Women and Type 1 Diabetes: Real Talk About Periods, Menopause & More

This week, Stacey moderates a frank conversation about women’s issues and type 1 diabetes. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group You'll hear about everything from periods to menopause to standing up to your doctors. The panel includes Elizabeth Forrest, the founder of Touched by Type 1, the conference where this panel took place, lawyer Risa Katz and Nicole Johnson, who is with JDRF now and was Miss America in 1999.  All the women live with type 1 diabetes. This is an excerpt of the full panel - we'll run the entire thing in our "Extra" bonus episode which will follow this one by a few days. Sign up for our newsletter here In our Community Connection this week, we’ve been sharing the story of project 50 in 50 – two guys with type 1 tackling the highest peak in all 50 states in 50 days. They did it! And TMSG: a little help from our friends goes a long way. Great story of support at the endo’s office. ----- 00:00 Show Open: What's on this week? 1:40 Stacey welcome: Benny start high school and Lea is off to college 5:30 Excerpt from Women of Type 1 Panel from Touched by Type 1 35:40 Community Connection: Project 50 in 50 is complete! 41:30 TMSG: Two teens with type 1 help each other out at the endo & Stacey gets some good news at the JDRF Central Virginia Type One Nation Summit 46:30 Stacey is on the road - JDRF Houston is next, then Children with Diabetes in Falls Church, VA - request her for your event here. pre-order Stacey's book: The Worlds Worst Diabetes Mom here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone      Click here for Android

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