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 than she was about her collection of trophies, while over in Central America Jen’s been contending with a volcano (casual) and managed to collect a series of unrelated cuts, bruises and scrapes in the week since they last spoke. It’s all for the story, right?

They discuss why said cuts and blisters take an AGE to heal as someone with type 1 diabetes and how cruel that is given that by default, having diabetes means you have to make yourself bleed most days.

Jen also reminisces about all her mortifying experiences as a school kid with type 1, including getting locked in the nurse’s office, and bursting into tears for taking her insulin at first break instead of lunchtime on her very first day. Happy summer holidays if school’s out for you this week!

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 Type 1 on 1, nana diabetic Jen (25 years) and baby diabetic Ami (3 years) chat through the frustrating, funny and challenging experiences they’ve faced each week thanks to this ridiculous condition. All in the hope that their stories might help you too.

Thanks so much to Ypsomed MyLife Diabetescare for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.mylife-diabetescare.com/en/

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