still counting) --- no hospitalizations, no complications, no drama, and a little luck, I will share several priorities to help anyone with diabetes to live an enjoyable, active and healthy lifestyle, well into their senior years. Most importantly, you don't have to be "perfect" at these priorities, just be good! Trust me, they work and my life experience is proof positive!
Episodes
13 episodes
57 Years as A Type One Diabetic: Perfection is Over-rated, Just Be Good!
EPISODE 7: Fifty-seven Years as Type One Diabetic, Don’t be Perfect Just Be Good This podcast introduces a series of priorities that have paved the way for me to enjoy 57 years as a Type One Diabetic, and still counting...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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11:10

Diabetes Can Be Wild: Mingling with Elephants of Makhanda, South Africa
EPISODE 6 PART 5 “Diabetes Can Be Wild: Mingling with the Elephants of Makhanda, South Africa” Well, at long last, here is the second and final part of my podcasts about how I navigated Type One diabetes on safari in rural sou...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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27:15

Diabetes Can Be Wild! Navigating Type One and Big 5 on South African Safari
EPISODE 6 PART 4 “Diabetes Can Be Wild: Navigating Type One and the Big 5 while on Safari and in Capetown South Africa” In this podcast, I reflect on 10 days of personal experience as a Type One Diabetic in South Africa. ...
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31:20
Episode 6, Part 3 (Multi-media) Into and Out of Africa
In this podcast, I compare my earliest days as a Type One, back in 1968 – 1970, to parts of a recent trip to South Africa that were eerily similar to those early days. I review some early thoughts when I prepared for my trip. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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31:29
Ep6 Pt 2 Dead Endocrinologists Don't Lie 100124
“DEAD DOCTORS DON’T LIE”, SEASON 1, Ep6, Pt2This podcast is the second in a 3 part series, and reviews my earliest days as a Type One diabetic. It’s an episode that is relevant to all Type Ones and Twos, who may be struggling, frus...
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42:26
Episode 6 Pt 1 Early Days
EPISODE 6 PART 1 EARLY DAYS Self-management and living with Type One diabetes has come a long way since the late 1960s. My personal story reveals highlights and many differences and details, between then and now. “The Ea...
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21:31
Type 1 Diabetes,The Juice IS Worth the Squeeze: Episode 5, Discovery & Diagnosis
Episode #5 of the podcast -- “The Juice IS Worth the Squeeze. Embrace It: 56+ Years as a Type 1 Diabetic, and Still Counting”, lays out some of the uncommon medical facts that preceded my diagnosis as Type 1 in Fall, 1968. At the end of t...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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26:51
June 15 1968 A Violent Fateful Beginning to a 55+ Year T1D Journey
This podcast recounts events of a violent, fateful first day in June, 1968, in my 55+ year journey as a Type 1 diabetic. A growing part of the medical community believe that Type 1 diabetes is triggered when a confluence of inherited gene...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:28
Episode 2: A Remarkable T1D Journey of 55+ Years, and My Role in It
Episode #2, Part 2, concludes this segment of the podcast --- “The Juice IS Worth the Squeeze. Embrace It: 55+ Years as a Type 1 Diabetic, and Still Counting”. Part 2 captures more details about the remarkable journey I’ve had being a T1D...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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16:49
Episode Two, Part One: The Juice IS Worth the Squeeze, Embrace It ---How Different I Am
This podcast is the multi-media version of a parallel podcast that lays the groundwork for explaining how different my life story is, as a Type One diabetic (T1D) for 55+ years. This podcast reviews facts and figures from recent T1D resea...
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18:39
56 Years & Counting, Type One Diabetic (T1D): A Different Life Story
This episode opens a discussion about how different my 56+ years as a Type One diabetic have been. It reviews some basic facts about the consequences of T1D management, even when not "reasonably" managed. Perfect control is not necessary,...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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18:39
Part 2 --- Intro -- "The Juice IS Worth the Squeeze, Embrace It: 55 Years and Counting as a Type 1 Diabetic
This Part 2 to my first episode, continues my initial episode with more commentary, pictures and videos of moments and people who were inspirational to me growing up with Type 1 diabetes.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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18:05
Episode #1 --- Intro to "The Juice IS Worth the Squeeze, Embrace It": 55+ Years as a Type 1 Diabetic & Still Counting!
This opening episode introduces my life as a Type 1, insulin-dependent, diabetic (T1D) after 55+ years of experience. At the age of 71, I've been lucky to have avoided all the common reasons for hospitalizations, as well as the serious c...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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